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Isaiah McCall
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Published in Yard Couch

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Life Inside Lviv: The Ukraine Documentary that Will Change Your Mind

My friend risked his life to film a documentary in Ukraine — “There’s no such thing as another person’s child. If they’re killing my sons it means they’re killing your sons too.” — Mykhaila, a Ukrainian mother, with a message for the mothers of the Russian soldiers. You meet a lot of creative people in New York. But none of them are…

Ukraine

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Life Inside Lviv: The Ukraine Documentary that Will Change Your Mind
Life Inside Lviv: The Ukraine Documentary that Will Change Your Mind
Ukraine

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Published in Yard Couch

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How to Be Keanu Reeves: Affable, Humble, and Badass as Hell

You never know what your impact will have on others — Sitting on a swinging hammock on the neon-infused rooftop, I asked again: “What’s it about?” The man in the black leather coat, who had been sitting atop the roof with me for hours, suddenly spoke. “Nobody matters. It’s only important how you feel about yourself, and how Keanu Reeves would…

Philosophy

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How to Be Keanu Reeves: Affable, Humble, and Badass as Hell
How to Be Keanu Reeves: Affable, Humble, and Badass as Hell
Philosophy

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Published in Yard Couch

·5 days ago

Why TikTok Does Not Need to Be Banned

Moderation and regulation are smarter — I did an interview this week with SiriusXM’s Arlene Bynon. We talked about social media, and the regulation of technology, and finally, we hit a touchy subject: TikTok. “When will the US government ban TikTok?” Arlene asked. “Hopefully, never,” I said. I added that yes, TikTok is digital cocaine for…

Social Media

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Why TikTok Does Not Need to Be Banned
Why TikTok Does Not Need to Be Banned
Social Media

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Published in ILLUMINATION

·Jan 23

A Lazy Guide to Getting Strong and How to Add 100+ Pounds to Your Lifts

Featuring Russian trainer Pavel Tsatsouline — Pavel Tsatsouline is an international treasure. The guy is like the handsome Squidward version of Joe Rogan. He is also a physical training expert to the US Marine Corps, the US Secret Service, and the US Navy SEALs and a former instructor for Spetnaz, the Soviet special forces. So yeah…

Health

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A Lazy Guide to Getting Strong and How to Add 100+ Pounds to Your Lifts
A Lazy Guide to Getting Strong and How to Add 100+ Pounds to Your Lifts
Health

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Published in The Startup

·Jan 21

7 Genius Ways to Make Money on YouTube Without Making Videos

YouTube could be your golden ticket — Last Spring my best friend found himself on the front lines of the Russia-Ukraine war filming a documentary, all the while exploding vacuum bombs and AMRAM missiles were on full rotation. “War isn’t Hell,” he told me. “War is war, Hell is Hell — and war is much worse.” And…

Writing

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7 Genius Ways to Make Money on YouTube Without Making Videos
7 Genius Ways to Make Money on YouTube Without Making Videos
Writing

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Published in Yard Couch

·Jan 21

Why I Defend Selling All of My Bitcoin

I jinxed it and you’re welcome — Since selling all of my Bitcoin on Jan. 10 the asset is up 28%. It’s now sitting pretty at $22,000 and has recovered all its losses since FTX collapsed. Fuck. Fucking fuck fuck. Shit. Pricks. Shieeet. Just kidding. I totally defend my decision. It’s not like I didn’t regret what…

Bitcoin

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Why I Defend Selling All of My Bitcoin
Why I Defend Selling All of My Bitcoin
Bitcoin

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Published in Making of a Millionaire

·Jan 20

Why Instagram as we Now Know it is Dead and Gone

And the next big thing — Mark Zuckerberg’s move of taking Facebook to the metaverse was a colossal misstep — like an off-brand Monopoly piece landing on “Go To Jail.” As The Financial Times reported late last year, Facebook (now Meta) had its first back-to-back quarterly revenue decline. Facebook is a “Social Media Retirement Home.” So…

Marketing

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Why Instagram as we Now Know it is Dead and Gone
Why Instagram as we Now Know it is Dead and Gone
Marketing

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Published in ILLUMINATION-Curated

·Jan 15

Why ChatGPT is Dumb and Fooled by Easy Patterns

There’s no real thought; no real understanding — “Dumb” is a word you don’t want to hear a writer say, especially when talking about a state-of-the-art AI like ChatGPT. But I feel at home with mean sharp little words like Punk, Cheap, and Dumb; they’re much easier to pin down than Good, Happiness, or Love. ChatGPT, like Nirvana’s…

Technology

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Why ChatGPT is Dumb and Fooled by Easy Patterns
Why ChatGPT is Dumb and Fooled by Easy Patterns
Technology

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Published in Yard Couch

·Jan 12

What the Tao Teaches About Living a Better Life

A doctrine on the true Nature of Things — The Tao Te Ching takes twenty minutes to read and twenty lifetimes to understand. This two-and-half-thousand-year text credited to Lao-tzu (or Laozi) — literally, ‘Old Master’ — is a doctrine on the true Nature of Things. The Tao is when you’re in zone; it’s the moment before you kiss your…

Life

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What the Tao Teaches About Living a Better Life
What the Tao Teaches About Living a Better Life
Life

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Published in Entrepreneur's Handbook

·Jan 10

Why I’m Selling All of My Bitcoin For Now

Contagion spreads like wildfire — I did it. I sold it all. Thousands in Bitcoin. Everything I had, gone. But why? The reason is that your net worth is the size of your attention span and the amount of risk you’re willing to take. Risk management isn’t just for financial advisors — it’s a way…

Bitcoin

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Why I’m Selling All of My Bitcoin For Now
Why I’m Selling All of My Bitcoin For Now
Bitcoin

7 min read

Isaiah McCall

Isaiah McCall

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Former USA Today Journalist and NYC Comedian | Also on Substack: https://isaiahmccall.substack.com/ mccallisaiah@gmail.com

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