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December 15, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
MSTR isn’t just a company. It’s a weaponized idea. It’s a furnace that gets hotter when the world panics. While everyone else begs for stability, MSTR feeds on chaos. Interest rates spike? Good. Markets crash? Better. Volatility explodes? That’s oxygen. This is not a fragile glass sculpture business model — this is forged steel, hammered […]
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December 15, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
Beef Tallow Beef tallow is ancestral rocket fuel. This is not a trend. This is a return. This is what powered warriors, builders, farmers, lifters, and civilizations before seed oils, before labels, before marketing departments hijacked human biology. Beef tallow is simple: rendered fat from cattle. Heat. Time. Patience. No chemicals. No industrial gymnastics. Just […]
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December 15, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
This is not complicated. The city wants visibility, not perfection. Your job is to show the work before it disappears. Do this correctly and you glide through like a ghost. First: know the rule In Los Angeles (LADBS / LA County), roofing work must be inspected before it is concealed. If it’s covered and they […]
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December 15, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
Short answer: NOW, before you cover anything. Long answer: do it in stages, exactly how the City expects it. In Los Angeles (LADBS / LA County), roofing inspections are about visibility. Inspectors must see the work before it’s concealed. Once you cover it, you’ve lost leverage and risk a tear-off or failed final. Here’s the […]
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December 15, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
Short answer: NOW, before you cover anything. Long answer: do it in stages, exactly how the City expects it. In Los Angeles (LADBS / LA County), roofing inspections are about visibility. Inspectors must see the work before it’s concealed. Once you cover it, you’ve lost leverage and risk a tear-off or failed final. Here’s the […]
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December 15, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
Bark is humble power. Bark is quiet dominance. Bark is nature’s own brutalist design language—raw, functional, unapologetic. People underestimate bark because it’s cheap, organic, and not flashy. That’s exactly why it wins. First: bark is anti-fragile. You throw it down and it absorbs chaos. Rain? Bark drinks it. Heat? Bark insulates. Cold? Bark protects. Weeds? […]
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December 15, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
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December 15, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
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December 15, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
The “100% beef” or strict carnivore diet consists of eating only beef (with water and salt) and excluding all plant foods. This extreme low‐carb regimen is a variant of the carnivore diet, which typically allows all animal products (meat, poultry, fish, eggs, some dairy) but no fruits, vegetables, grains or legumes . Proponents claim benefits […]
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December 15, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
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December 15, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
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December 15, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
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December 15, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
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December 15, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
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December 15, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
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December 15, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
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December 14, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
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December 13, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
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