Not Your Typical Finance Bro

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March 2026

The art of the blacklist: how to be a professional hater, pt. 2
On enemies, billionaire beefs that prove the Italians were visionaries about hating, and why you should break-up with your girlfriend
 • Ani Bruna
Symphony of destruction: the American financial kill-chain in Iran
How to turn a domestic banking failure into a systemic currency crisis into a political crisis into a military target
 • Ani Bruna
Proscription as a Service: how to be a professional hater, pt. 1
On enemies, billionaire beefs that prove the Romans were right about everything, and why your girlfriend is not my archenemy
 • Ani Bruna
Peace sells, but who's buying? The unprecedented American financial kill-chain playing out in front of your eyes right now in Iran
Introducing a brief mini-series on what I'm calling the American financial kill-chain happening in real time in front of our eyes in Iran
 • Ani Bruna

February 2026

Bite it, you scum: Iran & the GG Allin theory of political economy
How Iran's shadow banking system collapsed and why the killing is all that's left, an essay explaining Iranian finance and GG Allin's punk degeneracy…
 • Ani Bruna
Vibe Laundering, pt. 3: Back to the future with Citrini in the Global Vibe Laundering Memo from June 2029
A speculative memo about possible pathways in a future with vibe laundering where Grand Theft Auto VI has still not been released but everything else is…
 • Ani Bruna
Vibe Laundering, pt. 2: Citrini, the Co-Author and the Edit (remix not featuring the SEC)
Why language matters and words are powerful
 • Ani Bruna
Vibe laundering, pt. 1: On Citrini Research, disclosure gaps & the architecture of influence
When content becomes credibility becomes capital and our brave new world
 • Ani Bruna
What 118K followers & 100 hours gets you - rewriting Citrini's 2028 Global Intelligence crisis report, but make it good
What happens when you tell a financial figure with 118,000 followers that his 5,000-word AI crisis piece has good research but the writing reads like AI…
 • Ani Bruna
Alexandria Karp walks into a bar in Miami
What is the meaning of being for America's surveillance daddy, or: everything you've ever gotten wrong about Alex Karp
 • Ani Bruna
Lemon lot: Dating apps, situationships, and the secondary market failure of modern love
On why dating apps are secondary markets, zombie companies, and why the worst exchange in America doesn’t even close on weekends
 • Ani Bruna
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