Happy Friday Basis Pointers and because it's Friday, let's start with 2 pop culture gems.

First, after reading the most uptight Rolex ad in history, I asked ChatGPT to rewrite it. The results are truly hilarious, as is Dennis' artwork. Boozing, yachts, and trust funds are involved.

Second, we took a break from Friday Funk to lionize its mascot, and we're back this week with a funk gem from Al Green's catalog. References from the best episode of Billions are involved.

Speaking of Billions, the writers strike shut down final season production yesterday.

Gary Vaynerchuk's hot new social feed is fortune cookies.

Bank chaos prevails.

And mortgage rates are XX after America added XX jobs in April. Details here.

Hope this newsletter helps you get your cool back for the weekend, and please tell a friend :)

Julian