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Team Clark asked, and the Clark community answered: Here are our readers’ favorite items (and stores!) for buying in bulk. Read more.
U.S. Census Bureau data reveals the net worth midpoint for every age bracket. How do you compare to your peers? Read more.
It can kill a sale. It can kill your wallet. And it creates a significant liability. Find out the payment method Clark says you should never use to buy solar panels. Read more.
Person-to-person payment apps such as Zelle and Cash App often don’t provide adequate consumer protections. Here’s how to spot six common scams that will rip you off — and what to do if you’ve been scammed. Read more.
⏱ How To Find Out How Long You’ll Wait at the Airport TSA Security Line
Depending on what airport you fly through, the day and time of your flight and how well staffed the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is, you may be able to breeze through security in five minutes – or it could take hours.
Recently, passengers at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston faced a 3.5-hour wait in the security line. A partial government shutdown has caused thousands of TSA employees to work without pay. Some have called in sick, leading to staff disruptions and unpredictability.
Rather than just showing up for any flight five hours early, or coming 90 minutes before and hoping things will work out, did you know you can check the current wait times? Just like you can check how long it will take to drive to work on your favorite GPS app?
The MyTSA app is the official app from the Transportation Security Administration. Travelers submit their own wait times, allowing the app to aggregate these reports and provide real-time estimates of how busy the TSA checkpoint is.
You can also use the app to see if security programs such as TSA PreCheck lanes are open and operational.
Another option: Many airports publish “real-time or near-real-time” estimates on their websites.
“These estimates are typically generated using a mix of real-time sensors, operational data, and historical trends. While they’re not always 100 percent accurate, they can offer a helpful snapshot of how crowded the security area is at a given moment.”
Finally, platforms such as FlightAware and Flightradar24 “don’t track security lines directly, but they show flight delays, airport congestion, and departure patterns,” which can give you an idea about potential disruptions.
📊 Stat of the Day
🏈 +50-60%: The bid-ask spread midpoint in the NFL’s rights negotiations with Paramount. CBS currently pays about $2.1 billion per year for its Sunday afternoon NFL broadcast rights. A 50% increase would cost more than $3 billion per year. The NFL currently holds an opt-out clause after the 2029-30 season.
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🎙 Podcast
As we face one of the largest oil supply disruptions in history, Wes Moss explores how geopolitical shocks in the Middle East impact your wallet and the stock market, while reinforcing why long-term longevity beats market timing every time. Also, a new crisis is emerging in the workplace – AI-driven burnout. Contrary to fears of job loss, recent data across 443 million work hours suggests that AI tools are actually expanding our workdays and increasing weekend labor. Wes discusses why the real risk of the tech revolution isn't a lack of work, but rather the challenge of balancing an "always-on" culture where every task is now achievable.
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