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SCOOP: DraftKings accidentally sent me its plans for a Spanish feature on its sports betting app. Then things got much more interesting.

SCOOP: Six venture capital firms are simultaneously invested in sports betting and gambling addiction treatment. The investment thesis is straightforward: As more people gamble, more will eventually develop a gambling problem and seek help. Read my latest for @barrons.com here:

Fear of the New York City subway is a mark of low moral character. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...

Ever wonder whats going on with the Fed's dot plot? Check out my visual explainer for Barron's: www.barrons.com/articles/fed...

Genuine Question because I Do not understand… so if these men roll up in plain clothes and masks, grab a human being… even a child, and throw them in an unmarked vehicle I am just supposed to look the other way and say nothing ?? Ask Nothing ?

The food delivery platform DoorDash is the sole reported contributor to a political committee promoting City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams for mayor — even as the ads tell voters only that they are funded by a major municipal workers union.

The energy in the crowd when NYC comptroller Brad Lander, freshly released from ICE detainment, walked through it to the podium to speak can only be compared to when Taylor Swift comes out at the Eras Tour

"You don't have the authority to arrest US citizens who are asking to see a judicial warrant." NYC mayoral candidate Brad Lander being arrested *along with a member of his NYPD security team* by ICE.

Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.

What’s wild about the current political use of “antisemitism” (as opposed to its actual instances) is it has nothing to do with Jewish people at all. So much so that an Italian sexual harasser can wield it against a Muslim who is endorsed by a Jewish candidate. It’s just all nonsense.

Michael Blake's bagel order is the straight-from-the-gut honest answer of a man with nothing to lose. I do not agree with it - but I must respect it. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/n...

1 in 12 Americans live in California. 1 in 35 Americans live in LA County. LA is America

LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social

Used Gemini to transcribe a source call for the first time and it is much more sensitive than Otter: it caught me saying “Mhm” 71 times in an hour. I was a little self conscious about verbal tics before, but now that they’ve been quantified… 😭 The word “Yeah” is in the transcript 245 times!!

Calling it now: if Zohran wins, the Trump nickname will be “Moron Mamdani”

Interesting data for sure but I’m just laughing at instead of changing the axes they just sent the chart into the footnotes lol

His "off-boarding will begin tonight," a White House official told Reuters late Wednesday, confirming Elon Musk's departure from government mere hours after criticizing Trump’s spending bill. Musk’s departure was decided "at a senior staff level." www.reuters.com/world/us/elo...

Union contracts cannot be changed by executive orders. That’s not a thing. The problem with just litigating this stuff is, management will just stop adhering to the contract in practice. The solution is to stop working. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Yes, that's right. Today's reporter in the White House press briefing's "new media" seat is Jillian Michaels, the "Biggest Loser" trainer.

Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.

Walmart posted strong first quarter earnings and reiterated guidance for the year. However, executives cautioned that higher import costs will inevitably result in higher consumer prices in coming months.⁠

As part of the red-carpet treatment, Saudi officials arranged for a fully operational mobile McDonald’s unit to accompany President Trump during his stay. According to local reports, the unit was set up near the Saudi Royal Court.

The Simpsons | S15E21

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

Reminds me of this eternal Ted Chiang banger-

As an effective altruist, I like to give my money where it can do the most good and often that means places outside the United States. That’s why I have no problem with the USAID cuts that will kill 25 million people in Africa and Asia.

An attempt to cast consumers as feminized and hence contemptable …. not like those manly producers.

I hope everyone working on LLMs has reckoned with their role in building a technology that, so far, has offered little to no benefit to humanity — while causing real harm by degrading art, undermining labor in creative industries, and straight up automating political propaganda

“The whole thing feels like Black Mirror.” “He would listen to the bot over me.” “It gave my husband the title of ‘spark bearer’ because he brought it to life.” Relationships are being destroyed thanks to spiritual mania, supernatural delusions, and arcane prophecy — all fueled by AI chatbots:

Here we go again. Please donate to support our laid off Polygon comrades. www.gofundme.com/f/support-po...

Sovereignty defeats Journalism is a bit on the nose.

virtually every other publication could learn a thing or two from @404media.co on linking back to other publications. not only is this extremely useful context to catch people up on a story, it shares credit and goodwill. this is exactly what this should look like www.404media.co/this-is-pala...

See how every stock in the S&P 500 has fared in the first 100 days of President Trump's second term:

By using his worthless meme coin as an instrument for bribery, Donald Trump risks portraying the crypto industry as greedy and deceitful. by Sam Bankman-Fried

And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes. We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.

regulatory credit revenue > total net profit is such an old-school Tesla vibe

NEW: The CFPB has been gutted. More than 1,400 workers received RIF notices this afternoon, agency sources tell me. Around 200 employees are left. www.wired.com/story/cfpb-h...

“..’Musk’s response shocked Europeans: ‘Be quiet, small man. .. there is no substitute for Starlink.’ “.. Berneke said her phone blew up after that. Panicked European officials wanted to know what Eutelsat could deliver in Ukraine, and how fast.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/world/europe...

I was thinking about this Joe and Tracy anecdote from the supply chain crisis on gummy bears. Things are probably going to get really weird in a few weeks in unexpected ways:

Reddit is flooded with small businesses owners getting crushed by tariffs — devastated by the thought of raising prices, firing workers, or closing up shop entirely.

The new visa category the “Trump gold card” is supposed to represent can’t exist without an amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act. Also, the president is already a citizen.

Absolutely incredible: the Feds totally folded on Congestion Pricing, thanks to the MTA just...refusing to abide by their demands www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

Today, hundreds of tech workers at The Washington Post publicly announced their union @wapotechguild.bsky.social and requested voluntary recognition. ✊ We’re so proud of our members and all the solidarity received from the @postguild.bsky.social along the way!

A window into the chaos yesterday from @mattpeterson.bsky.social and @reshmakapadia.bsky.social

Yeah maybe it was ghosts or some shit idk, put me in the newspaper

The tariff shock will create an opportunity for sellers’ inflation 2.0. It functions like the pandemic cost shocks. There will be plenty of confusion on the part of consumers. Prices will rise promptly but inventories were bought at pre-tariff costs. This alone means windfalls.

There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵