mary childs
@marychilds.bsky.social
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host of Mary in America, a new podcast coming any minute now
https://www.youtube.com/@maryinamerica
pinned post!
look ma, it's my new podcast!! coming THIS FRIDAY!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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Introducing Mary in America
Podcast Episode · Mary in America · Trailer · 1m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mary-in-america/id1896825645?i=1000769868586
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Al Roth
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A very fun conversation on a very new podcast
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Lizzie O'Leary
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My friend
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has a new show out today! It's great!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lEU...
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Organs, Sex Work, and Drugs: A Nobel Economist on Why Banning Things Can Backfire
YouTube video by Mary in America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lEUAz9Pzqs
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the very first episode of Mary in America is OUT NOW! it's a conversation with the world's greatest Al Roth, about -- his fave, and actually mine too -- "repugnant markets." kidneys! drugs! sex work! this chat has it all:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lEU...
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Organs, Sex Work, and Drugs: A Nobel Economist on Why Banning Things Can Backfire
YouTube video by Mary in America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lEUAz9Pzqs&t=6s
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Kate Duguid
3 days ago
more mary! the people demand it!
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EconReporter
3 days ago
This sounds like a 90s ROM COMS
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Grodaeu
3 days ago
I wonder if this is a bit like Emily in Paris
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look ma, it's my new podcast!! coming THIS FRIDAY!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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Introducing Mary in America
Podcast Episode · Mary in America · Trailer · 1m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mary-in-america/id1896825645?i=1000769868586
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truly honored to have been included in the INAUGURAL
@bloomberg.com
On Books newsletter, recommended by
@matt-levine.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/account/news...
congratulations and thank you for creating this,
@silviakillings.bsky.social
7 days ago
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could you please email meee
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Barney Frank, in hospice, is onto your tricks
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/u...
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the latest
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is a closeup of the WNBA players renegotiating their contract -- with a pinch hitter (? does this work in this context) Nobel-prize-winning economist Claudia Goldin
www.npr.org/2026/05/08/n...
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Diary of a WNBA negotiator : Planet Money
Today the WNBA season tips off, but Dallas Wings veteran forward Alysha Clark has already won a high-stakes competition. She – and a Nobel Prize winning economist – were on the team that negotiated a ...
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/08/nx-s1-5816448/wnba-new-season-contract-negotiations
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I cackled. thank you
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and Katie Greifeld for loving my book, even if it was mandatory <3
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Karthik Sankaran
25 days ago
Longtime followers have read my complaining about this in increments of 280-300 characters for about a decade so here it is in 1000 words.
www.ft.com/content/631a...
American healthcare costs drive global imbalances
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honored to be a small part of history, helping to establish a new economic concept: Alloway's Antidote, the AI-fueled cure for Baumol's cost disease
andrewsiegler.substack.com/p/alloways-a...
@tracyalloway.bsky.social
@weisenthal.bsky.social
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Alloway's Antidote To Baumol's Cost Disease
Will We See Deflation In Services?
https://andrewsiegler.substack.com/p/alloways-antidote-to-baumols-cost?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3898573&post_id=195468302&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2f25&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
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i made a nostalgia post about my time at
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offtherun.substack.com/p/leaving-ho...
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leaving home / planet money
do u mind indulging me in some nostalgia ?
https://offtherun.substack.com/p/leaving-home-planet-money
about 1 month ago
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NPR's Planet Money
about 1 month ago
Have you noticed a lot of young people getting into antenna-maxxing as alpha? Or, maybe searching for any bit of copium after they fat-fingered and got rinsed? If none of that made sense to you, then we have the perfect episode for you.
buff.ly/dQdKasz
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Talking Biz News
about 1 month ago
@marychilds.bsky.social
is leaving
@planetmoney.bsky.social
for a new opportunity:
talkingbiznews.com/media-news/c...
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Childs departs "Planet Money" for new opportunity - Talking Biz News
Business journalist Mary Childs is departing NPR show “Planet Money” for a new opportunity. “It feels crazy to leave the best job in journalism, but I’m really excited about my next new adventure,” sh...
https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/childs-departs-planet-money-for-new-opportunity/
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Bobby Allyn
about 1 month ago
I did an episode of Planet Money w the inimitable
@marychilds.bsky.social
on the crazy world of prediction market mania. We bet on a Trump speech, talk to Kalshi’s CEO, a former regulator & wonder abt perverse incentives & warping reality etc etc Give it a listen!!
open.spotify.com/episode/7jE6...
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Spotify – Web Player
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7jE6nhFetl29yyRWbRjoG7?si=10XNZw8NQSmJ212I2DBGSQ
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WE GOT TO BE THE PERFECT GUESTS!!! repping
@planetmoney.bsky.social
and our new book with author-hero Alex Mayyasi thank you
@weisenthal.bsky.social
@tracyalloway.bsky.social
for having us on
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhPY...
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Planet Money Turned Everyday Annoyances Into an Economics Book | Odd Lots
YouTube video by Bloomberg Podcasts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhPYisGOTN0
about 1 month ago
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they actually named their company HoldCo. so much respect for that tbh
www.barrons.com/articles/act...
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Activist Holdco Explains Why It Targets Banks. An Exclusive Look at Latest Campaigns.
HoldCo’s Vik Ghei and Misha Zaitzeff are seeking changes at Beacon Financial and Bank of Hope. Why they focus on capital allocation.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/activist-investors-holdco-banks-targets-beacon-financial-23bfb86b
about 1 month ago
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"In the final hours of President Biden's term, a Polymarket trader made around $300,000 correctly betting on Biden's last-minute pardons, according to new data provided to NPR by an analytics firm that examines cryptocurrency transactions."
www.npr.org/2026/04/16/n...
@bobbyallyn.bsky.social
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A Polymarket trader made $300,000 betting on Biden's pardons, a new analysis shows
In the final hours of President Biden's term, an anonymous prediction market trader placed lucrative bets on who would be pardoned even as the odds were nearly zero.
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/16/nx-s1-5786580/a-polymarket-trader-made-300-000-betting-on-bidens-pardons
about 1 month ago
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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham
about 2 months ago
First pass at a website that keeps track of the data availability status of various published papers:
paulgp.com/replication-...
Very much in Alpha mode, so data will be updated soon.
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Brendan Greeley
about 2 months ago
The real question: which book about dominant currencies will be the dominant currency book?
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the
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book party got written up in the
@nytimes.com
!
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/a...
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‘Planet Money’ Is Now a Book. And a Game. And a Record Label.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/arts/planet-money-npr-book.html
about 2 months ago
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Dan McCrum
about 2 months ago
Breaking news: Another very rich and once powerful man discovered that he can't bully the FT
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Crispin Odey abandons £79mn libel case against the FT over sexual misconduct claims
The FT had said 15 women were willing to testify in court against former hedge fund boss
https://www.ft.com/content/69666b46-8452-4807-add9-712a0394a53c?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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How one guy in private equity is trying to do things a lil bit differently -- by giving workers equity in their companies. it's the counternarrative feel-good PE episode we've all been waiting for:
www.npr.org/2026/04/08/n...
@planetmoney.bsky.social
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A pro-worker experiment in private equity : Planet Money
Live event info and tickets here. If your company got bought by a private equity firm, how would you feel? Maybe a little nervous? You might find yourself wondering if there will be layoffs.And you’d ...
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/08/nx-s1-5776833/private-equity-pete-stavros-employee-ownership
about 2 months ago
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Sam Ro
about 2 months ago
Excited to read!
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The Authors Guild
2 months ago
We can’t take away the emotional blow but we can try to explain why this might have happened!
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On Feeling Left Out of the Anthropic Settlement (Because They Ignored My Book)
In the summer of 2023, The Atlantic first published a searchable database of authors whose work had been fodder for training the AI systems at companies including Meta, Anthropic, and OpenAI. Autho…
https://lithub.com/on-feeling-left-out-of-the-anthropic-settlement-because-they-ignored-my-book/
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Lit Hub
2 months ago
“Why was I unharmed? Harm me! Choose me! Love me!”
@marychilds.bsky.social
wrestles with what it means to have been left out of the Anthropic settlement (because they ignored her book).
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On Feeling Left Out of the Anthropic Settlement (Because They Ignored My Book)
In the summer of 2023, The Atlantic first published a searchable database of authors whose work had been fodder for training the AI systems at companies including Meta, Anthropic, and OpenAI. Autho…
https://buff.ly/iUlgxMV
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YOUR PEER PRESSURE WORKED: they put me on the tile for
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The Indicator's Indicator of the Week this time!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzRF...
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The sun sets on Sora ... but shines on Afroman!
YouTube video by NPR's Planet Money
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzRF5-wGqK8
2 months ago
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“I call her ‘the poor man’s Anna Delvey.’"
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The Fake Cartier and the Fake Rockefeller
How a pair of blue-blood impostors turned party crashing in the Hamptons and Palm Beach into a business.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/fake-rockefeller-fake-cartier-party-crashers.html
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Brendan Greeley
2 months ago
A reminder that The Almighty Dollar, a product of seven years of research and writing, a book that dragged me into academia and in the direction of madness, is available on May 19th of this year. People who have read it seem to like it!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634502...
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oh no. IMF credit outstanding throwing the dreaded bat signal. (chart from
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2 months ago
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they let me on The Indicator
@planetmoney.bsky.social
-- now on YouTube!! -- to talk about ANTS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzA8...
@wailinwong.bsky.social
@darianwoods.bsky.social
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The booming … ant business?! and other indicators
YouTube video by NPR's Planet Money
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzA8fFucxHQ
2 months ago
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NPR
3 months ago
As an energy crisis grows, some countries are more prepared because of renewable energy and electric vehicles. Pakistan reduced its reliance on imported natural gas because of the growth of solar.
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Oil and gas prices are soaring. Some countries are ready with solar panels and EVs
As an energy crisis grows, some countries are more prepared because of renewable energy and electric vehicles. Pakistan reduced its reliance on imported natural gas because of the growth of solar.
https://n.pr/4sdk4je
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Wailin Wong
3 months ago
You know what I do for a living? I craft narratives that GET ME PAID. So please subscribe to Planet Money+ and listen to me,
@marychilds.bsky.social
, and
@samkesler.bsky.social
discuss the latest season of Industry!
www.npr.org/2026/03/09/n...
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Short sellers steal the show in HBO's 'Industry' (Planet Money+) : Planet Money
In the HBO drama "Industry," finance is the battlefield. In its latest season, we're introduced to a high-flying British fintech that wants to be a "bank killer." But a new hedge fund is out to prove ...
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/09/nx-s1-5734368/short-sellers-steal-the-show-in-hbos-industry-planet-money
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i really really love Industry. so do
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and
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. so we made a
@planetmoney.bsky.social
PM+ episode about how great it is, how closely it hews to reality or not, and our big plans for season 5:
www.npr.org/2026/03/09/n...
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Short sellers steal the show in HBO's 'Industry' (Planet Money+) : Planet Money
In the HBO drama "Industry," finance is the battlefield. In its latest season, we're introduced to a high-flying British fintech that wants to be a "bank killer." But a new hedge fund is out to prove ...
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/09/nx-s1-5734368/short-sellers-steal-the-show-in-hbos-industry-planet-money
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Sam Yellowhorse Kesler
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@wailinwong.bsky.social
@marychilds.bsky.social
and I talking INDUSTRY S4 on the latest Planet Money TV Club! We get into the role of short sellers in the market and the real-life parallels to Wirecard. If you wanna listen, subscribe to Planet Money+! You won't regret it
www.npr.org/2026/03/09/n...
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Short sellers steal the show in HBO's 'Industry' (Planet Money+) : Planet Money
In the HBO drama "Industry," finance is the battlefield. In its latest season, we're introduced to a high-flying British fintech that wants to be a "bank killer." But a new hedge fund is out to prove ...
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/09/nx-s1-5734368/short-sellers-steal-the-show-in-hbos-industry-planet-money
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at a certain point I think book authors should be exempt from having to compete with the hit viral juggernaut The Body Keeps the Score
3 months ago
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Bobby Allyn
3 months ago
At the center of the prediction markets boom is a bitter rivalry between two 20-something billionaire fintech bros vying for their companies to be distinct, despite everyone constantly lumping them together "For them, it's existential," a former Kalshi employee told me
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2 young billionaires are behind the prediction market boom. They hate each other
The 20-something billionaires who run Kalshi and Polymarket are battling it out to be the top prediction market company. Observers and former insiders say the feud is just heating up.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/06/nx-s1-5735893/iran-war-kalshi-polymarket-feud
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"What motivates these baby-faced New Yorkers besides their bank accounts?" answers itself, doesn't it?
www.interviewmagazine.com/fashion/meet...
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Meet the Finest Boys in Finance
What motivates finance boys besides their bank accounts? We don’t have the answers, but a few hard workers we cast on LinkedIn might.
https://www.interviewmagazine.com/fashion/meet-the-finest-boys-in-finance
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one scientist approached by Epstein asked his mom for advice. she checked around + wrote back: “Be careful not to get sucked up in the slime-machine going on here...Since you don’t care that much about money, they can’t buy you.” pretty obvious lesson here imo
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Meet three scientists who said no to Epstein
The warning signs included a web search, a mother’s doubts, and inklings of a “sexist attitude”
https://www.science.org/content/article/meet-three-scientists-who-said-no-epstein?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_content=alert&utm_campaign=DailyLatestNews&et_rid=148647149&et_cid=5891791
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setting aside the, uh, context absolutely iconic thing to say
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Apollo’s Rowan Says Epstein ‘Wasting My Time’ From the Grave
Apollo Global Management Inc. Chief Executive Officer Marc Rowan said he only dealt with Jeffrey Epstein in his capacity as tax adviser for the firm’s co-founder Leon Black, and reiterated that Apollo...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/apollo-s-rowan-says-epstein-wasting-my-time-from-the-grave?srnd=homepage-americas
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our
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report from attending a Replication Game -- one economist's proposal for how to help fix science's replication crisis. It was so fun, and so complicated:
www.npr.org/2026/02/27/n...
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Don't hate the replicator, hate the game : Planet Money
The world of science has been stuck in an existential crisis over whether we actually know the things we thought we knew. Re-running an old study today doesn't always yield the same result. Same with ...
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/27/nx-s1-5720653/replication-crisis-games-abel-brodeur
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our great pals at the Indicator did a close listen of Jeffrey Epstein recordings to learn about elite networking
www.npr.org/2026/02/25/n...
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What an Epstein recording reveals about how elites get jobs : The Indicator from Planet Money
What do the latest batch of documents tell us about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and elite networking? Quite a bit. Today on the show, we analyze one exchange between Epstein and a former wo...
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/25/nx-s1-5725005/what-an-epstein-recording-reveals-about-how-elites-get-jobs
3 months ago
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NPR's Planet Money
3 months ago
ICE is scaling up, with rapid new hiring. So we ask, has training new officers changed? At what cost?
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The ICE hiring boom : Planet Money
Live event info and tickets hereICE is scaling up, with rapid new hiring. So we ask, has training new officers changed? At what cost? Also, the Trump administration has plans to pour billions of…
https://buff.ly/64DIKlY
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Harper’s Magazine
3 months ago
“For a long time, the tech industry liked to think of itself as a meritocracy: it rewarded qualities like intelligence, competence, and expertise. But all that barely matters anymore.” Sam Kriss reports on the next generation of AI technologists.
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Child’s Play, by Sam Kriss
Tech’s new generation and the end of thinking
https://buff.ly/Q1KIait
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a market for refunds
and a picture of my dog, demi
https://offtherun.substack.com/p/on-the-market-for-tariff-refunds
3 months ago
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