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Joined April 2007
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NEW for @BW: Prediction market companies pitch themselves as sources of truth. Can they be trusted? (gift link) bloomberg.com/features/2026-…

How Prediction Markets Polymarket and Kalshi Are Gamifying Truth

Traders on Kalshi and Polymarket are wagering on everything from championship games to Fed press conferences. Critics call it unregulated gambling.

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forget the prediction markets stuff, THIS is probably the real big insider trading scandal we should be paying attention: bloomberg.com/news/features/…

CFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil Trades

Chairman’s adviser intervened to take over examination of lucrative bets that were made around Trump reversal on Iran power plant attack.

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Max Abelson@maxabelsonOct 1
NEW: The biggest trading firm is so secretive it has no CEO or board of directors. Jane Street’s dominance means its leaders matter across the world, so we spent months trying to figure out who’s who. Here’s a gift link. Please read and share it bloomberg.com/features/2026-…

The Elusive Leaders Behind Jane Street’s Wall Street Rise

Who are the power players inside Jane Street, Wall Street’s secretive trading house? Bloomberg’s guide to the management committee, decision makers, founders and notable alumni.

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The Federal Reserve just raised interest rates by 1/4 percentage point. It’s a little hike but the implications are huge. And why the word “unanimous” was especially important. #economy #federalreserve #interestrates #inflation
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Kyle Chan
@kyleichanSep 15
Go @mattsheehan88! nytimes.com/2026/09/15/opini…

Opinion | The ‘But China!’ Dilemma Driving the A.I. Race

Can the U.S. regulate its A.I. industry without surrendering the A.I. race to China?

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Lora Kelley@loracorkelleySep 14
For @thedrift_mag, I wrote about the recent spate of novels, plays and films that seek to portray the harrowing lives of content moderators (and the small set of journalistic source material about these niche jobs): thedriftmag.com/everything-i…

Everything in Moderation | Tech Fiction’s Discontents

By Lora Kelley. The recent slate of content moderation fiction might depict a world that no longer exists.

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The Bloomberg Review of Books can now count @xlorentzen as a contributor bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

In Times of Political Upheaval, British Cinema Turns to Class War

The new Andrew Garfield movie The Uprising is the latest sign of popular discontent.

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Will Oremus
@WillOremusSep 11
Rams vs. 49ers is a battle between the two leading theories of how to handle jet lag. Fun story: theatlantic.com/health/2026/… by @hanamkiros

The Los Angeles Rams Are Trying to Defeat Time

Welcome to the Super Bowl of jet lag.

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Max Chafkin@chafkinSep 9
loved this piece, by @ev_rat in @BW wrestling with the novel legal questions posed by so called AI agents bloomberg.com/features/2026-… (gift link!)

AI Is Hitting the Legal System From Every Side

Now that AI is doing crimes all on its own, the legal system is facing a struggle to keep up

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Max Abelson@maxabelsonAug 25
The Guggenheim saga might be the biggest sports (or business?) story of the year. And this LeBron scoop from my colleagues @Weihua_Li1, @sridinats and @a_rajbhandari just made it bigger. (Would dare say it’s @PabloTorre level.) Here’s a gift link bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

LeBron James Borrowed $300 Million From Insurers Arranged by Guggenheim

When LeBron James signed up to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to NBA glory with a $154 million contract in 2018, it wasn’t the biggest deal he did that year.

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Tim Wu
@superwusterAug 25
The main problem with "The Time Tax" by Annie Lowrey is that it is so enraging you have to try and avoid throwing the book across the room nytimes.com/2026/08/24/books…

Why Does the Government Keep Wasting Our Time?

In “The Time Tax,” the Atlantic journalist Annie Lowrey takes aim at bureaucratic red tape.

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Finally someone explains why every gal I see get engaged has a 4-carat rock on her hand @svaneksmith bloomberg.com/news/features/…

The Diamond Industry’s Old Guard Wants You to Buy ‘Natural’

How De Beers and friends are battling the avalanche of cheaper, near-identical synthetic gems.

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For @BW’s Screentime issue, I went long on shorts. Specifically: microdramas. If these 90-second soap operas look crazy from the outside …
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And of course now AI is coming for them -- and not everyone is mad about it:
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Full piece here (gift link): bloomberg.com/news/features/…

China Brought 90-Second Microdramas to the US. Now Hollywood Wants In

Short-form soap operas for smartphones are having their moment.

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This survey of the madly growing world of romantasy is really something (gift link, I hope). bloomberg.com/news/features/…

The Steamy, Magical and Now Very Lucrative Romantasy Business

The billion-dollar genre has transformed the book industry, unleashed a cottage economy and promised Hollywood its next big franchise.

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Lucas Shaw@Lucas_ShawAug 10
The September issue of @BW is the fourth annual Screentime issue. On the cover: the movies! They are back, we think? Hollywood is having its best year since 2019.
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Jack Shafer@jackshaferAug 6
"Any failing can be forgiven, as long as it’s packaged in a story that people want to hear." @danengber on the Jason Arday affair. theatlantic.com/books/2026/0…

Icarus in the Faculty Lounge

The Cambridge professor Jason Arday’s unlikely ascent has come to a tragic end.

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Joe Weisenthal
@TheStalwartAug 4
AI's GREAT REVERSE BANK RUN In today's newsletter, I wrote about Leopold's Basilisk what makes this particular mania feels distinct: People are betting on left tail outcomes without sacrificing the right tail of financial opportunities. Doomer's are getting fabulously wealthy.
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