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Oliver Roeder retweeted
NEW: How a small group of connected bettors has been driving up Trump's odds in betting markets with massive limit orders
on.ft.com/3YsgXaI
w/ @ollie
Oliver Roeder retweeted
With less than 3 weeks to go, @ollie and I show why Omaha's vote matters in the US election
Of 128 possible scenarios in 7 swing states (2^7), 4 paths have a difference of only 1 electoral college vote
If Harris wins the blue wall + Trump the sunbelt, Nebraska 2 will be pivotal
Oliver Roeder retweeted
Anyone who wants to download/poke around in the data can grab it in CSV form here: ig.ft.com/us-election-game/s…
Oliver Roeder retweeted
We've run this game for a little over a week and have just over 170k submissions!
The leading entry at the moment, which wins about 72% of its matchups, looks like this:
[link to the game here: ig.ft.com/us-election-game/]
ALT A screenshot from the FT US election game, showing a distribution of 26 credits on Pennsylvania, 24 credits on Georgia, 3 credits on North Carolina, 3 credits on Michigan, 1 credit on Arizona, 20 credits on Wisconsin, 12 credits on Nevada, 1 credit on New Hampshire and no credits on Maine or Nebraska's second congressional district
Yesterday, we put out our US election game, a "blotto" game that aims to explain some of the decision-making process of presidential candidates competing to win the electoral college
You can check it out and compete against other readers here [FREE]: ft.com/us-election-game
Oliver Roeder retweeted
We have some exciting news to share: We have a deal!!
More than two years after our union was recognized, we’ve finally come to a tentative agreement with the Financial Times and will put it to our members for a vote.
the spacecraft voyager 1, the most distant human-made object from our planet, started speaking gibberish. this is the story of its archival rescue, and the last days of a lonely, interstellar machine: ft.com/content/0f2dce04-ec78…
graphics by the brilliant @ian_bott_artist and @Cleveco (who built an entire spacecraft) and @sam_learner (who modeled an entire solar system). photography by the incomparable ryan young.
zero dimensions, one ladder, four hunters, more lawyers, and millions of wild acres — the story of a geometric battle in the american west: ft.com/content/63b1c7b1-c0de…
Oliver Roeder retweeted
For my part: “Seven Games” by Oliver Roeder, in which he breaks down seven ubiquitous board games, the poetry/philosophy behind them, and how they've each been deconstructed by computers. Awesome read, especially with the slow reveal that the author is an absolute gaming sicko
Oliver Roeder retweeted
Bought this mainly for the chapters on chess and poker; ended up enjoying all the games @ollie dives into. His passion for each of them is evident on every page.
#poker #scrabble #go #chess #backgammon #checkers #bridge #playmoregames
Oliver Roeder retweeted
Excited to share one of my photos is going to be featured on a U.S. postage stamp, part of a series called “Carnival Nights” that the @USPS is releasing in June. My image is of a ferris wheel at night on the midway of the @IowaStateFair. Now my photos are first class (dad joke).
Oliver Roeder retweeted
Our latest visual story on the process of manufacturing the world's smallest microchips:
ig.ft.com/microchips/
w/ @samjoiner @upyorkshire @Dan_Clark5 @inari_ta @BobHaslett
john aristotle phillips, his truth machine, and the shadow campaigns fighting over political prediction markets: on.ft.com/3u9oZIW
Oliver Roeder retweeted
Sneak peek of this weekend's cover
Look out for the story on Friday at on.ft.com/3Qp7r30
this is the global fentanyl supply chain, as revealed by indictments, data, and FT reporting in china, mexico, and the US: ig.ft.com/fentanyl-crisis/
