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Politics

Free, Easy, Dead: The Difficult Birth And Predictable Death Of IRS Direct File

The Machines

You Should Never Be The Most Sycophantic Participant In A Conversation With A Chatbot

Golf

Saudi Arabia Decides LIV Golf Is Ready To Be Supported By Its Passionate Fan Base, Unbeatable Product

Olympics

One Angeleno’s Journey Through Olympics Ticket Madness

The Great Outdoors

The Trump Administration Is Killing The U.S. Forest Service So It Can Also Kill U.S. Forests

Capital

Polymarket Apologizes For Taking Bets On American Pilots Downed Over Iran

Capital

Tech Media Propaganda Operation Makes It Official, Goes In-House At OpenAI

Food

Erewhon Is Not A Grocery Store

Capital

Now That OpenAI Has Terminated Sora, How Will I Have This Blog Read To Me By An Uncanny Buxom Mike Wazowski?

Gambling

Why I Got Out Of The Gambling Business

Anonymous
MLB

It’s Gambling

Capital

Live Nation Gets To Keep Its Monopoly Thanks To Trump’s Department Of Justice

Politics

UFC And FBI Announce Two Days Of Activities For Kash Patel

NBA

An Interview With A Tenant Who Doesn’t Have Heat In Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Building

Under The Influence

Meta’s Defense In Social Media Addiction Trial Is Basically A Shrug

Capital

Paramount Wins Hostile Takeover Bid For Warner Bros.

NBA

Jeffrey Epstein Appeared To Be A Big Joakim Noah Fan

The Machines

Something Of Moderate Size And Importance Is Happening

Capital

Jeffrey Epstein And His Network Of Rich Freaks Were Obsessed With The Chiropractor

Capital

The Outdoor Industry Needs Workers, And Workers Need Unions

Olympics

Famous Clients Bail On Casey Wasserman Over Gross Sex Emails To Ghislaine Maxwell

NBA

Giannis Antetokounmpo Jumps In Bed With Sleazy Prediction Market

Journalismism

The Washington Post Lays Off A Third Of Its Workforce, Is Dead

NFL

Fanatics Makes More Excuses Than Sellable Jerseys

Capital

Prediction Markets Are Betting On A Grim Future

Capital

Let Your Buyers Become Your Criers When You Pull The Rug Out From Beneath The Table Of Success

Capital

Whose League Is It Anyway?

Capital

Paramount Launches Hostile Takeover Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery

Capital

Paramount Is Trying To Bully Its Way Into Acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery

Capital

Larry Summers Recedes From Public Life Due To His Gross Emails With Jeffrey Epstein

Politics

Shocker: Appointing A 29-Year-Old Derelict Pet Store Owner With No Politics Experience To San Francisco Board Of Supervisors Not Actually A Masterstroke

Announcements

Reflections On Five Years In Worker-Owned Media

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