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Double Pivot Podcast: Cycling and Crypto Correspondent
Double Pivot Podcast: Cycling and Crypto Correspondent
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Wrote a long Substack about how I got into reporting so much about Puerto Rico, and rounded up the 9 books in my library that really helped me better understand America's relationship to its most populous colonial prize from 128 years ago.
kaufman.substack.com/p/9-books-yo...
kaufman.substack.com/p/9-books-yo...
9 books you should read on Puerto Rico
If you like Bad Bunny, learn the colonial history that animates his music.
kaufman.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Wrote a long Substack about how I got into reporting so much about Puerto Rico, and rounded up the 9 books in my library that really helped me better understand America's relationship to its most populous colonial prize from 128 years ago.
kaufman.substack.com/p/9-books-yo...
kaufman.substack.com/p/9-books-yo...
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After two weeks deep inside the Epstein files, I've come to view his operation as something close to an elder abuse scheme. Pitching old oligarchs on the collapse of the global order as a way to fund his sex trafficking operation.
www.garbageday.email/p/a-singular...
www.garbageday.email/p/a-singular...
February 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
After two weeks deep inside the Epstein files, I've come to view his operation as something close to an elder abuse scheme. Pitching old oligarchs on the collapse of the global order as a way to fund his sex trafficking operation.
www.garbageday.email/p/a-singular...
www.garbageday.email/p/a-singular...
Adam Curtis, The Century of the Self (2002)
starting to feel like there's a direct relationship between the growing obsession with lifestyle hygeine (no drinking, no caffeine, no sex, obsessive working out and looksmaxxing) and the inability to meaningful moral stands on issues of actual import
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
February 9, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Adam Curtis, The Century of the Self (2002)
curling makes you think the IOC really dropped the bag not having bowling as a summer Olympics sport?
February 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
curling makes you think the IOC really dropped the bag not having bowling as a summer Olympics sport?
Government regulation of pharma ads provides the formal constraints in which genius flourishes
never thought i would pine for skyrizi ads
February 9, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Government regulation of pharma ads provides the formal constraints in which genius flourishes
Cannot wait to place a bet on the NBA all star game
*walks into Las Vegas casino*
Alright, who’s ready to take some action on The Big Game?
*tries to place a bet on the NFC to win the Pro Bowl*
Alright, who’s ready to take some action on The Big Game?
*tries to place a bet on the NFC to win the Pro Bowl*
February 9, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Cannot wait to place a bet on the NBA all star game
Winter Olympics new event:
February 9, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Winter Olympics new event:
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just keeps giving
February 8, 2026 at 4:07 PM
just keeps giving
photo editors putting in a real shift on these Will Lewis stories
I know people hate when NYT does subtext instead of text but this is a really good use of subtext www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:39 AM
photo editors putting in a real shift on these Will Lewis stories
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February 7, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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Italian Winter Olympic athletes love to be named Johannes Würnstraße and be from a lovely town called Alpenstrudel in the Italian region known as Süd-Österreich
February 7, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Italian Winter Olympic athletes love to be named Johannes Würnstraße and be from a lovely town called Alpenstrudel in the Italian region known as Süd-Österreich
*walks into Las Vegas casino*
Alright, who’s ready to take some action on The Big Game?
*tries to place a bet on the NFC to win the Pro Bowl*
Alright, who’s ready to take some action on The Big Game?
*tries to place a bet on the NFC to win the Pro Bowl*
February 7, 2026 at 1:56 AM
*walks into Las Vegas casino*
Alright, who’s ready to take some action on The Big Game?
*tries to place a bet on the NFC to win the Pro Bowl*
Alright, who’s ready to take some action on The Big Game?
*tries to place a bet on the NFC to win the Pro Bowl*
legitimately WILD 48 hours in the life of Hims bsky.app/profile/pear...
great piece that lays out the context of a truly wild stock market and public health story sherwood.news/business/him...
Hims, long flying under regulators’ radar, finally strikes a nerve with its Wegovy pill copy
It’s unclear if the pill Hims is selling works or if the FDA will allow it....
sherwood.news
February 6, 2026 at 10:11 PM
legitimately WILD 48 hours in the life of Hims bsky.app/profile/pear...
since 2014 I've had two landlords in NYC. One was a "small landlord" and a "large landlord" (but not fully institutional)
Guess which one tried to evict us for reporting lead paint to the DOB after we told him we were leaving and which one has been prompt and professional about repairs and issues?
Guess which one tried to evict us for reporting lead paint to the DOB after we told him we were leaving and which one has been prompt and professional about repairs and issues?
February 6, 2026 at 9:22 PM
since 2014 I've had two landlords in NYC. One was a "small landlord" and a "large landlord" (but not fully institutional)
Guess which one tried to evict us for reporting lead paint to the DOB after we told him we were leaving and which one has been prompt and professional about repairs and issues?
Guess which one tried to evict us for reporting lead paint to the DOB after we told him we were leaving and which one has been prompt and professional about repairs and issues?
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the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran
February 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran
"talent is a gatekeeping mechanism"
February 6, 2026 at 6:50 PM
"talent is a gatekeeping mechanism"
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the end result of knowing basic things about urban planning is reacting to every news story by just constantly wanting to grab people by the collar while shaking them and shouting "do you have any idea how many Americans die in car crashes every year???"
February 6, 2026 at 5:34 PM
the end result of knowing basic things about urban planning is reacting to every news story by just constantly wanting to grab people by the collar while shaking them and shouting "do you have any idea how many Americans die in car crashes every year???"
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the fact that early-stage automated vehicles that still occasionally require remote operation assistance are like several orders of magnitude safer than the average American driver should be the real wakeup call here, not the idea that these vehicles still sometimes need remote operation assistance
February 6, 2026 at 5:34 PM
the fact that early-stage automated vehicles that still occasionally require remote operation assistance are like several orders of magnitude safer than the average American driver should be the real wakeup call here, not the idea that these vehicles still sometimes need remote operation assistance
great piece that lays out the context of a truly wild stock market and public health story sherwood.news/business/him...
Hims, long flying under regulators’ radar, finally strikes a nerve with its Wegovy pill copy
It’s unclear if the pill Hims is selling works or if the FDA will allow it....
sherwood.news
February 6, 2026 at 4:09 PM
great piece that lays out the context of a truly wild stock market and public health story sherwood.news/business/him...
how many magazines has this story been pitched to
At least one Adams-Morgan polycule broke up over Israel/Palestine per my informants
February 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
how many magazines has this story been pitched to
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On the “huge vibe divergence” between tech and finance on AI:
Enhanced AI tools are much more to the world, but AI is also much more of investors. sherwood.news/markets/why-...
Enhanced AI tools are
February 6, 2026 at 3:17 PM
On the “huge vibe divergence” between tech and finance on AI:
Enhanced AI tools are much more to the world, but AI is also much more of investors. sherwood.news/markets/why-...
Enhanced AI tools are
"Ruemmler also leads the firm-wide conduct committee, is co-vice chair of Goldman’s reputational risk committee and is a member of the firm-wide enterprise risk committee." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Goldman Defense of Lawyer’s Epstein Ties Provokes Unease at Bank
The top partners at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. were expecting to celebrate its soaring stock price and trading bonanza at their annual gathering in Miami this week. Instead, many are girding for a diffe...
www.bloomberg.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:26 PM
"Ruemmler also leads the firm-wide conduct committee, is co-vice chair of Goldman’s reputational risk committee and is a member of the firm-wide enterprise risk committee." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
use code "rednose" at checkout for 15% off
February 6, 2026 at 1:08 PM
use code "rednose" at checkout for 15% off
Time to remember some headlines:
February 6, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Time to remember some headlines: