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Double Pivot Podcast: Cycling and Crypto Correspondent
Double Pivot Podcast: Cycling and Crypto Correspondent
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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:
waiting for Strategy to report *this* afternoon of all afternoons
February 5, 2026 at 8:58 PM
waiting for Strategy to report *this* afternoon of all afternoons
me: it's absurd, the number of men who think they could land a plane in an emergency. rank non-contextual over-confidence
me, when the winter olympics are going on: actually I do think I could effectively exploit grey areas in regulations to dominate ski jumping
me, when the winter olympics are going on: actually I do think I could effectively exploit grey areas in regulations to dominate ski jumping
February 5, 2026 at 7:23 PM
me: it's absurd, the number of men who think they could land a plane in an emergency. rank non-contextual over-confidence
me, when the winter olympics are going on: actually I do think I could effectively exploit grey areas in regulations to dominate ski jumping
me, when the winter olympics are going on: actually I do think I could effectively exploit grey areas in regulations to dominate ski jumping
if you're looking for evidence that the current titans of tech are world historically thin skinned, here's Sam Altman's reponse to a humorous ad made by a competitor:
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tried to be a good sport, calling the ads funny, but clearly they struck a nerve. He called the ads “deceptive,” accused Anthropic of “doublespeak,” and said it was an “authoritarian company” that was heading down a “dark path.”
sherwood.news/tech/openais...
sherwood.news/tech/openais...
OpenAI’s Altman calls Anthropic an “authoritarian company” and says its Super Bowl ad is “deceptive”
After Anthropic pledged an ad-free Claude in a Super Bowl ad that is a thinly veiled poke at OpenAI, Sam Altman accused the company of “doublespeak”...
sherwood.news
February 5, 2026 at 6:50 PM
if you're looking for evidence that the current titans of tech are world historically thin skinned, here's Sam Altman's reponse to a humorous ad made by a competitor:
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Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”
February 5, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”
it's time for everyone to catch up on the "Lazio fires eagle mascot handler over social media posts; he then barricades himself in the stadium" story
"The penis-injection problem in ski jumping" is the sort of crisis any Italian-hosted Olympic games is expected to deliver
February 5, 2026 at 6:39 PM
it's time for everyone to catch up on the "Lazio fires eagle mascot handler over social media posts; he then barricades himself in the stadium" story
there should be 6 olympic cities that host the winter olympics and 6 cities that host the summer olympics and it should just rotate around
February 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
there should be 6 olympic cities that host the winter olympics and 6 cities that host the summer olympics and it should just rotate around
people joke about pets.com but the underlying idea – selling consumer products on the internet – was indeed a durable and profitable insight
I feel like the current overvaluation in financial assets has the greatest concentration of utter fuckin stupidity in history. like even pets.com was a real company
February 5, 2026 at 4:16 PM
people joke about pets.com but the underlying idea – selling consumer products on the internet – was indeed a durable and profitable insight
lots and lots of granular detail here supporting @michaelcaley.bsky.social’s thesis that capital doesn’t have the shooters it used too and faces massive coordination issues flexing its power nymag.com/intelligence...
New York’s CEOs Are Gearing Up for a Fight With Mamdani
A storied local-business group is entering a new, more aggressive phase.
nymag.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:36 PM
lots and lots of granular detail here supporting @michaelcaley.bsky.social’s thesis that capital doesn’t have the shooters it used too and faces massive coordination issues flexing its power nymag.com/intelligence...
turns out providing military-style training with heavy weapons to a team that's expected to respond to terror attacks doesn't make for appropriate responses to first amendment protected activity gothamist.com/news/former-...
February 5, 2026 at 1:54 PM
turns out providing military-style training with heavy weapons to a team that's expected to respond to terror attacks doesn't make for appropriate responses to first amendment protected activity gothamist.com/news/former-...
"bitcoin as a store of digital value etc etc etc" is one argument
"bitcoin as a store of digital value, intermediated by the managerial and investing acumen of Michael Saylor" is a whole other one
"bitcoin as a store of digital value, intermediated by the managerial and investing acumen of Michael Saylor" is a whole other one
The strategy that rewarded companies for hoarding cryptocurrencies is now punishing them.
The Crypto-Hoarding Strategy Is Unraveling
Bitcoin fell below $76,000 on Saturday, saddling Michael Saylor’s Strategy with paper losses on its token purchases.
on.wsj.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:57 PM
"bitcoin as a store of digital value etc etc etc" is one argument
"bitcoin as a store of digital value, intermediated by the managerial and investing acumen of Michael Saylor" is a whole other one
"bitcoin as a store of digital value, intermediated by the managerial and investing acumen of Michael Saylor" is a whole other one
ooooof – Adams was (at least) Hochul's third choice running mate
February 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM
ooooof – Adams was (at least) Hochul's third choice running mate
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yet again noting that “The Right Stuff” was taken from test pilots but intended as an ironic reference to their idea that being good at one thing (flying planes) meant they would be good at other things (drunk driving)
Guys like Bezos think that because they made a lot of money doing one specific thing, that makes them brilliant at everything. And then when it turns out they don't know the first thing about, say, newspaper publishing, they get bored and task an underling with stripping the place for parts.
If the plan was just to put WaPo to work for Bezos's other business interests, I'm pretty sure they could have done that in a less shambolic fashion. So while Bezos's attempts to cozy up to the regime are for sure part of the problem, don't discount his hubris, myopia, and petulance.
February 4, 2026 at 4:59 PM
yet again noting that “The Right Stuff” was taken from test pilots but intended as an ironic reference to their idea that being good at one thing (flying planes) meant they would be good at other things (drunk driving)
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Intellectually and systemically I understand why they are not, but a part of me just viscerally does not understand why current plutocrats *for their own self-interest* refuse to build durable institutions that serve the public good
February 4, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Intellectually and systemically I understand why they are not, but a part of me just viscerally does not understand why current plutocrats *for their own self-interest* refuse to build durable institutions that serve the public good