Bobby Allyn
@bobbyallyn.bsky.social
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One of @ering.bsky.social's great file finds: Epstein tried to help create an tech fund shortly before he was arrested in 2019 with two tech types. One of his partners, however, was worried about the "optics" of telling founders that Epstein was involved.
So they suggested Epstein conceal himself.
So they suggested Epstein conceal himself.
February 5, 2026 at 3:46 PM
One of @ering.bsky.social's great file finds: Epstein tried to help create an tech fund shortly before he was arrested in 2019 with two tech types. One of his partners, however, was worried about the "optics" of telling founders that Epstein was involved.
So they suggested Epstein conceal himself.
So they suggested Epstein conceal himself.
not that time in 2013 when someone strongly recommended Epstein go to Berghain…
February 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
not that time in 2013 when someone strongly recommended Epstein go to Berghain…
wonder what Bezos could possibly want from the WH
February 5, 2026 at 1:32 AM
wonder what Bezos could possibly want from the WH
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Today, the Washington Post laid off more than 300 people.
If you think this is abt Jeff Bezos's concern that the paper losing money, you're wrong.
So wrong that you should be disqualified from expressing opinions in public.
Billionaires *like* losses. They *need* losses.
If you think this is abt Jeff Bezos's concern that the paper losing money, you're wrong.
So wrong that you should be disqualified from expressing opinions in public.
Billionaires *like* losses. They *need* losses.
February 5, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Today, the Washington Post laid off more than 300 people.
If you think this is abt Jeff Bezos's concern that the paper losing money, you're wrong.
So wrong that you should be disqualified from expressing opinions in public.
Billionaires *like* losses. They *need* losses.
If you think this is abt Jeff Bezos's concern that the paper losing money, you're wrong.
So wrong that you should be disqualified from expressing opinions in public.
Billionaires *like* losses. They *need* losses.
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My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
February 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
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A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account.
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account.
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
"Every American should be worried about that, because if they can lie about this, what else could they lie about? And if it's your family member who gets killed, what recourse do you have?"
www.npr.org/2026/01/31/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/31/n...
DHS keeps making false claims about people. It's part of a broader pattern
Trump administration officials have falsely linked Alex Pretti and Renee Macklin Good to domestic terrorism. It's part of a larger pattern by the Department of Homeland Security.
www.npr.org
January 31, 2026 at 5:13 PM
"Every American should be worried about that, because if they can lie about this, what else could they lie about? And if it's your family member who gets killed, what recourse do you have?"
www.npr.org/2026/01/31/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/31/n...
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Jeffrey Epstein asks Elon Musk if Solar City can electrify his island or ranch. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
January 30, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Jeffrey Epstein asks Elon Musk if Solar City can electrify his island or ranch. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
Kalshi and the prediction market industry are thriving now, but their future is uncertain — the company is locked in 19 federal lawsuits over its status in the U.S., where they argue state laws don’t apply to them and that betting on sports is not a “game”
www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...
Kalshi in court over 19 federal lawsuits. What's the future of prediction markets?
Apps that let people wager on current events have experienced explosive growth in Trump's second term. But one of the leading markets is tied up in lawsuits that cloud the industry's future.
www.npr.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Kalshi and the prediction market industry are thriving now, but their future is uncertain — the company is locked in 19 federal lawsuits over its status in the U.S., where they argue state laws don’t apply to them and that betting on sports is not a “game”
www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...
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Please listen to this story from my @npr.org colleague Adrian Florido about a fruit seller named Jesus
He sold me fresh fruit for years. I was there when immigration agents took him
NPR's Adrian Florido has been buying fruit from the same fruit cart vendor in his LA neighborhood for years. On Tuesday, Adrian was there when federal immigration agents swooped in and arrested him.
www.npr.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Please listen to this story from my @npr.org colleague Adrian Florido about a fruit seller named Jesus
"Although the list of prohibited [Super Bowl ad] categories is not public, it’s known to include tobacco, pornography, firearms" and now prediction markets
frontofficesports.com/nfl-wont-all...
frontofficesports.com/nfl-wont-all...
NFL Won't Allow Prediction Market Super Bowl Commercials
Prediction-market platforms have exploded in popularity and raised billions of dollars. But they’re not allowed to buy Super Bowl ads.
frontofficesports.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:36 PM
"Although the list of prohibited [Super Bowl ad] categories is not public, it’s known to include tobacco, pornography, firearms" and now prediction markets
frontofficesports.com/nfl-wont-all...
frontofficesports.com/nfl-wont-all...
A source close to TikTok tells me that the local Oracle data center outage would've bounced to Singapore, which was a "failover backup," under old TikTok setup. The thing that made everything go haywire was losing that Singapore backup under the only-in-the-US new structure.
January 28, 2026 at 6:56 PM
A source close to TikTok tells me that the local Oracle data center outage would've bounced to Singapore, which was a "failover backup," under old TikTok setup. The thing that made everything go haywire was losing that Singapore backup under the only-in-the-US new structure.
The Trump admin has quietly gutted nuclear safety regs amid a big reactor push that could expose workers to more radiation before an investigation is triggered, slash groundwater rules and scrap record keeping. @gbrumfiel.bsky.social has the goods
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules
The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2026 at 5:35 PM
The Trump admin has quietly gutted nuclear safety regs amid a big reactor push that could expose workers to more radiation before an investigation is triggered, slash groundwater rules and scrap record keeping. @gbrumfiel.bsky.social has the goods
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
Twitter shareholders are taking Elon Musk to federal court next month in a big securities fraud trial and hooo boy jury selection should be interesting. Here’s a sampling of some proposed voir dire questions:
January 28, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Twitter shareholders are taking Elon Musk to federal court next month in a big securities fraud trial and hooo boy jury selection should be interesting. Here’s a sampling of some proposed voir dire questions:
"Bitcoin is down...the crash sapped energy and attention from the crypto scene. Prediction markets, by contrast, are pulling in the same speculative crowd, offering a sharper hit: binary odds, real-world stakes, fast resolution."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
January 27, 2026 at 5:28 PM
"Bitcoin is down...the crash sapped energy and attention from the crypto scene. Prediction markets, by contrast, are pulling in the same speculative crowd, offering a sharper hit: binary odds, real-world stakes, fast resolution."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
TikTok tells me they have no rules against using “Epstein” in DMs & that they’re “investigating why some users are experiencing issues.” It does appear anecdotally and from what TikTok can tell to be happening inconsistently. Some can’t send it in DMs, some can. Strange indeed.
January 27, 2026 at 4:12 AM
TikTok tells me they have no rules against using “Epstein” in DMs & that they’re “investigating why some users are experiencing issues.” It does appear anecdotally and from what TikTok can tell to be happening inconsistently. Some can’t send it in DMs, some can. Strange indeed.
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SCOOP: Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers.
More here:
www.wired.com/story/palant...
WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers.
More here:
www.wired.com/story/palant...
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:11 PM
SCOOP: Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers.
More here:
www.wired.com/story/palant...
WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers.
More here:
www.wired.com/story/palant...
i often hear “Bezos just doesn’t care” as an explanation of his looming evisceration of the paper, but is that really the leading theory here? he’s approving this out of apathy? a man worth $249B who oversees a global business empire is giving a 🤷🏼♂️ to this being an unforgettable part of his legacy?
January 26, 2026 at 8:12 PM
i often hear “Bezos just doesn’t care” as an explanation of his looming evisceration of the paper, but is that really the leading theory here? he’s approving this out of apathy? a man worth $249B who oversees a global business empire is giving a 🤷🏼♂️ to this being an unforgettable part of his legacy?
good to be vigilant about content moderation / algo changes with new TikTok ownership, but also good to hold creators to a burden of proof when they say they’ve been newly “censored,” which creators claim
for all sorts of reasons all the time, often with no evidence.
for all sorts of reasons all the time, often with no evidence.
January 26, 2026 at 2:30 AM
good to be vigilant about content moderation / algo changes with new TikTok ownership, but also good to hold creators to a burden of proof when they say they’ve been newly “censored,” which creators claim
for all sorts of reasons all the time, often with no evidence.
for all sorts of reasons all the time, often with no evidence.
A 911 call WaPo obtained through a public records request reveals that when detention center staff reported the death of Lunas Campos in El Paso, employees told the operator it was a suicide, when the medical examiner concluded someone else killed him.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
ICE detention staff reported death of restrained man as a suicide
The statements to 911 operators the night Geraldo Lunas Campos died appear to conflict with autopsy’s later finding of ‘homicide.’
www.washingtonpost.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:18 AM
A 911 call WaPo obtained through a public records request reveals that when detention center staff reported the death of Lunas Campos in El Paso, employees told the operator it was a suicide, when the medical examiner concluded someone else killed him.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
China is outlawed from having an "operational relationship" w TikTok, but the finalized deal keeps ByteDance a minority investor & lets them own the algorithm. Far from a clean break from China.
What it DOES do is hand Larry Ellison's Oracle, the Emiratis and Silver Lake enormous sway over the app.
What it DOES do is hand Larry Ellison's Oracle, the Emiratis and Silver Lake enormous sway over the app.
January 23, 2026 at 1:13 AM
China is outlawed from having an "operational relationship" w TikTok, but the finalized deal keeps ByteDance a minority investor & lets them own the algorithm. Far from a clean break from China.
What it DOES do is hand Larry Ellison's Oracle, the Emiratis and Silver Lake enormous sway over the app.
What it DOES do is hand Larry Ellison's Oracle, the Emiratis and Silver Lake enormous sway over the app.
Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour on a Reddit AMA a year ago, before it had partnerships with CNN and CNBC in which Kalshi markets are read on live television alongside real polls:
"Artificially inflating the odds of your preferred candidate doesn’t help them win the election"
"Artificially inflating the odds of your preferred candidate doesn’t help them win the election"
January 22, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour on a Reddit AMA a year ago, before it had partnerships with CNN and CNBC in which Kalshi markets are read on live television alongside real polls:
"Artificially inflating the odds of your preferred candidate doesn’t help them win the election"
"Artificially inflating the odds of your preferred candidate doesn’t help them win the election"
Polymarket's CEO has called it a "global truth machine," but its X strategy is anything but. It pushes bogus stuff, like the Bezos example below, mixed with real news, and warped nuggets of news. It's shitposting for its audience, which juices engagement leading to, they hope, more brand awareness.
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has still not said anything publicly about federal agents raiding the home of one of his reporters last week.
He is, however, using his X account to refute apparent misinformation about himself within a few hours of it being posted.
He is, however, using his X account to refute apparent misinformation about himself within a few hours of it being posted.
January 22, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Polymarket's CEO has called it a "global truth machine," but its X strategy is anything but. It pushes bogus stuff, like the Bezos example below, mixed with real news, and warped nuggets of news. It's shitposting for its audience, which juices engagement leading to, they hope, more brand awareness.
"Nearly half of all American men aged 18 to 49 maintain an online sports-betting account...Emerging research suggests that the spread of sports gambling portends a huge increase in gambling addiction, which has the highest rate of suicide of any addictive behavior."
harpers.org/archive/2026...
harpers.org/archive/2026...
On Tilt, by Jasper Craven
America’s new gambling epidemic
harpers.org
January 22, 2026 at 3:42 PM
"Nearly half of all American men aged 18 to 49 maintain an online sports-betting account...Emerging research suggests that the spread of sports gambling portends a huge increase in gambling addiction, which has the highest rate of suicide of any addictive behavior."
harpers.org/archive/2026...
harpers.org/archive/2026...
well this could get interesting
January 21, 2026 at 10:35 PM
well this could get interesting