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Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · 5h

For Bloomberg, I wrote up an amazing trip I took in Italy in 2022. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Art of Being a Follower — Not a Tourist — in Italy

One great benefit of retracing the path of travelers past is finding places that are off the tourist circuit of the present.

www.bloomberg.com

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Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · 14h

Wow I had totally forgotten how many weird dischords there are in this song, it’s much less of a bop than I remembered

Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · 1d

Is it AI slop?

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Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · 19d

Always, ALWAYS take the over

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Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · 23d

Baby’s first Bloomberg byline! (gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Labubus Might Be the Perfect Avatar of 2025

The question isn’t why the furry, ugly-cute toys have achieved such success, so much as why not.

www.bloomberg.com

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Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · 25d

This has to be AI, right? Interesting example of the use of AI in data journalism
cc @zachseward.com

www.wsj.com/business/air...

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Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · 26d

Over

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Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · Sep 10

But they’re USMCA-compliant, so no tariffs

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Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · Sep 10

Someone explain to me how a restaurant in Astoria can charge $32 for six oysters lifeatmars.com/dinner-menu/

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Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · Sep 7

I miss you though!!

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Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · Sep 6

Yep! I’ve joined the Weekend / Pursuits team!

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Sep 3

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

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Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · Sep 3

How lucky am I? My first ever US Open and it’s Deloitte Night!

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Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · Aug 31

“I was so taken aback by his generosity” — some guy who was, amazingly, allowed to buy a pink Tudor watch at full retail price because it was his 30th birthday www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BGMFbN/

Christian was on an episode of Collector Conversation last year and discussed the milestone story behind him acquiring the Tudor Black Bay Chrono with pink dial. #luxurywatches #watchcollection #watch...

TikTok video by the1916company_official

www.tiktok.com

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Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · Aug 26

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BHxtHB/

The truth about the Rolex waitlist

TikTok video by Ben⏱

www.tiktok.com

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Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · Aug 25

“I have a friend that spent 25 grand, he can’t even get a green oyster perpetual” — how on earth did I end up in this godforsaken corner of WatchTok

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Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · Aug 24

I would totally do this but I’m 3,028 miles away

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Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · Aug 21

I think “breaking NYT” here, from an MSNBC person, not a NYT person, just means the news is breaking (in tv terms) and here’s the NYT article.
The NYT piece both credits and links to the original story, and makes no claims to being a scoop.

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Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · Aug 18

But @netgalley.bsky.social is on my whitelist and has been for years

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Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · Aug 18

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Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · Aug 18

Has Amazon blocked @netgalley.bsky.social for some reason?

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Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · Aug 15

Imagine what it’s like being a journalist watching newsroom movies

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Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · Aug 11

It’s much simpler than that. Using AI is a habit that’s very hard to break, especially when you’ve never done anything else.

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Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · Aug 11

Any Chappell Roan concert

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Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · Aug 11

If the art of taxation, as @dsquareddigest.bsky.social says, is to extract the maximum amount of feathers with the least amount hissing, then the stock buyback tax might be the perfect tax. No one seems to have blinked an eye at it.

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