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In the last month, the FBI has charged players from two different leagues for roles in sports-betting scandals.
Either legalized gambling is exposing corruption that’s always been there.
Or it’s creating it.
Either answer is terrible for sports.
Either legalized gambling is exposing corruption that’s always been there.
Or it’s creating it.
Either answer is terrible for sports.
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In the last month, the FBI has charged players from two different leagues for roles in sports-betting scandals.
Either legalized gambling is exposing corruption that’s always been there.
Or it’s creating it.
Either answer is terrible for sports.
Either legalized gambling is exposing corruption that’s always been there.
Or it’s creating it.
Either answer is terrible for sports.
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Blech.
Ortiz is a scrub. No big loss.
Clase is 3x All-star, arguably the best closer in the game. The Gs were about to trade him, since they're loaded in the pen. He would've brought a lot in return. Opportunity gone.
27 years old and soon to be banned for life. WTF? What a dick.
Ortiz is a scrub. No big loss.
Clase is 3x All-star, arguably the best closer in the game. The Gs were about to trade him, since they're loaded in the pen. He would've brought a lot in return. Opportunity gone.
27 years old and soon to be banned for life. WTF? What a dick.
US sports betting crisis grows as MLB’s Clase and Ortiz indicted over alleged rigged pitches
Cleveland Guardians players Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted over an alleged scheme to rig pitches during games
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Blech.
Ortiz is a scrub. No big loss.
Clase is 3x All-star, arguably the best closer in the game. The Gs were about to trade him, since they're loaded in the pen. He would've brought a lot in return. Opportunity gone.
27 years old and soon to be banned for life. WTF? What a dick.
Ortiz is a scrub. No big loss.
Clase is 3x All-star, arguably the best closer in the game. The Gs were about to trade him, since they're loaded in the pen. He would've brought a lot in return. Opportunity gone.
27 years old and soon to be banned for life. WTF? What a dick.
Is it just me or should there be a pause on sports betting (online & otherwise) in North America until we can get a handle on the scope of this problem of professional athletes being corrupted, threatened, and/or involved in betting controversies?
www.cbc.ca/sports/baseb...
www.cbc.ca/sports/baseb...
Guardians teammates Clase, Ortiz charged with taking bribes to rig pitches for bettors | CBC Sports
Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been charged with taking bribes from sports bettors to intentionally throw certain types of pitches, including tossing balls instead of ...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Is it just me or should there be a pause on sports betting (online & otherwise) in North America until we can get a handle on the scope of this problem of professional athletes being corrupted, threatened, and/or involved in betting controversies?
www.cbc.ca/sports/baseb...
www.cbc.ca/sports/baseb...
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A family was abducted by armed militia in Alamo, TX. ICE denied that the armed men seen in this video kidnapping members of the Caballero family are not ICE. The children have no idea where their parents were taken after this video was filmed. 11/7/2025
Federal authorities said they are not ICE
Federal authorities said they are not ICE
November 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A family was abducted by armed militia in Alamo, TX. ICE denied that the armed men seen in this video kidnapping members of the Caballero family are not ICE. The children have no idea where their parents were taken after this video was filmed. 11/7/2025
Federal authorities said they are not ICE
Federal authorities said they are not ICE
And this is the problem with the internet and social media in the age where critical thinking is on the decline. Just think, now we’re adding fake AI photos and videos to the mix 🍯. What could go wrong? 😬😑
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
And this is the problem with the internet and social media in the age where critical thinking is on the decline. Just think, now we’re adding fake AI photos and videos to the mix 🍯. What could go wrong? 😬😑
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Hey Media! want to talk to a Canadian physician working hard to make change at COP30?
There are five of us!
Learn more about what we are doing there, and how to reach us, in the link below.
There are five of us!
Learn more about what we are doing there, and how to reach us, in the link below.
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) Delegation at COP30 to protect people’s health and confront climate disinformation - CAPE
The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) delegation of physicians and program team will be in Bélem from November 11 to 20. While the federal budget 2025 may have fallen short...
cape.ca
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Hey Media! want to talk to a Canadian physician working hard to make change at COP30?
There are five of us!
Learn more about what we are doing there, and how to reach us, in the link below.
There are five of us!
Learn more about what we are doing there, and how to reach us, in the link below.
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As we remember the discover of the double helix, it is worthwhile to read nature‘s article on Rosalind Franklin www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
As we remember the discover of the double helix, it is worthwhile to read nature‘s article on Rosalind Franklin www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
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Not sure how desperately trying to keep food from hungry Americans helps the GOP but hey, that's just me.
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Not sure how desperately trying to keep food from hungry Americans helps the GOP but hey, that's just me.
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The Republicans are going all the way to the Supreme Court to starve hungry children but please tell me again how the shutdown is the fault of the Democrats.
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The Republicans are going all the way to the Supreme Court to starve hungry children but please tell me again how the shutdown is the fault of the Democrats.
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So Donald Trump’s big donors and giant corporations get massive tax breaks, but Americans waiting for SNAP payments are told to eat dirt? Did I get that right?
November 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
So Donald Trump’s big donors and giant corporations get massive tax breaks, but Americans waiting for SNAP payments are told to eat dirt? Did I get that right?
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FACT-CHECK: Nope, nope, and nope
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
FACT-CHECK: Nope, nope, and nope
This *should* help increase America's woeful tourism numbers this Fall & Winter season. Not 🙄. #TrumpShutDown #Trumpflation www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/u...
Travelers face mounting delays this weekend as airlines cut hundreds of flights due to the shutdown. Here’s what to know | CNN
Disgruntled travelers across the US will face more disruptions to their plans this weekend, as airlines cancel hundreds of additional flights and delays continue to mount due to air traffic controller...
www.cnn.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This *should* help increase America's woeful tourism numbers this Fall & Winter season. Not 🙄. #TrumpShutDown #Trumpflation www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/u...
Glad to see Biden speaking up about his lousy successor, because we all know the Donald didn't keep quiet when Biden was President. I wish Joe added the term 'gaudy' to the gold decor Trump added to the White House while the American people struggle with Trumpflation. www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/p...
Biden says Trump has ‘taken a wrecking ball’ to democracy in sharp criticism | CNN Politics
Former President Joe Biden delivered a strong critique of his successor Friday, arguing to a room of supporters that President Donald Trump has “taken a wrecking ball” to democracy.
www.cnn.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Glad to see Biden speaking up about his lousy successor, because we all know the Donald didn't keep quiet when Biden was President. I wish Joe added the term 'gaudy' to the gold decor Trump added to the White House while the American people struggle with Trumpflation. www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/p...
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Layoffs are reaching their highest levels since the pandemic, but America's corporate elite have never been doing better.
Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?
Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?
November 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Layoffs are reaching their highest levels since the pandemic, but America's corporate elite have never been doing better.
Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?
Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?
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New pressure to start a #water war with Mexico over water that simply isn't available, in part due to climate-change reductions in flows (not mentioned in the article).
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/07/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/07/t...
November 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
New pressure to start a #water war with Mexico over water that simply isn't available, in part due to climate-change reductions in flows (not mentioned in the article).
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/07/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/07/t...
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"I can't believe people don't want to come here after;
-Mass deportations
-harassment at the border
-economic warfare
-disappearing people w/o charges
-forcing detainees to drink water off the floor
-70+ deaths of detainees
-kidnapping children from parents &
-51st state comments for months"
-Mass deportations
-harassment at the border
-economic warfare
-disappearing people w/o charges
-forcing detainees to drink water off the floor
-70+ deaths of detainees
-kidnapping children from parents &
-51st state comments for months"
American businesses feel pinch as Canadian travel dries up | CBC News
The owner of an East Grand Forks business says the drop in the amount of Canadian travellers stopping in at his and other area businesses has been significant, while numbers confirm fewer Canadians ar...
www.cbc.ca
November 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"I can't believe people don't want to come here after;
-Mass deportations
-harassment at the border
-economic warfare
-disappearing people w/o charges
-forcing detainees to drink water off the floor
-70+ deaths of detainees
-kidnapping children from parents &
-51st state comments for months"
-Mass deportations
-harassment at the border
-economic warfare
-disappearing people w/o charges
-forcing detainees to drink water off the floor
-70+ deaths of detainees
-kidnapping children from parents &
-51st state comments for months"
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Maths...
If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.
If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.
Tax the rich.
If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.
If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.
Tax the rich.
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Maths...
If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.
If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.
Tax the rich.
If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.
If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.
Tax the rich.
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I wrote something about sports betting, and about the varieties of gambling and their various social optimalities.
open.substack.com/pub/mattglas...
open.substack.com/pub/mattglas...
Ten thoughts on sports betting
It's a bad sign when something starts to resemble a slot machine
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I wrote something about sports betting, and about the varieties of gambling and their various social optimalities.
open.substack.com/pub/mattglas...
open.substack.com/pub/mattglas...
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New in PN: Mike Johnson's lies keep getting lost in the facts
"Nearly every time he appears before cameras to sell the GOP’s lies, he manages to unintentionally tell the truth. These admissions have advertised the fact the regime is intent on using the shutdown to torment vulnerable Americans."
"Nearly every time he appears before cameras to sell the GOP’s lies, he manages to unintentionally tell the truth. These admissions have advertised the fact the regime is intent on using the shutdown to torment vulnerable Americans."
Mike Johnson's lies keep getting lost in the facts
The shutdown is exposing the speaker's slimy disingenuousness.
www.publicnotice.co
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
New in PN: Mike Johnson's lies keep getting lost in the facts
"Nearly every time he appears before cameras to sell the GOP’s lies, he manages to unintentionally tell the truth. These admissions have advertised the fact the regime is intent on using the shutdown to torment vulnerable Americans."
"Nearly every time he appears before cameras to sell the GOP’s lies, he manages to unintentionally tell the truth. These admissions have advertised the fact the regime is intent on using the shutdown to torment vulnerable Americans."
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Exactly. Show him his post first. Put it up on a screen. Then ask him virtually any question about any word, phrase, or sentence in it.
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Exactly. Show him his post first. Put it up on a screen. Then ask him virtually any question about any word, phrase, or sentence in it.