Oliver Roeder
@okr.bsky.social
journalist @financialtimes.com
website: oliverroeder.com
previously: nieman fellow; fivethirtyeight
website: oliverroeder.com
previously: nieman fellow; fivethirtyeight
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power, data and birds on the loneliest road in america: www.ft.com/content/729d...
The AI boom comes to America’s loneliest place
Plans for a 230-mile transmission line threaten Nevada’s wilderness and have united hunters and wildlife groups
www.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
power, data and birds on the loneliest road in america: www.ft.com/content/729d...
intern with us this summer: job-boards.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
US Data Journalism Intern
New York
job-boards.greenhouse.io
November 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
intern with us this summer: job-boards.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
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NEW: How prediction markets are shaking up sports gambling in America
@okr.bsky.social and I on prediction markets' entry into sports contracts under Trump's CFTC and the resulting legal fights with states, tribal groups, and the gaming industry
on.ft.com/4nwVxDk
@okr.bsky.social and I on prediction markets' entry into sports contracts under Trump's CFTC and the resulting legal fights with states, tribal groups, and the gaming industry
on.ft.com/4nwVxDk
How prediction markets are shaking up sports gambling in America
Kalshi is spearheading a legal battle to expand access to online betting, with support from some in Trump’s circle
www.ft.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
NEW: How prediction markets are shaking up sports gambling in America
@okr.bsky.social and I on prediction markets' entry into sports contracts under Trump's CFTC and the resulting legal fights with states, tribal groups, and the gaming industry
on.ft.com/4nwVxDk
@okr.bsky.social and I on prediction markets' entry into sports contracts under Trump's CFTC and the resulting legal fights with states, tribal groups, and the gaming industry
on.ft.com/4nwVxDk
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ICE plans to 6x its current budget for immigrant transportation and deportations. The money offers a potential windfall for a few contractors and charter airlines — some with close ties to the Trump campaign. Yet the system is already under strain, with significant concerns for detainees' safety: 🧵
The booming business of Trump’s deportation flights
Companies are jostling for billions of dollars to fly immigrant detainees out of the US
ig.ft.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
ICE plans to 6x its current budget for immigrant transportation and deportations. The money offers a potential windfall for a few contractors and charter airlines — some with close ties to the Trump campaign. Yet the system is already under strain, with significant concerns for detainees' safety: 🧵
jim sanborn has a secret, or, the nuance of iqlusion: on.ft.com/417RPqQ
Jim Sanborn has a secret
[FREE TO READ] The sculptor of the CIA’s ‘Kryptos’ has spent decades guarding its last secret code. What happens when he’s gone?
on.ft.com
August 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
jim sanborn has a secret, or, the nuance of iqlusion: on.ft.com/417RPqQ
why can't i stop cleaning fake dirt off fake objects? www.ft.com/content/0500...
Why can’t I stop cleaning fake dirt off fake objects?
In praise of ‘PowerWash Simulator’, part ponderous game, part dreamlike state
www.ft.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
why can't i stop cleaning fake dirt off fake objects? www.ft.com/content/0500...
mind, boggling: www.ft.com/content/0ab6...
Lone coder cracks 50-year puzzle to find Boggle’s top-scoring board
‘Remarkably old-school’ method establishes supremacy of 1,045-word grid
www.ft.com
May 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
mind, boggling: www.ft.com/content/0ab6...
notes from underground www.ft.com/content/c4b3...
The Hell’s Kitchen room that monitors every subway train in New York
Under threat from the Trump administration, the MTA’s high-tech nerve centre is focused on keeping the city moving
www.ft.com
May 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
notes from underground www.ft.com/content/c4b3...
absolutely incredible work by my colleagues, on the "shadow war" in the baltics: ig.ft.com/baltic-sea/
Inside Russia’s shadow war in the Baltics
A series of suspected sabotage incidents has exposed the vulnerability of Europe’s undersea infrastructure
ig.ft.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
absolutely incredible work by my colleagues, on the "shadow war" in the baltics: ig.ft.com/baltic-sea/
"i'll call you when the war is over" www.ft.com/content/b7ec...
Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann: ‘I’m a soldier at war’
The 21-year-old player on the cheating allegations that derailed his career — and his strategy for overcoming his rivals
www.ft.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"i'll call you when the war is over" www.ft.com/content/b7ec...
atoms, vacuums, lasers, and subcommittees — the technology and politics behind redefinining the second: www.ft.com/content/625d...
The mind-bending new science of measuring time
In windowless labs in Colorado sit the 20 atomic clocks the world sets its watch by. They’re barely keeping up
www.ft.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:28 PM
atoms, vacuums, lasers, and subcommittees — the technology and politics behind redefinining the second: www.ft.com/content/625d...
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I spent most of 2024 traveling around the U.S. and Central America hanging out with gamblers, bookies, politicians, even CEOs and casino bosses, trying to learn about sports betting from every perspective. I wrote 10,000 words about it for Rolling Stone. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Is the $11 Billion Online Sportsbook Bubble About to Burst?
From Vegas to the black market, gambling companies have taken over sports. Inside a billion-dollar industry that could be on the bubble
www.rollingstone.com
November 18, 2024 at 3:18 PM
I spent most of 2024 traveling around the U.S. and Central America hanging out with gamblers, bookies, politicians, even CEOs and casino bosses, trying to learn about sports betting from every perspective. I wrote 10,000 words about it for Rolling Stone. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Reposted by Oliver Roeder
NEW: How a small group of connected bettors has been driving up Trump's odds in betting markets with massive limit orders
on.ft.com/3YsgXaI
w/ @okr.bsky.social
on.ft.com/3YsgXaI
w/ @okr.bsky.social
Burst of trades gives Trump a winning edge in election prediction markets
[FREE TO READ] Small group of bettors lifts odds of Republican victory to 62 per cent on cryptocurrency-based Polymarket
on.ft.com
October 18, 2024 at 1:33 PM
NEW: How a small group of connected bettors has been driving up Trump's odds in betting markets with massive limit orders
on.ft.com/3YsgXaI
w/ @okr.bsky.social
on.ft.com/3YsgXaI
w/ @okr.bsky.social
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Worked w/ @okr.bsky.social, @inari-ta.bsky.social, @peter.andringa.me on our US election game, to help explain some of the decision making process of presidential candidates trying to win the electoral college
You can check it out/compete against other readers here [FREE]: ig.ft.com/us-election-...
You can check it out/compete against other readers here [FREE]: ig.ft.com/us-election-...
Can you mastermind a US presidential campaign?
Compete for the White House against other readers in the Election Game
ig.ft.com
September 26, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Worked w/ @okr.bsky.social, @inari-ta.bsky.social, @peter.andringa.me on our US election game, to help explain some of the decision making process of presidential candidates trying to win the electoral college
You can check it out/compete against other readers here [FREE]: ig.ft.com/us-election-...
You can check it out/compete against other readers here [FREE]: ig.ft.com/us-election-...
the spacecraft voyager 1, the most distant human-made object from our planet, started speaking gibberish. this is the story of its archival rescue, and the last days of a lonely, interstellar machine: www.ft.com/content/0f2d...
Last days of the lonely interstellar spacecraft
When the 50-year-old Voyager probe stopped sending messages home, Nasa had a problem. No one remembered how to fix it
www.ft.com
August 2, 2024 at 2:49 PM
the spacecraft voyager 1, the most distant human-made object from our planet, started speaking gibberish. this is the story of its archival rescue, and the last days of a lonely, interstellar machine: www.ft.com/content/0f2d...
zero dimensions, one ladder, four hunters, more lawyers, and millions of wild acres — the story of a geometric battle in the american west: www.ft.com/content/63b1...
Battle for the American West
How four elk hunters and a ladder could reshape Wyoming’s chequered frontiers
www.ft.com
April 13, 2024 at 2:04 PM
zero dimensions, one ladder, four hunters, more lawyers, and millions of wild acres — the story of a geometric battle in the american west: www.ft.com/content/63b1...
john aristotle phillips, his truth machine, and the shadow campaigns fighting over political prediction markets
Prediction markets can tell the future. Why is the US so afraid of them?
Inside the fight over political betting, which remains a taboo in the US
on.ft.com
November 10, 2023 at 2:29 PM
john aristotle phillips, his truth machine, and the shadow campaigns fighting over political prediction markets
this is the global fentanyl supply chain, as revealed by indictments, data, and FT reporting in china, mexico, and the US: ig.ft.com/fentanyl-cri...
The global network behind the fentanyl crisis
The illicit trade routes responsible for the worst overdose crisis in US history
ig.ft.com
November 8, 2023 at 1:45 PM
this is the global fentanyl supply chain, as revealed by indictments, data, and FT reporting in china, mexico, and the US: ig.ft.com/fentanyl-cri...
it’s the (sound of the) end of the world as we know it
Nikki Lindt wants you to listen to the sound of the planet melting
The artist uses geophone recordings to celebrate a world that is slipping away
ig.ft.com
October 28, 2023 at 3:02 PM
it’s the (sound of the) end of the world as we know it