Felix Salmon
@felixsalmon.com
Host, Slate Money. Author of THE PHOENIX ECONOMY.
I am begging @hellgatenyc.com to allow subscribers to sign in with a username and password. No one wants to wait 12 minutes for a code to arrive via email.
January 10, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I am begging @hellgatenyc.com to allow subscribers to sign in with a username and password. No one wants to wait 12 minutes for a code to arrive via email.
As @matt-levine.bsky.social heads off on a well-earned break I just want to point out the degree to which he’s changed the world.
10 years ago, the answer to “Have you seen all the other fraud indictments?” was “no”. Now, thanks almost entirely to Matt, it’s “yes!”
10 years ago, the answer to “Have you seen all the other fraud indictments?” was “no”. Now, thanks almost entirely to Matt, it’s “yes!”
December 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
As @matt-levine.bsky.social heads off on a well-earned break I just want to point out the degree to which he’s changed the world.
10 years ago, the answer to “Have you seen all the other fraud indictments?” was “no”. Now, thanks almost entirely to Matt, it’s “yes!”
10 years ago, the answer to “Have you seen all the other fraud indictments?” was “no”. Now, thanks almost entirely to Matt, it’s “yes!”
Wait did the MTA kill the Bowery J/Z station? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/s...
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Wait did the MTA kill the Bowery J/Z station? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/s...
December 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Always, ALWAYS take the over
September 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Always, ALWAYS take the over
This has to be AI, right? Interesting example of the use of AI in data journalism
cc @zachseward.com
www.wsj.com/business/air...
cc @zachseward.com
www.wsj.com/business/air...
September 16, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This has to be AI, right? Interesting example of the use of AI in data journalism
cc @zachseward.com
www.wsj.com/business/air...
cc @zachseward.com
www.wsj.com/business/air...
Someone explain to me how a restaurant in Astoria can charge $32 for six oysters lifeatmars.com/dinner-menu/
September 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Someone explain to me how a restaurant in Astoria can charge $32 for six oysters lifeatmars.com/dinner-menu/
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.
The NYT piece both credits and links to the original story, and makes no claims to being a scoop.
August 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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.
The NYT piece both credits and links to the original story, and makes no claims to being a scoop.
But @netgalley.bsky.social is on my whitelist and has been for years
August 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
But @netgalley.bsky.social is on my whitelist and has been for years
Has Amazon blocked @netgalley.bsky.social for some reason?
August 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Has Amazon blocked @netgalley.bsky.social for some reason?
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.
August 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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.
Are they deliberately trolling me www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
July 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Are they deliberately trolling me www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
Bloomberg push alerts as Jeopardy clues
July 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Bloomberg push alerts as Jeopardy clues
Imply! Not infer! www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/p...
July 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Imply! Not infer! www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/p...
74% of NYC's 120k construction workers are immigrants. comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/our-...
You can solve the housing crisis by building more, or you can try to solve it by shrinking the population. The latter solution is disastrous for tax revenues and the city budget, no mayor would ever want it.
You can solve the housing crisis by building more, or you can try to solve it by shrinking the population. The latter solution is disastrous for tax revenues and the city budget, no mayor would ever want it.
June 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
74% of NYC's 120k construction workers are immigrants. comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/our-...
You can solve the housing crisis by building more, or you can try to solve it by shrinking the population. The latter solution is disastrous for tax revenues and the city budget, no mayor would ever want it.
You can solve the housing crisis by building more, or you can try to solve it by shrinking the population. The latter solution is disastrous for tax revenues and the city budget, no mayor would ever want it.
Current Connections status
June 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Current Connections status
smh do none of these members of Congress know what “begs the question” means
June 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
smh do none of these members of Congress know what “begs the question” means
Great story about why your phone doesn’t work in London, even when it says it’s on 5G (it’s probably lying about that). #nimby
www.londoncentric.media/p/real-5g-co...
www.londoncentric.media/p/real-5g-co...
June 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Great story about why your phone doesn’t work in London, even when it says it’s on 5G (it’s probably lying about that). #nimby
www.londoncentric.media/p/real-5g-co...
www.londoncentric.media/p/real-5g-co...
@secondmentions.bsky.social “the tusked thief” www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8MXsXG1/
June 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
@secondmentions.bsky.social “the tusked thief” www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8MXsXG1/
Just remembered this cloud formation
May 30, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Just remembered this cloud formation
@jwherrman.bsky.social where do I find these volumes? Whenever I ask SEO types why they believe what they believe, they just say “trust me I’m an expert” rather than pointing to any kind of primary-source chapter and verse.
May 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
@jwherrman.bsky.social where do I find these volumes? Whenever I ask SEO types why they believe what they believe, they just say “trust me I’m an expert” rather than pointing to any kind of primary-source chapter and verse.
Wild how “Substack” has become a generic term for “newsletter”, eg in this item from @semaforben.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Wild how “Substack” has become a generic term for “newsletter”, eg in this item from @semaforben.bsky.social
“The monolithic connector” @secondmentions.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
“The monolithic connector” @secondmentions.bsky.social
In 99% of art-market reports, whenever there’s a sign of weakness someone will be quoted saying that while middling works are struggling there’s still money for great pieces. This @thegraymarket.bsky.social piece is the first time I’ve seen that formula reversed. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/a...
May 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In 99% of art-market reports, whenever there’s a sign of weakness someone will be quoted saying that while middling works are struggling there’s still money for great pieces. This @thegraymarket.bsky.social piece is the first time I’ve seen that formula reversed. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/a...