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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 7d

OPINION TODAY featured podcast —
Will Eric Adams’s Exit Change the NYC Mayoral Election?
(Risky Business with Nate Silver and @mkonnikova.bsky.social)
opiniontoday.substack.com/i/175001460/...

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Eric Raskin @ericraskin.bsky.social · 7d

The first episode of the solo-host era of LOW ROLLERS is here, featuring a conversation w/ @mkonnikova.bsky.social
about her friendship with Nate Silver, her passion for tournament poker & much more. Also, my analysis of Kalshi offering SGPs, and a tale of player prop pain: rss.com/podcasts/low...

Low Rollers, Episode 38: Maria Konnikova on poker, podcasting, and making better decisions (like not gambling) | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

It's a new episode of CasinoReports.com's weekly gaming-biz podcast, Low Rollers! Host Eric Raskin analyzes the implications for FanDuel, DraftKings, and other regulated operators of prediction market...

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Maria Konnikova @mkonnikova.bsky.social · 8d

I love @asherperlman.bsky.social’s work. So I decided to ruin the magic by figuring out why. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...

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Podcast Delivery @podcastdelivery.com · 26d

Join mkonnikova.bsky.social and Nate Silver on Risky Business, the podcast where journalism meets high-stakes poker. Explore their analytical approach to decisions in politics, poker, and life, blending Maria's psychology insights and Nate's forecasting acumen.

Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova

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Maria Konnikova @mkonnikova.bsky.social · Sep 7

To celebrate the start of the school year, I made you all a fiction reading list (and wrote a bit about it): open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...

Fall is for reading

A fiction reading list, for all seasons

open.substack.com

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Maria Konnikova @mkonnikova.bsky.social · Aug 28

Had such a blast talking to the wonderful Boston Rob for the Risky Business pod this week. (He also happened to be my HU opponent for the NBC National HU Championship!) lnk.to/vDRYVk

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Maria Konnikova @mkonnikova.bsky.social · Aug 22

Damn should’ve read that pre-taping 😂

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Maria Konnikova @mkonnikova.bsky.social · Aug 22

You know, that’s how I remembered it from school, but then I was corrected for the pod, so I have no idea what to think!

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Maria Konnikova @mkonnikova.bsky.social · Aug 22

It's time we re-learn how to be bored. It's going to help a lot more than your poker game. New piece on the sub that stacks: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...

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Edward Banatt @armavirumque.bsky.social · Aug 14

I enjoyed reading and learning about "kindness contagion." Sort of the opposite of what we have going on in the US right now, which is a contagion of cruelty and performative cruelty.

Maria Konnikova @mkonnikova.bsky.social · Aug 14

When I was 12, I met someone whose kindness made all the difference. My new piece, on the phenomenon of kindness contagion: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...

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Maria Konnikova @mkonnikova.bsky.social · Aug 14

When I was 12, I met someone whose kindness made all the difference. My new piece, on the phenomenon of kindness contagion: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...

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Maria Konnikova @mkonnikova.bsky.social · Aug 6

One kid in my high school had one. He was relentlessly teased.

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Maria Konnikova @mkonnikova.bsky.social · Aug 5

Goodbye to a legend. My last living grandparent, Baba Anya, died at 100. We are all so lucky to have had her in our lives. open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...

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Maria Konnikova @mkonnikova.bsky.social · Jul 22

My latest, on mind sports, gender, competition, and
Leo Margets's run in the WSOP main event: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...

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Maria Konnikova @mkonnikova.bsky.social · Jul 6

Yesterday, for the first time ever, I busted the Main Event on Day 1. So, of course, I had to write about it.
open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...

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Maria Konnikova @mkonnikova.bsky.social · Jun 11

Why does it feel like I just graduated from college - but high school was forever ago? My latest, on the psychology of time perception: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...

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Maria Konnikova @mkonnikova.bsky.social · Jun 4

When it comes to life, don’t be a nit. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...

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The Media and Democracy Project @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social · Jun 3

Thank you for this @kateconger.com

We sympathize w/the position of the journalists not controlling the headlines.

Headlines *shape* the way people process the text and are not functionally separate.

Have you read this piece
by
@mkonnikova.bsky.social ?

www.newyorker.com/science/mari...

How Headlines Change the Way We Think

First impressions matter—what we experience in our first encounter with something colors how we process the rest of it. Articles are no exception.

www.newyorker.com

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Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com · May 30

This week's episode is a Cautionary Questions special with @natesilver538.tweet.pub and @mkonnikova.bsky.social . Give politicians a raise, smuggle phones into school, and go FULL DONK!
timharford.com/2025/05/caut...

Cautionary Tales – Give politicians a raise, smuggle smartphones into school, and go full donk!

This week’s episode is a Cautionary Questions special with Nate Silver (On The Edge) and Maria Konnikova (The Biggest Bluff) of Risky Business.

timharford.com

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Maria Konnikova @mkonnikova.bsky.social · May 27

Pretty pretty.

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Maria Konnikova @mkonnikova.bsky.social · May 26

Thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · May 25

Great essay by @mkonnikova.bsky.social about how the ambient norms in our environment dictate our behavior.

In a society that cheats a lot? You will too. Copy-paste this to every other norm & how online spaces spread and reify them.

mariakonnikova.substack.com/p/angle-shoo...

Angle-shooting, cheating, and norms of behavior

The importance of social norms in how we choose to act

mariakonnikova.substack.com

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Maria Konnikova @mkonnikova.bsky.social · May 24

My latest, on how norms affect how we act - and when we cheat: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...

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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · May 21

OPINION TODAY featured podcast —
Motivated Reasoning in the Biden Campaign, Silicon Valley, and Beyond.
(Risky Business with Nate Silver and @mkonnikova.bsky.social)
opiniontoday.substack.com/i/164066704/...

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Maria Konnikova @mkonnikova.bsky.social · May 11

Some reflections on mindset and not being a victim, from my recent trip to Monte Carlo: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...

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