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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · Jul 17

Fascinated by this

Nick Devor @nickdevor.bsky.social · Jul 16

A DraftKings spokesperson said they were “disappointed that Barron’s is reporting on a confidential internal email exchange on which a reporter was mistakenly copied, and then speculating on why certain edits were made to a statement."

Read that reporting here:

DraftKings Drops ‘Diverse’ and ‘Inclusive’ From Public Statement, Internal Emails Show

A DraftKings legal executive deleted the words “diverse” and “inclusive” from the draft of a statement that detailed the firm’s plans to launch a Spanish language feature on its sports betting app, ac...

www.barrons.com

Nick Devor @nickdevor.bsky.social · Jul 16

Just last year, DraftKings highlighted in a proxy filing that it had been awarded a “Culture Excellence Award for Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) Practices” for the third year in a row from Top Workplaces. Now its legal department is cutting references to diversity in its public statements.

DraftKings Drops ‘Diverse’ and ‘Inclusive’ From Public Statement, Internal Emails Show

A DraftKings legal executive deleted the words “diverse” and “inclusive” from the draft of a statement that detailed the firm’s plans to launch a Spanish language feature on its sports betting app, ac...

www.barrons.com

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Nick Devor @nickdevor.bsky.social · Jul 16

Then the Chief Legal Officer sent back what he called a "slightly revised" version—deleting the words “diverse” and “inclusive” and making no other changes.

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Nick Devor @nickdevor.bsky.social · Jul 16

The internal email chain I was inadvertently copied on was the draft of a statement sent by the company's comms team to its legal team for approval. The statement initially said the Spanish feature will support an "inclusive experience” for its "diverse customer base.”

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Nick Devor @nickdevor.bsky.social · Jul 16

SCOOP: DraftKings accidentally sent me its plans for a Spanish feature on its sports betting app. Then things got much more interesting.

DraftKings Drops ‘Diverse’ and ‘Inclusive’ From Public Statement, Internal Emails Show

A DraftKings legal executive deleted the words “diverse” and “inclusive” from the draft of a statement that detailed the firm’s plans to launch a Spanish language feature on its sports betting app, ac...

www.barrons.com

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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · Jul 11

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...

On July 5, as floodwaters were starting to recede, FEMA received 3,027 calls from disaster survivors and answered 3,018, or roughly 99.7 percent, the documents show. Contractors with four call center companies answered the vast majority of the calls.

That evening, however, Ms. Noem did not renew the contracts with the four companies and hundreds of contractors were fired, according to the documents and the person briefed on the matter.

The next day, July 6, FEMA received 2,363 calls and answered 846, or roughly 35.8 percent, according to the documents. And on Monday, July 7, the agency fielded 16,419 calls and answered 2,613, or around 15.9 percent, the documents sho

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Nick Devor @nickdevor.bsky.social · Jul 10

SCOOP: Six venture capital firms are simultaneously invested in sports betting and gambling addiction treatment.

The investment thesis is straightforward: As more people gamble, more will eventually develop a gambling problem and seek help.

Read my latest for @barrons.com here:

Gambling Addiction Draws Investment From Venture Capital Firms

U.S. VC firms have invested $2 billion in gambling businesses since 2018. At least six of the firms are simultaneously betting on problem gambling treatments.

www.barrons.com

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · Jun 19

Fear of the New York City subway is a mark of low moral character.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...

The Subway Is Not Scary

Fear of the subway is a mark of low moral character.

www.hamiltonnolan.com

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Molly Cook Escobar @mollycookescobar.bsky.social · Jun 18

Ever wonder whats going on with the Fed's dot plot? Check out my visual explainer for Barron's: www.barrons.com/articles/fed...

What Is the ‘Dot Plot’? How to Read the Fed’s Interest-Rate Projections.

Where does the Federal Reserve see interest rates heading? You can find the answer yourself—if you know where to look.

www.barrons.com

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AuntRen 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🌈🌊☮️ @auntren.bsky.social · Jun 17

Genuine Question because I Do not understand… so if these men roll up in plain clothes and masks, grab a human being… even a child, and throw them in an unmarked vehicle I am just supposed to look the other way and say nothing ?? Ask Nothing ?

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THE CITY @thecity.nyc · Jun 18

The food delivery platform DoorDash is the sole reported contributor to a political committee promoting City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams for mayor — even as the ads tell voters only that they are funded by a major municipal workers union.

Union Group Backing Adrienne Adams Is Secretly Funded by DoorDash

Competent New York, founded by municipal union DC 37, has spent nearly $300,000 on ads boosting the City Council speaker’s campaign for mayor, but its only recorded contribution comes from the food…

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Jun 17

The energy in the crowd when NYC comptroller Brad Lander, freshly released from ICE detainment, walked through it to the podium to speak can only be compared to when Taylor Swift comes out at the Eras Tour

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Probably Not A Crow, Unfortunately @mefcorv.bsky.social · Jun 17

"You don't have the authority to arrest US citizens who are asking to see a judicial warrant."

NYC mayoral candidate Brad Lander being arrested *along with a member of his NYPD security team* by ICE.

Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · Jun 17

Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.

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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · Jun 17

Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · Jun 14

What’s wild about the current political use of “antisemitism” (as opposed to its actual instances) is it has nothing to do with Jewish people at all. So much so that an Italian sexual harasser can wield it against a Muslim who is endorsed by a Jewish candidate. It’s just all nonsense.

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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · Jun 9

Michael Blake's bagel order is the straight-from-the-gut honest answer of a man with nothing to lose. I do not agree with it - but I must respect it. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/n...

9. What is your bagel order or favorite breakfast sandwich?
I am a bacon egg and cheese on a croissant with salt and pepper and ketchup guy.

Ketchup?
Y’all are judging me. Don’t judge. It’s delicious. We had this whole back and forth — if I’m just chilling, I put it on a cinnamon raisin. Even the team was like, that’s a lot on a cinnamon raisin. I was like, yes it is, but it’s delicious, too. Let me rock.

A cinnamon raisin bagel — with ketchup?
Yes, ketchup.

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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · Jun 9

1 in 12 Americans live in California.

1 in 35 Americans live in LA County.

LA is America

Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · Jun 8

not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns

los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jun 9

LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social

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Nick Devor @nickdevor.bsky.social · Jun 5

Used Gemini to transcribe a source call for the first time and it is much more sensitive than Otter: it caught me saying “Mhm” 71 times in an hour. I was a little self conscious about verbal tics before, but now that they’ve been quantified… 😭 The word “Yeah” is in the transcript 245 times!!

Nick Devor @nickdevor.bsky.social · Jun 5

Calling it now: if Zohran wins, the Trump nickname will be “Moron Mamdani”

Nick Devor @nickdevor.bsky.social · Jun 4

Interesting data for sure but I’m just laughing at instead of changing the axes they just sent the chart into the footnotes lol

John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · Jun 4

South Korea gender divide update 😲

Young men lean right by 50 points
(74% conservative vs 24% centre-left)

Young women lean left by 22 points
(58% centre-left vs 36% cons)

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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · May 29

His "off-boarding will begin tonight," a White House official told Reuters late Wednesday, confirming Elon Musk's departure from government mere hours after criticizing Trump’s spending bill.

Musk’s departure was decided "at a senior staff level." www.reuters.com/world/us/elo...

Elon Musk leaving Trump administration, White House official confirms

Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after a tumultuous period working to restructure the federal government, a White House official confirmed.

www.reuters.com

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · May 29

Union contracts cannot be changed by executive orders. That’s not a thing. The problem with just litigating this stuff is, management will just stop adhering to the contract in practice. The solution is to stop working.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · May 22

Yes, that's right.

Today's reporter in the White House press briefing's "new media" seat is Jillian Michaels, the "Biggest Loser" trainer.

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