Jake Sticka

Digital @rational360. @Padres, @GeorgetownHoyas, and @ussoccer.

[Jake Sticka @Sticka]

@TooMuchMortons_ If by the deadline 2+ of the big 4 are producing, I could see being a buyer.

If not, trade everything you can and place your hope in high upside that still exists with a Tatis/Merrill/Salas core going forward.

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

This has quietly been a miracle month in medicine.

In the last 5 weeks we’ve got news on:

- retatrutide, the triple agonist GLP-1 from Lilly, basically melting fat and body-wide inflammation at record levels
- RevMed’s new pancreatic cancer drug showing unprecedented abilities to extend life
- small trial of a one-and-done PCSK9 gene editing therapy for slashing LDL cholesterol
- Mayo’s AI-assisted radiology showing vastly improved cancer detection
- this new therapy for metastatic solid tumors

This stuff is at varying levels of evidence. Retatrutide is ~100% on its way, other stuff needs more clinical trial data. But put it together and we’re maybe on the verge of majorly reducing the mortality of heart disease and cancer, the two leading causes of death in America.

[Jake Sticka @Sticka]

Hello @kenyanmcduffie and @Janeese4DC -- will you support WMATA's recommendation for the Gold Line BRT?

[Edward Russell @ByERussell]

WMATA is recommending against a new station to serve the northern side of the RFK redevelopment.

Instead a new "Gold Line" BRT could connect RFK to Union Station along the former DC Streetcar corridor. #washingtondc

[Ramez Naam @ramez]

Everyone who cares about climate should understand this. Texas, with no pro-climate policies, has blown passed California in clean energy. In large part because Texas has less red tape and makes it easier to build.

[Stephen Caruso @StephenJ_Caruso]

In honor of campaign finance reports this week: What's your birthday super PAC name?

[Jake Sticka @Sticka]

@TooMuchMortons_ This is a top 10-20 percentile outcome.

I like it.

[Jake Sticka @Sticka]

Overheard in NoMA: “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is the female version of Tinker Tailor Solider Spy.”

[Jake Sticka @Sticka]

Johnny Weir gets away with saying the most out of pocket things about these skaters. He just called her a koala!? #Olympics2026

[Jake Sticka @Sticka]

@wmataGM We need the train meet cute details, Randy!

[Ramez Naam @ramez]

One of the impressive things about Mamdani is that he listens to experts and evidence, and learns and adapts. He wasn't YIMBY 12 months ago. He did have the goal of bringing down housing costs, but his approach wouldn't have worked. I credit @DKThomp with exposing him to the evidence that YIMBY was the way to do it. And so Mamdani changed his approach and went to a much more market-oriented plan to lower housing costs in NYC. This is exceedingly rare in politicians. We should applaud and encourage it.

[Rational 360 @Rational360]

Fortune 500 CEOs are following media figures for signals that shape decisions. Our latest report shows which journalists are influencing today’s top leaders. Beyond @jimcramer, @andrewrsorkin, and @emilychangtv, who else is shaping the narrative?

Read the report: https://t.co/THZ8ZK2zM4

News Outlets: @CNBC & @Bloomberg

[Jake Sticka @Sticka]

Quick split screen that encapsulates why we need @wmataGM Randy Clarke as our next mayor.

[Jake Sticka @Sticka]

@dennistlin Oh, Acee got it wrong? 😱

[Jake Sticka @Sticka]

@chefjoseandres @washingtonian Love your restaurants, José. Is blocking @jsidman really an example of building longer tables?

[Jake Sticka @Sticka]

@maustermuhle Greenland's Revenge.

[Jake Sticka @Sticka]

@PadreRock7 @_kingdode @DSzymborski @fangraphs Time comes for us all, regression is real, and ZiPS has a much longer track record than you.

[Jake Sticka @Sticka]

@AngelaLMorabito Yes! And how many Italians? How many Irish?

[Jake Sticka @Sticka]

@TooMuchMortons_ I don’t think I do that but you could imagine a world where it better positions you to win.

[Jake Sticka @Sticka]

@TooMuchMortons_ Tatis has a 10 WAR season coming— until this moment I never seriously thought they might trade him.

But let’s say Tatis and Crone for Ben Rice, Will Warren, Jasson Dominguez, and another piece. And then you have the money to resign King and add another established starter.

[Jake Sticka @Sticka]

@mattyglesias There’s a Nats Park hot dog stand where a similar arrangement can be had.