prediction markets as the latest form of political propaganda intended to shape public opinion & create a false sense of inevitability
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Victor Wembanyama was asked if he would ever sign a deal with a sports betting company: “Absolutely not. Honestly, I think it’s very sad to see some players promote it.”
I like both of these guys but I genuinely think comedians doings ads for betting apps should invite just as much opprobrium as comedians performing in Riyadh.
Shane Gillis and Danny McBride play feuding weathermen in a new four-minute Kalshi ad.
“In the past year I’ve made some questionable trades on contracts for local weather, Costco hot dog prices and cricket,” McBride said in a statement. “Working with Kalshi to make this very unique ad was a great way to both make amends on some of my questionable predictions, but also get to work with Shane, and reunite with my good pal, Deep Roy.”
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I shouldn’t say I like both of these guys. Danny McBride has created two of my top 10 all time favorite shows. So I really really like one of these guys.
Hasan: "What does it say for your credibility on foreign policy issues if you've got the two biggest foreign policy issues of our lifetime, Iraq and Gaza, both wrong?"
Yglesias: "I don't know that those were the two biggest foreign policy issues of our lifetime..."
This is poetry. Concurrently calling someone brainless and not understanding what the commonly used acronym AES refers to is just so beautifully stupid only Arash could come up with it.