We Legalized Sports Betting. Was It Worth It?Nov 7
this isn't your dad's sports bookie — it's a 24/7 algorithmic machine built to hook young guys and turn the game itself into a sideshow. what if we just... regulated it?
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Dawn of the Shell-qui-hire
big tech's newest weapon, the partial acquisition, threatens to violate the social contract that makes startups work
Jake Cooper
Jul 17, 2025
Definition
shell-qui-hire (noun). A pseudo acquisition in which a company is “acquired” by partially poaching the team.
Recent examples: Scale (Meta poached its founder). Windsurf (Google poached its brain trust and licensed its IP, with Cognition acquiring the rest). Character AI (Google licensed its IP and hired its cofounders).
We Legalized Sports Betting. Was It Worth It?
Did Gaza Reunite Wikipedia’s Founders?Nov 6
jimmy wales and larry sanger criticize the 'gaza genocide' page for violating neutrality standards, leading to 'pandemonium' as some editors refer wales for disciplinary action
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California's Stealth Campaign to Kneecap AIOct 29
gavin newsom just signed eight bills that effectively turn ai into the most heavily regulated nascent consumer technology in modern history
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