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felix salmon
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felix salmon
@felixsalmon
Ideas & Culture writer, Bloomberg. Host, Slate Money. Author, The Phoenix Economy (May 9, 2023).
- Genuine question: Was there *literally anything* on Quibi as well constructed as this kid’s zero-budget TikTok
00:00 - 25 years ago, Kim Jong Un was 8 years oldBeing nice to Rocket Man hasn't worked in 25 years, why would it work now? Clinton failed, Bush failed, and Obama failed. I won't fail.
- NAILED IT: “In five years a number of banks will not be around because of blockchain technology.” -Joseph DiPaolo, Signature Bank CEO, 2018
- Donald Trump, when borrowing money, claimed his Trump Tower apartment was 30,000 sqft and worth $327m. In reality it was less than 11,000 sqft and the valuation was exaggerated by hundreds of millions of dollars.
- Because we normally only tip people we deal with directly and make eye contact with, we end up not tipping people doing no-contact deliveries.
- This is apparently the first time the word “shithole” has ever appeared in the NYT. Thanks, Trump.
- Vine was made for this vine.co/v/eVWDFgHQ5pX
- Act 1: Donald Trump finds himself on a plane for 14 hours with a senior aide under FBI investigation and a bunch of journalists.
- Just realized that Trump’s immigration ban also applies to active-service members of the US military. He’s completely insane.
- Have we finally achieved Gategate?Spotted: Robert Mueller and Donald Trump Jr. both waiting for their flights this morning at the 35X gate at DCA. And yes, there is a photo. politi.co/2AhoBfd
- Trump is meeting key world leaders at the G20 summit. He forgot to book a hotel.
