Oliver Roeder

Oliver Roeder

@okr.bsky.social

i edit stories at the @financialtimes.com weekend magazine

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Cordelia Jenkins
@cordeliajenkins.bsky.social

The FT Mag's America at 250 edition is out today, featuring the thoughts of Stephen Breyer, Nicole Krauss, Yiyun Li @frankfukuyama.bsky.social Simon Schama, @okr.bsky.social Harlan Bozeman @jayrayner1.bsky.social @nigella.bsky.social Jancis Robinson & more www.ft.com/content/3265... @ftweekend.com

ft.comMy fellow American: who should be remembered for the next 250 years?Artists, thinkers and leaders from the US and beyond pick the person they think deserves to be honoured: from Abraham Lincoln to Dorothy Parker

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Sam Learner
@samlearner.bsky.social

NEW: How prediction markets are shaking up sports gambling in America @okr.bsky.social and I on prediction markets' entry into sports contracts under Trump's CFTC and the resulting legal fights with states, tribal groups, and the gaming industry on.ft.com/4nwVxDk

ft.comHow prediction markets are shaking up sports gambling in AmericaKalshi is spearheading a legal battle to expand access to online betting, with support from some in Trump’s circle

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Peter Andringa
@peter.andringa.me

ICE plans to 6x its current budget for immigrant transportation and deportations. The money offers a potential windfall for a few contractors and charter airlines — some with close ties to the Trump campaign. Yet the system is already under strain, with significant concerns for detainees' safety: 🧵

ig.ft.comThe booming business of Trump’s deportation flightsCompanies are jostling for billions of dollars to fly immigrant detainees out of the US

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David Hill
@davidhill.bsky.social

I spent most of 2024 traveling around the U.S. and Central America hanging out with gamblers, bookies, politicians, even CEOs and casino bosses, trying to learn about sports betting from every perspective. I wrote 10,000 words about it for Rolling Stone. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

rollingstone.comIs the $11 Billion Online Sportsbook Bubble About to Burst?F​rom Vegas to the black market, gambling companies have taken over sports. Inside a billion-dollar industry that could be on the bubble

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