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Amy Farley

@afarles.bsky.social

Executive editor, Fast Company

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Amy Farley@afarles.bsky.social · 2mo ago

George Santos hopping onto Kalshi to make a quick buck by betting on whether he'll appear at the State of the Union isn't a flaw in prediction markets. It's exactly what these platforms were built to incentivize. @jaywillis.net, as always, calls it like it is. www.fastcompany.com/91554204/pre...

Prediction markets are fueling a new era of political graft

Kalshi and Polymarket say they leverage the wisdom of the crowd. Instead, they’ve created a lucrative way for politicians and campaign staffers to treat inside info like a day-trading asset.

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Amy Farley@afarles.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The company that put millions of drivers on the road—and dashed the prospects of countless taxi drivers in the process—now faces a future without them. Can Uber survive the robotaxi era? www.fastcompany.com/91548707/ube...

Inside Uber's strategy to avoid a head-on collision with autonomous cars

Dara Khosrowshahi is spreading Uber’s robotaxi bets as early AV partner Waymo starts driving solo. Plus: A first look inside Uber's new Nuro AV.

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Morgan Clendaniel@mclendaniel.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Cannot say enough how extensive Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies is this year. This represents a year of effort from our whole staff and is an incredible resource. Lists great companies doing cool work in basically any area you're interested in: www.fastcompany.com/most-innovat...

An exclusive look at the World's Most Innovative Companies

Check out the Most Innovative Companies in entertainment, media, sports, technology, and more.

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Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Judge Reyes’s conclusion: “There is an old adage among lawyers. If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts. If you have the law on your side, pound the law. If you have neither, pound the table. … Having neither and bringing the adage into the 21st century, [Noem] pounds X (f/k/a Twitter).”

VIl. CONCLUSION There is an old adage among lawyers. If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts. If you have the law on your side, pound the law. If you have neither, pound the table. Secretary Noem, the record to-date shows, does not have the facts on her side or at least has ignored them. Does not have the law on her side or at least has ignored it. Having neither and bringing the adage into the 21st century, she pounds X (f/k/a Twitter). Kristi Noem has a First Amendment right to call immigrants killers, leeches, entitlement junkies, and any other inapt name she wants. Secretary Noem, however, is constrained by both our Constitution and the APA to apply faithfully the facts to the law in implementing the TPS program. The record to-date shows she has yet to do that. By accompanying Order, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Renewed Motion for a Stay Under 5 U.S.C. § 705. Ana C. Reyes Date: February 2, 2026 ANA C. REYES United States District Judge
Amy Farley@afarles.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Minnesota is full of companies that position themselves as pillars of the local community, Target, General Mills, Best Buy, Cargill, and Land O’Lakes, among them. Have they said anything about ICE's attack on their customers and employees? Not a single one. www.fastcompany.com/91476021/min...

We asked Minnesota's biggest companies about ICE. None of them responded

In a sign of how far we've come from the summer of 2020, well-known brands have stayed silent as escalating chaos unfolds in their backyard.

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Amy Farley@afarles.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Airbnb cofounder Joe Gebbia helped turn the company into a behemoth by touting its 'Belong Anywhere’ mission. Today, as the country's chief design officer, he’s redesigning how Americans experience the government & cheering on the Trump administration's policies. www.fastcompany.com/91458973/chi...

From Airbnb to the White House: Joe Gebbia is reshaping the government in Trump’s image

The president decimated the U.S. government’s digital design agencies and replaced them with a personal propaganda czar.

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Amy Farley@afarles.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Should we be farming and eating octopus? I thought I knew the answer, but the issue much more nuanced that I expected. @clintrainey.com takes a deep dive on what could be the next big commercially farmed seafood www.fastcompany.com/91448602/oct...

Octopus could be the next commercially farmed seafood. Should it be?

Octopus is a hot menu item. Yet overfishing threatens supply. An exclusive report on the race to build the first commercial octopus farm.

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Ruth Graham@ruthgraham.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Like so many tech stories right now, this is also religion story: a 25-year-old founder who has moved through a Doug Wilson-affiliated church, is now Eastern Orthodox, and "quotes the Bible and Elon Musk in the same breath." By @ainsleyharris.bsky.social: www.fastcompany.com/91448561/thi...

The hardest startup in America

Augustus Doricko’s Rainmaker uses cloud seeding to bring rain where it’s needed. In the process, he’s been swept up in a storm of controversy.

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Amy Farley@afarles.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Augustus Doricko might seem like a typical startup founder. He’s raised $31 million in venture capital for Rainmaker, which uses drones to ‘seed’ clouds, bringing water to drought-prone areas. There’s technological wizardry and a world-changing mission. www.fastcompany.com/91448561/thi...

The hardest startup in America

Augustus Doricko’s Rainmaker uses cloud seeding to bring rain where it’s needed. In the process, he’s been swept up in a storm of controversy.

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Amy Farley@afarles.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Prediction markets are drawing in sports fans—and Fanatics wants in. The apparel and collectibles giant its betting its new Fanatics Markets app can capture some of the billions of dollars in trades that Kalshi and Polymarket are seeing. FC has the exclusive. www.fastcompany.com/91452559/exc...

Exclusive: Fanatics launches a prediction markets app, the first major sportsbook to do so

Fanatics CEO of betting and gaming Matt King reveals why the sports apparel and collectibles giant is launching Fanatics Markets.

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Amy Farley@afarles.bsky.social · 9mo ago

"Even as Democrats rally around ActBlue in the face of attacks from the right, they are sharply divided over whether the organization is equipped to handle these blows." @issielapowsky.bsky.social reports on Democratic fundraising giant, which is under siege. www.fastcompany.com/91428737/ins...

Inside the storm surrounding ActBlue

Under attack by Republicans and shaken by internal rifts, the Democrats’ fundraising engine faces its toughest test yet.

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issielapowsky.bsky.social@issielapowsky.bsky.social · 9mo ago

NEW: Trump gave the DOJ 180 days to report on supposed fraud at ActBlue. The deadline passed. No report. I spoke with sources about the tumultuous last year inside ActBlue—turnover under its CEO, GOP attacks, and the group's growing ambitions despite it all. www.fastcompany.com/91428737/ins...

Inside the storm surrounding ActBlue

Under attack by Republicans and shaken by internal rifts, the Democrats’ fundraising engine faces its toughest test yet.

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Amy Farley@afarles.bsky.social · 10mo ago

When you hear about someone arrested or swept up in an immigration raid, there’s a good chance they’ve ended up at a facility run by Geo Group, the nation’s largest for-profit jailer of immigrants and one of ICE’s biggest contractors. 🧵👇 1/6 www.fastcompany.com/91396722/the...

The house that ICE built

Geo Group, America's largest for-profit jailer of immigrants, is preparing for a windfall under Trump. Its chairman is an immigrant himself.

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brendanamartin.bsky.social@brendanamartin.bsky.social · 10mo ago

“…What will convince them? This, and this only: cease to call slavery wrong, and join them in calling it right. And this must be done thoroughly - done in acts as well as in words. Silence will not be tolerated - we must place ourselves avowedly with them.”

Amy Farley@afarles.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Embryo screening startups like Orchid promise to reduce genetic risks & help parents avoid passing on inherited conditions. But are we edging toward designer babies? @ainsleyharris.bsky.social explores the hope & discomfort of genetic optimization. Worth a read. www.fastcompany.com/91396712/sil...

Silicon Valley wants you to stop 'rolling the dice' about your future baby's health

Genomics startups like Noor Siddiqui's Orchid promise healthier children through advanced embryo screening. Do they deliver?

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Amy Farley@afarles.bsky.social · last yr.

💉 Does a pharma company have a responsibility to release a safer drug when it develops one? Do its good works abroad offset its harms back home? @adambluestein.bsky.social looks at what happens when one drugmaker dominates an entire group of patients. www.fastcompany.com/91336445/gil...

This company's drug could effectively end the HIV epidemic—but patients remember how it slow walked a past treatment

Gilead Sciences' lenacapavir PrEP shot could reshape the AIDS epidemic. A California lawsuit reveals how it slow walked a previous treatment.

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Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · last yr.

"We will erase the national debt by selling illegal green cards to millions of extremely wealthy foreigners who (1) definitely exist and (2) want to move to our budding police state" is the kind of delusional nonsense that only this country's stupidest billionaires could come up with

Trump’s 'gold card' visa scheme is pure gilded nonsense

Wealthy foreigners willing to buy a dubiously legal way to immigrate to the U.S. now have a website where they can register their interest.

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Amy Farley@afarles.bsky.social · last yr.

I know some folks don't have much sympathy for Moderna, but RFK Jr's war on vaccines and the science behind them could affect everything from the government's response to avian flu to ground-breaking cancer therapeutics.

Opinion | RFK Jr.: HHS Moves to Restore Public Trust in Vaccines

We’re reconstituting an advisory committee to avoid conflicts of interest.

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Amy Farley@afarles.bsky.social · last yr.

This isn’t just a pharma story—it’s about what happens when ideology starts writing the rules of science. @adambluestein.bsky.social on what went wrong Moderna. www.fastcompany.com/91337309/wha...

Amy Farley@afarles.bsky.social · last yr.

Did CEOs ever really believe in ‘doing good’—or was it all just PR? For Fast Company's latest cover story, Jim Surowiecki looks at what's behind the corporate retreat from DEI, ESG, and idea that business can and should be a force for good.

Fast Company@fastcompany.com · last yr.

By around 2019, the notion of “business for good” was mainstream: Big established companies launched diversity initiatives and took steps to reduce their carbon footprint.⁠ “Doing well by doing good” was here to stay. Or so it seemed. Read more in our latest issue: bit.ly/3Td0TX0