To all the #genx movie geeks out there, my latest on Dirty Dancing: davidgaffenwrites.substack.com/p/dirty-danc...
Dirty Dancing and Parental Fallibility
Baby found her way out of the corner.
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New York, loves travel, dogs, fried food. Jewish. Writer of fiction. Undefeated against my television in arguments.
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Fiction writer, New Yorker, public transit connoisseur.
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Quote post with something good that lasted longer than the Confederacy (1861-1865) The original Action Park (1978-1996)
phyphor@phyphor.one-dash.org · 4mo agoQuote post with something good that lasted longer than the Confederacy (1861-1865) Doctor Who. Even just the original run (1963-1989), or just the reboot (2005-present), rather than the whole show combined (1963-present).
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Space. The Final (IPO) Frontier.
One of the most anticipated IPOs of the year is getting closer to fruition - the SpaceX public offering that could be valued in the range of about $2 trillion or so, depending on how it all turns out....
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Another edition of #TheBusinessofAmerica is here! And talking...well, #SpaceX #IPOs #Iran #inflation #oil... www.linkedin.com/pulse/space-... Enjoy y'all. Stay healthy.
Space. The Final (IPO) Frontier.
One of the most anticipated IPOs of the year is getting closer to fruition - the SpaceX public offering that could be valued in the range of about $2 trillion or so, depending on how it all turns out....
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We're back with another edition of The Business of America! Talking #gasoline #oil #energy and #hormuz. Because really, what else ya gonna do. www.linkedin.com/pulse/does-o...
Does Oil Need a Project Hail Mary?
The ramifications of the slow, grinding expansion of the war in the Gulf are coming into view, and some economists are displaying growing alarm that the markets may not fully appreciate. Yes, US crude...
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A day late, and a dollar short, because *gas prices are going up*. But still! The Business of America is here, talking #oil #energy #Hormuz #Iran #airlines: www.linkedin.com/pulse/hormuz...
Hormuz and the Global Economy
Apologies for this getting out here a day late, folks. But we're starting to see the ways in which a prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz - the linchpin for one-fifth of the world's oil and natur...
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Another edition of #thebusinessofamerica where we talk #Iran #oil #airlines #TSA #Anthropic Come see. Lots of links! www.linkedin.com/pulse/centur...
The Century Club (Now With More Oil)
The business world is taking notice of the growing conflict in the Middle East, where Iran has retaliated against joint U.S.
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back with the latest edition of The Business of America. Talking #iran #energy #oil #naturalgas #travel www.linkedin.com/pulse/reacti...
Reacting to the War in Iran
The world's attention is focused on the Middle East after the United States and Israel attacked Iran with air strikes in an operation that President Donald Trump says will last four to five weeks. The...
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Had a great time talking with my colleagues @carmelcrimmins.bsky.social and Michele Gershberg on the @reuters.com Econ World pod!
Carmel Crimmins@carmelcrimmins.bsky.social · 6mo ago🎤 Serena Williams starred in a Super Bowl ad for GLP -1 drugs. It's a real sign of the times - this is going to be a major year for weight loss drugs. So what's the economic impact? Listen to @davidgaffen.bsky.social and Michele Gershberg on @reuters.com Econ World reut.rs/4s2s8mK
Back with another edition of The Business of America, talking #himsandhers and #weightloss and well, #salad. www.linkedin.com/pulse/hims-h...
Hims & Hers shrinks....its own stock
To quote Ron Burgundy, that escalated quickly. Let's begin with the saga of Hims & Hers and the $49 (introductory) weight-loss pill that was released with great fanfare on Thursday (see Amina N.
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It's another issue of The Business of America - and we're talking #Musk, #earnings, #AI, #Disney and a few other things. Enjoy! www.linkedin.com/pulse/muskon...
The Muskonomy
Welcome back to another edition, where we highlight our scoop from the past week that Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI are in line to merge, and pretty soon, in fact. In a piece broken by Echo Jing Wang, we...
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Back with the latest from The Business of America, which includes the way in which #Minnesota CEOs have finally said *something* about #ICE tactics in the state. We touched on #earnings too, FWIW. www.linkedin.com/pulse/minnes...
Minnesota CEOs Break Their Silence, A Little
After weeks without any word from major corporations in Minnesota, the state's chamber of commerce pulled together a letter from more than 60 chief executives from the state calling for a de-escalatio...
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Just got my story “The House on the Hill,” published in First Line Literary press here: bluecubiclepress.com/TFLwinter202... #weeknightwriters
The First Line Winter 2025
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Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 6mo agoQ6: Do you have any recent or upcoming publications? Share them here, and be sure to include links if you have them! (No AI, and please add alt text to all images) #WeeknightWriters
I'm just gonna pretend Delroy Lindo's nom is for Clockers from all those years ago ;) #oscars
the latest edition of #thebusinessofamerica is here, talking #trade #tariffs #federalreserve and the silence of America's #CEOs around most of this, and esp around #ICE raids in #minneapolis. www.linkedin.com/pulse/silenc...
The Silence of the CEOs
Back on a Tuesday post Martin Luther King day after a hiatus, so welcome back to everyone in this already busy new year. One of the hallmarks of the second Trump term is very little in the way of push...
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“When anyone in town needed help, they contacted Rocky Germain.” That’s the first line of my first ever published story, “The House on the Hill,” available in The First Line’s winter 2025 issue, which can be purchased at the link below. #writing #fiction bluecubiclepress.com/TFLwinter202...
The First Line Winter 2025
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The last edition of the year of The Business of America is here, talking #trade #deals #M&A #tariffs and the like. www.linkedin.com/pulse/year-d...
The Year That Was
It's been a momentous year in business in the United States. The markets, very broadly, had to get used to a new and aggressive White House that involved itself in various facets of business - be it M...
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Another edition of the Business of America is out! And we're talking #AI #Intel #Tesla in highlighting some recent scoops. I'll try to do a wrap of the year in the next edition. www.linkedin.com/posts/david-...
Highlighting Our Best | David Gaffen
Another edition of the Business of America! Just highlighting some excellent work of late, especially around #Tesla #AI #Intel.
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#TheBusinessofAmerica returns with another one about #Netflix, #WarnerBrosDiscovery, #streaming and a recap on #ReutersNEXT. www.linkedin.com/pulse/more-t...
More Twists than a Hollywood Movie
The Hollywood wars continued all throughout the weekend and into today -- with Paramount Skydance attemping to trump (word not used lightly) the bid by Netflix for Warner Bros Discovery in what would ...
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Ominous: here's what's going on with the #AI memory situation, which is approaching crisis levels. "The memory shortage has now graduated from a component-level concern to a macroeconomic risk," said Sanchit Vir Gogia, CEO of tech advisory Greyhound Research. www.reuters.com/world/china/...
The AI frenzy is driving a memory chip supply crisis
An acute global shortage of memory chips is forcing artificial intelligence and consumer-electronics companies to fight for dwindling supplies, as prices soar for the unglamorous but essential compone...
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And we're back after a Turkey Day hiatus! Talking #BlackFriday and of course #ReutersNEXT and various and sundry else with another edition of The Business of America... www.linkedin.com/pulse/giving...
Giving Thanks, and Reuters NEXT
For the past week the focus has been around what people are buying, if they're buying, and where. And the stress the consumer is experiencing cannot be ignored even as the holiday sales figures so far...
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this week's edition of The Business of America is here! And talking #walmart #retail and #bifurcation... www.linkedin.com/pulse/oh-hey...
Oh, Hey, the Government Reopened
Welp. The government is open again after a protracted standoff where almost nobody got what they wanted.
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My guess is the only Jewish friends are the ones you have in your head. And if you DO have any Jewish friends, and they are Zionists, I doubt they feel safe enough around you to admit it, even though Zionism is, contrary to your ignorant view, Jewish allyship.
Yes, it's Monday. So...another edition of your fair newsletter is here, talking #Metsera, #Thanksgiving, #Walmart and #consumersentiment. Enjoy! www.linkedin.com/pulse/everyo...
Everyone's In a Foul Mood
A few things came to a head over the week — not the least of which was the eventual consummation of a deal for biotech company Metsera by Pfizer after a series of bids from rival Novo Nordisk that got...
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It's Monday, which means another Business of America has landed! #Tylenol #AI #Metsera #OpenAI #Nvidia and anything else on my mind. Huzzah. Happy November. www.linkedin.com/pulse/buying...
Buying Tylenol for Headaches
This may be the first time in history where someone bought Tylenol to give themselves a headache. But Kimberly Clark might have done it with a $40 billion deal to buy Kenvue, the Tylenol maker that ha...
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