Been a long stride since I did @defector.com, spent a thrilling 8-hours at a doomed Aqueduct sacrificing a Game 5 Fort Greene barseat. Worth every last $132 dollar. Thanks: @toley.bsky.social @remas.bsky.social @davidhill.bsky.social & @davidjroth.bsky.social, why not? defector.com/a-final-day-...

A Final Day At Aqueduct, New York's Forlorn And Forgotten Racetrack | Defector

Late in the morning of June 13, as most New York City sports fans were mapping out their plans for watching Game 5 of the NBA Finals, I was on the A train headed away from the Brooklyn neighborhood I’...

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On my latest book club episode I went to a Mets game with @ugarles.bsky.social to discuss The Natural. Turns out the middle of an MLB game isn’t the ideal place for a literary debate. But we somehow made it work. davidhill.substack.com/p/the-natura...

The Natural with Charles Star

If they don't win it's a shame

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The indictment of a U.S. soldier who helped plan the raid that captured Nicolas Maduro is raising concerns about insiders profiting off classified info in prediction markets. Our @pbsnews.org conversation tonight with @elizlanders.bsky.social @davidhill.bsky.social www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Soldier’s arrest over Polymarket bet on Maduro raid fuels insider trading concerns

A Special Forces soldier who helped plan the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was indicted for allegedly using classified information about the raid to make prediction market bets. It is...

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Hey everybody! I am taking the helm of this classic American institution with @theonion.com and want to know what you fine folks would like to see from us.

i have read a lot of good Knicks playoff previews but none that give me what i want: an absolute guarantee of victory

On the latest episode of American Gambler Book Club, the writer Kit Chellel and I discuss "The Gambling Animal," which explores the ways in which humans (and elephants!) have thrived through their understanding of probability and risk. We also discuss Kit's new book "Lucky Devils." Links below:

These people clearly suck, but I can’t help but think that the fact they know they suck is uniquely New Yorker. Like anywhere else these people would feel no shame or remorse.

Jacob Rosenberg@jacobrosenberg.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What do you mean the rules of society don't apply because it's a dog!? www.curbed.com/article/dogs...

A Brief History of People Have Lost Their Sense of Humour 🧵

This story about a woman who spent 5 months in jail after being incorrectly identified with AI face recognition software is dystopian and terrifying, but even beyond the AI bullshit - why was she in jail for so long without anyone knowing she had been arrested? www.cnn.com/2026/03/29/u...

Police used AI facial recognition to arrest a Tennessee woman for crimes committed in a state she says she’s never visited | CNN

A Tennessee grandmother spent more than five months in jail after police used an AI facial recognition tool to link her to crimes committed in North Dakota – a state she says she’d never been to befor...

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The $30/hour number Starbucks quotes? It's not a wage. It's a total compensation figure that requires benefits most baristas are deliberately scheduled too few hours to qualify for. New episode with @sbworkersunited.org is out now✊🏽 artofcitizenry.substack.com/p/no-contrac...

No Contract, No Coffee: Starbucks, Union Busting, and the Fight for Labor Rights

How Starbucks became the most prolific violator of labor law in Modern U.S. History

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If you love to watch guys who wear t shirts under their jerseys play basketball, have I got the game for you

It took me a while to put my thoughts together, but I had to write about that Atlantic piece--even though I've never placed a single sports bet in my life: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...

I will never forget this as long as I live

I’m definitely lodging a complaint about the color ranks of today’s NYT Connections. The blue is harder than the purple again

Tough loss for High Point, but sometimes you just run into a more prayed-up opponent.

Openly wept at a high school production of Les Mis tonight how was your Friday night

That was an NBA veteran level flop. He’s ready.

All the jokes about this place are about how there will be no women there, unlike regular sports bars, which are notoriously great places for straight men to meet women

Aman Batheja@amanbatheja.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Polymarket is opening a bar in Washington, D.C. tomorrow called The Situation Room. Per Polymarket: "Imagine a sports bar… but just for situation monitoring — live X feeds, flight radar, Bloomberg terminals, and Polymarket screens."

every year I tell myself that I don't care about March Madness, don't know anything about most of the teams, and won't watch, but then I always forget about the most magical element of the tournament that sucks me in every year: it is on while I am supposed to be working

I can’t watch round one of the tournament without thinking about all the years I watched the games on these in class

Talking prediction markets, sports gambling, and Atlantic cover stories with my friend @davidhill.bsky.social at 1 EST on Substack live. Come have lunch with us: substack.com/@davidhill/n...

Big day for people using gambling sites as sources of data to tell how a race is going

boy she bout to do it

Frank Calabrese @frankcalabrese.bsky.social · 5mo ago

New IL09 poll from M3 Strategies, among voters who already cast ballots by mail or early in person: Kat Abughazaleh 29.5% Daniel Biss 26.2% Laura Fine 19.7% Phil Andrew 7.9% Mike Simmons 6.6% Bushra Amiwala 5.1% Crosstabs next thread

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

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The cost of America’s sports betting habit

Since gambling was legalised in many states its popularity has exploded but researchers warn about the rising social and financial toll

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Lionel Richie’s face getting closer and closer to that blind lady’s bust every year

Lewis Hamilton one step closer to EGOT

Woo pig sooiee