The current shutdown in the sports world is the perfect opportunity for New York to move forward with online sports betting. State Senator Joseph …
Month: May 2020
Equity Shot: 1% is the new “growth”
Happy Saturday and welcome back to an Equity Shot, a short-form episode of Equity where we drill into one particular topic. There was so much news this week in our main areas of focus — startup funding rounds, new venture funds, that sort of thing […]
Italian Student Stranded in Spain Finds Hero in Cab Driver Who Drove Her 900 Miles Home for Free
A young Italian student trapped in Spain during the novel coronavirus outbreaks was … After word of the outbreak in Italy reached Ms. Collalto in Bilbao, she … and a flight attendant informed her she was not permitted to travel home. social experiment by Livio […]
The story behind futures betting at the Kentucky Derby
There were subplots involving an illegal gambling parlor disguised as an animal hospital, Rita Hayworth, and an overmatched jockey and his horse, …
Elon Musk on Twitter: “How much for some anime Bitcoin?… “
The same cost as wizard Bitcoin. 1BTC = 1BTCpic.twitter.com/7th2R3NeMA. 20 replies 76 retweets 1,529 likes. Reply. 20. Retweet. 76. Retweeted. 76. social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Baseball and Sci-Fi Make Quite the Team
Science fiction author Rick Wilber is best known for writing about baseball, including a series of alternate history stories about real-life catcher-turned-spy Moe Berg. Wilber’s preoccupation with the game is understandable given his upbringing. “My father was a major league baseball player,” Wilber says in […]
Milano pronta alla Fase 2, Sala: “Controllerò il numero dei contagi, la mia vigilanza sarà attenta”
“Siamo vicini a una prima parziale riapertura, necessaria e sostanziata da un giudizio della sanità che ci dice che a oggi, la situazione è sufficientemente sotto controllo. Quello che so è che cercherò di misurare con attenzione una eventuale ripresa della crescita dei contagi. La […]
Original Content podcast: Netflix’s ‘Middleditch & Schwartz’ might change your mind about improv
We’ll admit it: Some of your Original Content podcast hosts are a little skeptical about improvised comedy. Of course, we can enjoy improv when it’s done well. It’s just that we’ve seen it done less well, often by friends who are so enthusiastic without being […]
Are CEOs And Leaders Swimming Naked Right Now?
Warren Buffett famously once said, “Only when the tide goes out do you discover who has been swimming naked.” Many interpret the remark as a …
We need more video games that are social platforms first, games second
During these long, mundane physically-distant days, stretching on into an uncertain future like an ever-lengthening beigeish corridor, it’s impossible not to miss hanging out with friends. Especially the kind of hanging out where you’re not really doing anything in particular, not talking about any one […]