Last year, I was diagnosed with a large tumor in my head. I had surgery to get it removed am doing fine. "Brain tumor" wasn't on my bingo card as I slid into my 40s. Nor was learning about Focused Ultrasound Foundation. Read all about it in my latest Businessweek feature: bloomberg.com/news/features/…

remember the NY Mag columnist who handed scammers a shoebox with $50k? these guys pulled the same scam for $1.4 million

Before going off on book leave, one last story for Businessweek: an investigation of a Chinese-built city in Laos that law-enforcement agencies around the world say is a paradise for drug trafficking and crypto scamming. A crazy tale with Patpicha Best 🧣. bloomberg.com/features/2024-…

bank CEO tricked by pig butchering. embezzles $47 mln and sends it to scammers. sentenced to 24 years in prison justice.gov/usao-ks/pr/for…

pretty much everybody: "SBF embezzled the customer money to gamble with it" Michael Lewis:

Jonathan Braun, the loan shark freed from prison by Trump, was arrested on charges of punching his wife and his 75-year-old father-in-law bloomberg.com/news/articles/… w/ @zekefaux

NEW (w/gift link): Jonathan Braun, the loan shark freed from prison by Trump, was arrested on charges of punching his wife and his 75-year-old father-in-law. w/ @zekefaux bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Trump pardoned a loan shark. He got right back to business. Now he was arrested on charges of punching his wife and his 75-year-old father-in-law new w/Zachary Mider bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Thai edition looking good!

can't wait to read Daniel D'Addario's first novel! looks amazing

trump just released a new NFT collection

this book is a great read washingtonian.com/2024/08/28/why…

Just assembled this lofted ikea bed and I have a new appreciation for lebron playing at a high level at our age

the insurer that covers most taxis and Ubers is insolvent bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Having spent two weeks this summer providing stimulus to the Greater Cooperstown youth baseball economy, I both learned from and related to this Ira Boudway story on the influx of big money into sports for small people bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Crypto people: If you've got info on World Liberty, I'm listening

“There’s clearly a revolving door influence in play within the IRS" icij.org/news/2024/08/u…

NEW FOIA Files newsletter it out! A letter I obtained from the Treasury Dept implored Congress to help “protect against the national security risks created by virtual assets.” It warned that banks can't reliably flag Hamas crypto transactions bloomberg.com/news/newslette…