I imagine pop culture is where they'll start. I'm already seeing my peers (yuppy late 20s, college grads in major cities) dip toes in and it is so odd to see them betting on what netflix shows are going to be the most watched this week or who will host SNL this season.
Great letter. A lot of thoughts! I love WeWork (still) so if Malin can grow thoughtfully, perhaps they can crack the probability model for coworking spaces!
SA announcement deserves a more chic font than comic sans right?
Polymarket like social media like frankly the phone I’m typing on right now will continue to cheapen the experience of life! Emily I am remembering correctly that you were gonna go a dive into gambling addiction?
As if losing didn't hurt enough, those gambling losses are no longer 100% tax deductible thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill. I think we're going to see an (appropriate) backlash to prediction markets come next tax season when people realize how much it costs to lose
betting on sports games (with rules, and a referee) feels like one thing, but we’re basically encouraging insider trading. so it’s illegal to bet using inside information on the public markets, but now it’s not now that we’re just betting on everything? gross.
“Journalism is better when it’s backed by live markets.” Said VC bros who all they do, all day long is systematically kill everything they touch. Mining betting markets for data is a conversation starter. It's not the story. Real journalism, the kind that keeps a free society alive requires dirt under the finger nails work.
Those men all have cold brew and cigs because they’re at an AA meeting. Not sure what the big book would say about picking up dates there lol
we know what the AA code of conduct would say
It’s like a sex and the city plot!!!
CARRIEEEE! I love you Carrie!!
ahh good old 13th stepping!
My thought exactly!
You beat me to it
"I’m guessing we’ll see more female-focused marketing from Polymarket in 2026." I'm really curious how this will look, and frankly it stresses me out!
I imagine pop culture is where they'll start. I'm already seeing my peers (yuppy late 20s, college grads in major cities) dip toes in and it is so odd to see them betting on what netflix shows are going to be the most watched this week or who will host SNL this season.
I can just think of 10 million better things to spend your money on!
Men are 2x times more likely to gamble than women, so I’m sure they see a huge untapped market.
When I say I want the financial services industry to take women more seriously, this isn’t what I meant!
ITA. What we all need - more predatory pink marketing to make us poor and addicted. Gross.
Right???? I feel the same way.
I blocked Polymarket. Felt great.
Gambling is coming for fucking everything and I hate it!!!
Big day to be obsessed with eBay
ooo emily if you like brutus - you'd probably like popeye and casa brutus. under the same japanese magazine family. love them.
oh and they have an imprint for japanese middle aged women too. called croissant: https://croissant-online.jp/
new Polymarket bet suggestion: In 2026, will Polymarket let people pay to create a Polymarket bet about themselves?
or worse… other people
Great letter. A lot of thoughts! I love WeWork (still) so if Malin can grow thoughtfully, perhaps they can crack the probability model for coworking spaces!
SA announcement deserves a more chic font than comic sans right?
Polymarket like social media like frankly the phone I’m typing on right now will continue to cheapen the experience of life! Emily I am remembering correctly that you were gonna go a dive into gambling addiction?
As if losing didn't hurt enough, those gambling losses are no longer 100% tax deductible thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill. I think we're going to see an (appropriate) backlash to prediction markets come next tax season when people realize how much it costs to lose
stonks 2.0
I like when the daily Feed Me sounds like you reading aloud from a collection of newspaper and magazines
I can start recording
Thank you; we can incorporate some physical gag like when David Letterman flicked note cards into the background
polymarket gives me the ick. feels dystopian.
betting on sports games (with rules, and a referee) feels like one thing, but we’re basically encouraging insider trading. so it’s illegal to bet using inside information on the public markets, but now it’s not now that we’re just betting on everything? gross.
“Journalism is better when it’s backed by live markets.” Said VC bros who all they do, all day long is systematically kill everything they touch. Mining betting markets for data is a conversation starter. It's not the story. Real journalism, the kind that keeps a free society alive requires dirt under the finger nails work.
Can I bet on downfall of "alt media" bc of widespread gambling addictions fueled by Polymarket?
We’re just playthings to the powerful sinister gays of Silicon Valley
The Wired story photography is very Toiletpaper Magazine - lurid and disembodied
Of course Jay Luchs has the LA commercial real estate tea