Ann M. Lipton
@annmlipton.bsky.social
Law prof at U Colorado, business and securities. Blogging at https://www.businesslawprofessors.com/
Scholarship at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2365170
No longer welcome in the State of Nevada.
Scholarship at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2365170
No longer welcome in the State of Nevada.
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WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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The prime ministers of Norway, Sweden, and Finland have come forward with statements of solidarity with Denmark and Greenland.
January 5, 2026 at 12:38 AM
The prime ministers of Norway, Sweden, and Finland have come forward with statements of solidarity with Denmark and Greenland.
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Everyone is agitated that Grok keeps sexualizing photos of women and children for users and ignoring that it is also editing photos in more modest ways, like putting women in, uh, Nazi uniforms.
January 4, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Everyone is agitated that Grok keeps sexualizing photos of women and children for users and ignoring that it is also editing photos in more modest ways, like putting women in, uh, Nazi uniforms.
January 4, 2026 at 10:13 PM
We do know actually. You order a violent act by betting someone that it won't happen. They cash in by making it happen.
Take a contract out.
Take a contract out.
Polymarket really has become the ultimate place to engage in insider trading on privileged information.
I'm not sure we're prepared for what happens when any outcome -- including violent ones -- can be wagered on.
I'm not sure we're prepared for what happens when any outcome -- including violent ones -- can be wagered on.
"A newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759."
www.axios.com/2026/01/03/m...
www.axios.com/2026/01/03/m...
January 4, 2026 at 2:31 PM
We do know actually. You order a violent act by betting someone that it won't happen. They cash in by making it happen.
Take a contract out.
Take a contract out.
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Polymarket really has become the ultimate place to engage in insider trading on privileged information.
I'm not sure we're prepared for what happens when any outcome -- including violent ones -- can be wagered on.
I'm not sure we're prepared for what happens when any outcome -- including violent ones -- can be wagered on.
"A newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759."
www.axios.com/2026/01/03/m...
www.axios.com/2026/01/03/m...
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Polymarket really has become the ultimate place to engage in insider trading on privileged information.
I'm not sure we're prepared for what happens when any outcome -- including violent ones -- can be wagered on.
I'm not sure we're prepared for what happens when any outcome -- including violent ones -- can be wagered on.
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If you liked the @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social series on the black market for life saving cat drugs, @revealnews.org is running an hour-long version of that story this weekend! Hear it on the radio! Share it with your friends!!!
The treatment for a fatal cat disease wasn’t legally available. So cat lovers created an international black market.
A fatal cat disease was finally cured, but the treatment wasn’t legally available. So a group of cat lovers created an international black market.
revealnews.org
January 4, 2026 at 2:45 AM
huh
i have the dvds for a shocking number of the shows identified, just saying
Name your fav show that was cancelled too soon
January 4, 2026 at 2:27 AM
i have the dvds for a shocking number of the shows identified, just saying
that's why people keep taking his calls. they think this is going to be one of the good interviews
Not every Chotiner interview is him making some blowhard look foolish. Sometimes he has experts explaining complex situations in clear terms.
Also good discussion of the comparison to Noriega, which was my first question this morning about all this...
Also good discussion of the comparison to Noriega, which was my first question this morning about all this...
January 3, 2026 at 11:30 PM
that's why people keep taking his calls. they think this is going to be one of the good interviews
January 3, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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And there ya have it…
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Finance Industry Eyes Investment Opportunities in Venezuela
Some on Wall Street are already considering possible investment opportunities in Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to Charles Myers, chairman of consulting firm Signum Globa...
www.wsj.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:13 PM
And there ya have it…
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
I only am escaped alone to tell thee
January 3, 2026 at 7:33 PM
I only am escaped alone to tell thee
according to cbs, we can cover this by just doing man on the street interviews
Dear news media,
Why not spend a few minutes today explaining how the process of going to war is supposed to work in a constitutional democracy? Because it ain't this.
Why not spend a few minutes today explaining how the process of going to war is supposed to work in a constitutional democracy? Because it ain't this.
January 3, 2026 at 5:53 PM
according to cbs, we can cover this by just doing man on the street interviews
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A consequence of our new illegal war: cancelled Caribbean flights, with spillover effects on domestic travel. Sitting in an airport now because there is no pilot for our plane. Pilot was coming in from San Juan. Airlines scrambling to staff domestic flights.
Make America Late Again.
Make America Late Again.
January 3, 2026 at 2:15 PM
A consequence of our new illegal war: cancelled Caribbean flights, with spillover effects on domestic travel. Sitting in an airport now because there is no pilot for our plane. Pilot was coming in from San Juan. Airlines scrambling to staff domestic flights.
Make America Late Again.
Make America Late Again.
fucking genius
"Flight attendants squeezed lime juice on Biscoff to create Key lime pie flavor"
www.wsj.com/business/the...
"Flight attendants squeezed lime juice on Biscoff to create Key lime pie flavor"
www.wsj.com/business/the...
The Maker of Biscoff Cookies Bets on a Global Expansion
It’s a favorite for in-flight Delta snacks, but the maker of Biscoff is chasing customers in supermarkets.
www.wsj.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:10 PM
fucking genius
"Flight attendants squeezed lime juice on Biscoff to create Key lime pie flavor"
www.wsj.com/business/the...
"Flight attendants squeezed lime juice on Biscoff to create Key lime pie flavor"
www.wsj.com/business/the...
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On a rainy day in Detroit, a Ford engineer got confused, then soaked—and inspired. It took decades before he got any credit. on.wsj.com/49sv4kW
The genius who came up with one of the greatest ideas in the history of the automobile: the arrow that tells you which side of your car the fuel tank is on.
On a rainy day in Detroit, a Ford engineer got confused, then soaked—and inspired. It took decades before he got any credit.
on.wsj.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Opinion | Disney and the Decline of America’s Middle Class
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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A real dent in Susie Wiles credibility
"But Wiles conceded that attacking targets on Venezuela’s mainland would force Trump to get congressional approval. 'If he were to authorize some activity on land, then it’s war, then [we’d need] Congress.'"
- WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Nov 2, 2025 interview
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
- WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Nov 2, 2025 interview
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
Trump’s Inner Circle, On the Record (Part 2 of 2)
Susie Wiles discusses the Epstein files, Pete Hegseth’s war tactics, and “retribution” against Letitia James.
www.vanityfair.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:38 PM
A real dent in Susie Wiles credibility
fuck. huntington's is absolutely brutal
OMG 😭
Huntington's is an inherited disease that's like Alzheimers + Parkinson's all in one. NOW: "once the gene therapy has been delivered into the brain... [it] injects a piece of DNA to reprogram the neuron to become a factory for its own cure."
LIFE SAVING!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhEx...
Huntington's is an inherited disease that's like Alzheimers + Parkinson's all in one. NOW: "once the gene therapy has been delivered into the brain... [it] injects a piece of DNA to reprogram the neuron to become a factory for its own cure."
LIFE SAVING!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhEx...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
www.youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:52 AM
fuck. huntington's is absolutely brutal
I get that the movie Wall Street is iconic, it captured a zeitgeist, etc etc, but ... my opinion stands: it really isn't very good.
January 3, 2026 at 4:12 AM
I get that the movie Wall Street is iconic, it captured a zeitgeist, etc etc, but ... my opinion stands: it really isn't very good.
the strategy is merging paramount with warner
I have no idea who the target audience is for this CBS stuff - the strategy makes no sense unless it becomes Fox lite and Trump & co. start touting it.
this kind of signaling will do little to attract right-of-center viewers over from Fox or get low-engagement viewers with weak / ideologically unconstrained preferences to tune in, but it will actively cause them to lose left-of-center viewers to other outlets
January 3, 2026 at 2:34 AM
the strategy is merging paramount with warner
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Good. This is insane.
January 3, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Good. This is insane.
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I know, yeah, it's AI, but it just utterly wild to me, speaking as someone who grew up *in London in the time period being depicted here* that people are doing nostalgia for *London in the 90s*!
London in the good old days - before everyone's feet pointed forwards.
January 3, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I know, yeah, it's AI, but it just utterly wild to me, speaking as someone who grew up *in London in the time period being depicted here* that people are doing nostalgia for *London in the 90s*!