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J. Edward Moreno
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Reporter at @sherwood.news Say hi: edward@sherwood.news; (Signal) jedwardmoreno.04

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No way this is true. Please contact me if you actually use Facebook dating and are a human. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/t...
Facebook Dating Is a Surprise Hit for the Social Network
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November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Really good read from sex, drugs, and rock n roll correspondent @jedwrdmoreno.bsky.social:

How upstart dating apps like Cerca are capitalizing on the “anti-swipe” moment sherwood.news/business/how...
How insurgent dating apps like Cerca are capitalizing on the “anti-swipe” moment
As people tire of swiping through hundreds of profiles, new VC-backed entrants as well as legacy apps are trying to shift toward quality over...
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October 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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My colleague @jedwrdmoreno.bsky.social is covering the hell out of the whole GLP-1 (Ozempic, etc) industry. He built this super interesting tracker to keep up with all the different drugs, their regulatory status and the results from their trials.
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Who is winning the GLP-1 race?
It’s hard to keep track of all the next-gen GLP-1s in the pipeline, but we tried our best....
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September 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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I interviewed Slate Auto CEO Chris Barman this week. She told me why she thinks Slate can actually make a $25K electric truck and that I’d be able to wrap mine in hot pink for $500 sherwood.news/tech/slate-a...
Slate Auto CEO Chris Barman tells us how exactly it’s making a $25,000 EV
The automotive veteran explains why her company can deliver a cheap electric vehicle when others, like Tesla, have failed....
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July 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Eli Lilly appears to be fattening its stockpiles of GLP-1s as the threat of tariffs on pharmaceuticals looms. sherwood.news/world/eli-li...
July 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Grindr thinks there’s room for yet another ED telehealth brand. It might be right. sherwood.news/business/why...
Why Grindr decided to build a side hustle selling erectile dysfunction pills
From stoic Senator Bob Dole to racy ads targeting men on a gay dating app, erectile dysfunction marketing has changed wildly over the past three...
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July 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Cuts to Medicaid and signs that ACA enrollees are becoming costlier are weighing on some insurers. Is Centene the canary in the coal mine?
https://sherwood.news/markets/selling-government-sponsored-insurance-is-looking-less-lucrative-its-about/
Selling government-sponsored insurance is looking less lucrative. It’s about to get even messier.
Cuts to Medicaid and signs that ACA enrollees are becoming costlier are weighing on some insurers. Is Centene the canary in the coal mine?...
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July 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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My colleague @jedwrdmoreno.bsky.social has been covering the hell out of these telehealth / pharma startups like Hims & Hers / Ro. He dives into the growth of “franken-pills” that combine ED+hair loss drugs via compounding which aren’t regulated or approved by the FDA. sherwood.news/business/the...
The controversial rise of Franken-pills: Telehealth companies push to mix meds in a single pill
Combination pills, like those that treat ED and hair loss at the same time, help companies like Hims & Hers and Ro with customer retention. But...
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June 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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🔮🤖 Some AI folks bold enough to predict when AGI (artificial general intelligence) will arrive — even though nobody can agree on a definition!

We’ve seen enough of these, so we decided to track some high-profile public statements with dates. (With @rani.bsky.social )

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June 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
In the first quarter of 2025, $68.7 billion in pharmaceutical products were imported compared to $48.7 billion in the same quarter period last year.
May 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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many people are saying
May 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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The company has high short interest and the stock has risen significantly in the past week. Its earnings report could be make or break for short sellers.
https://sherwood.news/markets/is-a-hims-and-hers-short-squeeze-brewing/
Is a Hims & Hers short squeeze brewing?
The company has high short interest and the stock has risen significantly in the past week. Its earnings report could be make or break for short...
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May 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Healthcare companies are paying out more...for security sherwood.news/power/health... @jedwrdmoreno.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Virtually every healthcare company that has filed a proxy statement so far this year reported increased spending on protecting their executives in 2024.
April 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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GET YOUR KICKS

If you made a plastic pipeline out of all the Zyn cans that Philip Morris has already sold this year, it’d be longer than Route 66 sherwood.news/markets/phil... by @jedwrdmoreno.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Sherwood News is hiring a breaking news editor. Come work with me! job-boards.greenhouse.io/sherwoodmedi...
Breaking News Editor, Markets
Menlo Park, CA; New York, NY
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April 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Hims & Hers, at a crossroads, wants to be the Netflix of health care. I spoke with CEO Andrew Dudum about his vision for the company going forward.
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Hims & Hers, at a crossroads, wants to be the Netflix of healthcare
The generic drug maker started with cheeky ads selling knockoff Viagra. Now it’s trying to fend off big drugmakers and navigate a critical government...
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April 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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A full-on trade war has broken out between the US and China. Trump has slapped 145% tariffs on most Chinese imports. China retaliated by increasing the 34% tariffs it had in place on US imports to 84%.

A look at America’s trade deficit with China in four charts.

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April 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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First chart: how opinions about EVs have changed in the last two years by group.
Second chart: Where those groups stand now.
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April 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
My take here is that Walter Bloomberg probably didn't start the misinfo but also its not a bad thing if people grow more skeptical of accounts that only tweet headlines sherwood.news/markets/stoc...
How a game of broken telephone added then subtracted $4 trillion in market value
The news may have been fake but the market's desire for tariff relief is very, very real....
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April 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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RENMAC: “.. Trump believes he was spared an assassin's bullet to do this. .. I would not expect Trump to be the one to deescalate because he does not believe in trading with other countries. His heart is not in that. It really is that simple.”

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April 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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All of the richest men in the world have become poorer since Trump took office.

Except for Warren Buffett.

sherwood.news/power/the-ri... by @jedwrdmoreno.bsky.social
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April 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Oh look, nice to see the NYT do the same story on ARC-AGI that I did a month ago (sherwood.news/tech/openais...)

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March 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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It looks like Pete Hegseth and government workers fearful of reprisal from the Trump administration are onto something: Signal. The encrypted messaging app is on track for a record year in the US. sherwood.news/tech/us-sign...
US Signal downloads are on track for a record this year
Laid-off government workers and Hegseth are leading the way....
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March 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM