Sebastian Boyd
@sebboyd.bsky.social
Markets Live strategist at Bloomberg News. Politics and history nerd. Book-lover. Opinions are my own (or plagiarized from the wise and witty). Based in Chile. Part-time student at U de Chile.
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Odd timing for the Ford to arrive after Rubio and Hegseth told Congress that Trump does not plan to attack Venezuela. It appears Trump is back to dealmaking mode and Grenell is back to talks with Maduro. For now.
3 possibilities:
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US aircraft carrier moves into Latin America region, officials say reut.rs/486sCAN
US aircraft carrier moves into Latin America region, officials say
The Gerald Ford aircraft carrier strike group has moved into the Latin America region, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday, dramatically escalating a military buildup in the Caribbean that has stoked tensions with Venezuela.
reut.rs
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Odd timing for the Ford to arrive after Rubio and Hegseth told Congress that Trump does not plan to attack Venezuela. It appears Trump is back to dealmaking mode and Grenell is back to talks with Maduro. For now.
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NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
I strongly agree with this. Legislators should be paid more.
ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
November 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I strongly agree with this. Legislators should be paid more.
I thought this was going to be another think piece on AI bubbles. Disappointed.
www.ft.com/content/d6ac...
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Don’t give up on tulips just yet
Yes there are obstacles, but there are ways round most — and they are still worth taking
www.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I thought this was going to be another think piece on AI bubbles. Disappointed.
www.ft.com/content/d6ac...
www.ft.com/content/d6ac...
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NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
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Columna | "Picoteamos información en las redes al igual que antes comíamos a deshoras y, lo que es peor, nos conformamos con contenidos ultraprocesados", por Carmela Ríos social.elpais.com/wh6k15
November 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Columna | "Picoteamos información en las redes al igual que antes comíamos a deshoras y, lo que es peor, nos conformamos con contenidos ultraprocesados", por Carmela Ríos social.elpais.com/wh6k15
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And people say the British press doesn't know anything about Ireland. They got this scoop, didn't they.
October 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
And people say the British press doesn't know anything about Ireland. They got this scoop, didn't they.
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🚨 New LSE job in political science 🚨
We're looking for a *Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy* to join the LSE School of Public Policy
Please share!
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We're looking for a *Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy* to join the LSE School of Public Policy
Please share!
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy,
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October 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🚨 New LSE job in political science 🚨
We're looking for a *Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy* to join the LSE School of Public Policy
Please share!
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We're looking for a *Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy* to join the LSE School of Public Policy
Please share!
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
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October 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Thieves steal priceless jewels from the Louvre in brazen, but well-planned, daylight raid.
a man in a suit and white gloves holds a string of pearls
ALT: a man in a suit and white gloves holds a string of pearls
media.tenor.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Thieves steal priceless jewels from the Louvre in brazen, but well-planned, daylight raid.
The year is 1453, the place Constantinople. But what really worries Constantine XI Palealogus is not the army camped at the gates, but the nameless terror stalking his city's streets at night.
The Predator lands into the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748. Can John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, battle this extra-terrestrial warrior, while also avoiding a commercial trade embargo with Spain and recognising Prussia’s acquisition of Silesia from the Habsburg Empire?
October 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The year is 1453, the place Constantinople. But what really worries Constantine XI Palealogus is not the army camped at the gates, but the nameless terror stalking his city's streets at night.
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Argentina edition of Libertarian bible
October 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Argentina edition of Libertarian bible
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The other day a student asked me about the prevalence of insider trading in prediction markets. I now have an answer.
October 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The other day a student asked me about the prevalence of insider trading in prediction markets. I now have an answer.
I, on the other hand, have many opinions about 31 Minutos...
I have no opinion on Taylor Swift or her album.
October 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I, on the other hand, have many opinions about 31 Minutos...
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And here we go. I never wrote this article, and yet it is cited here.
www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/...
And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.
#AIisnotresearch
www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/...
And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.
#AIisnotresearch
October 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
And here we go. I never wrote this article, and yet it is cited here.
www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/...
And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.
#AIisnotresearch
www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/...
And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.
#AIisnotresearch
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Les incapables. C'est la une de Libération mardi.
À force de s'acharner dans une politique sans concession, Macron a plongé le pays dans une nouvelle crise. Son unique réponse, après la démission de Lecornu : le charger de mener d'«ultimes négociations» sur une mystérieuse «plateforme d'action».
À force de s'acharner dans une politique sans concession, Macron a plongé le pays dans une nouvelle crise. Son unique réponse, après la démission de Lecornu : le charger de mener d'«ultimes négociations» sur une mystérieuse «plateforme d'action».
October 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Les incapables. C'est la une de Libération mardi.
À force de s'acharner dans une politique sans concession, Macron a plongé le pays dans une nouvelle crise. Son unique réponse, après la démission de Lecornu : le charger de mener d'«ultimes négociations» sur une mystérieuse «plateforme d'action».
À force de s'acharner dans une politique sans concession, Macron a plongé le pays dans une nouvelle crise. Son unique réponse, après la démission de Lecornu : le charger de mener d'«ultimes négociations» sur une mystérieuse «plateforme d'action».
I have a bias here, as my kids grew up with 31 Minutos, but this is just joyous. Up there with Anderson .Paak, C Tangana and Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso in the list of the best Tiny Desks.
Equal parts educational and just plain silly, the Chilean puppet show makes its first trip ever to the United States to turn the Tiny Desk into a playground.
31 Minutos: Tiny Desk Concert
Equal parts educational and just plain silly, the Chilean puppet show makes its first trip ever to the United States to turn the Tiny Desk into a playground.
n.pr
October 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I have a bias here, as my kids grew up with 31 Minutos, but this is just joyous. Up there with Anderson .Paak, C Tangana and Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso in the list of the best Tiny Desks.
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Equal parts educational and just plain silly, the Chilean puppet show makes its first trip ever to the United States to turn the Tiny Desk into a playground.
31 Minutos: Tiny Desk Concert
Equal parts educational and just plain silly, the Chilean puppet show makes its first trip ever to the United States to turn the Tiny Desk into a playground.
n.pr
October 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Equal parts educational and just plain silly, the Chilean puppet show makes its first trip ever to the United States to turn the Tiny Desk into a playground.
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“The due diligence appears almost comically absent.” How a virtually unknown trader burned Wall Street in a $2.6 billion trade that’s now at the heart of a London lawsuit
Ferrari-Loving Trader Burned Wall Street With Bond Bet Leveraged 11,000-to-1
Citigroup and MUFG were among the firms stung by $2.6 billion trade that’s now at the heart of a London lawsuit, raising questions about client checks
bloom.bg
October 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“The due diligence appears almost comically absent.” How a virtually unknown trader burned Wall Street in a $2.6 billion trade that’s now at the heart of a London lawsuit