S Roy Chowdhury
@sroychowdhury.bsky.social
Historian of the (very long) twentieth century. Writer.
You’re the expert. Will keep my fingers crossed.
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
You’re the expert. Will keep my fingers crossed.
“CHAKRABARTI: Okay. And then after 9/11, when, for understandable reasons, the focus was international terrorism, that was all collapsed into what, how many squads.
WALDEN: One." 😬😬
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
WALDEN: One." 😬😬
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
What the NBA betting scandal reveals about the mafia today
Last month, federal prosecutors indicted an NBA coach and current and former professional basketball players in an illegal sports betting scheme. How the FBI's investigation into the gambling ring is ...
www.wbur.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“CHAKRABARTI: Okay. And then after 9/11, when, for understandable reasons, the focus was international terrorism, that was all collapsed into what, how many squads.
WALDEN: One." 😬😬
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
WALDEN: One." 😬😬
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
"CHAKRABARTI: ...in New York itself, the FBI used to have a squad, one squad for each, so five essentially, for each of the families.
WALDEN: And one for the New Jersey family, [DeCavalcante].”
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
WALDEN: And one for the New Jersey family, [DeCavalcante].”
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
What the NBA betting scandal reveals about the mafia today
Last month, federal prosecutors indicted an NBA coach and current and former professional basketball players in an illegal sports betting scheme. How the FBI's investigation into the gambling ring is ...
www.wbur.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"CHAKRABARTI: ...in New York itself, the FBI used to have a squad, one squad for each, so five essentially, for each of the families.
WALDEN: And one for the New Jersey family, [DeCavalcante].”
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
WALDEN: And one for the New Jersey family, [DeCavalcante].”
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
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Given how much of "high quality" investment chatter - from stuff like this article to the briefs Jamie Dimon gets – is based on rumor, wishes, and misapprehension of sources, I think it's likely having an accurate, rigorous understanding of economic history would be a real market disadvantage.
September 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Given how much of "high quality" investment chatter - from stuff like this article to the briefs Jamie Dimon gets – is based on rumor, wishes, and misapprehension of sources, I think it's likely having an accurate, rigorous understanding of economic history would be a real market disadvantage.
"Neither pity, nor allurement, nor religion, nor attachment to any idea whatsoever, could turn him aside from his principal direction. He is for his self-interest what the just man should be for virtue..."
September 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
"Neither pity, nor allurement, nor religion, nor attachment to any idea whatsoever, could turn him aside from his principal direction. He is for his self-interest what the just man should be for virtue..."