I have a plan to disrupt the dating industry: having a good personality and asking people you think are attractive if they want to hang out sometime. do any VCs want to give me millions of dollars

Baby Lasagna was robbed

Risk E. Rat triumphed after all

Pioneer oil exec Scott Sheffield is getting a $68 million dollar payout after FTC found he colluded with OPEC to raise gas prices and blocked him from joining Exxon’s board post-merger.

Thank you for your service!

great thread

In my 20+ years in LA, I have had several moments where I find myself in a weird house with an utterly mismatched set of people. John Mulaney perfectly captured that with Everybody's in LA. Great week.

Here's the weekly roundup from Hassan Ali Kanu and me, talking Trump trial, judge shopping in the 5th Circuit, Maryland Senate, and Drake v. Kendrick
prospect.org/videos/2024-05…

Important story from Robert Kuttner on the FDIC sexual misconduct report, who's responsible, and who would benefit from a change at the top:
prospect.org/blogs-and-news…

Jurisprudence has shifted from the right to an abortion to the right to travel to get an abortion and not face legal and even criminal penalties back at home, as Gabrielle Gurley runs down.
prospect.org/justice/2024-0…

Good thing I haven't clicked yes on those plane tickets yet

Exxon might have just purchased a $100 billion liability in its Pioneer acquisition. reuters.com/legal/litigati…