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fromFuturism
2 weeks ago
World news

Anonymous Polymarket Accounts Won $1.2 Million on Trump's Iran Strikes in Suspicious Bets

Media industry
fromwww.theguardian.com
8 hours ago

Polymarket gamblers threaten Israeli journalist over missile strike story

Online prediction markets are becoming tools for war profiteering, insider trading, and intimidation, with users threatening journalists to manipulate reporting for financial gain.
World news
fromFuturism
2 weeks ago

Anonymous Polymarket Accounts Won $1.2 Million on Trump's Iran Strikes in Suspicious Bets

Anonymous accounts on Polymarket profited hundreds of thousands of dollars by betting on US military strikes against Venezuela and Iran hours before attacks occurred, suggesting insider trading on warfare with minimal regulatory oversight.
US Elections
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago

James Carville Predicts Trump Will Just F**king Walk Away' From Presidency Even Gives an End Date

Democratic strategist James Carville predicts Trump will abandon his presidency after midterm losses, citing failed policies, inflation concerns, and the Iran conflict as catalysts for his departure.
fromAnOther
1 month ago

GmbH Confronts the Fear of Peace

The word came first. - a compound that recently surfaced in German headlines, describing the anxiety inside the boardrooms of arms manufacturers at the prospect of an end to war. For Benjamin Alexander Huseby and Serhat Işık, the designers behind Friedensangst GmbH, it became a trigger for Autumn/Winter 2026, shown inside Berlin's vast, concrete Kraftwerk. Backstage at their show, Huseby had the word emblazoned on his T-shirt.
Fashion & style
World news
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

Snatching Maduro was all about the spectacle

The US attack on Venezuela was treated like meme-stock gambling, with prediction-market profiteering and deadly consequences.
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

Trump's Venezuela Invasion Has Exposed One of His Biggest Lies

Trump's second term embraces aggressive imperialism that benefits wealthy investors who profit from war, contradicting earlier populist claims.
Music
fromThe Verge
8 months ago

Deerhoof did not want its music 'funding AI battle tech' - so it ditched Spotify

Deerhoof withdrew from Spotify in response to Daniel Ek's investment in a military tech company.
fromThe Local France
8 months ago

Protesters slam war profiteering, Israel at French air fair

Their wars, their profits, our deaths, stop the genocide in Palestine, read the banner at the head of the march, which organisers claimed drew more than 4,000 protesters.
Paris food
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