Jailbreak

You may have wondered where I was for the past few days. On Monday, I had symptoms that were very much like a stroke, but weren’t a stroke, after my chemo. An ambulance ride was involved. Two hospitals were involved, as were more doctors than I can count.

I finally walked out last night. I made the resident on call cry. I am exhausted. But I did not have a stroke.

I waited for an Uber for over an hour last night, but I’m finally home.

Bad trend

I wrote about how much Americans wagered on sports betting in 2025 and how it’s more than they spent on movies, art, museums and music combined. Read my article @fortunemagazine.bsky.social fortune.com/2026/07/26/g…

Catherina Gioino (@catgioino.bsky.social) 2026-07-27T17:41:38.636Z

All the crypto gambling scams pushed by perverted manosphere influencers, actual sex criminals, and authoritarian billionaires algorithms (brainwashing and training young men to admire and look up to sociopaths) can only good happen!For our democracies, culture, civil society institutions, media:

NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo (@originalist.bsky.social) 2026-07-27T20:31:14.124Z