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18 Aug, 5 tweets, 2 min read
BIG DEAL: Biden E.P.A. to Block Pesticide Tied to Neurological Harm in Children @CoralMDavenport nytimes.com/2021/08/18/cli…
This is a topic we at The NYT have written about extensively over the last five years dating back to March 2017 when Scott Pruitt rejected a ban on this pesticide. This is one of many illustrations of this old saying: Elections have consequences. nytimes.com/2017/03/29/us/…
Here is a deep look at the topic by @JohnBranchNYT and me from 2018. Trump's "distrust of expert studies and advice has put farm workers at risk in Kern County, Calif., where a pesticide the Obama administration moved to ban is still in widespread use." nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Your job as a reporter is not-ever-to be an advocate. But sometimes things happen & it motivates you to dig deep to explain how and why. And that can still have impact, in a big way. (Some of the documents I collected on this decision-and published online) documentcloud.org/documents/4112…
Here is announcement from the EPA administrator.

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READING THIS CONSENT DECREE IN DETAIL re cryptocurrency exchange pioneer BitMEX and its perpetual swap. Pretty extraordinary what BitMEX this week agreed to, in addition to paying a $100 million civil monetary penalty. Yes, one Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000)
BitMEX from no later than November 2014 through at least October 1, 2020, operated an illegal derivatives trading platform that solicited business from US-based customers.
BitMEX solicited orders from U.S.-based customers for futures, options, and swaps through its website and on social media/U.S. customers were able to access the BitMEX platform from the U.S, EVEN THOUGH BitMEX never registering with the CFTC
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25 Jul
NEWS: One of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, FTX, moves on Sunday to curb highest risk cryptocurrency trades. High leverage can bring high profit. But it also can mean losses and volatility. With @el72champs nytimes.com/2021/07/25/us/…
This move comes after NYT examination published Friday of these are risk/high leverage derivatives trades and the role they play in cryptocurrency volatility worldwide nytimes.com/2021/07/23/us/…
Here is tweet thread today (July 25) from Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of FTX, explaining his move.
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23 Jul
Founders of the biggest crypto platforms have built a global playground designed to appeal to gamers with a taste for risk, featuring “leader boards” for traders with aliases like Dark Crypto Lord. Read a NYT examination of the exchanges that never sleep
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Crypto traders turning to offshore sites like Binance, FTX & BitMEX can take $100 and with leverage turn it into bets of up to $12,500 on the future price of cryptocurrency.
To work around American regulations, major private trading firms with U.S. roots have set up offices in the Cayman Islands to push money through overseas crypto platforms, traders involved told The New York Times.
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14 May
DC trivia....where is this location. (Hint: George Washington did not sleep here)
And the winner is....was too easy. Yes, between Deal Middle and (August) Wilson High School
To me Fort Reno actually is one of the nicest spots in DC because it's so quiet here almost all the time. And I guess by definition, being the highest point, it's not the swamp. Even before Trump did his magic work draining it, right?
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