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Latest / NewsOctober 19, 2026

CFTC excludes licensed casino and sportsbook wagers from the legal definition of a swap, and proposes putting sports, political, cultural and weather event contracts into that same definition

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A pet on the desktop is a door. The work is the room behind it.

OpenAI's Codex pets put an agent in the corner of the screen. The operator made his from the 3D model of himself in about twenty-five minutes, turned it into an eight-button launcher for his products and tools, built the same pet into his website with a chat that hands visitors to him under a hard daily spend cap, and built the groundwork for teams in Parley: standing rooms for a team, and bridges that let two teams share one.

October 4, 2026 / 11 min / 5 receipts

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The most expensive thing in America is an hour to think

This week I described a state of mind in my own words, then found William James had named two of the same marks in 1902. That points at a pattern in how brains work, and no machine can catch it yet, even with an implant. Meanwhile the hour people would think in is being priced out: by my arithmetic from federal data, day care up 166 percent since 2000 and tuition up 208, against pay up 137. Cash alone mostly bought rest. Here is what I would change, and what I am building.

October 17, 2026 / 14 min / 32 receipts

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OPM's final rule lets agencies provide paid administrative leave during RIF notice periods and deferred-resignation transitions, and names accepted benefits a valid reason to decline a resignation withdrawal

The Office of Personnel Management's final rule, published October 19, lets an agency provide administrative leave during a reduction-in-force notice period and to employees who sign a written agreement to voluntarily separate on a specified future date. It also adds an employee's acceptance of deferred-resignation benefits to the nonexclusive list of valid reasons an agency may decline a resignation withdrawal. OPM says it received 30 comments. The rule takes effect November 18, 2026.

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