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Someone made $553K on a Polymarket bet on Khamenei’s death : NPR

An account trading under the username "Magamyman" made more than $553,000 placing bets on the prediction market Polymarket that Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would be out of power just before an Israeli strike killed him on Saturday. Bet on Anything, Everywhere, All at Once Up First from NPR Bet on Anything, Everywhere, All at Once

The trades drew scrutiny from members of Congress and critics of prediction markets, who say the platforms invite people with access to classified information to profit on lethal military operations. On Polymarket alone, half-a-billion dollars was traded over when exactly U.S. forces would drop bombs on Iran.

Last Monday morning before the time change 🌄

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It should be good with more sun in evening, even if next Monday the morning will be much darker. With the rain and warmer temperatures expected in coming week, it looks like the Rail Trail will likely mostly free of snow.

I am going to try to ride the rail trail in both ways today, 🚴 going carefully and not riding too rough. It was pretty well packed down last night, maybe be a few rough sections but nothing too terrible. Then I can avoid both the US 9W and NY 32 merge in the morning and Second Avenue isn’t he evening. Full moon so if I’m running a bit late in the evening. I’ll leave early today. 😦 Made a big pan of eggs up with lots of veggies and pinto beans. I needed a change from cornmeal-onion, and banana-carrot pancakes. 🍳 I haven’t broken out those overpriced grapefruit. 🍊 Worried about the price of grapefruit while browsing the listings for F-350 trucks, lol. 😂

It’s March and I should schedule a test drive of a SuperDuty or two and get the proposed out the door price. 🛻 It’s a test drive and getting a number, not a 10 to 15-year long commitment at this point. Maybe I’ll see the truck up close, decide it’s too big and fuelish. ⛽ I expect gas prices will surge up in the next couple of weeks, which I am sure will give me doubts about getting a 7.3l engine. 🐲 Honestly, if it’s too expensive to drive, I can leave it parked at home and ride my bike. But I make good money now, and long weekend trips really aren’t that expensive, and it’s unlikely even a big SuperDuty is going to use that much more fuel then my old lifted Silverado did with the 35s. Will gas go up to $5 or $6 a gallon this year? Who knows, but it will suck for Trump. 🎺 Play sad trombone for the President and his foolish war on Oran… I mean Iran. I do want to make up my mind and get a deal done this month.

I’ll just be glad once spring is here. 🌸 Even just loosing the snow and more daylight in the evenings will be nice, especially when I can ride out to Five Rivers 🐸 after work and read until I don’t know, 7:30 PM when it’s dark and I need to head home. And then I can get the truck, get the cap ordered, 🏕️ move over my camping gear and the solar panel. Wire up all the stuff, get a cellphone booster 📶 and get out to the wilderness both to travel and remote work.