david dayen @david_dayen

Letter from a Twitter jail. @TheProspect executive editor Joined July 2022

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david dayen @david_dayen

3 years ago

Think of it this way: the FDIC could have extended deposit insurance to $20 million. An eighty-fold increase. They STILL would have saved over $13 billion from bailing out these 10 depositors.

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david dayen @david_dayen

3 years ago

This is from FDIC chair Gruenberg's testimony tomorrow. Combine the previous with this bit: $13 billion of the $18 billion in uninsured deposit losses came from 10 billionaire accounts.

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david dayen @david_dayen

3 years ago

"The Billionaire Bailout"

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david dayen @david_dayen

3 years ago

I am back up and running at @ddayen, no kiddin'. Thanks to @TwitterSupport for moving things around today. Anyone following me here should head over to @ddayen.

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david dayen @david_dayen

3 years ago

"It's very exciting, but it's kind of bullshit" It's like the Roy clan was bugging @theprospect meetings

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david dayen @david_dayen

3 years ago

We too have the ethos of a non-profit but a path to crazy margins

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david dayen @david_dayen

3 years ago

Great, now @TheProspect's new rebrand as high-calorie infosnacks is ruined

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david dayen @david_dayen

3 years ago

Wow, terrible, @TexasObserver was a partner, we literally cross-posted something of theirs on Friday. Great magazine, very sad for the country that they're shuttering.

EXCLUSIVE: The Texas Observer, the crusading liberal magazine founded in 1954, which Molly Ivins edited in the ’70s, is closing down and laying off its staff. The board voted on Wednesday, and again today, to proceed with the shutdown. texastribune.org/2023/03/26/tex…

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david dayen @david_dayen

3 years ago

@pferrari27 @ddayen @TwitterSupport I wasn't being nasty to you either, I was agreeing with you. Yes, you can't be sure of anything.

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david dayen @david_dayen

3 years ago

Just got an email from someone who sent $600 to the person impersonating my @ddayen account; had to tell them it was a scam and the Macbook isn't coming. It's all fun & games except for the hundreds of thousands or maybe millions of dollars in theft. Thanks @TwitterSupport

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david dayen @david_dayen

3 years ago

One of the fun things about Twitter these days is that if you use certain keywords, scam artists and bots will come out of the woodwork offering you recommendations for "fixers" of accounts, who are also scam artists. Part of the rich tapestry of the site.

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david dayen @david_dayen

3 years ago

@pferrari27 @ddayen @TwitterSupport I mean you could be a scammer, there's really very little reason to believe anything here, on the Internet nobody knows you're a dog, etc.

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david dayen @david_dayen

3 years ago

This is Twitter's Head of Trust and Safety 8 days ago about the report that focused on my compromised @ddayen account. A week later, I received my first response from Twitter Support about the account, which was a request to fill out the same form I filled out 2 weeks ago.

Ella Irwin @ellagirwin

3 years ago

@AdamTreitler @MattBinder @Twitter @TwitterSupport I don’t know what DMs were received but we will investigate Matt’s account compromise report and any others we are notified about. I would not automatically assume Matt’s account compromise is directly related to any others.

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david dayen @david_dayen

3 years ago

"First Citizens has bought more than 20 FDIC-backed banks since 2009" yahoo.com/news/nc-bidder…

Bloomberg @business

3 years ago

BREAKING: First Citizens is in advanced talks to acquire Silicon Valley Bank after its collapse earlier this month trib.al/TeXkoV1

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david dayen @david_dayen

3 years ago

Gee I wonder why so many people have seen their accounts taken over lately nytimes.com/2023/03/26/tec…

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david dayen @david_dayen

3 years ago

@pferrari27 @ddayen @TwitterSupport I am well aware that they have, but they've moved on to bigger audiences. x.com/david_dayen/st…

david dayen @david_dayen

3 years ago

sooner or later the Macbooks come for all of us

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david dayen @david_dayen

3 years ago

And another thing: followers making jokes about when the Macbook is coming are only sowing more confusion, and I think two weeks is about the statute of limitations for that joke anyway, so cut it out.

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david dayen @david_dayen

3 years ago

So just to be very clear: I'm locked out of my usual @ddayen. That account was stolen. The people in it were pretending to sell Macbooks. If you gave them money there is no computer coming. I'm very sorry to have to deliver this news.