
Eva Roytburg
@eva_roytburg
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biz journalist @fortune , formerly @cnn @jpost @emorywheel
new york
Joined September 2025
Last night Trump took to Truth Social to blame homebuilders for getting in the way of the American dream by hoarding "two million" lots of land. But veteran YIMBY and renown economist @bryan_caplan told me Trump's got it all backwards. Full story:
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It’s an unusual attack, since it resembles Ezra Klein’s “abundance” thesis, and one of Trump’s top deputies is a homebuilding heir.
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I wore @AviSchiffmann's viral AI ' https://t.co/sFPOIHxqy6' necklace for two weeks. It was like wearing a neurotic Jewish bubbe who forgets my favorite color and always thinks I'm in danger. My review @FortuneMagazine 👇 https://t.co/ucoTu7q9yp
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President Donald Trump on Thursday afternoon signed an executive order clearing the way for a deal to put TikTok in U.S. hands, with some of his closest billionaire allies poised to take the reins.
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With the Ellisons (Oracle) and Murdochs (Fox) in the mix, Trump allies are poised to take at least partial control over the app’s recommendation engine.
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Meta’s chief AI officer Alexandr Wang has advice for kids, especially those in Gen Alpha: Forget gaming, sports, or traditional after-school hobbies. “If you are like 13 years old, you should spend all of your time vibe coding,” Wang said.
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Teenagers, Alexandr Wang argues, have a built-in edge.
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https://t.co/503UDLSjzj The first cut since December, the decision punctuates growing concerns about a dramatically slowed labor market and the increasingly fraught and unusual politics surrounding the central bank. Talking to @DianeSwonk and @Markzandi today too
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Stephen Miran, Trump’s pick to join the Fed, dissented against the group, voting in favor of the stronger half-point cut.
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Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"
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“They knew where I lived.” A Walmart employee says he was impersonated as celebrating Charlie Kirk’s assassination, smeared online, and suspended. Now he fears for his family’s safety. Full story:
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After a fake X account impersonated him, Ali Nasrati says he became the target of threats, harassment, and a suspension he still hasn’t been able to fight.
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Once richer than Peter Thiel, Pop Mart’s Wang Ning sees $6 billion vanish with Labubu hype https://t.co/9TEtIM3t38
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Once celebrities start posing with a toy, Gen-Z tunes out. What was scarce and cool suddenly feels commercial and inauthentic.
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‘I haven’t had a good night of sleep since ChatGPT launched’: @sama , grey-haired and often looking down, came across as a Frankenstein-esque character in his @TuckerCarlson interview, haunted by the scale of what he has unleashed. https://t.co/TGaUwA72VZ
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It’s the subtle, unseen ways ChatGPT rewires human behavior that scares Sam Altman most.
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Elon Musk escalates feud with Sam Altman by reviving baseless conspiracy theory that OpenAI researcher was murdered https://t.co/vZtlHS8s7W
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Much of the conspiracy theorizing over Suchir Balaji’s death has to do with the refusal of his parents to accept the official findings and insistence that he was murdered.
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“I would never buy a power ball ticket. It’s like what Voltaire said,” I smirk at my uber driver. “A lottery is simply a tax on stupid people.” He doesn’t respond. The only sound in the car is my fingers rapidly tapping on the Octopus game.
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https://t.co/RTrFOiN95Q “This really feels like a jobs recession,” Moody's @Markzandi said. “Employment is flat to down. Output and incomes are still growing, but the economy is incredibly vulnerable. Nothing else can go wrong, or it could tip us into a full downturn.”
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June’s job loss was the first since the pandemic, a flashing-red signal that the economy’s growth momentum has stopped.
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Another one from yesterday https://t.co/X54TPBudz6 When Nestlé abruptly ousted its chief executive Laurent Freixe over Labor Day weekend after revelations of a romantic relationship with a direct subordinate, one detail stood out: He was shown the door without a severance package
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High-profile executives usually get a “golden parachute,” even after serious misconduct violations.
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Hi X! (FkAT...) Check out my recent: https://t.co/LsePf14Pt2 When there is an incident involving the police, such as an arrest or a traffic stop, police officers should assume they are being watched by their body cameras...CEOs, today, live under the same scrutiny.
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Smartphones are turning CEO scandals into viral spectacles, and boards are scrambling to respond to the changing environment.
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