R.J. Lehmann is Editor-in-Chief of @LawEconCenter. Cofounder of @RSI. Newark native. Portuguese citizen. Syracuse Newhouse/Maxwell alum. I know insurance stuff.
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TIL: That banh mi is so uncommon in England that neither Paul Hollywood nor Nigella Lawson appear to have ever heard of it
From the same waterfront where Tony Jannus flew the first regularly scheduled commercial flight in world history (St Pete to Tampa, 1914), this morning saw the launch of the new cross bay electric VTOL air taxi system
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26 statements. Nearly 44 million violations. A $25 billion penalty against Meta.
@DanielJGilman1 examines New Mexico’s use of estimated audiences to count violations, including people who never used Facebook, and the missing assessment of consumer harm. 🔗⬇️
At the intersection of these two stories:
1. Transplants & visitors can buy up all the tickets natives can't afford.
2. We should spend public money on stadiums to boost tourism.
Hey maybe a famously low-paying, low-value-add sector isn't the best target for industrial policy?
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Stocks have earned higher returns from November through April. That “Halloween effect” has persisted across decades and countries. But can investors consistently profit from it?
@raylehmann explains why the pattern doesn’t necessarily challenge the efficient markets hypothesis🔽
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U.S. cyber premiums rose from $2.75B in 2020 to $7.46B in 2025, without broad purchase mandates or a dedicated taxpayer backstop.
AI presents new risks, but insurers have centuries of experience pricing uncertainty. @raylehmann on lessons from cyber and D&O coverage. 🔗⬇️
There was nothing wrong with the mode of textual analysis put forth in J. Evans Pritchard's "Understanding Poetry." John Keating was a pretentious douchenozzle, demonstrated by how completely he misunderstands both Frost and Whitman.
There's an episode of the new season of Nobody Wants This set in NY instead of LA, and they opt for vaguely "indie" music cues instead of the usual girlie pop, and the two leads are hardly in it at all. And it is by the least annoying episode in the history of the series.
After many years of watching GBBO, I'm now accustomed to the, by American lights, bizarrely specific meaning they assign to "dessert" and seemingly ever-expansive meanings they assign to "pudding."
But the abbreviation "puds"? No. No no no no. Stop it.
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Do we need a Fin-Syn rerun? Nope. "It’s a bad proposal with an understandable constituency." @raylehmann's latest piece for Truth on the Market 🎥
The reason Elizabeth Holmes could find Who's on First funny without actually "getting" the joke is that the wordplay is not what's funny about Who's on First. What's funny about Who's on First is Lou Costello. The wordplay is just the canvas for him to do his thing.
Betty Gilpin is absolutely the perfect actress to express wordless frustration with how ridiculous Ethan Hawke's Lee Raybon character is. So glad this show is back.
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Today marks the 100th birthday of the @tampatheatre! From the stories on the screen to the stories in the audience, this movie palace has cemented its place in Tampa's history, and we're excited to see what the next century holds.🎬🍿
ALT Exterior of the Tampa Theatre, a tall brick building with a vintage marquee. The sign displays "Tampa" vertically in lights. The marquee reads "Tampa's Nonprofit Movie Palace" and "Established Oct. 15, 1926." Fluffy clouds and blue sky are visible above.
Blaming the Rays' attendance problems on fans having to cross a bridge to get to the games elides that there are more people in Pinellas County (who don't have to cross any bridge) than in Milwaukee County, and yet the Brewers still easily outdraw the Rays.