J Kyle White-Sullivan
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J Kyle White-Sullivan
@jwhitesu
Product @WBUR | Formerly @WBEZ @Vocalo @SunTimes @nepublicmedia

holy fuck, a hair dryer at a Paris airport broke Polymarket weather markets & made someone $34,000 richer - polymarket was settling Paris temperature bets on a single Météo France sensor sitting near the Charles de Gaulle runway perimeter - basically unguarded - the guy bought the long-shot outcome (like "22°C" when everyone expected 18°C) for pennies, since nobody thought it'd hit - then he walked up to the probe and briefly heated the air around it with a portable heat source, spiking the reading just long enough to register as the daily max - temperature snapped back to normal in minutes, the market resolved in his favor, and he cashed out - twice, on April 6 and April 15, before Météo France caught on and filed charges hyperstitions.

NEW: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will continue publishing! It has been acquired by the nonprofit Venetoulis Institute, which runs the Baltimore Banner. My story here: nytimes.com/2026/04/14/bus…

Three things to know about the coming nor'easter: 1. Blizzard conditions likely overnight 2. Concrete-like snowfall expected 3. Worst time to travel from 3a-9a Monday Get additional forecast and timeline details:


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