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The Screwdriver Method for Pounding Nails
Kinda sorta works. Except that it often doesn't.
May 19 • Reading the Tape
Casting Shadows
Reading the Tape You Just Wrote
May 11 • Reading the Tape
The Ghost in the Machine is Reading Your Tells
On the Epistemology of Being Badly Profiled, and Why You Should Be Worried Even If the Algorithm Is Wrong
May 10 • Reading the Tape

April 2026

The Half-Life of a TACO
He Who Should Not Have Been Elected and the Fouling of the Markets
Apr 30 • Reading the Tape
The Traded Self
When the Tape is Reading You
Apr 19 • Reading the Tape
The Ghost Exchange
The Invisible JHI.top Almost Took Out Their Bottom
Apr 15 • Reading the Tape
The Liquidator
The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly Truth About Trump's Greatest "Business" Skills
Apr 14 • Reading the Tape
The Kid Who Drew Maps
On Storytelling, Tape Reading, and Snoopy
Apr 5 • Reading the Tape

March 2026

The TACO Trade Fails
The Tape Reader Knew First
Mar 27 • Reading the Tape
The TACO Trade
Reading the Tape Before the News
Mar 26 • Reading the Tape
Evolution of a Tape Reader
A criminal defense attorney discovers he's been reading the tape his whole life — in courtrooms, markets, and the patterns beneath everyday reality.
Mar 23 • Reading the Tape
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