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Polymarket is taking bets on the Palisades fire in California

Polymarket lets people bet on a variety of things, like election outcomes and pop culture events.It’s also taking bets on the Palisades fire in California — with at least nine different wagers.Polymarket says the wisdom of the crowd can lend “unbiased forecasts for the most important events impacting society.”As the…

Kids’ low reading scores are ‘a 5-alarm fire,’ says DOGE’s Ramaswamy. His solution: Eliminate the Education Department.

DOGE’s Vivek Ramaswamy said 8th graders’ reading scores in 2022 were “downright brutal.”He said eliminating the Education Department would help improve literacy in the US.Higher education experts told BI that there’s no proof eliminating the department would help boost reading scores.One of the business leaders tapped by President-elect Donald Trump…

A FIRE blogger decided to test the benefits of the popular triple-tax advantaged HSA. He explains why it wasn’t worth the hassle and wants to switch health insurance plans in 2025.

Andre Nader switched from an EPO health insurance plan to an HDHP to get access to an HSA.Nader found the mental burden of managing healthcare costs outweighed HSA tax benefits.He plans to switch back to an EPO plan in 2025 for simplicity.Andre Nader spent years on Meta’s growth team, where…