The Ledger

Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks. Mix any filter with any other: certainty 1/5, debate potential 5/5, or both at once.

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why aren't all 7 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 2 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Insight
Jessica Lessin: There is no advantage in tech to being an 'everything' app
“Technology just, there's no benefit to being the everything. You can just be the best at a lot of different things”
Jessica Lessin Jun 6, 2025 ▶ 37:54 #102: Snap Spectacles, Build-A-Bear, and the Myth of the Everything App · More or Less Podcast
Prediction Open · timeframe Aug 2028
Yahoo will probably go public again
“Yahoo will probably go public again.”
Jessica Lessin Aug 15, 2025 ▶ 27:21 #112 Swift Should Buy Chrome, Not Perplexity · More or Less Podcast
Prediction Open · timeframe Dec 2027
Jessica Lessin: Yahoo will eventually go public
“You guys, Yahoo's gonna go public at some point. It's gonna be crazy.”
Jessica Lessin Dec 6, 2024 ▶ 1:01:19 #76: In a World with 99.99% Accurate AI… (feat. Aaron Levie) · More or Less Podcast
Insight
Dave Morin: Every social communication platform eventually becomes a chat product
“I mean, every social communicator, every, whether it's Yahoo, AOL, Facebook, everything becomes chat in the end.”
Dave Morin Aug 25, 2023 ▶ 31:48 #11: Why hybrid work doesn’t work, long live the phone call · More or Less Podcast
Disclosure
Yahoo buyout investors recouped costs via real estate; equity is pure upside
“I invested in the buyout because it seemed like a screaming good deal, and those guys have already made all the money on the real estate. And like now it's just like all free upside.”
Sam Lessin Aug 15, 2025 ▶ 27:36 #112 Swift Should Buy Chrome, Not Perplexity · More or Less Podcast
Disclosure
Sam Lessin discloses holding Yahoo equity and profiting from it
“I'm a shareholder. I've made money on Yahoo.”
Sam Lessin Aug 15, 2025 ▶ 27:23 #112 Swift Should Buy Chrome, Not Perplexity · More or Less Podcast
Opinion
Jessica Lessin: Yahoo's live football broadcast gamble was a disaster
“Yahoo did that. Do you guys remember? Yeah, I remember that. Like, big, like, football gamble? It was a disaster. I mean, I know they're still keeping a toe, but it's a disaster.”
Jessica Lessin Aug 11, 2023 ▶ 18:50 #9: How to save ESPN. Barstool’s Bad (Good?) Example · More or Less Podcast
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