The Weeknight (MS NOW), September 16, 2026
On the Sep 16, 2026 episode of The Weeknight, 4 of the 13 words Kalshi listed were said; Parrot’s count agreed with all 13 settlements. Counts and timings only: the captions are at the Internet Archive.
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13 words · 4 settled yes · our count agreed on 13 of 13- Kalshi: named speaker only
Kalshi
backtest The probabilities on settled rows are a walk-forward backtest: the model as of before each event, computed after Parrot went live; they were not published at the time.
| Word | Result | Our count | All speakers | Agrees | Probability | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trump | Yes | 2 | 39 | ✓ | 58%n=12 from settlement history | – |
| Healthcare | Yes | 2 | 2 | ✓ | 46%n=3 from settlement history | – |
| Afford / Affordable / Affordability | Yes | 1 | 3 | ✓ | 50%n=5 from settlement history | – |
| Muslim / Islam | Yes | 1 | 2 | ✓ | –new new word, no probability yet | – |
| Billionaire | No | 0 | 3 | ✓ | –new new word, no probability yet | – |
| AIPAC | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | –new new word, no probability yet | – |
| Data Center | No | 0 | 3 | ✓ | –new new word, no probability yet | – |
| Tariff | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | –n=1 too little history for a probability | – |
| Corrupt / Corruption | No | 0 | 1 | ✓ | 36%n=7 from settlement history | – |
| AI / Artificial Intelligence | No | 0 | 30 | ✓ | 32%n=3 from settlement history | – |
| ICE | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 32%n=4 from settlement history | – |
| Socialist / Socialism | No | 0 | 3 | ✓ | –new new word, no probability yet | – |
| Zohran / Mamdani | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | –new new word, no probability yet | – |
Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 20, 2026 23:45 UTC.
Transcript
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0 matches for “Mask / Masked”.
Where the listed words were said
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