One-time Youngest Person Alive gold medalist (1993). Editor and reporter. DocumentedNY, Adweek, TechCrunch, Bloomberg News, Business Insider, NYTimes, NYMag.
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TIMES INVESTIGATION
How DraftKings Uses A.I. to Target the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose
Data science helps determine who receives betting incentives, but the company has resisted using similar technology to protect gamblers at risk of addiction.
nytimes.com/2026/09/19/busin… via @NYTimes
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There’s a lot going on in AI right now, so @daveyalba and I dug into how the rising rhetoric around existential risk is shaping the debate over AI. Gift link — please give it a read.
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Amazing job with an incredible editor - come work with us! wsj.jobs/washington-dc/enter…
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Come work with me! The Washington Post is hiring an information and influence reporter. wd5.myworkday.com/washpost/d…
Wow. “In the 33-hour window between Mullenweg being put on leave and his return, two key executives at the company signed off on generous exit packages for each other” — worth $8.15 million
Automattic’s interim CEO and legal chief signed reciprocal severance deals during Mullenweg’s brief ouster techcrunch.com/2026/09/16/au…
great interview with outgoing NYT biz editor @ellenjpollock1
nytimes.com/2026/09/16/insid…
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NEW @BW investigation: Crafting America’s Favorite Countertops Is Killing Workers
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Artificial stone manufacturers want Congress to shut down silicosis lawsuits that seek billions. But confidential company records undermine the industry's safety claims
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This is a rough video, FYI. You can clearly watch officers punching one kid repeatedly. The other exits the car in apparent tears from pepper spray, before he's detained nearby.
The mom of the 17YO says she doesn't want him to fight for a country that doesn't respect his rights.
"He's a minor!" one bystander shouts to ICE officers filmed punching a teen motorist repeatedly
The 17-year-old said they are U.S. citizens who were on their way get documents to enlist in the Marines when ICE agents detained them after filming a raid
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amazing headline/photo pairing
The EPA will stop regulating greenhouse gas emissions from power plants nytimes.com/2026/09/13/clima…
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Yesterday, McClatchy laid off more than 90 unionized media workers across 17 publications.
The departure of these talented reporters, visual journalists & writers will immediately leave gaping holes in local coverage for dozens of communities across the US.
Really great story
My father suffers from PTSD as a result of his time as a 9/11 first responder. Last year while laying in the hospital after an attempt drink himself to death, he told me about a funny thing that happened at Ground Zero.
His story inspired a year-long hunt for a lost piece of art.
I wrote about it for @vulture edited by @megh_wright
vulture.com/article/a-funny-…
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This will be a long thread. Please stick with it.
The Miami Herald, one of the premier legacy newspapers in America, laid off or wrote off more than 30 positions today – well over one-third of its editorial staff. The cuts include crucial accountability beats. (1)
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the AI safety discussion right now reminds me of this testimony from Caroline Ellison in the Sam Bankman-Fried trial
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what's funny is 'Men Have Gained NO JOBS Since Trump Took Office' sounds so hyperbolic -- but nope. there it is, on net:
Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled since the end of Roe. propublica.org/article/ectop…
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Scooplet: Filling in for @KendraEBarnett on this week's AI, Tech & Money newsletter —digging inside The Trade Desk's layoffs, its market cap collapse, and why some in adtech (including @sam_khoury1 @bokelley) think its days as an independent could be numbered.
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