Senior editor @ProPublica. Formerly @BusinessInsider @NYmag, @PopMech, @TheAtlantic, &c. Just thinking aloud here :-)

Joined January 2008
Incredibly proud to have collaborated with so many talented people on this package, and deeply honored by the recognition from the @PolkAwards for our work.
The AI boom has a hidden price. Our investigation into the secrets of US data centers just won a prestigious Polk Award. Read the award-winning series here: bit.ly/4kQpi1K Read more about the win here: bit.ly/46YWnCG (Credit: John-David Richardson for Business Insider) #datacenters #ai #artificialintelligence
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my favorite nathan for you bit was kidnapping a random guy for cutting in line
top 3 momentos de nathan for you lloro de risa cada vez que me acuerdo
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Spoiler alert for those tuning into Tesla's Roadster unveiling: @graceihle revealed the company's crazy plans for the flying car in @theinformation back in August.
Holy shit y’all are not ready for tonight’s Tesla Roadster demonstration. There is a massive ramp 😂
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hell yeah we were on jeopardy
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Informative story in @NewYorker on opioid settlement spending. Would have loved, though, to see any sort of attribution for this graf. I’m the only person I’m aware of who has compiled, analyzed and published this info. It took me weeks in ‘26 and ‘25. newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…
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a while ago I made a bunch of unhinged requests to Amazon's shopping AI about things like "the best conceal carry holster for my dog" and I'm pleased to announce it's paid off
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Sen. Collins faced Troy Jackson last night in their Maine Senate debate. On stage, Collins inaccurately described ProPublica’s story about an FBI anticorruption investigation that probed the conduct of her & her staff until Trump’s DOJ shut it down. Let’s get into the facts…
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Last week, we reported that the FBI's anti-corruption squad was circling Sen Susan Collins, looking at allegations of a pay-to-play scheme. Here's a helpful explainer from @Billy_Kobin looking at the challenges of enforcing anti-bribery laws. pressherald.com/2026/10/01/t…
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For more than two months, I have been working on a truly horrific story about one of the gravest war crimes committed by the United States since Vietnam: The bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran. It was one of the first targets struck in the opening hours of the war on February 28, 2026. At least 156 people were killed in the U.S. cruise missile strikes—120 of them were children and 26 were teachers. We spoke to survivors, first responders, parents, doctors, teachers, psychologists, and other witnesses. Some of them had never before shared their experiences of that day. It would be impossible to do justice to what happened in Minab that day with words alone. In more than 25 years in journalism and reporting on war, I do not believe I have reported on a more heinous single crime. Massacre at Minab: The School That Became a Grave dropsitenews.com/p/minab-sch… Please share this story with as many people as you can.
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Would love to speak with hockey fans -- especially hockey fans who actually read romance -- about their thoughts on campaign! sportsbusinessjournal.com/Ar…
can a reporter, someone please ask the NHLPA where exactly they licensed the use of players’ names and likenesses for romance fiction?! what exactly are the real-life stories being presented???
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not the point but camden is great example of “aspirational lacrosse player” name
when will the sun finally explode
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NEW: I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards. Spoiler Alert: They invited me into the VIP program after just one week. Here’s how I yeeted $20K+ ripping riskier and risker bets 🧵
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New: ProPublica’s Jake Pearson lost $10,000 mimicking the betting patterns of a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards. One week in, he was invited to become a VIP — and faced little pushback as he spiraled. propub.li/4dGHrwr
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Thanks to @chrislhayes for having me on last night to talk about our investigation into Susan Collins and the falsehoods her campaign has offered in response to our reporting.
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The University of Maine is contradicting claims made by Susan Collins’ campaign manager. Let’s break down why this is important. 🧵
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Susan Collins & her staff have tried to debunk our reporting. They've said we took the word of a convicted felon, that the Biden FBI cleared her, & that we're regurgitating 7 year old allegations. None of that is true. Read our rebuttal: propublica.org/article/debun…
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The battle over the Smithsonian has been cast as just another Trump blowup. But there's a deeper story to how it became a target, involving the American history museum's search for identity and the Smithsonian's 2020 turn, similar to academia. My latest: propublica.org/article/how-s…
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Update in the rogue A.I. saga: OpenAI agents that were supposed to be performing mundane data pulls for things like health info, historic photos and wait times at theme parks resorted to hacking attempts when they couldn't access the data they wanted nytimes.com/2026/09/23/techn…
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