Prediction markets are breaking the news and becoming their own beat "I wake up every day and I'm like, <i>this is the world. I'm still in the fever dream.</i>”

Loved talking to @knibbs.bsky.social and @dustingouker.bsky.social about the chaotic, fascinating, maddening work of reporting on prediction markets!

www.niemanlab.org/2026/04/pred...

Prediction markets are breaking the news and becoming their own beat "I wake up every day and I'm like, <i>this is the world. I'm still in the fever dream.</i>”

Was delighted to speak with @neeldhanesha.com from @niemanlab.org about the prediction market beat! www.niemanlab.org/2026/04/pred...

I wrote about the end of
the U.S. Forest Service and the arrogance of trying to kill something like a forest: defector.com/the-trump-ad...

“Even more troublingly, other researchers say, the fake papers were then cited in peer-reviewed literature. Osmanovic Thunström says this suggests that some researchers are relying on AI-generated references without reading the underlying papers.”

losing contact with the earth for 40 minutes sounds nice

Excited to say I'm in great company here, along with @hanaatameez.bsky.social!

Loved reporting this story alongside @andrewdeck.bsky.social!

Every day I am filled with hate because my heart overflows with my love of the computer. aftermath.site/ram-prices-h...

Journalism coops seem utopian. What’s it like working in one? "If I was less self-directed, I'd probably be freaking out."

Journalism coops give me — and most of the journalists I know — a lot of hope for the industry. But I've been curious: What's it like to actually work at one? I spent the last few months talking to a bunch of brilliant worker-owners to find out.

www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/jour...

What a safety expert thinks journalists should know about “less than lethal” rounds and chemical irritants used by ICE "The consideration that we make with all of our recommendations is, 'What is the safest thing you can use while still getting your assignment done?’"

this Q&A by @neeldhanesha.com about what federal agents are using in MN, is alarming, but also really interesting.

The pepper spray in use today is hotter & clingier than it used to be.

"Less than lethal" rounds are larger & faster, and standard eye protection doesn't protect against them.

I grew up with Alex Pretti The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

I was one of the four people who got canned.

In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com

Hi! Today @quantamagazine.bsky.social published a special issue on climate science, featuring stories about how Earth's climate fundamentally works that I needed to read after covering climate impacts for so many years. I hope you'll check it out! <3 www.quantamagazine.org/how-we-came-...

From reckoning to retreat: Journalism’s DEI efforts are in decline Diversity-related newsroom jobs haven't totally disappeared — but they also haven't stuck.

This story — which asks what happened to all of those newsroom DEI jobs, committees, and promises from 2020 — is the hardest one I've ever worked on. I hope you'll spend some time with it today.

www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/from...

Slap that on a business card

With Local News International, Dave Jorgenson becomes his own TikTok guy The former Washington Post video star talks about launching a new company with old colleagues, the importance of media literacy, and building a Daily Show for the internet.

One thing that struck me about my conversation with @davejorgenson.bsky.social: I think he's having...fun? With journalism? In this economy?

www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/with...

What it comes down to is: Should beautiful, interesting, entertaining things exist in the world, and should we spend our time making them?

The Future Of Podcasting Is Here, And It Sucks | Defector This week, Left Of Dial published its Essential Listening Poll, a compilation of the 100 best podcasts of all time, according to industry creators, writers, and scholars (Disclosure: I was invited to ...

There have been a ton of 20th anniversary "best of" podcast lists lately, and it has started to feel a bit like an obituary for an industry.

[gift link] defector.com/the-future-o...

AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.

Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it

Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and Dying

"workers are not allowed to wear masks on the front line, even if they want to" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...

Selling Zohran | Defector On a cool Sunday in November, a few days after Donald Trump’s re-election, Zohran Mamdani stood on a street corner in Jamaica, Queens, holding up a hastily drawn cardboard sign that read “DID YOU VOTE...

about two months ago, i reached out to @boringstein.bsky.social to ask if they'd be open to talking about the incredible videos they were making for Zohran Mamdani's election campaign

it turned into a much bigger story than i expected

Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital

I have studied the targeting of journalists for many years, but the scale and public display of these killings is truly shocking: “Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital“

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Shannon is one of the most talented reporters I know, I am SO excited for this book!

The Floodwaters Are Rising | Defector It’s easy to forget that God’s covenant is limited. God makes a solemn promise to Noah that He will never flood the whole Earth again … however. “Never again will I let floodwaters destroy all life,” ...

i wrote about the texas floods and climate anxiety and mercy defector.com/the-floodwat...

hi, sorry for the late response! You're totally right that it's available on FAST services; I was referring to accessing the TV channel in the traditional (non-streaming) sense, which still requires a cable bundle.

Hurricane Science Was Great While It Lasted The U.S. is hacking away at support for state-of-the-art forecasting.

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Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

A story that got less attention was the incredibly cynical primary of my amazing Councilwoman—the first Muslim woman ever elected to the NYC Council—by a billionaire, corporate-backed candidate also lobbing gross accusations of antisemitism. Anyway, the challenger got trounced. Hell yea.

I'm in touch with a source in Cuomo's camp. They're all screaming and turning back into rats. Not looking good so far

A Muslim son of immigrants might become mayor of NYC in part because he cross endorsed and supported a Jewish candidate and Black candidate, and vice versa.

It's a beautiful American story for the rest of us. A nightmare for all the right people ;)

It's so New York.

Bill Clinton please endorse my enemies