If you missed it, spend the long weekend with this by issie lapowsky: she digs in the physical infrastructures powering the AI boom, focusing in on the Prince William Digital Gateway in VA - home to one of the largest data center clusters in the world: businessinsider.com/ai-data-center…

NEW: The FDA cleared an AI-powered device for detecting skin cancer on Wednesday, giving primary care physicians a new way to evaluate troubling skin spots. statnews.com/2024/01/17/fda…

A new front in the abortion fight: Anti-abortion groups say the next president has the power to ban abortions everywhere – without a vote of Congress - by blocking the shipment of all medical implements used to induce them. notus.org/policy/the-con…

I truly cannot make heads or tails of my notifications on here these days. It's just all this everyday.

"The more the internet has consumed our lived reality, the easier it's been to ignore the physical infrastructure required to power that reality" I'm definitely late to it but I'll be thinking about this piece for a while, must read by issie lapowsky: businessinsider.com/ai-data-center…

How's a girl to get any writing done when there's a new Justin Timberlake song out?

I am aghast!

Just a note to any reporters who have been laid off recently: If you want to talk a bit about what full-time freelance life is like, please reach out. People always seem to describe it as a slog, but in my experience, it's actually been great, and I'm happy to discuss/help.

“In many cases, being on electronic monitoring can create many of the same harms as being in jails and prisons.” New Vera research shows the number of people on electronic monitoring has more than tripled since 2015. Via issie lapowsky in Fast Company: fastcompany.com/91019210/vast-…

Everything old is new again

These AI-generated Le Creuset giveaway scams are still making the rounds, despite widespread coverage. nytimes.com/2024/01/09/tec… Just got this Selena Gomez one run by what seems to be a hijacked account for a school board candidate

Covering Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 hearing with Meta, X, TikTok, Snap and Discord CEOs discussing their handling of child sexual abuse material this morning. The room is full of sexual exploitation victims and families who have lost children who are holding up photocopies. room is silent

NEW: Why the actual impact of these big tech hearings is all the little product and policy changes companies make right before they testify. They add up! To be clear, this is not the reform we need, but for now, it's the one we've got. fastcompany.com/91021113/big-t…

Axios: “Senators kept blaming the tech executives for the Hill’s failures. Tech lobbying is powerful in Washington — but lawmakers are ultimately responsible for transcending the influence of money in politics and getting legislation passed.” axios.com/newsletters/ax…

In 2018, California became the first state to let DAs revisit old prison sentences that seemed unjust. Another 5 have since passed similar policies. But of the 1,000+ people resentenced, almost none are women. I wrote about an effort to change that. nytimes.com/2025/06/13/hea…

I spoke with issie lapowsky The New York Times about an important experiment in post-disaster housing happening Maui. Ka La‘i Ola will provide transitional housing for hundreds of wildfire survivors, then convert to permanent housing and infrastructure. nytimes.com/2025/09/27/hea…

NEW: Trump gave the DOJ 180 days to report on supposed fraud at ActBlue. The deadline passed. No report. Here's my look inside ActBlue's tumultuous last year, including how internal turmoil under its current CEO has helped fueled the GOP's attacks. fastcompany.com/91428737/insid…