Sean O’Kane

the trump admin is as good at antitrust as i am at finishing sente

The 2027 Chevy Bolt is the McRib of the automotive world | TechCrunch TechCrunch drove the 2027 Chevy Bolt and found that incremental improvements build on a solid basic recipe to deliver an affordable EV.

For a subcompact EV — the kind of car most automakers think people don't want to buy — the Chevy Bolt has a lot of fans. That helps explain why GM brought it back for a limited time, but it's not the only reason. techcrunch.com/2026/03/09/t...

The 2027 Chevy Bolt is the McRib of the automotive world | TechCrunch TechCrunch drove the 2027 Chevy Bolt and found that incremental improvements build on a solid basic recipe to deliver an affordable EV.

early contender for best image we run in 2026

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recession indicator

This story has everything, a focus on desal that led to overlooking other water sources, a city manager making $400K/yr saying don’t panic, a former water system manager saying residents should absolutely panic, and magical thinking: “The last hope to avert disaster was a 20- to 30-inch rainfall.”

This investigation from OCCRP uncovered how a person running two UK-registered crypto exchanges was actually a fake front linked to laundering for Iran's regime.

One of the links in the investigation relied on facial matching a cat. Brilliant.

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DHS feeds talking points to Republicans as opposition to ICE warehouses swells DHS sent talking points to Republican officials to promote migrant detention centers while communities complained about a lack of transparency.

Local Republicans are getting slammed so hard on ICE warehouse plans that DHS is having to feed them talking points

@douglasmac.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Robinhood’s startup fund stumbles in NYSE debut | TechCrunch The fund currently offers retail investors exposure to eight startups, including Mercor, Ramp, and Stripe, with plans to expand its portfolio.

The fund currently offers retail investors exposure to eight startups, including Mercor, Ramp, and Stripe, with plans to expand its portfolio.

Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently

"Freshwater ecosystems across the country are in crisis, “overdrawn, polluted, fragmented and invaded.” Marine and terrestrial ecosystems are degraded, with reduced biodiversity. An estimated 34 percent of plant species and 40 percent of animal species are at risk of extinction."

ohhh I get it now, the humanoid robots are for helping carry all this water

Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.

My report:

since this plainly sucks let me ask you: what's the best advice you got from an editor?

Grammarly is using our identities without permission Grammarly’s AI stole my boss’s identity.

lol this absolutely sucks

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Mercedes-Benz Settles Case Over Alleged Union-Busting in Alabama Mercedes-Benz Group AG vowed not to make anti-union threats as part of a deal to resolve a US labor board case over the company’s response to a high-stakes Alabama organizing drive.Under a settlement ...

Scoop: Mercedes has settled US labor board case over alleged union-busting in the lead-up to 2024 vote in Alabama. Mercedes will make promises including not threatening to move to Mexico. NLRB general counsel office approved settlement despite objections of the UAW www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

OSHA probing fatality at Rivian warehouse | TechCrunch A 61-year-old worker died on Thursday after reportedly getting stuck between a tractor trailer and a loading dock.

Rivian tells @techcrunch.com that the man who died worked for a contractor.

Notable as Rivian faced a lot of scrutiny 1.5 years ago for the safety record at its factory, but has seemingly cleaned things up since then.

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OSHA probing fatality at Rivian warehouse | TechCrunch A 61-year-old worker died on Thursday after reportedly getting stuck between a truck trailer and a loading dock.

Scoop: OSHA is investigating the death of a worker at a Rivian warehouse near its factory in Illinois this week

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How It’s Made: A 7,000-Word Story on Coal in Oakland “This is the only time in my entire life, I think, where I wrote long and someone was like, ‘Well, could you make it longer?’”

People said they wanted more culture pieces on Bsky, right? For COYOTE, I interviewed the @oaklandreviewofbooks.org and @meganwachspress.bsky.social for a behind-the-scenes account of how Megan's 7,000-word feature (!) on coal in Oakland came to be—a phenomenal work of longform journalism.

i know a guy who can do wonders with acid

how romantic

a great dynamic to have at the center of a booming social crisis

I’m definitely eager to watch that part closely too, though I weirdly kind of throw that in the “ good problems” bucket because it means they’ve scaled 😆

I’m willing to bet that there is a not insignificant amount of people who are in this exact same boat

Corey Lewandowski looks to have been comfortably in the middle of the money flowing through Noem’s controversial $240 million ad campaign. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Justice Department publishes some missing Epstein files related to Trump The Justice Department has published additional Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor after an NPR investigation found dozens of pages were withheld.

The Justice Department released *some* of the missing files, namely FBI interview notes from the woman alleging Epstein trafficked her as a young teen to Trump, Trump sexually assaulted her, and then she later endured a series of threats not to talk. Very dark reading www.npr.org/2026/03/05/n...

Cluely's CEO, Roy Lee, says he lied about its $7M annual recurring revenue last year, calling it "the only blatantly dishonest thing I've said publicly online" (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

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lmao

ah, Shane Chen and inventist again. At this point he might as well have an apartment built at ITC court lol

a man in a purple robe says " we sing " in a netflix ad ALT: a man in a purple robe says " we sing " in a netflix ad

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