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Brian Whitton

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Computer journalism @wsj My latest: https://www.wsj.com/news/author/brian-whitton

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Justice Department Struggles Under Weight of Immigration Crackdown Current and former prosecutors say they can relate to the government lawyer who told a judge in open court that she was exhausted and “this job sucks.”

Current and former prosecutors say they can relate to the government lawyer who told a judge in open court that she was exhausted and “this job sucks.”

06.02.2026 12:22 — 👍 23    🔁 7    💬 4    📌 1

There are so many emails

06.02.2026 13:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Exclusive | Epstein Files Release Exposes Names of at Least 43 Victims, WSJ Review Finds The Justice Department was required to redact all victims’ names prior to releasing the files.

DOJ left the names of over 40 of Epstein's victims fully visible in Friday's massive file dump. For some names we found over 100 appearances as of Sunday evening. Nearly 30 were minors.

Gift link. With @khadeejasafdar.bsky.social

www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

02.02.2026 00:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@jackgillum.bsky.social @brennasmith.bsky.social Emma Scott and Belle Cushing

If you're not following them you should. If you haven't subscribed this is one is worth it

25.01.2026 19:30 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Videos Contradict U.S. Account of Minneapolis Shooting by Federal Agents See how immigration officers escalated a fatal confrontation on Saturday.

An important story from some of the best

www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

25.01.2026 19:26 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 2
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Shenaniganing, combobulating, julienning, hullaballooing, whatchamacalliting, flibbertigibbeting. According to Anthropic, there are 184 verbs that can show up when Claude Code is working. @bzcohen.bsky.social and I got the full list and VERB coded this for our @wsj.com vibe-coded column:

23.01.2026 23:04 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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We Have No Idea How to Code. So We Got Claude to Code This Article for Us. Two WSJ columnists with no formal programming background vibe coded the article you’re reading—chat bubbles, Easter eggs and all.

@joannastern.bsky.social and @bzcohen.bsky.social vibed up an interactive article and, like many vibe coders, called in a computer guy to bring it across the finish line.

I had to do surprisingly little! But I did add a couple features by request

Happy to report my job is secure. For now

24.01.2026 18:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I must say it's surreal

26.10.2025 03:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I couldn't stop thinking about this perfect Borges idea from @marcusjmerritt.com. So I made it: internaut.club.

(N.B., if you want write access, you'll have to DM me.)

25.10.2025 19:54 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

I'm really glad I follow you

03.06.2025 17:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yup. Totally glitching out

09.05.2025 12:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@wnyc.org the live stream on google home is glitching out

09.05.2025 12:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I'm guessing you don't mean the team behind the pulitzer website

07.05.2025 20:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
a screenshot of javascript code showing when you call "toDateString" on a date object returns a different date than the one you started with

a screenshot of javascript code showing when you call "toDateString" on a date object returns a different date than the one you started with

come ON javascript

07.05.2025 20:24 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Figured that myself yeah

02.12.2024 00:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Lesson on gender met with support and backlash Local News, Locally Sourced

More from the Rivertowns Dispatch

www.rivertownsdispatch.com/lesson-on-ge...

01.12.2024 15:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Disinfo and violent language forced the district to take down their staff directory and curriculum

01.12.2024 15:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Close up of a newspaper article showing a byline reading "By staff of the Rivertowns Dispatch"

Close up of a newspaper article showing a byline reading "By staff of the Rivertowns Dispatch"

the local paper reporting on right-wing backlash to a 30-minute lesson on gender (annual) used a group byline for coverage

01.12.2024 14:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

And here I am thinking it's a jewish thing

01.12.2024 14:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Zuh?

30.11.2024 05:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Just setting up my blsky

15.11.2024 05:10 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0