Shannon Bond

appears to have been a degen, but this is the new norm: large anomalous trades are made on world events, creating speculation about whether it’s intel or speculation, which could in theory influence whether officials do act or not, if it is insidered. impossible to distinguish signal from noise

Jake Paul has been on a journey over on X.

(h/t @shannonbond.bsky.social)

Chatbots Make Terrible Doctors, New Study Finds Chatbots provided incorrect, conflicting medical advice, researchers found: “Despite all the hype, AI just isn't ready to take on the role of the physician.”

“In an extreme case, two users sent very similar messages describing symptoms of a subarachnoid hemorrhage but were given opposite advice,” the study’s authors wrote. “One user was told to lie down in a dark room, and the other user was given the correct recommendation to seek emergency care.”

Twin Cities tow truck driver returns abandoned vehicles to families after ICE arrests Juan Leon sends a "chase" car to check out where abandoned vehicles are located and arranges discreet drop-offs. Since late December, he estimated they have dropped off 250 cars.

"Seeing there was a need for someone to help out, help clear the streets and get the people back their vehicles. So we stepped up and started doing it," Leon said.

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Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure

“I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.”
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everyone sucks here but also, lol

💯

btw i can’t hear the name “Will Lewis” without hearing Gary Silverman’s voice in my head saying “formerly of this parish” 😆

they spiked the job cuts story in the first place right?

State Department will delete X posts from before Trump returned to office The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025.

Saturday scoop w @stphnfwlr.com: The State Dept says it wants to “speak with one voice” on social media. There is precedent for archiving prior admins’ online footprint — but this doesn’t follow it. Staff are told the public will have to FOIA archived posts

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State Department will delete X posts from before Trump returned to office The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025.

EXCLUSIVE @npr.org - the State Department is directing employees to archive + delete all X posts on official accounts from before President Trump returned to office in 2025.

More with @shannonbond.bsky.social:

While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot.

I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.

Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees

So many have given to The Post Guild’s fundraising effort, and we are floored. But we also ask you to consider supporting the fundraiser for our international staff and staff in our bureaus who aren’t Guild eligible. They are absolutely vital to coverage. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

what a godawful day for journalism, following a great many other godawful days for journalism

The owner, in a note to readers, wrote that he aimed to boost trust in The Post. The effect was something else entirely: Subscribers lost trust in his stewardship and, notwithstanding the newsroom’s stellar journalism, The Post overall. Similarly, many leading journalists at The Post lost confidence in Bezos, and jumped to other news organizations. They also, in effect, were driven away. Bezos’s sickening efforts to curry favor with President Trump have left an especially ugly stain of their own. This is a case study in near-instant, self-inflicted brand destruction.

Former executive editor @postbaron.bsky.social says the Post is "a case study in near-instant, self-inflicted brand destruction." www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Joe, I'm so sorry. this is bonkers.

Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund

The Washington Post has laid off hundreds of talented journalists, so many of whom I was lucky to work with over the years.

The Post Guild launched this fund to support them:

no, i simply refuse to accept this news.

Great piece here from Mia: "The main function of slop is to take something from you: your time, your attention, your trust. It is passive in that it requires nothing from viewers but to sit back and consume"

‘We’re going to disrupt this country’: Pardoned anti-abortion activists plot mass clinic protests A group of longtime abortion opponents, emboldened by Trump's pardons, regrouped in Washington to plan a new wave of demonstrations at abortion clinics.

As I just reported for @ms.now yesterday, they were charged w/ blocking entrances to abortion clinics, harassing & injuring staff & livestreaming some of it.

Trump freed them from federal prison; 3 have been re-arrested since.

Now, the DOJ is using the same law to go after a journalist.

🚨Don Lemon is being charged under the FACE Act, which has historically been used to prosecute those who impede access to abortion clinics. But it also criminalizes interference @ houses of worship.

Days into 2nd term, Trump pardoned 24 anti-abortion activists convicted under FACE 🧵

‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody The children were taken into ICE custody after their mother was detained at a court appointment. School leaders say the mother asked them to bring the kids to the detention center because there were n...

‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

He sold me fresh fruit for years. I was there when immigration agents took him NPR's Adrian Florido has been buying fruit from the same fruit cart vendor in his LA neighborhood for years. On Tuesday, Adrian was there when federal immigration agents swooped in and arrested him.

Please listen to this story from my @npr.org colleague Adrian Florido about a fruit seller named Jesus

never anticipated that the topic of moderating internet forums would be an enduring theme in my career...

AI chatbots upended their lives. Now they're finding support from each other Talking to AI bots can lead to unhealthy emotional attachments or even breaks with reality. Some people affected by chatbot interactions or those of a loved one are turning to one other for support.

I've spent a lot of time lately talking to people dealing with fallout from AI chatbots. One thing I've learned is that many of us are profoundly lonely and seeking connection - and that's both how people ended up in this story, and how they're finding their way out.

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i often hear “Bezos just doesn’t care” as an explanation of his looming evisceration of the paper, but is that really the leading theory here? he’s approving this out of apathy? a man worth $249B who oversees a global business empire is giving a 🤷🏼‍♂️ to this being an unforgettable part of his legacy?

After the LA fires, false narratives on social media impacted state policy Misinformation spread quickly after the wildfires in Los Angeles last year. Some of these false narratives on social media had an impact on California policy.

how false narratives spread by social media influencers & AI chatbots derailed CA's response to the LA fires, by @juliaradio.bsky.social

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Pro-Trump influencers take a victory lap amid fallout from viral video alleging fraud The swift policy and political repercussions the video helped propel illustrate the symbiotic relationship between online content creators and the Trump administration's policy goals.

"the swift policy and political repercussions the video helped propel illustrate the symbiotic relationship between online content creators and the Trump administration's policy goals," @jjoffeblock.bsky.social writes www.npr.org/2026/01/07/n...

Everything Reacting to Everything, All at Once Why the Trump administration is posting messages like “THIS IS OUR HEMISPHERE” after the attack on Venezuela

Not sure how to summarize this one. Wrote about the podcaster-occupied government invading for content, how the algorithmic internet is governed by the logic of reaction videos, and how it has contributed to a very nihilistic illiterate politics and culture of performance for imagined audiences