banner
LightNews
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro
@robpegoraro.com
8.4K followers 660 following 4.7K posts
D.C.-based freelance technology journalist covering, and often vexed by, computers, gadgets, and other things that beep. May or may not be notable. He/him. Read: PCMag, Fast Company, etc. Write: [email protected]
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs
Pinned
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · Jan 16
Would you like to know more?
🔎 disclosures: robpegoraro.com/disclosures
📷 photos: flickr.com/robpegoraro
🤳 less-edited photos: instagram.com/robpegoraro
🧾 resume: linkedin.com/in/robpegoraro
➕ B-sides, outtakes, other extras: patreon.com/robpegoraro
Get more from Rob Pegoraro on Patreon
creating technology journalism for the curious and the skeptical
patreon.com
1 1 14
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 30m
I was going to link to a National Forest Service page in a story, saw the page had a header with Trump-spec nonsense blaming the government shutdown on "Radical Left Democrats" and opted for the Wikipedia page about this forest. I don't inform my readers when I point them to unhinged propaganda.
1 3
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 4h
Can you get LAX to keep 24R in operation that day?
1
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 4h
And yet the Washington Post can't be bothered to put too much effort into covering D.C.-area politics.
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 17h
I didn't take that opportunity on my last connection through ORD and felt bad about it afterwards.
1 1
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 17h
Wrong!
1 2
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 18h
I actually look forward to the light+sound show overhead in the tunnel between B and C.
1
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 18h
Didn't see that or an equivalent at T1 tonight.
1 1
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 18h
Cardinal rule of connecting though #ORD: Make sure your layover includes time to pick up food at Tortas Frontera.
The T1 location of Tortas Frontera, with people waiting for their order. A pilot is picking one up at the counter.
4 1 20
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 20h
I also got to take the wheel of a battery-electric fire truck--easily the heaviest vehicle I have ever driven--for a few laps around a training area by Appleton's airport. So this day basically allowed me to live in a few pages of Richard Scarry's Busytown.
1 10
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 21h
Every time I saw a postal worker in our neighborhood this summer, I kept thinking that they deserved trucks with air conditioning a long time ago.
1 5
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 21h
For those of you wondering about the delayed rollout of those duckface USPS trucks: Oshkosh CEO John Pfeifer said they've now shipped "thousands" (I'm waiting on an exact number from their PR folks) that are in service in most states. I haven't seen any in operation in D.C. or Virginia yet, though.
4 2 13
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 21h
I was wondering if I'd see you here.
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 21h
Visited Oshkosh Corp.'s offices in Oshkosh, WI, (the company covered my airfare and lodging) and briefly drove two interesting EVs: one of the first USPS NGDV trucks and a Volterra ZSL garbage truck. The former had more pick-up than I counted on, the second was much quieter than I expected.
The Next-Generation Delivery Vehicle has that duckface profile to ensure somebody can stand upright in the back. View from the driver's seat, showing a simple instrument panel without a touchscreen. The McNeilus Volterra ZSL refuse truck, in a simple white paint job. The label on the side says: "Advanced Safety Features Optimized Visibility 100% Electric" The driver's-seat view, with a joystick to control the arm that picks up trash containers.
6 6 30
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 1d
Pope Leo XIV supports journalism! So we've got that going for us, which is nice.
Audience with participants in the 39th Conference of the MINDS International Association
press.vatican.va
1 9
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 1d
This is a good look at one of the most important issues in my state. For folks unaware of Virginia's YOLO campaign-finance laws: Companies can give unlimited donations direct to candidates here, so a politician may give up non-trivial amounts of money to oppose data centers.
daveweigel.bsky.social
Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 2d
Went to the DC exurbs to write about a growing political trend — citizens who don’t want more data centers, and are looking for politicians who’ll help.

Locally they’re getting help from both parties. At higher level, Rs are resolutely pro-data center and Ds are conflicted. t.co/Ir0QW8FUey
https://www.semafor.com/article/10/13/2025/as-electricity-bills-rise-candidates-in-both-parties-blame-data-centers
t.co
1 9 48
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 2d
Not great, BOS!
Departures screens at Boston Logan International Airport show about half of the flights are delayed. United's flight-status report for my flight suggest that the problem is ATC limiting arrivals here.
3
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 2d
To be fair, some of that cursing was editing-driven.
1 1
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 2d
Once again begging PR types to trust that if a freelancer has a phone number in their e-mail signature, LinkedIn, business cards, etc., it is not a desk-only line because this is not the 20th century. Y'all already have my "best number"! There is no other, top-secret set of digits I will give out.
1 5
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 2d
Timed it right to enjoy some character-building New England weather.
2
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 2d
I appreciate that the T finally replaced the 1970s-vintage rolling stock on the Orange Line, but why do these new trains have to beep every second when they're stopped at a station? It sounds like I'm in an ER.
1 1
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 3d
Less of a connection to the U.S. in particular, but I wouldn't veto that
1 1
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 3d
Happy Fiorello La Guardia Day to all who celebrate!
katelynburns.com
Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 3d
name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus
2 1 5
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 3d
Watched Firefox for the first time in this century, probably in 40 years, and realized I'd forgotten how much of that Clint Eastwood Cold War flick involves the Moscow Metro. There's always a transit angle!
1 1 8
Reposted by Rob Pegoraro
electproject.bsky.social
Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 4d
At what point will our media ask about Trump’s obvious mental decline? He’s so far gone that he does not remember he was president in January 6, 2021
26 160 750
robpegoraro.com
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 4d
Won the EWR lottery today--"won" meaning that while ATC and a runway closure delayed my flight to Newark for 3+ hours, they also held up the flight from there for almost two, both flights were two gates apart, and my checked bag got from plane to plane in seven minutes. (Respect to EWR rampers.)
1 7