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Jon Keegan
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Tech reporter / Data journalist ➡️ @sherwood.news
I report on AI and Big Tech.
⏪️ The Markup, Tow Center, WSJ.
Aspiring 46er. ⛰️
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Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · Oct 24
Countries are securing their own "sovereign AI" so they don't have to reply upon other countries.

But countries can decide what propaganda and lies their AI model trains on, baking censorship into AI applications. I took a look at how Nvidia is pursuing this market: sherwood.news/tech/why-cou...
Why countries are seeking to build “sovereign AI”
Nvidia’s CEO says nations can’t afford to miss out on this technology, but an AI created and controlled by the government could be dangerous....
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Goodby 🦙. Hello 🥑
December 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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sherwood.news
The search giant had already started rolling out ads in AI Overviews and in AI Mode.
https://sherwood.news/tech/google-to-bring-ads-to-gemini-chatbot-in-2026/
Google to bring ads to Gemini chatbot in 2026
The search giant had already started rolling out ads in AI Overviews and in AI Mode....
sherwood.news
December 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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sherwood.news
An analysis by the FT shows that the energy requirements of planned data centers in the US far outstrip the near-term energy supply.
https://sherwood.news/tech/the-ai-bubble-may-be-constrained-by-energy-supply/
The AI bubble may be constrained by energy supply
An analysis by the FT shows that the energy requirements of planned data centers in the US far outstrip the near-term energy supply....
sherwood.news
December 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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simoncarn.bsky.social
The final ~25 seconds of footage from the V3 webcam at #Kilauea #volcano, during Episode 38 of lava fountain activity. Courtesy of USGS.

USGS feed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqmp...
December 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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crobertcargill.bsky.social
The Jay Duplass film THE BALTIMORONS is a delightful, feel good, shot-on-film, down and dirty indie that feels like it escaped from the 90s. Two unlikely people (a dentist and an improv comic) spend Christmas Eve together, each with their own bullshit to work through. One of Duplass's best. Loved it
December 7, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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This footage needs to be released
December 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Help me find all the data and/or dataviz focused newsletters!
I've got a decent list going on LinkedIn... Add to it, or share in this thread. Let's find 'em all! #dataviz

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December 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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eliasisquith.blog
congrat's to ya'll
December 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
The CEO of Palantir.
December 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Just another win for Big Tiny Car
I have just approved TINY CARS to be built in America. Manufacturers have long wanted to do this, just like they are so successfully built in other countries. They can be propelled by gasoline, electric, or hybrid. These cars of the very near future are inexpensive, safe, fuel efficient and, quite simply, AMAZING!! START BUILDING THEM NOW! Thank you to the DOJ and the Departments of Transportation and Environment. ENJOY!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP
December 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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sherwood.news
Lagging the US and Asia, the EU seeks to build its own sovereign AI infrastructure, but will still likely need to rely upon American chips.
https://sherwood.news/tech/eu-calls-for-bids-to-build-ai-gigafactories-in-2026/
EU calls for bids to build “AI gigafactories” in 2026
Lagging the US and Asia, the EU seeks to build its own sovereign AI infrastructure, but will still likely need to rely upon American chips....
sherwood.news
December 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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gilduran.com
Why Did Trump Pardon the Former Honduran President? Follow the Tech Bros.

“Próspera is an example of the tech-right concept of the network state, a phrase coined by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan.”

by @kieraevebutler.bsky.social
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Why did Trump pardon the former Honduran president? Follow the Tech Bros.
With Roger Stone taking a victory lap for having come up with the idea in the first place.
www.motherjones.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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klonick.bsky.social
Holy shit.

Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
The cable, sent to all U.S. missions on December 2, orders U.S. consular officers to review resumes or LinkedIn profiles of H-1B applicants - and family members who would be traveling with them - to see if they have worked in areas that include activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others.
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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darakerr.bsky.social
I went to the Nevada desert to see one of the world’s biggest AI data center buildouts. It’s so big it was hard to wrap my mind around.
Downriver is the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and the data centers’ water and power consumption could put their land at risk
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The AI boom is heralding a new gold rush in the American west
Once home to gold and prospectors, the Nevada desert is now the site of a new kind of expansion: tech datacenters
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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klaudia.bsky.social
Today the @towcenter.bsky.social is releasing a tracker (built by my talented colleague @aisvarya17.bsky.social) that monitors developments between news publishers and AI companies—including lawsuits, deals, and grants—based on publicly available information. tow.cjr.org/ai-deals-law...
AI Deals and Lawsuits | Platforms and Publishers
A tracker monitoring developments between news publishers and AI companies—including lawsuits, deals, and grants—based on publicly available information.
tow.cjr.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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conorsen.bsky.social
With Amazon and Spotify/Uber there was a pretty traumatic market downturn as they pivoted from cash burn to profitability.
robinwigglesworth.ft.com Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 5d
I'm not even mad, that's amazing.
December 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Investors delight as Meta’s focus drifts away from its money-losing metaverse side quest.

sherwood.news/tech/report-...
Report: Meta to slash metaverse, VR spending by up to 30%
Investors delight as Meta’s focus drifts away from its money-losing metaverse side quest....
sherwood.news
December 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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lorenzofb.bsky.social
NEW: Your "end-to-end encrypted" poop pictures taken by this $599 (+ subscription) smart toilet camera are actually not end-to-end encrypted.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/e...
‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted | TechCrunch
Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers' data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI.
techcrunch.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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couts.bsky.social
NEW: A newly enacted NY state law requires retailers to reveal whether it used "surveillance pricing" to decide how much you pay for goods. Target, for example, shows the alert on a pop-up when you try to buy eggs online. @regret.bsky.social—@wired.com's new investigative data reporter!—reports:
Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs
A newly enacted New York law requires retailers to say whether your data influences the price of basic goods like a dozen eggs or toilet paper, but not how.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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beautifulpublicdata.com
NEW POST! 🪨🌈 A new, colorful map from the USGS synthesizes decades of state and federal geologic surveys to create the most detailed visualization of the geology of the contiguous United States to date. www.beautifulpublicdata.com/usgs-coopera...
Colorful screenshot of The USGS Cooperative National Geologic Map Colorful screenshot of The USGS Cooperative National Geologic Map Colorful screenshot of The USGS Cooperative National Geologic Map Colorful screenshot of The USGS Cooperative National Geologic Map
December 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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sherwood.news
Amazon AWS’s close relationship with Anthropic could be tested as the company rolls out updated versions of its Nova AI models this week.
https://sherwood.news/tech/amazon-aws-due-to-roll-out-its-own-updated-ai-models-this-week/
Amazon AWS due to roll out its own updated AI models this week
Amazon AWS’s close relationship with Anthropic could be tested as the company rolls out updated versions of its Nova AI models this week....
sherwood.news
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Truly hard to believe www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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rachelhands.com
this is quite the detail
screencap from the quoted WIRED article reads: “The study did not include any examples of the jailbreaking poetry, and the researchers tell WIRED that the verse is too dangerous to share with the public.”
November 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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sherwood.news
The defense tech startup has pitched a sci-fi vision of autonomous weapons systems, but the company has suffered several major setbacks in real-world military exercises.
https://sherwood.news/tech/wsj-andurils-weapons-systems-have-failed-during-several-tests/
WSJ: Anduril’s weapons systems have failed during several tests
The defense tech startup has pitched a sci-fi vision of autonomous weapons systems, but the company has suffered several major setbacks in real-world...
sherwood.news
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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beautifulpublicdata.com
✨📊 Highway Photologs

Highway departments all around the country had "photolog" programs, some dating back as early as 1961. Each year, specially tricked out vans would drive each mile of state road snapping photos to…

https://beautifulpublicdata.com/highway-photologs
Two people are walking on a sidewalk alongside a street with a house and trees in the background, with red numerical data displayed at the top of the image. A busy urban street with multiple vehicles and a person on a motorcycle, overlaid with red numerical data at the top. A car is stopped at a rural intersection on a sunny day, with data overlaid at the top of the image. A person is walking along a rural road under a display with red numerical data.
November 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM