Lizzie O'Leary
@lizzieohreally.bsky.social
I host What Next TBD at Slate. A show about tech, power and the future. Who wants night bacon?
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd
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https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd
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I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
Every person I know who is roughly my age is dealing with something like this right now www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | ‘We Had No Idea What Was Coming’: Caring for My Aging Father
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Every person I know who is roughly my age is dealing with something like this right now www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Listen to me: if you are thinking of deep frying a turkey, I want you to go on YouTube right now and learn from those mistakes.
Then I want you to buy a level. And a fire extinguisher. And review high school physics. And your insurance policies.
Best of luck.
Then I want you to buy a level. And a fire extinguisher. And review high school physics. And your insurance policies.
Best of luck.
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Listen to me: if you are thinking of deep frying a turkey, I want you to go on YouTube right now and learn from those mistakes.
Then I want you to buy a level. And a fire extinguisher. And review high school physics. And your insurance policies.
Best of luck.
Then I want you to buy a level. And a fire extinguisher. And review high school physics. And your insurance policies.
Best of luck.
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Devastating essay about living with a terminal cancer diagnosis at 35, made more devastating by the author's relation to the health and human services secretary who's spent the past year cutting cancer research.
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Devastating essay about living with a terminal cancer diagnosis at 35, made more devastating by the author's relation to the health and human services secretary who's spent the past year cutting cancer research.
I cannot read this without blood-curdling rage
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I cannot read this without blood-curdling rage
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honestly a huge round of applause to FT for finding their angle on this. saw the headline and laughed out loud
November 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
honestly a huge round of applause to FT for finding their angle on this. saw the headline and laughed out loud
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Thing about this is that Trump hates in-person confrontation, which is why you end up with stuff like this
LIVE NOW on WNBC Channel 4 and anywhere you stream NBC New York
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Thing about this is that Trump hates in-person confrontation, which is why you end up with stuff like this
This image is an advance staffer’s nightmare
November 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This image is an advance staffer’s nightmare
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We asked Roblox's CEO about child safety on the platform. It got tense www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...
We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We asked Roblox's CEO about child safety on the platform. It got tense www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...
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Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
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omg they made Jeffrey Epstein Inbox Simulator '25 jmail.world
Jmail, logged in as [email protected]
You are logged into [email protected], Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.
jmail.world
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
omg they made Jeffrey Epstein Inbox Simulator '25 jmail.world
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My press secretary's statement has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the statement
*LEAVITT: TRUMP DOES NOT WANT TO EXECUTE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
November 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
My press secretary's statement has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the statement
A fascinating bit here is that Summers was wrong, as this story notes: "His predictions were wrong: The annual inflation rate dipped below 3 percent by the end of Biden’s term without a recession."
The decline and fall of Larry Summers's Acela corridor empire www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
After decades of power, Washington shuns Larry Summers over Epstein ties
Larry Summers helped shape U.S. economic policy for decades. His close friendship with Jeffrey Epstein scuttled much of that legacy.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A fascinating bit here is that Summers was wrong, as this story notes: "His predictions were wrong: The annual inflation rate dipped below 3 percent by the end of Biden’s term without a recession."
This is a great piece. I have had five endometriosis surgeries and a c-section. Pelvic floor PT is a godsend.
I wrote this piece because I only learned about pelvic floors a few years ago, despite having had one all my life. And then it turned out to be where I store all my issues. And then that turned out to be true for a lot of people www.wired.com/story/the-pe...
The Pelvic Floor Is a Problem
Everyone’s suddenly obsessed with the pelvic floor—physical therapists, MAHA influencers, me. Could this deeply misunderstood body part really be the seat of so much modern dysfunction?
www.wired.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is a great piece. I have had five endometriosis surgeries and a c-section. Pelvic floor PT is a godsend.
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WIRED is hiring for a senior politics reporter who will write our weekly newsletter; detailed job description below. This role will be based in New York or DC and report to me; the salary range is $95,000 - $132,000. condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
WIRED is hiring for a senior politics reporter who will write our weekly newsletter; detailed job description below. This role will be based in New York or DC and report to me; the salary range is $95,000 - $132,000. condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
Posting last Friday’s show again because I think there is substantial daylight between how AI companies (and their funders) see data centers, and how voters increasingly see them. slate.com/podcasts/wha...
Data Centers on the Ballot
The internet’s physical infrastructure is necessary, but not necessarily something you want to see.
slate.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Posting last Friday’s show again because I think there is substantial daylight between how AI companies (and their funders) see data centers, and how voters increasingly see them. slate.com/podcasts/wha...
This feels like a tragic data point for Xennial life
Fugees rapper Pras Michel was sentenced to 14 years in prison for conspiring to influence the Obama and Trump presidencies in a multimillion-dollar foreign-influence scheme.
Fugees Member Sentenced to 14 Years for Campaign Donation Scheme
Pras Michel was convicted of conspiring with the alleged 1MDB scandal mastermind to influence the U.S. government.
on.wsj.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This feels like a tragic data point for Xennial life
Bitcoin prices are tanking, lots of shady stuff is happening, and the Trump family is getting richer. It’s crypto! slate.com/podcasts/wha...
Crypto Keeps Criming
Short term, everyone loves getting regulators off their backs. Long term, is this healthy?
slate.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Bitcoin prices are tanking, lots of shady stuff is happening, and the Trump family is getting richer. It’s crypto! slate.com/podcasts/wha...
Lung cancer, caught early, can be treatable or even curable. If you’re eligible, please get screened. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/w...
America’s Deadliest Cancer Has Abysmal Screening Rates
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Lung cancer, caught early, can be treatable or even curable. If you’re eligible, please get screened. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/w...
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We found AI produces fake ‘expert’ quotes for questionable websites - including our own director… @dmil.bsky.social @cj-robinson.bsky.social @emilybell.bsky.social
www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
When the pink-slime researchers become the pink slime.
We love to hear when journalists engage with our research, so in October, we set up an LLM agent to sort through Google Alerts for Tow Center’s work and notify us when our research is cited in news. T...
www.cjr.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
We found AI produces fake ‘expert’ quotes for questionable websites - including our own director… @dmil.bsky.social @cj-robinson.bsky.social @emilybell.bsky.social
www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
[entitled grumbling]
November 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Quite a metaphor. 👀
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
Fire Breaks Out at COP30 Climate Talks in Brazil
Delegates were evacuated from the conference venue, where thousands from nearly 200 countries had gathered.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Quite a metaphor. 👀
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
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whatever the Xai people did to make grok speak more positively about its owner seems to be backfiring
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
whatever the Xai people did to make grok speak more positively about its owner seems to be backfiring
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...