Rob Price 🏔️
@robaeprice.bsky.social
Knight-Bagehot Fellow, Columbia University. Previously writing about technology and society for Business Insider.
[email protected] / +1 6506366268 (Signal)
[email protected] / +1 6506366268 (Signal)
drive-by shooting on Puck in this NYMag piece about the ongoing digital media apocalypse
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nymag.com/intelligence...
July 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
drive-by shooting on Puck in this NYMag piece about the ongoing digital media apocalypse
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
New revelations on Musk's alleged drug use, via @kirstengrind.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
May 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
New revelations on Musk's alleged drug use, via @kirstengrind.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
I've finally taken part in an essential digital media rite of passage: I've been laid off.
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May 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I've finally taken part in an essential digital media rite of passage: I've been laid off.
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This is not a glowing endorsement from the AP of Nick Ut as the photographer behind the "Napalm Girl" image
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/b...
May 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This is not a glowing endorsement from the AP of Nick Ut as the photographer behind the "Napalm Girl" image
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/b...
oh my god www.politico.eu/article/card...
May 7, 2025 at 4:45 AM
oh my god www.politico.eu/article/card...
Analysis of nearly 500 bird species across North America has found that three-quarters are declining across their ranges, with two-thirds of the total shrinking significantly. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
May 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Analysis of nearly 500 bird species across North America has found that three-quarters are declining across their ranges, with two-thirds of the total shrinking significantly. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just got access to Google's new "AI Mode." Traditional search results are relegated to just three links in the right rail
March 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Just got access to Google's new "AI Mode." Traditional search results are relegated to just three links in the right rail
xAI has acquired X, Elon Musk says x.com/elonmusk/sta...
March 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
xAI has acquired X, Elon Musk says x.com/elonmusk/sta...
randomly thinking about that time at the start of pandemic when a stranger dumped a bag full of fetish gear and an Elmo doll on our apartment roof
March 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
randomly thinking about that time at the start of pandemic when a stranger dumped a bag full of fetish gear and an Elmo doll on our apartment roof
A better world is possible www.theverge.com/news/626311/...
March 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
A better world is possible www.theverge.com/news/626311/...
Merry isn't happy about being locked out the office while I take calls
March 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Merry isn't happy about being locked out the office while I take calls
haven't seen this before: Google is now running a banner ad at the top of documents in Google Docs to promote its AI products
February 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
haven't seen this before: Google is now running a banner ad at the top of documents in Google Docs to promote its AI products
lovely, wholesome interview with Vishvaa Rajakumar, the 20-year-old Indian college student who won the Memory League World Championship earlier this month
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/s...
February 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
lovely, wholesome interview with Vishvaa Rajakumar, the 20-year-old Indian college student who won the Memory League World Championship earlier this month
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/s...
Clever new phishing email.
It's a real order on Best Buy, so it passes email spam filters, and you can click the link to see the order on Best Buy's site.
But payment info is incorrect, and it entices you to call the scammer's phone number in the address field for "help."
It's a real order on Best Buy, so it passes email spam filters, and you can click the link to see the order on Best Buy's site.
But payment info is incorrect, and it entices you to call the scammer's phone number in the address field for "help."
February 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Clever new phishing email.
It's a real order on Best Buy, so it passes email spam filters, and you can click the link to see the order on Best Buy's site.
But payment info is incorrect, and it entices you to call the scammer's phone number in the address field for "help."
It's a real order on Best Buy, so it passes email spam filters, and you can click the link to see the order on Best Buy's site.
But payment info is incorrect, and it entices you to call the scammer's phone number in the address field for "help."
Shopify support staff were told to give “no comment” and to end online chats if merchant clients asked about the company’s technology being used by the musician Kanye West to sell a T-shirt bearing a Nazi swastika. thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
February 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Shopify support staff were told to give “no comment” and to end online chats if merchant clients asked about the company’s technology being used by the musician Kanye West to sell a T-shirt bearing a Nazi swastika. thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
Trump says the US will "take over" the Gaza Strip and "level" it.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
February 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Trump says the US will "take over" the Gaza Strip and "level" it.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
probably fine www.theguardian.com/environment/...
February 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
probably fine www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Being accused of misappropriating trade secrets can be brutal for workers. It wrecks their professional reputation, and can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to defend against. Hence why it's such an effective strategy for employers.
January 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Being accused of misappropriating trade secrets can be brutal for workers. It wrecks their professional reputation, and can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to defend against. Hence why it's such an effective strategy for employers.
Sometimes, workers collected documents to support their claims of wrongdoing, and that document collection was then recast in court as trade secret misappropriation, despite nominal whistleblower protections in the law.
January 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Sometimes, workers collected documents to support their claims of wrongdoing, and that document collection was then recast in court as trade secret misappropriation, despite nominal whistleblower protections in the law.
I've spent the last few months digging into the growing use of trade secrets law by employers to fight back against workers who raised claims of discrimination, harassment, fraud, and other issues.
January 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I've spent the last few months digging into the growing use of trade secrets law by employers to fight back against workers who raised claims of discrimination, harassment, fraud, and other issues.
In a "fiery" and "confrontational" call with Denmark's Prime Minister, Trump said he really does want to take over Greenland. Denmark is now freaking out. www.ft.com/content/ace0...
January 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
In a "fiery" and "confrontational" call with Denmark's Prime Minister, Trump said he really does want to take over Greenland. Denmark is now freaking out. www.ft.com/content/ace0...
context: Mark Zuckerberg disputes the characterisation, calls it a "bogus narrative"
January 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
context: Mark Zuckerberg disputes the characterisation, calls it a "bogus narrative"
probably worth noting that the NYT story on Stephen Miller quietly dialed back its language on what Mark Zuckerberg "blamed" Sheryl Sandberg for after publishing
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Archived version: web.archive.org/web/20250116...
Current version: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...
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Archived version: web.archive.org/web/20250116...
Current version: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...
January 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
probably worth noting that the NYT story on Stephen Miller quietly dialed back its language on what Mark Zuckerberg "blamed" Sheryl Sandberg for after publishing
(no update/correction note)
Archived version: web.archive.org/web/20250116...
Current version: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...
(no update/correction note)
Archived version: web.archive.org/web/20250116...
Current version: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...