Journalists who cover Elon Musk have been suspended on Twitter tonight: @Donie O'Sullivan from CNN, Aaron Rupar and the Washington Post's @drewharwell.
Rupar tells me he has "no idea" why it happened.
A few months ago, I flew out to Las Vegas to report a story about the boom of rich guys who secretly got leg lengthening surgery during Covid. Now they're re-entering the world 3 to 6 inches taller (and mostly not telling anyone lol) https://t.co/Kebl5AUsLV
SCOOP: The Washington Post is on track to lose money this year, sources say. It been unable to boost subscribers back to the 3 million it had in 2020 -- and CEO Fred Ryan has floated cutting 100 newsroom positions. Story here from me and @BenMullin https://t.co/xas2BHSR56
For @TheCut, I reported on the growing industry of fertility coaching, where self-minted experts charge high fees to advise women struggling to get or stay pregnant.
Hope is chief among their offerings. My story looks at whether it’s worth the cost:
https://t.co/ZA0udmUS5H
The smell around Tesla is getting weirder.
US enquiry to probe suspicions that Tesla’s autopilot is designed to auto-quit when a crash is imminent… so that the driver is liable on the moment of impact - and Tesla’s system escapes scrutiny or bad stats. https://t.co/cO3jNtAveQ
For years, a ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ writer shared her personal traumas with friends and online, as she spun them into fodder for hit TV. The stories were true—but as an email to showrunners claimed, and as her colleagues began to realize—they weren’t her own. https://t.co/p0JzwjeJIi
It’s hard for people abroad and non-specialists to grasp how America’s mix of technological progress, limited privacy & often vindictive institutions can upend the lives of extremely vulnerable people.
In the context of the Roe news, this powerful example is worth remembering.
NEW: In an incredibly unusual move, the Air Force is making a point to let its hundreds of thousands of personnel know that it will provide families with medical + legal help if they are being hurt by new state laws attacking gay and transgender children. https://t.co/QeR0J7GSoE
.@Kristen_Arnett: "If there is no support for our queer and trans teens, then there is no hope for Florida’s future. Our community will suffer. Where there is no safety for our youth, there is no safety at all" https://t.co/MyrT0HV2G6