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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 · Dec 15
I took a deep dive into Meta’s “Hyperion” data center in Richland Parish, LA. The story of a tech behemoth coming bearing billions to a poor community like Richland Parish is complex and worthy of scrutiny. 🧵 1/7

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The power play behind Hyperion, Mark Zuckerberg’s colossal data center being built in rural Louisiana
$10 billion of investment. Code names to disguise projects and companies. Mixed opinions. Skyrocketing property values. And enough tax breaks...
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sternbergh.bsky.social
oh so the jobs report is going to be BAD bad
drewharwell.com Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 14h
The White House just sent a "Don't Panic" email. That'll do it
Don’t Be a Panican. We’re Winning — and We’re Not Slowing Down. Under President Donald J. Trump’s leadership, this Administration is smashing through the chaos and destruction left by Democrats and unleashing the most aggressive pursuit of the America First agenda in history. While the Fake News and Radical Left collude to distract, depress, and divide, they’re simply lying to mask the undeniable truth: America is safer, stronger, richer, and more secure than at any point in decades. Don’t take the bait. New victories pour in daily as President Trump delivers on his promises and rebuilds the foundation for long-term success in the greatest nation on Earth. Here are a few things to celebrate from just the past few days:
February 9, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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The hires include experienced executives who specialize in building data centers, according to the report.
https://sherwood.news/tech/report-anthropic-staffing-up-to-build-as-much-as-10-gigawatts-worth-of-data/
Report: Anthropic staffing up to build as much as 10 gigawatts worth of data centers
The hires include experienced executives who specialize in building data centers, according to the report....
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February 9, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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Researchers observing how workers used AI found that productivity increased, but so did their responsibilities. The use of generative AI made workers feel they were doing more, but the work crept into
https://sherwood.news/tech/new-study-finds-ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it/
New study finds AI doesn’t reduce work — it intensifies it
Researchers observing how workers used AI found that productivity increased, but so did their responsibilities. The use of generative AI made...
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February 9, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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The largest federal prison in the nation is Fort Dix, which has a rated capacity of 4,600 people. The largest of these warehouse camps may hold more than twice that number of people.

The federal government hasn't operated a prison camp inside the United States that large since Japanese Internment.
February 9, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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We remind you that this numbering system was adopted for *clarity.*
https://sherwood.news/world/google-searches-for-roman-numerals-hit-a-new-peak-this-super-bowl/
Google searches for “roman numerals” hit a new peak this Super Bowl
We remind you that this numbering system was adopted for clarity....
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February 9, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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"As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts" www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
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February 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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My favorite Super Bowl memory is still when Elon Musk was at the 2023 game in Arizona and panicked about his Eagles tweet getting less engagement than Joe Biden's. He then flew immediately to Twitter's San Francisco office to start emergency meetings to fix the site's algorithm.
February 9, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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Musk just one year ago
February 9, 2026 at 3:06 AM
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SpaceX to focus on Moon settlements instead of Mars?!? Wow, it is hard to overstate what a change -- what a climb-down -- this is for Musk. It has always been Mars for him. Full stop. Supposedly the goal behind *everything* he does.
February 9, 2026 at 2:53 AM
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SCOOP: The NSA detected a phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump last spring.

Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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“The global publishing platform Substack is generating revenue from newsletters that promote virulent Nazi ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism, a Guardian investigation has found…” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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kottke.org
Printing Films is a collection of vintage films that showcase the technologies and processes of printing, journalism, and typography. [printingfilms.com]
Printing Films Archive
A website dedicated to preserving the visual history of the printed word
printingfilms.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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Also c) if it was a staffer, why were they using the account of the PRESIDENT OF THE UNTIED STATES OF AMERICA at 1 am? What is that all about?
February 6, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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In the near future we will hoard SD cards and use them as currency. From @matthewsphillips.bsky.social

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a parabolic move for memory (line chart)
February 6, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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AI cloud computing demand is white-hot.

Amazon, Google, and Microsoft each reported hundreds of billions in RPO (remaining performance obligations), that they can’t fulfill yet.

Collectively, the big three cloud providers reported a $1.1 TRILLION backlog of revenue.

sherwood.news/tech/big-tec...
Big Tech’s $1.1 trillion cloud computing backlog
White-hot demand for cloud computing has created a backlog of revenue that Big Cloud can’t fulfill due to infrastructure constraints....
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February 6, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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rani.bsky.social
Big Tech companies spent a record amount on capex last quarter. This year they say it’s going to go up 50% more. sherwood.news/tech/big-tec...
Big Tech capital expenditure soared in 2025. It’s going up another 50% in 2026.
Tech companies are sparing no expense building out their giant AI visions....
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February 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
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February 6, 2026 at 2:17 AM
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tried to be a good sport, calling the ads funny, but clearly they struck a nerve. He called the ads “deceptive,” accused Anthropic of “doublespeak,” and said it was an “authoritarian company” that was heading down a “dark path.”

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OpenAI’s Altman calls Anthropic an “authoritarian company” and says its Super Bowl ad is “deceptive”
After Anthropic pledged an ad-free Claude in a Super Bowl ad that is a thinly veiled poke at OpenAI, Sam Altman accused the company of “doublespeak”...
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February 5, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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Wow this is incredible
February 5, 2026 at 4:30 AM
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My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
cover of The Washington Post on Wednesday Feb 4, 2026. Headline on bottom, right: Musk wanted to hook users; his chatbot got more sexual
February 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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I don’t like this
Letter from Senator Ron Wyden: Dear CIA Director Ratcliffe, I write to alert you to a classified letter I sent you earlier today in which I express deep concerns about CIA activities. Thank you for your attention to this important matter. Sincerely, Ron Wyden U.S. Senator
February 4, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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I’m guessing this kind of reporting will now disappear from WaPo. U.S. journalism’s forced fracturing is deadly poison for democracy. We need strong independent news orgs that stand up to corrupt arbitrary power, particularly the wealthy bullies who file lawsuits to intimidate truth-tellers.
February 4, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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The United States now has a single major actual newspaper. That is a dangerous situation.
February 4, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
Pinned lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · Aug 19, 2021 Almost three years ago, my editor called me early one November morning. A wildfire had sparked near a town called Paradise, he said. Could I go? (1/13) 0:02 / 0:10 lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · 47m I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated. Quote lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · Jan 25 Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp.
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM