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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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greene.haus
Insane Clown Posse: this, heroes, is your time to shine.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Very nice network diagram in here mapping the many connections between Silicon Valley VC firms, Trump administration, and top defense contractors.
network diagram showing the connections between Peter Thiel and companies, investors
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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dgraham.bsky.social
BARILLA WARFARE www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves
The Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of the tariffs it has levied.
www.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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For your weekend reading
jonkeegan.com Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · 3d
A deep dive (sorry) on the undersea fiber optic cable networks used by Meta, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft.

While data centers on land are getting all the attention, Big Tech’s vast network of undersea fiber-optic cables carry 99% of all international network traffic.
sherwood.news/tech/big-tec...
Big Tech’s most important infrastructure is at the bottom of the sea
While data centers on land are getting all the attention, Big Tech’s vast network of undersea fiber-optic cables carry 99% of all international...
sherwood.news
November 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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A deep dive (sorry) on the undersea fiber optic cable networks used by Meta, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft.

While data centers on land are getting all the attention, Big Tech’s vast network of undersea fiber-optic cables carry 99% of all international network traffic.
sherwood.news/tech/big-tec...
Big Tech’s most important infrastructure is at the bottom of the sea
While data centers on land are getting all the attention, Big Tech’s vast network of undersea fiber-optic cables carry 99% of all international...
sherwood.news
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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longtimehistory.bsky.social
ICE grabs father by the neck—send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler.

"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"

Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.

Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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rani.bsky.social
“I think we might maybe able to give people — if somebody committed crime —a more humane form of containment of future crime. You say, ‘You now get a free Optimus and it's going to follow you around and stop you from doing crime.” sherwood.news/tech/the-wil...
The wildest stuff Elon Musk said at Tesla’s shareholder meeting
Get ready to text and drive while the Optimus robot cures poverty....
sherwood.news
November 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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libyaliberty.bsky.social
oh..oh no. Oh NO
Western collonade of White House. Giant tacky lettering spells out “the presidential walk of f-“ (rest is cut off but maybe says fame). Gold filligree pieces are lined up along framed black and white portraits.
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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My original fact-check (a lot of people got this wrong!)
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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“People often talk about eliminating poverty, giving everyone amazing medical care. Well, there’s actually only one way to do that, and that’s with the Optimus robot.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
Musk Wins $1 Trillion Pay Package, Creating Split Screen on Wealth in America
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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Over the years I have read A LOT of damning stories about what Meta executives were saying internally about serious harms on their platforms (most of them written by Reuters’ @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social ). His new story is a blockbuster:
www.reuters.com/investigatio...

sherwood.news/tech/meta-pr...
Meta projected 10% of 2024 revenue came from scams and banned goods, Reuters reports
The report shows that the company was hesitant to crack down harder on scams, due to the billions in revenue that they were generating for Meta....
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November 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Two interesting tech PR cleanups over the past 24 hours:

Jensen Huang’s “China is going to win the AI race”: sherwood.news/markets/nvid...

OpenAI’s CFO Sarah Friar - I didn’t really mean OpenAI wanted a government backstop on infrastructure investments: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Screenshot: Statement from NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang As I have long said, China is nanoseconds behind America in Al. It's vital that America wins by racing ahead and winning developers worldwide. November 5, 2025 Sarah Friar Linked In post: “I want to clarify my comments earlier today. OpenAl is not seeking a government backstop for our infrastructure commitments. I used the word "backstop" and it muddied the point. As the full clip of my answer shows, I was making the point that American strength in technology will come from building real industrial capacity which requires the private sector and government playing their part. As I said, the US government has been incredibly forward-leaning and has really understood that Al is a national strategic asset.”
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Lovely cursive script reading "Deep Thoughts" by Jack Handey over a pleasant beach scene
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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katie-drummond.bsky.social
New York’s new mayor is also WIRED’s new cover.
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Ah. Who could have guessed this might become a problem?
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
We experience these events through our media bubbles. So please take a little time to look at the details.

For example: here is how DHS described one incident in Chicago. Now watch the video, which tells a different story.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
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Dayanne Figueroa is a US citizen who was driving in Chicago near a site where federal agents were arresting landscapers. According to DHS she “crashed into an unmarked government vehicle and violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers.” The Assistant Secretary of DHS Tricia McLaughlin (remember that name) said Figueroa “used her vehicle to block in agents, honking her horn,” and that she “struck an unmarked government vehicle…In fear of public safety and of law enforcement, officers attempted to remove her from the vehicle. She violently resisted, kicking two agents and causing injuries. This agitator was arrested for assault on a federal agent.” Got it? Figueroa drove into a government vehicle, and the officers arrested her due to public safety concerns, during which she violently assaulted them, causing injury.
November 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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rani.bsky.social
No way this is true. Please contact me if you actually use Facebook dating and are a human. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/t...
Facebook Dating Is a Surprise Hit for the Social Network
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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jennelias.bsky.social
Palantir reports third-quarter earnings today. Can't help but wonder if this will come up at all.
jennelias.bsky.social Jennifer Elias @jennelias.bsky.social · 10d
Update: videos of Palantir C-suite Lisa Gordon have been taken down from The Information's social media accounts following our reporting on Gordon's remarks about Palantir's "political shift" being what she called "concerning." Response from The Information's EIC Jessica Lessin has been added.
Palantir communications chief calls the company's political shift 'concerning'
Palantir Head of Global Communications Lisa Gordon's comments come as CEO Alex Karp aligns himself further with the Trump administration.
www.cnbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Would love to see a reporter whip out an iPad Pro with the video queued up
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d
RAJU: Last week you were very critical of Biden's use of the autopen. But Trump admitted on 60 Minutes to not knowing he pardoned a crypto billionaire who pleaded guilty to money laundering. Does that also concern you?

MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.
November 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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rachelholliday.bsky.social
💪💪💪💪 millennial procrastination supremacy

more fascinating early vote takeaways here: www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/02/e...
a data graphic showing that millennials came out in droves to vote early on the final days
November 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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justinhendrix.bsky.social
We now have multiple visualizations of this phenomenon from various news organizations. Which one is the best?
New York Times graphic depicting circular nature of OpenAI investments and business relationships. WSJ graphic depicting circular nature of OpenAI investments and business relationships. FT graphic depicting circular nature of OpenAI investments and business relationships. Bloomberg graphic depicting circular nature of OpenAI investments and business relationships.
October 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Wow this is incredibly powerful (and enraging). The kicker at the end is amazing.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
message at the end of the story telling you how long it took you to read, compared to an average social security call
October 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Covering Amazon, Microsoft, and Google’s earnings this quarter, I was struck by not just the size of the capex they have spent this year, but the massive backlogs in their cloud businesses.
sherwood.news/tech/microso...
October 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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obtusatum.bsky.social
Recent GPS interference near Venezuela and Trinidad, per GPSJAM, as noticed by a Bellingcat workshop participant. I believe this is a recent development for the area. CC @lemonodor.bsky.social
"High" (>10% of planes affected) levels of GPS interference seen on a map of Venezuela and the souther Caribbean
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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menotti.bsky.social
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM