Mat Honan ✅
@mathonan.com
Editor in chief of MIT Technology Review. Formerly SF Bureau Chief at Buzzfeed News. Formerly Wired. Formerly @mat on twitter. Discos in Frisco
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every part of this video needs to be saved on a radiation-proof thumb drive for future civilizations to study the end-stage humanity experiment
Kick streamer Clavicular banned from platform after running over a person lying on his Cybertruck.
December 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
every part of this video needs to be saved on a radiation-proof thumb drive for future civilizations to study the end-stage humanity experiment
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
It’s @antonioregalado.bsky.social’s annual Worst Tech of the year list. Cornucopia of options in 2025.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/18/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/18/1...
The 8 worst technology flops of 2025
The Cybertruck, sycophantic AI, and humanoid robots all made this year’s list of the biggest technology failures.
www.technologyreview.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
It’s @antonioregalado.bsky.social’s annual Worst Tech of the year list. Cornucopia of options in 2025.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/18/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/18/1...
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Spotify, wtf have you done?
December 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Spotify, wtf have you done?
2025 was the year AI reached peak hype. (I mean, one hopes!). We have a fantastic series looking at the froth, anchored by this gem from @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
The great AI hype correction of 2025
Four ways to think about this year's reckoning
www.technologyreview.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
2025 was the year AI reached peak hype. (I mean, one hopes!). We have a fantastic series looking at the froth, anchored by this gem from @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
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Our ex-BuzzFeed team has provided a testimonial to the immigration court about the value of Guan's work and his incredible bravery. I hope that this man - who I am in absolute awe of - is granted the asylum he needs and deserves. You can read more here: hrichina.substack.com/p/man-who-fi...
Man who filmed Uyghur concentration camps now fights for his own freedom in the United States
In 2020, Guan Heng embarked on a risky mission to prove the existence of concentration camp facilities used to imprison Uyghurs. Now, he faces the threat of deportation back to China, where he would f...
hrichina.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Our ex-BuzzFeed team has provided a testimonial to the immigration court about the value of Guan's work and his incredible bravery. I hope that this man - who I am in absolute awe of - is granted the asylum he needs and deserves. You can read more here: hrichina.substack.com/p/man-who-fi...
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In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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I am preparing MIT Technology Review's infamous list of "worst" technologies of the year.
What are 2025's biggest failures, set backs, and misfires but which also hold useful lessons about technology?
I think Cybertruck has to be on the list. Tell me your picks in the replies👇!!
What are 2025's biggest failures, set backs, and misfires but which also hold useful lessons about technology?
I think Cybertruck has to be on the list. Tell me your picks in the replies👇!!
December 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I am preparing MIT Technology Review's infamous list of "worst" technologies of the year.
What are 2025's biggest failures, set backs, and misfires but which also hold useful lessons about technology?
I think Cybertruck has to be on the list. Tell me your picks in the replies👇!!
What are 2025's biggest failures, set backs, and misfires but which also hold useful lessons about technology?
I think Cybertruck has to be on the list. Tell me your picks in the replies👇!!
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TR's #EmTech 2025 conference getting underway at the @medialab.bsky.social, with @mathonan.com taking the stage.
November 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
TR's #EmTech 2025 conference getting underway at the @medialab.bsky.social, with @mathonan.com taking the stage.
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
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top tier french
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
cbsn.ws
October 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
top tier french
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Please listen to @mathonan.com be smart and charming
Sometimes we nail the headline. slate.com/podcasts/wha...
The Discourse | Atlas? Shrug.
What is an A.I. browser supposed to be good for?
slate.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Please listen to @mathonan.com be smart and charming
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Today @technologyreview.com has a new series filled with doom and (perhaps surprisingly) fun about *~conspiracies~* and how we survive this wild moment. Read about AGI, weather control, Mandela effects, whale necropsies & some fascinating conspiracy history: www.technologyreview.com/supertopic/t...
The New Conspiracy Age
Everything is a conspiracy theory now. An MIT Technology Review series The New Conspiracy Age Conspiracists are all over the White House, turning fringe ideas into dangerous policy. America’s institut...
www.technologyreview.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Today @technologyreview.com has a new series filled with doom and (perhaps surprisingly) fun about *~conspiracies~* and how we survive this wild moment. Read about AGI, weather control, Mandela effects, whale necropsies & some fascinating conspiracy history: www.technologyreview.com/supertopic/t...
Tucked into this incredible story from @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social arguing that AGI is, effectively, a conspiracy theory is a fantastic short history on the idea of AGI itself
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
How AGI became the most consequential conspiracy theory of our time
The idea that machines will be as smart as—or smarter than—humans has hijacked an entire industry. But look closely and you’ll see it’s a myth reminiscent of more explicitly outlandish and fantastical...
www.technologyreview.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Tucked into this incredible story from @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social arguing that AGI is, effectively, a conspiracy theory is a fantastic short history on the idea of AGI itself
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
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in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa
October 11, 2025 at 4:58 AM
in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa
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Business Insider wrote up a story on how some of their past investigative work led to a new California law. The story is strangely unbylined.
The reason perhaps? The publication recently laid off the reporter behind that investigation, Matt Drange.
www.businessinsider.com/california-e...
The reason perhaps? The publication recently laid off the reporter behind that investigation, Matt Drange.
www.businessinsider.com/california-e...
California enacts law to prevent sexual abuse in K-12 schools following Business Insider investigation
The new legislation comes after a 2023 Business Insider investigation into sexual misconduct at a California high school.
www.businessinsider.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Business Insider wrote up a story on how some of their past investigative work led to a new California law. The story is strangely unbylined.
The reason perhaps? The publication recently laid off the reporter behind that investigation, Matt Drange.
www.businessinsider.com/california-e...
The reason perhaps? The publication recently laid off the reporter behind that investigation, Matt Drange.
www.businessinsider.com/california-e...
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Folks in or around the Boston area, I'm pleased to be speaking at Lesley University Thursday October 23 as part of their Thought Leadership series! Talking comics & thinking as I do! Open to the public - registration link coming soon!
lesley.edu/about-lesley...
lesley.edu/about-lesley...
The Thought Leadership Series | Lesley University
At Lesley University
lesley.edu
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Folks in or around the Boston area, I'm pleased to be speaking at Lesley University Thursday October 23 as part of their Thought Leadership series! Talking comics & thinking as I do! Open to the public - registration link coming soon!
lesley.edu/about-lesley...
lesley.edu/about-lesley...