nitasha tiku
@nitasha.bsky.social
technology mother @ the washington post. baddie in the digital badlands. signal: nitasha.10
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nitasha tiku
@nitasha.bsky.social
· Dec 28
our data story visualizing the rabbit hole people can fall into with chatGPT is on the cover of today’s @washingtonpost.com @kevinschaul.bsky.social
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New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.
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Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
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February 13, 2026 at 11:23 PM
New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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hello minnesota and beyond! thank you for your kind messages. it is very weird to be the news when you cover the news. i love this beautiful state and journalism, and i am hopeful for better days. but we will be forever changed bc of the last two months.
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February 14, 2026 at 4:44 AM
hello minnesota and beyond! thank you for your kind messages. it is very weird to be the news when you cover the news. i love this beautiful state and journalism, and i am hopeful for better days. but we will be forever changed bc of the last two months.
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Tons of reporting on Musk’s science fictional business plans, not near enough about his white supremacist and fascist worldview. Good to see this from the Guardian!
Even if you are not surprised, this is important reporting documenting the bigoted ideology (and often, falsehoods) that Musk is promoting to his zillion online followers. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January
Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts
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February 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Tons of reporting on Musk’s science fictional business plans, not near enough about his white supremacist and fascist worldview. Good to see this from the Guardian!
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Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
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February 12, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
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10 years ago they told us AI and self-driving cars were going to wipe out up to half of all jobs. They didn’t.
But while everyone was talking about whether they would, companies rolled out algorithmic management and used digital tech as a pretext to reclassify workers as contractors.
But while everyone was talking about whether they would, companies rolled out algorithmic management and used digital tech as a pretext to reclassify workers as contractors.
I'm not even saying that's the most *likely* possibility, but it's just very clear that the likelihood of that outcome as increased and even if there's, like, a 1 in 10 change that "AI replaces most to all white collar jobs in 10 years" that's an *enormous* risk to the social order!
February 11, 2026 at 6:13 PM
10 years ago they told us AI and self-driving cars were going to wipe out up to half of all jobs. They didn’t.
But while everyone was talking about whether they would, companies rolled out algorithmic management and used digital tech as a pretext to reclassify workers as contractors.
But while everyone was talking about whether they would, companies rolled out algorithmic management and used digital tech as a pretext to reclassify workers as contractors.
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When a sitting representative refers to the Super Bowl halftime show as “pornography,” people should use that to reflect on how they and other representatives are simultaneously working to ban, censor, and restrict “pornography” and what that actually means
February 10, 2026 at 6:52 PM
When a sitting representative refers to the Super Bowl halftime show as “pornography,” people should use that to reflect on how they and other representatives are simultaneously working to ban, censor, and restrict “pornography” and what that actually means
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Realfood.gov's AI just told me to go eat Snickers and Tostitos.
February 10, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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From the amazing Becca Rothfeld, laid off by the Washington Post last week and immediately hired by the New Yorker:
“A newspaper is—or ought to be—the opposite of an algorithm, a bastion of enlightened generalism in an era of hyperspecialization and personalized marketing … From now on, the Post will no longer accommodate the admirably omnivorous avidity of its best readers.” www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
The End of Books Coverage at the Washington Post
Becca Rothfeld, a former critic at the Washington Post, on the death of the paper’s books section.
www.newyorker.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:29 PM
From the amazing Becca Rothfeld, laid off by the Washington Post last week and immediately hired by the New Yorker:
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The Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are on the rise.
February 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are on the rise.
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February 6, 2026 at 4:14 AM
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imagine having one of the best tech reporters of all time on your staff and then choosing to lay them off
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
February 6, 2026 at 2:47 AM
imagine having one of the best tech reporters of all time on your staff and then choosing to lay them off
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WaPo’s tech desk was one of the best in the business, and I relied on @nitasha.bsky.social’s reporting countless times in my work. Journalists like her and others laid off today were a source of vital insights into SV politics, helping us in the EU understand who and what we’re facing
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
February 4, 2026 at 9:51 PM
WaPo’s tech desk was one of the best in the business, and I relied on @nitasha.bsky.social’s reporting countless times in my work. Journalists like her and others laid off today were a source of vital insights into SV politics, helping us in the EU understand who and what we’re facing
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Absolutely outrageous how many incredible reporters lost their jobs today. I've been teaching about AI for 2 decades and I've used Natasha Tiku's reporting in my classes, including this piece that's on my syllabus again this semester: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
February 4, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Absolutely outrageous how many incredible reporters lost their jobs today. I've been teaching about AI for 2 decades and I've used Natasha Tiku's reporting in my classes, including this piece that's on my syllabus again this semester: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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@nitasha.bsky.social is fantastic and talented and so many in our tech accountability and justice world respect her work. Any org or project would be lucky to have her.
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
February 5, 2026 at 5:07 AM
@nitasha.bsky.social is fantastic and talented and so many in our tech accountability and justice world respect her work. Any org or project would be lucky to have her.
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February 4, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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Lost my job at the Washington Post today, along with many of the best in the business. I want to keep covering tech and the internet. If you have leads on jobs for me or my colleagues, please reach out. I’m so proud of our work.
February 4, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Lost my job at the Washington Post today, along with many of the best in the business. I want to keep covering tech and the internet. If you have leads on jobs for me or my colleagues, please reach out. I’m so proud of our work.
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If you need editing or writing or a personality hire, my email is hkellywork@gmail.com, Signal is hkelly.11, Insta/Tiktok are @heatherthereporter
February 4, 2026 at 9:56 PM
If you need editing or writing or a personality hire, my email is hkellywork@gmail.com, Signal is hkelly.11, Insta/Tiktok are @heatherthereporter
heather is a marvel & a delight. the most accessible, fun (remember fun?), fwd-looking story ideas, best hedlines, fast & incisive editing, impeccable command of tiktok, her casual observations have rewired my brain. her writing's a breeze. you'd be so f lucky to work w/her bsky.app/profile/heat...
I’m going to stare at a wall for the rest of the day. And by wall I mean TikTok. But then I’ll stand up and get back what I love: writing about the ways real humans use tech, for good and weird and yes, to disassociate after a bad day.
February 4, 2026 at 10:50 PM
heather is a marvel & a delight. the most accessible, fun (remember fun?), fwd-looking story ideas, best hedlines, fast & incisive editing, impeccable command of tiktok, her casual observations have rewired my brain. her writing's a breeze. you'd be so f lucky to work w/her bsky.app/profile/heat...
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Nitasha one of the best to do it, have followed her for years from outlet to outlet and will continue to, but this fuckin’ sucks. It’s nothing more than oligarch maxxing and yacht hoarding.
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
February 4, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Nitasha one of the best to do it, have followed her for years from outlet to outlet and will continue to, but this fuckin’ sucks. It’s nothing more than oligarch maxxing and yacht hoarding.
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An incredible last WaPo story from one of the finest tech journalists out there, @nitasha.bsky.social, whose work I always read and (most importantly) always trust.
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
February 4, 2026 at 10:20 PM
An incredible last WaPo story from one of the finest tech journalists out there, @nitasha.bsky.social, whose work I always read and (most importantly) always trust.
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I’m going to share some posts from amazing Wpost reporters who lost their jobs today. I’m regularly jealous of Nitasha’s reporting and know from my days at BuzzFeed that she is a wonderful and generous colleague.
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
February 4, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I’m going to share some posts from amazing Wpost reporters who lost their jobs today. I’m regularly jealous of Nitasha’s reporting and know from my days at BuzzFeed that she is a wonderful and generous colleague.
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Nitasha is the best, a complete genius and one of the funniest people I've ever worked with, scoop her up immediately
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
February 4, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Nitasha is the best, a complete genius and one of the funniest people I've ever worked with, scoop her up immediately
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This story demonstrates collapse of safeguards—our brilliant tech press being fired by tech oligarch and fired brilliant journalist exposing deliberate and knowing harms of tech oligarch run platform.
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
February 4, 2026 at 8:10 PM
This story demonstrates collapse of safeguards—our brilliant tech press being fired by tech oligarch and fired brilliant journalist exposing deliberate and knowing harms of tech oligarch run platform.
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One simple way to understand this is that a very rich man killed basic public knowledge of another very rich man's misdeeds.
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
February 4, 2026 at 8:05 PM
One simple way to understand this is that a very rich man killed basic public knowledge of another very rich man's misdeeds.
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Great piece. Important reporting. Gift link: wapo.st/4kpCBGc
February 4, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Great piece. Important reporting. Gift link: wapo.st/4kpCBGc