Ryan Mac 🙃
@rmac.bsky.social
NYT tech reporter
Co-author of Character Limit
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ryan.mac@nytimes.com
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Co-author of Character Limit
Signal: rmac.18
ryan.mac@nytimes.com
rmac18@protonmail.com
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Ryan Mac 🙃
@rmac.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Hello to the new followers and folks here. I'm a tech reporter for the NYT. It's going to be an interesting time to report on tech, and more specifically Elon Musk as he extends his power into the White House.
If you work or have worked for him and want to reach me, hit me up on Signal at rmac.18.
If you work or have worked for him and want to reach me, hit me up on Signal at rmac.18.
A Million More Epstein Documents Have Been Found, Justice Dept. Says
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Just watched the whole 60 Minutes CECOT episode. It's a pretty standard segment for 60 Minutes, taking something that's been reported on in other publications and formats and telling it to a wider audience with first person, on camera accounts. It's not earth shattering, but it is newsworthy.
December 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Just watched the whole 60 Minutes CECOT episode. It's a pretty standard segment for 60 Minutes, taking something that's been reported on in other publications and formats and telling it to a wider audience with first person, on camera accounts. It's not earth shattering, but it is newsworthy.
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Olive grove by olive grove, sheep pasture by sheep pasture, village by village — over the past two years, Israeli settlers, often with Israeli military support, have escalated their unrelenting campaign to seize land and erase its Palestinian presence. Paywall free: nytimes.com/interactive/...
December 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Olive grove by olive grove, sheep pasture by sheep pasture, village by village — over the past two years, Israeli settlers, often with Israeli military support, have escalated their unrelenting campaign to seize land and erase its Palestinian presence. Paywall free: nytimes.com/interactive/...
Ive sent this to so many group chats
‘Bury’ Weiss
December 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Ive sent this to so many group chats
As his businesses continue to appreciate in value, it's not hard to see how Musk will become the world's first trillionaire in the next year or two.
And he may not even need his trillion dollar Tesla pay package to vest to get there:
nytimes.com/2025/12/19/b...
And he may not even need his trillion dollar Tesla pay package to vest to get there:
nytimes.com/2025/12/19/b...
nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
As his businesses continue to appreciate in value, it's not hard to see how Musk will become the world's first trillionaire in the next year or two.
And he may not even need his trillion dollar Tesla pay package to vest to get there:
nytimes.com/2025/12/19/b...
And he may not even need his trillion dollar Tesla pay package to vest to get there:
nytimes.com/2025/12/19/b...
went into this very skeptical of this lady and obviously seeing the replies to this piece, but i feel like everyone should read the whole thing. her story is complex and i feel like getting death threats for this is... insane.
here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/s...
here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/s...
December 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
went into this very skeptical of this lady and obviously seeing the replies to this piece, but i feel like everyone should read the whole thing. her story is complex and i feel like getting death threats for this is... insane.
here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/s...
here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/s...
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NYT: “In a newly obtained recording of a phone call from late 2020, President Trump can be heard pressing the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to hold a special legislative session to overturn Mr. Trump’s election loss.”
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
December 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
NYT: “In a newly obtained recording of a phone call from late 2020, President Trump can be heard pressing the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to hold a special legislative session to overturn Mr. Trump’s election loss.”
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
a batshit story www.wsj.com/us-news/chin...
The Chinese Billionaires Having Dozens of U.S.-Born Babies Via Surrogate
Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites are building mega-families—testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them.
www.wsj.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
a batshit story www.wsj.com/us-news/chin...
Proud of my friend Frank Bi: frankbear.substack.com/p/i-wrote-th...
I wrote the story that inspired the film "Rosemead." Here's what I've learned
reporting on trauma in Asian American communities
frankbear.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Proud of my friend Frank Bi: frankbear.substack.com/p/i-wrote-th...
How FIFA's World Cup pricing dwarfs projections in original North American bid
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
A Chinese dissident filmed Uyghur detention sites and then released the video on YouTube after fleeing China. He sought asylum in the US. Now the Trump admin wants to deport him to a country with strong ties to China.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
He Recorded China’s Detention of Uyghurs. The U.S. Wants to Deport Him to Uganda.
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
A Chinese dissident filmed Uyghur detention sites and then released the video on YouTube after fleeing China. He sought asylum in the US. Now the Trump admin wants to deport him to a country with strong ties to China.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
"The S.E.C., the top federal regulator that polices wrongdoing in the financial markets, is no longer actively pursuing a single case against a firm with known Trump ties."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
The S.E.C. Was Tough on Crypto. It Pulled Back After Trump Returned to Office.
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:17 AM
"The S.E.C., the top federal regulator that polices wrongdoing in the financial markets, is no longer actively pursuing a single case against a firm with known Trump ties."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
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To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.
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In early November, reports circulated that a woman was arrested at an airport in Utah.
Then, later in the month, a 19-year-old college student was arrested at the airport in Boston.
We reveal how these arrests came to be.
Then, later in the month, a 19-year-old college student was arrested at the airport in Boston.
We reveal how these arrests came to be.
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
In early November, reports circulated that a woman was arrested at an airport in Utah.
Then, later in the month, a 19-year-old college student was arrested at the airport in Boston.
We reveal how these arrests came to be.
Then, later in the month, a 19-year-old college student was arrested at the airport in Boston.
We reveal how these arrests came to be.
SpaceX just sent a letter to shareholders offering to buy more than $2.5 billion worth of shares at $421 a share. That would value the company at $800 billion and make it the most valuable private company in the world.
Story coming.
Story coming.
December 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
SpaceX just sent a letter to shareholders offering to buy more than $2.5 billion worth of shares at $421 a share. That would value the company at $800 billion and make it the most valuable private company in the world.
Story coming.
Story coming.
After David Sacks helped push through an executive order to limit state AI regulation, more people are asking whether he's using his position to advance his own interests (via @bobbyallyn.bsky.social)
www.npr.org/2025/12/12/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/12/n...
Trump's AI adviser faces questions over use of position to advance his own interests
David Sacks is the Trump administration's top advisor on tech and crypto policy. In recent weeks, he's faced questions about conflicts of interest and criticism over his drive to undo state AI laws.
www.npr.org
December 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
After David Sacks helped push through an executive order to limit state AI regulation, more people are asking whether he's using his position to advance his own interests (via @bobbyallyn.bsky.social)
www.npr.org/2025/12/12/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/12/n...
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After 97 years and a catastrophic fire, the Palisadian-Post newspaper ceased publication today www.latimes.com/california/s... by me for @latimes.com
After 97 years and a catastrophic fire, the Palisadian-Post newspaper ceases publication
In a 'final blow,' the 97-year-old Palisadian-Post newspaper has ceased publication as Pacific Palisades works to recover from the January fire.
www.latimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
After 97 years and a catastrophic fire, the Palisadian-Post newspaper ceased publication today www.latimes.com/california/s... by me for @latimes.com
soft power is gettin strange
Here's PIRG researcher RJ Cross getting the Alilo Smart AI bunny to tell @savanahsellers.bsky.social about S&M, the FoloToy Sunflower Warmie telling me it is actually both a cactus and a teddy bear (???) and the Miiloo spouting the CCP line on Taiwan.
December 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
soft power is gettin strange
all of this AND it all houses an incredible goodreads scoop
This is a really disturbing story on several levels and certainly anyone who interacts with the Pentagon specifically or the administration more generally should read it:
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
all of this AND it all houses an incredible goodreads scoop
"AI should be in your battle rhythm every single day"
December 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"AI should be in your battle rhythm every single day"
i ask this with the utmost sincerity: who the fuck wants this
The Washington Post is launching a personalized AI podcast, saying users will be able to "shape their own briefing, select their topics, set their lengths, pick their hosts and soon even ask questions using our Ask The Post AI technology."
December 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
i ask this with the utmost sincerity: who the fuck wants this
December 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
help
I can’t emphasize enough how much you need to watch this until the end
December 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
help