Michael
@donohoe.dev
Engineering & Product. I build media things for Journalism. Brooklyn, NYC. Personal views. donohoe.dev
In my own research on registration/pay-walls I’ve read research that claims this approach leads to higher conversions. I’m conflicted now…
Dear @nytimes.com (and other sites with pay/regi walls), I would love to be able to see the byline and other basic story elements before being forced to login (again) or subscribe (already a subscriber)
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
In my own research on registration/pay-walls I’ve read research that claims this approach leads to higher conversions. I’m conflicted now…
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The crime is not what we were doing protesting in the 10th floor elevator lobby of 26 Federal Plaza.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
NEW: Brad Lander says he wants a trial, not a deal to drop his charge stemming from an arrest by ICE.
After Arrest by ICE, City Comptroller Rejects Deal and Seeks Trial
Other officials arrested while protesting at 26 Federal Plaza in September will have their federal charges dropped if they avoid arrest inside a federal building for six months.
www.thecity.nyc
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The crime is not what we were doing protesting in the 10th floor elevator lobby of 26 Federal Plaza.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
When people talk abstractly about internet outages (like Cloudflare) I like to think about it as “imagine all the water-supply/roads in France and Germany stopped working for a few hours”. It’s not comparable (too understated) but it helps me understand the impact
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
When people talk abstractly about internet outages (like Cloudflare) I like to think about it as “imagine all the water-supply/roads in France and Germany stopped working for a few hours”. It’s not comparable (too understated) but it helps me understand the impact
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New data shows that the CCRB retroactively doctored public data for more than 10,000 misconduct allegations against NYPD officers.
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
The NYPD’s Watchdog Whitewashed More Than 10,000 Misconduct Allegations in Public Data, New Evidence Shows
Allegations of lying, sexual misconduct, bigoted statements, and racist policing were among those quietly reclassified by the Civilian Complaint Review Board.
hellgatenyc.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
New data shows that the CCRB retroactively doctored public data for more than 10,000 misconduct allegations against NYPD officers.
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
I’m on a plane to London and I am harshly judging all those I see with the default apps in their iPad OS or macOS dock. This is my life now.
November 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I’m on a plane to London and I am harshly judging all those I see with the default apps in their iPad OS or macOS dock. This is my life now.
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“This was a very very bad vote”
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
“This was a very very bad vote”
I don’t think the UAE is on people’s radar when they think of AI capacity restofworld.org/charts/2025/...
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I don’t think the UAE is on people’s radar when they think of AI capacity restofworld.org/charts/2025/...
I love it when my real-time ('ish) NYTimes feed catches a placeholder in the CMS. 90% of the time its an upcoming video.
November 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I love it when my real-time ('ish) NYTimes feed catches a placeholder in the CMS. 90% of the time its an upcoming video.
You are playing the game. It’s mandatory. As soon as you hear Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” you lose.
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
You are playing the game. It’s mandatory. As soon as you hear Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” you lose.
Bookmarking for later www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
New York Election Results 2025
Get live results and maps from the 2025 New York elections.
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Bookmarking for later www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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This morning @restofworld.org published the incredibly heart-breaking story of Gaza Sky Geeks, the vibrant Gaza-based tech hub that was the darling of international press through the 2010s 🧵
restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sk...
restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sk...
The bombing of Gaza Sky Geeks
For over a decade, Gaza Sky Geeks built a tech future for the Gaza Strip. Then came war.
restofworld.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This morning @restofworld.org published the incredibly heart-breaking story of Gaza Sky Geeks, the vibrant Gaza-based tech hub that was the darling of international press through the 2010s 🧵
restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sk...
restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sk...
Canvassers knocked on my door and asked if I was voting for Mamdani in the NYC mayoral election. I replied “who’s that?” and managed to keep a straight face for a moment. So worth it.
November 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Canvassers knocked on my door and asked if I was voting for Mamdani in the NYC mayoral election. I replied “who’s that?” and managed to keep a straight face for a moment. So worth it.
I don’t think it’s right that Instagram is suggesting I follow my teen’s female friends. Just creepy on a different level.
November 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I don’t think it’s right that Instagram is suggesting I follow my teen’s female friends. Just creepy on a different level.
Overhead in a meeting just now: "iOS might just be the new IE"
October 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Overhead in a meeting just now: "iOS might just be the new IE"
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Maybe there’s some 4D chess to starving 40 million Americans, doubling healthcare costs on another 20 million, and sending masked goons out on the streets to snatch and disappear an untold number more, but honestly I’m not seeing it.
October 31, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Maybe there’s some 4D chess to starving 40 million Americans, doubling healthcare costs on another 20 million, and sending masked goons out on the streets to snatch and disappear an untold number more, but honestly I’m not seeing it.
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I did a non-trivial amount of work on the use of facial recognition in Login.gov while in leadership at GSA, and at Treasury. The short version: it's racist. (And that was for 1-to-1 matching, which is much simpler than 1-to-many.) The error rate on this must be horrifying.
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I did a non-trivial amount of work on the use of facial recognition in Login.gov while in leadership at GSA, and at Treasury. The short version: it's racist. (And that was for 1-to-1 matching, which is much simpler than 1-to-many.) The error rate on this must be horrifying.
If I were in NYC this evening I’d go to this…
October 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
If I were in NYC this evening I’d go to this…
In 2023 we had a family trip to Paris and my eldest teen wrote up her experience. I revisit it every few months. It’s like I have a genz mini hunter-s-thompson running wild in my family.
October 21, 2025 at 2:12 AM
In 2023 we had a family trip to Paris and my eldest teen wrote up her experience. I revisit it every few months. It’s like I have a genz mini hunter-s-thompson running wild in my family.
With respect to whoever chose the headline 'He Left the City for a Cat in Gowanus,' I would note that Brooklyn has been part of the City for more than 127 years. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/r...
He Left the City for a Cat in Gowanus
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
With respect to whoever chose the headline 'He Left the City for a Cat in Gowanus,' I would note that Brooklyn has been part of the City for more than 127 years. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/r...
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This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
October 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
Negronis with Mezcal. Where have you been all my life?
October 20, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Negronis with Mezcal. Where have you been all my life?
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Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
www.volkskrant.nl
October 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Dear @nytimes.com (and other sites with pay/regi walls), I would love to be able to see the byline and other basic story elements before being forced to login (again) or subscribe (already a subscriber)
October 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Dear @nytimes.com (and other sites with pay/regi walls), I would love to be able to see the byline and other basic story elements before being forced to login (again) or subscribe (already a subscriber)
For every person at a #nokings protest today, I firmly believe there were at least 10 or more people who couldn’t make it - who share the same convictions
October 19, 2025 at 3:44 AM
For every person at a #nokings protest today, I firmly believe there were at least 10 or more people who couldn’t make it - who share the same convictions