Lisa Wood Shapiro
@lisawoodshapiro.bsky.social
Contributing writer for The New Yorker and WIRED
I wrote about a little electric fireplace.
Research shows that watching a simulated fire may have real psychological benefits. www.wired.com/story/turbro...
Can You Buy Relaxation? My $200 Electric Fireplace Says Yes
Research shows that watching a simulated fire may have real psychological benefits.
www.wired.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I wrote about a little electric fireplace.
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The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.
The Trump Administration’s Data Center Push Could Open the Door for New Forever Chemicals
The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.
wrd.cm
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.
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Within a few minutes of talking to Graham Platner, “I was, like, ‘This guy owes it to the country to run for Senate,’ ” a top political strategist for Zohran Mamdani said. Can Platner win Susan Collins’s seat?
Can a Maine Oyster Farmer Defeat a Five-Term Republican Senator?
Graham Platner, a local veteran, is angling to take on Susan Collins, who may be vulnerable in her 2026 reëlection bid—and is drawing support from both sides of the aisle.
www.newyorker.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Within a few minutes of talking to Graham Platner, “I was, like, ‘This guy owes it to the country to run for Senate,’ ” a top political strategist for Zohran Mamdani said. Can Platner win Susan Collins’s seat?
I wrote about Graham Platner, the Maine oyster farmer, running to unseat Susan Collins for The New Yorker.
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Can a Maine Oyster Farmer Defeat a Five-Term Republican Senator?
Graham Platner, a local veteran, is angling to take on Susan Collins, who may be vulnerable in her 2026 reëlection bid—and is drawing support from both sides of the aisle.
www.newyorker.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I wrote about Graham Platner, the Maine oyster farmer, running to unseat Susan Collins for The New Yorker.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...
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Marian Burros, a journalist and cookbook author whose plum torte was one of the most popular recipes in the history of The Times, died on Saturday. She was 92.
Marian Burros, 92, Dies; Food Writer Famed for Her Plum Torte and More
At The Times and elsewhere, she combined recipe writing with reporting on topics like consumer protection and food safety. Her torte was a longtime fan favorite.
nyti.ms
September 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Marian Burros, a journalist and cookbook author whose plum torte was one of the most popular recipes in the history of The Times, died on Saturday. She was 92.
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Marilyn Hagerty — who didn’t give a flying breadstick what the cynics thought — became a national celebrity when her review of a North Dakota Olive Garden went viral. She has died at age 99.
Marilyn Hagerty, Whose Olive Garden Review Went Viral, Dies at 99
“The chicken Alfredo ($10.95) was warm and comforting on a cold day,” she wrote from North Dakota. And suddenly the national media made her a celebrity.
nyti.ms
September 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Marilyn Hagerty — who didn’t give a flying breadstick what the cynics thought — became a national celebrity when her review of a North Dakota Olive Garden went viral. She has died at age 99.
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Business Insider yanked 40 essays with suspect bylines. A @washingtonpost.com probe into these mass retractions found key links between the bogus writer “Margaux Blanchard” and another individual, suggesting a broader scheme. Here’s what I found: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Business Insider yanked 40 essays with suspect bylines. Are they related?
“Margaux Blanchard” appears to be one dubious element of a broader scheme to peddle bogus articles to a number of publications.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Business Insider yanked 40 essays with suspect bylines. A @washingtonpost.com probe into these mass retractions found key links between the bogus writer “Margaux Blanchard” and another individual, suggesting a broader scheme. Here’s what I found: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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The exodus has set off alarms among CDC staff: “My main concern is they will be replaced with puppets." www.wired.com/story/center...
Top CDC Officials Resign After Director Is Pushed Out
The exodus has set off alarms among CDC staff: “My main concern is they will be replaced with puppets."
www.wired.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The exodus has set off alarms among CDC staff: “My main concern is they will be replaced with puppets." www.wired.com/story/center...
My latest for @wired.com on why you need your own air quality monitor www.wired.com/story/why-yo...
Your Outdoor Air Quality Monitor Could Lead to Safer Air for Everyone
With Air Quality Index standards under threat, crowdsourced air quality maps are more important than ever.
www.wired.com
August 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My latest for @wired.com on why you need your own air quality monitor www.wired.com/story/why-yo...
I wrote about the joy and perils of growing lettuce in my son’s room. My latest for @wired.com
Plantaform’s Smart Indoor Fogponics Garden System Is Innovative, but Is It Safe?
We tested this unique indoor gardening solution that utilizes NASA technology, but air quality data raised concerns.
www.wired.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I wrote about the joy and perils of growing lettuce in my son’s room. My latest for @wired.com
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Scoop: Here's what Mark Zuckerberg is offering top tier research talent to come to Meta: www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
Here’s What Mark Zuckerberg Is Offering Top AI Talent
The Meta CEO is leading a hiring blitz, offering top talent at OpenAI eye-watering pay packages and endless access to cutting-edge chips.
www.wired.com
July 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Scoop: Here's what Mark Zuckerberg is offering top tier research talent to come to Meta: www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
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My @wired.com colleagues reporting continues to astound me.
These SCOOPS were all JUST YESTERDAY:
• Migrant children's DNA stored in criminal database
• DOGE leader Nicole Hollander is leaving
• Former DOGE staffer on how the group was run
• Trump visa ban could derail US AI efforts
Links below
These SCOOPS were all JUST YESTERDAY:
• Migrant children's DNA stored in criminal database
• DOGE leader Nicole Hollander is leaving
• Former DOGE staffer on how the group was run
• Trump visa ban could derail US AI efforts
Links below
May 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
My @wired.com colleagues reporting continues to astound me.
These SCOOPS were all JUST YESTERDAY:
• Migrant children's DNA stored in criminal database
• DOGE leader Nicole Hollander is leaving
• Former DOGE staffer on how the group was run
• Trump visa ban could derail US AI efforts
Links below
These SCOOPS were all JUST YESTERDAY:
• Migrant children's DNA stored in criminal database
• DOGE leader Nicole Hollander is leaving
• Former DOGE staffer on how the group was run
• Trump visa ban could derail US AI efforts
Links below
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Virtually every kid in the town reads well. This is an awesome story.
We turned our most recent Sold a Story episodes into a one-hour program for @revealnews.org. You can hear it on public radio stations nationwide this weekend, and here: revealnews.org/podcast/read...
Third graders in Steubenville, Ohio, are some of the best little readers in the nation. What’s their secret?
An elementary school in Ohio has some of the best little readers in the nation. How they did it—and how a new law put it all at risk.
revealnews.org
April 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Virtually every kid in the town reads well. This is an awesome story.
I’ve been thinking about the Streisand effect.
March 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I’ve been thinking about the Streisand effect.
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SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
wrd.cm
February 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
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NEW: Sources tell @wired.com that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days *after* US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist:
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist.
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
NEW: Sources tell @wired.com that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days *after* US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist:
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
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If you know more about this story and want to talk, we’re at zoeschiffer.87 and makenakelly.32. Contact us on Signal from a non-work device.
NEW: Elon Musk's friends have infiltrated another government agency, and they're trying to use White House credentials to access General Services Administration tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources say: www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk's Friends Have Infiltrated Another Government Agency
Elon Musk’s former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access General Services Administration tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources ...
www.wired.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
If you know more about this story and want to talk, we’re at zoeschiffer.87 and makenakelly.32. Contact us on Signal from a non-work device.
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I advocate for no carpet in your home. See @lisawoodshapiro.bsky.social's www.wired.com/story/your-a.... It covers health effects, resuspension and toxic chemicals in carpets. PFAS is used to make things water repellent or stain resistant. Also see this paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Deposition, resuspension, and penetration of particles within a residence
Aerosol concentrations and particle size distributions were measured indoors and outdoors at a two-storey residence in California during the summer mo…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I advocate for no carpet in your home. See @lisawoodshapiro.bsky.social's www.wired.com/story/your-a.... It covers health effects, resuspension and toxic chemicals in carpets. PFAS is used to make things water repellent or stain resistant. Also see this paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
My latest for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/your-a...
Your Indoor Air’s Dirty Secret Is Under Your Feet
Each footfall on a carpet could loft untold amounts of particulate matter back into the air—here are some ways to keep your home healthy.
www.wired.com
December 7, 2024 at 8:21 PM
My latest for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/your-a...
I wrote about a very fancy air purifier for Wired.
The IQ Air Atem X Looks Like Sculpture and Filters Air Like a Dream
This super high-end air purifier comes with verified papers, like a purebred dog.
www.wired.com
April 7, 2024 at 6:55 PM
I wrote about a very fancy air purifier for Wired.