Mark Harris
@meharris.bsky.social
Currently writing a book on OceanGate & undersea exploration. Tech investigations for IEEE Spectrum, Wired, MIT Tech Review, TechCrunch. Senior Editor at Anthropocene Magazine. Always interested in tips!
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- firefighters do safety drill at Boring Company tunnel and get chemical burns/permanent scars
- ff say they weren't warned
- Boring Co blames firefighters
- NV OSHA cites Boring Co
- Steve Davis calls NV Gov office, has meeting
- citations/proposed fines go away
techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/f...
- ff say they weren't warned
- Boring Co blames firefighters
- NV OSHA cites Boring Co
- Steve Davis calls NV Gov office, has meeting
- citations/proposed fines go away
techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/f...
Firefighters received chemical burns at Elon Musk's Boring Company construction site | TechCrunch
The firefighters had to be treated at a hospital and received permanent scars, according to a report from Fortune. But the Boring Company was not fined after it met with state officials.
techcrunch.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
- firefighters do safety drill at Boring Company tunnel and get chemical burns/permanent scars
- ff say they weren't warned
- Boring Co blames firefighters
- NV OSHA cites Boring Co
- Steve Davis calls NV Gov office, has meeting
- citations/proposed fines go away
techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/f...
- ff say they weren't warned
- Boring Co blames firefighters
- NV OSHA cites Boring Co
- Steve Davis calls NV Gov office, has meeting
- citations/proposed fines go away
techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/f...
I went to the launch of the world's first new subsea habitat in 40 years. The Vanguard will be deployed near the Florida Keys early next year and DEEP, the company behind it, promises more and larger sea bases soon...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/07/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/07/1...
The first new subsea habitat in 40 years is about to launch
Unveiled by the buzzy startup Deep, Vanguard will let teams of scientists live and work on the seabed for a week at a time.
www.technologyreview.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I went to the launch of the world's first new subsea habitat in 40 years. The Vanguard will be deployed near the Florida Keys early next year and DEEP, the company behind it, promises more and larger sea bases soon...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/07/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/07/1...
MIT Tech Review's 10 Climate Tech Companies To Watch is always worth a read. This year, I was lucky enough to write about one - Kairos. No flashy fusion gadgets or improbable designs, just a sensible, safer fission reactor that could make a real difference.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/06/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/06/1...
October 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
MIT Tech Review's 10 Climate Tech Companies To Watch is always worth a read. This year, I was lucky enough to write about one - Kairos. No flashy fusion gadgets or improbable designs, just a sensible, safer fission reactor that could make a real difference.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/06/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/06/1...
New from me: first read of the US Coast Guard report into the OceanGate Titan implosion. It's a litany of mistakes, evasions, and corner cutting, for which CEO Stockton Rush gets much of the blame.
www.wired.com/story/us-coa...
www.wired.com/story/us-coa...
US Coast Guard Report on Titan Submersible Implosion Singles Out OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush
A report on the death of five people in the Titan submersible blames design, maintenance, and inspection flaws for its failure. “It all came back to Mr. Rush,” the head of the investigation told WIRED...
www.wired.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
New from me: first read of the US Coast Guard report into the OceanGate Titan implosion. It's a litany of mistakes, evasions, and corner cutting, for which CEO Stockton Rush gets much of the blame.
www.wired.com/story/us-coa...
www.wired.com/story/us-coa...
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We sat down with @rcalo.bsky.social , a professor at the iSchool with a joint appointment at the University of Washington School of Law, to discuss some of the most pressing challenges at the intersection of law and technology, as well as his upcoming book.
Read the full Q&A:
bit.ly/46o522i
Read the full Q&A:
bit.ly/46o522i
Q&A: Ryan Calo on why 'we need to take a page from the Amish'
Ryan Calo holds a joint appointment as a professor in the Information School and as the Lane Powell and D. Wayne Gittinger Professor at the UW School of La...
bit.ly
July 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We sat down with @rcalo.bsky.social , a professor at the iSchool with a joint appointment at the University of Washington School of Law, to discuss some of the most pressing challenges at the intersection of law and technology, as well as his upcoming book.
Read the full Q&A:
bit.ly/46o522i
Read the full Q&A:
bit.ly/46o522i
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A colourised photo of the Graf Zeppelin over Rio de Janeiro in 1930? Nope. It's LTA Research's 'Pathfinder 1' over San Francisco Bay in 2025. An excellent, new article just out by @meharris.bsky.social writing for the @spectrum.ieee.org journal. Can't wait to book passage. (📸 LTA Research) | 🛩️ 🎈 🥇
LTA Research's Massive Airship Combines Luxury and Sustainability in a Big Way
The age of airships returns with LTA Research's Pathfinder 1, a 124-meter helium giant, soaring over San Francisco Bay. Funded by Google cofounder Sergey Brin, this milestone marks a step towards sust...
spectrum.ieee.org
May 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A colourised photo of the Graf Zeppelin over Rio de Janeiro in 1930? Nope. It's LTA Research's 'Pathfinder 1' over San Francisco Bay in 2025. An excellent, new article just out by @meharris.bsky.social writing for the @spectrum.ieee.org journal. Can't wait to book passage. (📸 LTA Research) | 🛩️ 🎈 🥇
I was lucky enough to be the first journalist to see the completed Pathfinder 1, the prototype next-gen helium airship from Sergey Brin's LTA Research, now flying over SF Bay. I also had a sit down with the startup's CEO, Brett Crozier. Story in IEEE Spectrum: spectrum.ieee.org/lta-research...
May 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I was lucky enough to be the first journalist to see the completed Pathfinder 1, the prototype next-gen helium airship from Sergey Brin's LTA Research, now flying over SF Bay. I also had a sit down with the startup's CEO, Brett Crozier. Story in IEEE Spectrum: spectrum.ieee.org/lta-research...
I'll be on BBC News at 1245 Pacific/845pm UK time to talk about the new BBC/Discovery OceanGate documentary, Implosion. Netflix is also releasing a documentary, Titan, in a few weeks, which I had a hand in. www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
May 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I'll be on BBC News at 1245 Pacific/845pm UK time to talk about the new BBC/Discovery OceanGate documentary, Implosion. Netflix is also releasing a documentary, Titan, in a few weeks, which I had a hand in. www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
Here's my last story for Anthropocene Magazine: a look at Deep Fission, a startup hoping to deploy subterranean fission reactors a mile underground. Deep nuclear could be cheaper and safer than today's light water reactors - with built-in waste disposal
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/04/nucl...
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/04/nucl...
April 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Here's my last story for Anthropocene Magazine: a look at Deep Fission, a startup hoping to deploy subterranean fission reactors a mile underground. Deep nuclear could be cheaper and safer than today's light water reactors - with built-in waste disposal
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/04/nucl...
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/04/nucl...
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Happy Twin Peaks Day, my friends ☕️
February 24, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Happy Twin Peaks Day, my friends ☕️
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Please please please do not start using FOIA systems as a form of protest. No one outside of a handful of FOIA officers at most will ever see it, and it'll just clog things up for anyone actually trying squeeze valuable information out of the government.
February 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Please please please do not start using FOIA systems as a form of protest. No one outside of a handful of FOIA officers at most will ever see it, and it'll just clog things up for anyone actually trying squeeze valuable information out of the government.
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89% of the world’s population want their govts to “do more” to fix climate change. However, those 89% don’t know that they are the overwhelming majority — that most other people on Earth also want govts to take stronger climate action #ClimateAction
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Globally representative evidence on the actual and perceived support for climate action - Nature Climate Change
Global support and cooperation are necessary for successful climate action. Large-scale representative survey results show that most of the population around the world is willing to support climate ac...
www.nature.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:10 AM
89% of the world’s population want their govts to “do more” to fix climate change. However, those 89% don’t know that they are the overwhelming majority — that most other people on Earth also want govts to take stronger climate action #ClimateAction
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Some personal news: I'm excited to expand my OceanGate reporting into a book, tentatively titled The Deep End, and doubly excited to be working with Norton, one of my very favourite publishers. Busy times ahead!
January 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Some personal news: I'm excited to expand my OceanGate reporting into a book, tentatively titled The Deep End, and doubly excited to be working with Norton, one of my very favourite publishers. Busy times ahead!
At the risk of stating the obvious, there's nothing "efficient" about simply ceasing government services. That's called "failure."
January 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
At the risk of stating the obvious, there's nothing "efficient" about simply ceasing government services. That's called "failure."
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the text-only NPR site is an absolute delight for someone who's trying to simultaneously lessen my consumption of news while still staying somewhat abreast of current events: text.npr.org
NPR : National Public Radio
text.npr.org
January 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
the text-only NPR site is an absolute delight for someone who's trying to simultaneously lessen my consumption of news while still staying somewhat abreast of current events: text.npr.org
Anyone other journalists getting cancellations of (non-political) interviews with people in US federal departments/facilities? I was told the Dept of Energy has ordered a media blackout.
January 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Anyone other journalists getting cancellations of (non-political) interviews with people in US federal departments/facilities? I was told the Dept of Energy has ordered a media blackout.
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Some personal news: TechCrunch and I have decided to part ways. It's been a learning experience and I met a lot of great folks while I was there. I'm on the hunt, so if anybody is looking for an experienced newsroom leader with a history of training up young reporters to break news, give me a shout.
January 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Some personal news: TechCrunch and I have decided to part ways. It's been a learning experience and I met a lot of great folks while I was there. I'm on the hunt, so if anybody is looking for an experienced newsroom leader with a history of training up young reporters to break news, give me a shout.
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NEW: Given Musk’s role advising President-elect Donald Trump on ways to slash regulations and government oversight, Boring and the Vegas Loop project might be a harbinger for the country.
w/ City Cast Last Vegas
w/ City Cast Last Vegas
Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight
Given Musk’s role advising President-elect Donald Trump on ways to slash regulations and government oversight, Boring and the Vegas Loop project might be a harbinger for the country.
propub.li
January 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Given Musk’s role advising President-elect Donald Trump on ways to slash regulations and government oversight, Boring and the Vegas Loop project might be a harbinger for the country.
w/ City Cast Last Vegas
w/ City Cast Last Vegas
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I was among those who covered the immediate aftermath of the January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol. Politicians may not want to talk about. But it happened. Here's how it was captured by the insurrectionists themselves. projects.propublica.org/parler-capit...
What Parler Saw During the Attack on the Capitol
ProPublica sifted through thousands of videos taken by Parler users to create an immersive, first-person view of the Capitol riot as experienced by those who were there.
projects.propublica.org
January 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I was among those who covered the immediate aftermath of the January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol. Politicians may not want to talk about. But it happened. Here's how it was captured by the insurrectionists themselves. projects.propublica.org/parler-capit...
Interesting! 2 involuntary disengagements and 7 safety-related voluntary disengagements coast to coast
Eight years ago, Elon Musk claimed Teslas would be capable of driving coast-to-coast without human intervention by the end of 2017.
The Cannonball Run Is The Nurburgring of Autonomy.
So we set a record in a Tesla.
The Cannonball Run Is The Nurburgring of Autonomy.
So we set a record in a Tesla.
WE SET THE FIRST TESLA FSD CANNONBALL RUN RECORD.
The Cannonball Run Is The Nurburgring of Autonomy. So We Set A Record In A Tesla.
www.linkedin.com
December 23, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Interesting! 2 involuntary disengagements and 7 safety-related voluntary disengagements coast to coast
This kind of gamesmanship with public records requests does not serve the public interest. Is it illegal? Maybe, but agencies know that news orgs (and especially freelancers) have fewer and fewer resources to fight.
Another anti-transparency practice from the Seattle Police Department: Not only do they "group" multiple records requests into one megarequest, if you fail to pick up even one installment of even one request "on time" (say, if you go on vacation), every request you've ever filed goes in the garbage.
December 13, 2024 at 6:38 PM
This kind of gamesmanship with public records requests does not serve the public interest. Is it illegal? Maybe, but agencies know that news orgs (and especially freelancers) have fewer and fewer resources to fight.
My latest for @anthropocenemag.bsky.social - when it comes to carbon, should the polluter always pay?
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2024/12/shou...
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2024/12/shou...
Does the road to clean energy run through dirty mines?
You can’t scale green power without scaling gray industry.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
December 9, 2024 at 5:29 PM
My latest for @anthropocenemag.bsky.social - when it comes to carbon, should the polluter always pay?
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2024/12/shou...
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2024/12/shou...
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When people talk about Kash Patel and Trump "going after" journalists it doesn't just mean suing or trying to arrest them. It also means filing demands for information about their reporting and embroiling them in legal proceedings they have nothing to do with.
December 9, 2024 at 4:49 PM
When people talk about Kash Patel and Trump "going after" journalists it doesn't just mean suing or trying to arrest them. It also means filing demands for information about their reporting and embroiling them in legal proceedings they have nothing to do with.
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Loads more extra detail in the story, including links to Russian espionage, propaganda outlets and more
She Was a Russian Socialite and Influencer. Cops Say She’s a Crypto Laundering Kingpin
Western authorities say they’ve identified a network that found a new way to clean drug gangs’ dirty cash. WIRED gained exclusive access to the investigation.
www.wired.com
December 4, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Loads more extra detail in the story, including links to Russian espionage, propaganda outlets and more
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It did show signs of being affected by GPS interference, though it was reporting normal GPS navigation accuracy by 6 minutes before the last data point, when it was still 24 km from the airport.
November 25, 2024 at 10:05 PM
It did show signs of being affected by GPS interference, though it was reporting normal GPS navigation accuracy by 6 minutes before the last data point, when it was still 24 km from the airport.