Rob Barry
@robbarry.bsky.social
Data and words at The Wall Street Journal. Hello fellow kids!
Imagine an ant walking on a balloon. But it's actually a 768-dimensional manifold whose axes represent learned semantic features, and the ant is really a vector encoding meaning through its distributed position across all these latent dimensions. I mean, so cool, right?
I talked a little bit about how the Journal used artificial intelligence in our look at Elon Musk's Twitter transformation. Shout out to my folks: "West says he finds it difficult to clarify the type of AI he uses in his work, even when explaining it to his own parents."
Read the @niemanlab.org's interview with @johnwest.bsky.social for a behind-the-scenes take on how the WSJ used AI to analyze Elon Musk's tweets www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/how-...
May 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Imagine an ant walking on a balloon. But it's actually a 768-dimensional manifold whose axes represent learned semantic features, and the ant is really a vector encoding meaning through its distributed position across all these latent dimensions. I mean, so cool, right?
Read the @niemanlab.org's interview with @johnwest.bsky.social for a behind-the-scenes take on how the WSJ used AI to analyze Elon Musk's tweets www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/how-...
How this year’s Pulitzer awardees used AI in their reporting
For a second year, the Pulitzer Prizes required applicants to divulge AI usage — one winner and three finalists disclosed.
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May 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Read the @niemanlab.org's interview with @johnwest.bsky.social for a behind-the-scenes take on how the WSJ used AI to analyze Elon Musk's tweets www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/how-...
WSJ analysis: Since January, more than three dozen employees and associates of Elon Musk and fellow tech titans Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen and Palmer Luckey have been tapped for roles at federal agencies critical to their businesses www.wsj.com/politics/tec...
Silicon Valley’s New Hold on Washington
See how allies of four tech titans are staffing the agencies meant to regulate them, raising ethics flags and securing billions.
www.wsj.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
WSJ analysis: Since January, more than three dozen employees and associates of Elon Musk and fellow tech titans Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen and Palmer Luckey have been tapped for roles at federal agencies critical to their businesses www.wsj.com/politics/tec...
So proud of @wsj.com data team member @johnwest.bsky.social and formers @coulterjones.bsky.social @andreafuller.bsky.social for their work "chronicling political and personal shifts of the richest person in the world, Elon Musk, including his turn to conservative politics" pulitzer.org/winners/22641
May 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
So proud of @wsj.com data team member @johnwest.bsky.social and formers @coulterjones.bsky.social @andreafuller.bsky.social for their work "chronicling political and personal shifts of the richest person in the world, Elon Musk, including his turn to conservative politics" pulitzer.org/winners/22641
Representatives of President Trump’s family have held talks to take a financial stake in the U.S. arm of crypto exchange Binance, according to people familiar with the matter www.wsj.com/finance/curr... by @ceostroff.bsky.social et al
Exclusive | Trump Family Has Held Deal Talks With Binance Following Crypto Exchange’s Guilty Plea
The discussions for a stake in Binance’s U.S. arm come as founder Changpeng Zhao has pushed for the administration to pardon him for his own 2023 guilty plea.
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March 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Representatives of President Trump’s family have held talks to take a financial stake in the U.S. arm of crypto exchange Binance, according to people familiar with the matter www.wsj.com/finance/curr... by @ceostroff.bsky.social et al
Interesting chart on the @wsj.com home page right now www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
March 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Interesting chart on the @wsj.com home page right now www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
Congrats @mcgint.bsky.social and team! talkingbiznews.com/media-news/w...
WSJ is a finalist for Goldsmith Prize in investigative reporting - Talking Biz News
The Wall Street Journal is a finalist for the 2025 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting for its coverage of how insurance companies have made billions off of Medicare. The Journal’s investigati...
talkingbiznews.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Congrats @mcgint.bsky.social and team! talkingbiznews.com/media-news/w...
Reupping this new WSJ data journo job for the crew headed to #NICAR25. If you're interested or want to learn more, feel free to hit me up. I'll be there all week!
Want to work with the most amazing data team in journalism? We're hiring (again)! wsj.jobs/new-york-ny/...
Dow Jones breaks stories, influences ideas, advances business intelligence and cultural interest, exposes the events that turn markets, the breakthroughs that transform art and drives invention.
wsj.jobs
March 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Reupping this new WSJ data journo job for the crew headed to #NICAR25. If you're interested or want to learn more, feel free to hit me up. I'll be there all week!
Want to work with the most amazing data team in journalism? We're hiring (again)! wsj.jobs/new-york-ny/...
Dow Jones breaks stories, influences ideas, advances business intelligence and cultural interest, exposes the events that turn markets, the breakthroughs that transform art and drives invention.
wsj.jobs
February 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Want to work with the most amazing data team in journalism? We're hiring (again)! wsj.jobs/new-york-ny/...
Can't wait to be having this debate with the autonomous killer robot stedda ChatGPT!
February 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Can't wait to be having this debate with the autonomous killer robot stedda ChatGPT!
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Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
December 18, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
It's Russia's largest campaign of internal repression since Stalin.
While in prison, Evan Gershkovich never stopped reporting. One discovery? A secretive unit called DKRO turned dating apps into honeypot operations, targeting Americans with security clearances.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
While in prison, Evan Gershkovich never stopped reporting. One discovery? A secretive unit called DKRO turned dating apps into honeypot operations, targeting Americans with security clearances.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Tracking Putin’s Most Feared Secret Agency—From Inside a Russian Prison and Beyond
The spy unit that arrested a Wall Street Journal reporter is leading the biggest campaign of internal repression since the Stalin era.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2024 at 2:12 PM
It's Russia's largest campaign of internal repression since Stalin.
While in prison, Evan Gershkovich never stopped reporting. One discovery? A secretive unit called DKRO turned dating apps into honeypot operations, targeting Americans with security clearances.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
While in prison, Evan Gershkovich never stopped reporting. One discovery? A secretive unit called DKRO turned dating apps into honeypot operations, targeting Americans with security clearances.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
The WSJ is looking for a statistically minded journalist who can spot clever natural experiments and explain what really makes the world tick. $145K-165K in NYC. Apply by Dec 20. It comes with some pretty sweet perks (like @ceostroff.bsky.social's candy jar) wsj.jobs/new-york-ny/...
Senior Data Journalist in NEW YORK, New York, United States
wsj.jobs
December 10, 2024 at 4:45 PM
The WSJ is looking for a statistically minded journalist who can spot clever natural experiments and explain what really makes the world tick. $145K-165K in NYC. Apply by Dec 20. It comes with some pretty sweet perks (like @ceostroff.bsky.social's candy jar) wsj.jobs/new-york-ny/...
There's Linear A, Rongorongo, the Voynich Manuscript, and my 10-year-old's friends www.wsj.com/style/brain-...
‘Brain Rot’ Is Why Your Kids All Sound Like That
For Gen Z and Gen Alpha, consuming low-value social media content isn’t a chronic condition—it’s a way of forming a shared language
www.wsj.com
December 7, 2024 at 5:04 PM
There's Linear A, Rongorongo, the Voynich Manuscript, and my 10-year-old's friends www.wsj.com/style/brain-...
I'm not ashamed to admit it, @anthropic.com: I really, really miss Golden Gate Claude news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4045...
Golden Gate Claude | Hacker News
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December 7, 2024 at 4:41 PM
I'm not ashamed to admit it, @anthropic.com: I really, really miss Golden Gate Claude news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4045...
"The early Wednesday morning vote was 190 to 0. To cast their vote, lawmakers scaled fences and encountered armed guards as they entered the country’s National Assembly building in downtown Seoul." www.wsj.com/world/asia/s...
South Korea Votes to End Martial Law, Hours After President Declared Move
Yoon Suk Yeol, the country’s leader, had said the nation was being held hostage by opposition parties he accused of antistate activities.
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December 3, 2024 at 5:35 PM
"The early Wednesday morning vote was 190 to 0. To cast their vote, lawmakers scaled fences and encountered armed guards as they entered the country’s National Assembly building in downtown Seoul." www.wsj.com/world/asia/s...
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: Private insurers collected billions for veterans' healthcare, while the VA delivered it, by @mcgint.bsky.social and crew. www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Insurers Collected Billions From Medicare for Veterans Who Cost Them Almost Nothing
Taxpayers paid for their care at the VA—and for Medicare Advantage coverage that many didn’t use. ‘I don’t think I’ve used my Medicare in years,’ said one Air Force veteran.
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December 3, 2024 at 2:34 AM
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: Private insurers collected billions for veterans' healthcare, while the VA delivered it, by @mcgint.bsky.social and crew. www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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I've read ~350 books since I started keeping track in 2020. I tagged every one in my own weird tagging style. I'm starting my yearly project of visualizing my reading life (though I'm not sure why I do it).
Here's a rough cut, which pulls together books with similar tags, authors, and publishers.
Here's a rough cut, which pulls together books with similar tags, authors, and publishers.
November 27, 2024 at 11:59 PM
I've read ~350 books since I started keeping track in 2020. I tagged every one in my own weird tagging style. I'm starting my yearly project of visualizing my reading life (though I'm not sure why I do it).
Here's a rough cut, which pulls together books with similar tags, authors, and publishers.
Here's a rough cut, which pulls together books with similar tags, authors, and publishers.
i love these posts i get to waste hours installing apps to be more productive www.reddit.com/r/macapps/co...
Reddit - Dive into anything
r/MacApps is a one stop shop for all things related to MacOS apps - featuring app showcases, news, updates, sales, discounts and even freebies.
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November 24, 2024 at 3:33 PM
i love these posts i get to waste hours installing apps to be more productive www.reddit.com/r/macapps/co...
i made an album about the ai apocalypse using ai and i can’t stop listening to it m.soundcloud.com/the-last-bro...
The Last Broadcast
Play The Last Broadcast on SoundCloud and discover followers on SoundCloud | Stream tracks, albums, playlists on desktop and mobile.
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November 24, 2024 at 2:44 AM
i made an album about the ai apocalypse using ai and i can’t stop listening to it m.soundcloud.com/the-last-bro...
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As Trump efficiency czar, Elon Musk has gone from targeting federal agencies for bloat to going after federal employees by name on X — sparking pushback
Musk Unleashes Online Army on Federal Workers. ‘A Tough Way to Find Out She’s Losing Her Job.’
As Trump efficiency czar, the billionaire is targeting employees by name on X—sparking pushback.
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November 22, 2024 at 5:58 PM
As Trump efficiency czar, Elon Musk has gone from targeting federal agencies for bloat to going after federal employees by name on X — sparking pushback
Claude ftw on this loving message my 10-year-old sent me yesterday
November 22, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Claude ftw on this loving message my 10-year-old sent me yesterday
Sometimes, silence speaks volumes.
November 21, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Sometimes, silence speaks volumes.
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The MAGA surrogate and powerful adviser to the president-elect is joining venture-capital firm 1789 to invest in companies espousing conservative values, bringing new attention to a financial movement that hasn’t taken off
My latest w/Peter Rudegeair and Alex Leary
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
My latest w/Peter Rudegeair and Alex Leary
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
Donald Trump Jr. Goes All-In on the Anti-Woke Economy
The MAGA surrogate and powerful adviser to the president-elect is joining venture-capital firm 1789 to invest in companies espousing conservative values, bringing new attention to a financial movement...
www.wsj.com
November 19, 2024 at 2:47 PM
The MAGA surrogate and powerful adviser to the president-elect is joining venture-capital firm 1789 to invest in companies espousing conservative values, bringing new attention to a financial movement that hasn’t taken off
My latest w/Peter Rudegeair and Alex Leary
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
My latest w/Peter Rudegeair and Alex Leary
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
This Particle News app is doing … a lot.
I think I kinda like it? 😱
I think I kinda like it? 😱
November 16, 2024 at 8:03 PM
This Particle News app is doing … a lot.
I think I kinda like it? 😱
I think I kinda like it? 😱