Reposted by MORGAN MEAKERJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind 992135755
MORGAN MEAKER @morganmeaker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Border walls offer the promise of control in an uncertain world. Olga Cielemecka, a researcher at UEF, calls their proliferation “a new era of enclosures.” Walls, she argues, provide a tangible, quick-fix answer to problems that are often complex and amorphous. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comEurope Keeps Building Border Walls for Problems Its Leaders Can’t SolveThe bloc’s border defenses are caught in an arms race with the threats they’re meant to stop, each workaround prompting another layer of fortification. 100
Reposted by MORGAN MEAKERBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 13/09/2026Drones are getting harder to detect and easier to deploy. Cities are testing everything from nets to multimillion-dollar missiles as they race to protect civilians. Read more: bloom.bg/4r6dQSt 📷: Pierre Crom/Getty Images Europe 42911
MORGAN MEAKER @morganmeaker.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We are still trying to determine the safest, most efficient and least expensive way to protect urban areas from drones, says Gregory Falco , head of the Aerospace Adversary Lab at Cornell University. “There’s no consensus on this yet.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comDrones Are Redefining How Cities Protect ThemselvesFrom anti-drone nets to signal jammers, governments are testing increasingly elaborate ways to protect cities from fast-evolving weapons. 060
Reposted by MORGAN MEAKERBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 04/09/2026What if AI lets us talk to animals? Scientists are getting closer, raising uncomfortable questions about privacy, manipulation and whether humans should answer back.bloom.bgTalking to Animals Is AI’s Next Ethical MinefieldAI could transform our understanding of other species. It also risks giving humans powerful new ways to manipulate, exploit and harm them. 384
Reposted by MORGAN MEAKERJenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 01/09/2026META's settlement shifts the social media debate from quality of content to quantity of consumption “When everything is designed to keep us connected for as long as possible, the absence of limits becomes a new form of constraint” ✏️ @morganmeaker.bsky.social 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... 042
MORGAN MEAKER @morganmeaker.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Last week's Meta settlement introduced the idea that we can help our feeling of online overwhelm by introducing limits. In our weekend newsletter I tried to articulate how to think about the beginning of the end of the infinite scroll era. Gift link here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...bloomberg.comThe End of the Unlimited InternetPlus, mail ballots, an election in Germany, and doubles tennis. 051
MORGAN MEAKER @morganmeaker.bsky.social · 31/07/2026We spoke to civilians from Gaza, Lebanon, Sudan and Ukraine about living beneath drones. Each of them talk about a different sound: the air raid sirens, the buzzing, the explosions and also what it feels like to pine for silence amidst constant noise. Gift link 👇 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...bloomberg.comDrones Are Reshaping the Soundscape of WarFrom Gaza to Kyiv, civilians describe how drones are transforming not just the battlefield but the sounds and psychology of modern conflict. 053
MORGAN MEAKER @morganmeaker.bsky.social · 03/07/2026The Swiss may be banned from smoking at outdoor bus stops in Geneva, but at Zurich Airport, the country’s largest, they can choose from 16 smoking areas — all of them indoors. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...bloomberg.comWhy Airports Can’t Quit Smoking LoungesThese stale-smelling rooms remain strange holdouts in a world growing more hostile to cigarettes. 120
Reposted by MORGAN MEAKERBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 20/06/2026Nuuk’s new airport has brought tourists, investors, diplomats, Trump supporters and global attention to Greenland. The Arctic island is still figuring out what to do with all of them. Read more: bloom.bg/4vo1AOM 📷️: Joe Raedle/Getty Images 15215
MORGAN MEAKER @morganmeaker.bsky.social · 18/06/2026“There’s a strange dynamic which has certainly surprised Greenlanders," says Carina Ren, head of the Arctic research center at Denmark’s Aalborg University, "that you also may be more vulnerable when you are more accessible." My latest, from Nuuk: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comThe Airport That Changed GreenlandNuuk’s new runway is bringing in tourists and opening Greenland up to the world. That comes with its own set of problems. 010
MORGAN MEAKER @morganmeaker.bsky.social · 01/05/2026When Daleep Singh—now considered to be among the chief architects of western sanctions against Russia—wanted to learn about the history of economic warfare, he travelled to suburban southwest London to consult a 1930s handbook. There is still no digital version. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comThis Decade’s Must-Read Is a 1939 Guide to Waging Economic WarA steady stream of policymakers is seeking out a musty tome housed deep within Britain’s National Archives. 041
MORGAN MEAKER @morganmeaker.bsky.social · 07/04/2026On the productivity promises of AI agents by @shona.bsky.social : Technology "hasn’t demonstrably freed us up for higher, nobler pursuits. We don’t create more art because life is easier. Decades after the arrival of email, we just send and receive more of it". www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comThe Era of AI FOMO Is Upon UsDid you say you haven’t spun up a team of agents to handle your life admin? 041
Reposted by MORGAN MEAKERBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 22/03/2026In the age of smartphone war footage, Iran’s internet shutdown has created something unusual: a modern conflict where civilians are largely invisible online.bloom.bgThere’s an Information Void at the Heart of the Iran WarWith Iran largely cut off from the global internet, the war is unfolding without the amateur videos that increasingly shape how the world sees conflict. 12516
Reposted by MORGAN MEAKERmahsa alimardani @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Iran is the worst-case scenario for everything we’ve warned about: AI fakes, real footage dismissed as fabricated, and a regime that engineered the doubt itself. “The regime controls who gets to document and what gets documented.” I spoke to @morganmeaker.bsky.social for Bloomberg Weekend. 155
Reposted by MORGAN MEAKERv23id @v23id.bsky.social · 20/03/2026"The images we aren’t seeing from Iran will form a gap in our collective memory. This is a war reduced to distant fires, plumes of smoke and burning infrastructure, its human stories lost to the information void" 122
Reposted by MORGAN MEAKEREliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 20/03/2026I spoke to Bloomberg for this piece (Gift Link) - There’s an Information Void at the Heart of the Iran War www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comThere’s an Information Void at the Heart of the Iran WarWith Iran largely cut off from the global internet, the war is unfolding without the amateur videos that increasingly shape how the world sees conflict. 712862
Reposted by MORGAN MEAKERRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 20/03/2026““This is a very unique moment of top-down info control, both on the side of Iran and the U.S,” says Sam Woolley, an associate professor and expert in computational propaganda at the University of Pittsburgh. “In the last decade or so, we haven’t seen an informational moment quite like this.”” 084
MORGAN MEAKER @morganmeaker.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Something is missing from the war in Iran. We’re not seeing the usual deluge of civilian videos. This is a war reduced to distant fires, plumes of smoke and burning infrastructure. Its human stories are being lost to the information void. #DigitalBlackOutIran www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comThere’s an Information Void at the Heart of the Iran WarWith Iran largely cut off from the global internet, the war is unfolding without the amateur videos that increasingly shape how the world sees conflict. 1113
MORGAN MEAKER @morganmeaker.bsky.social · 17/03/2026"The fog of AI does not need every piece of content to be fabricated. It needs the question ~Is this real?~ to become close to unanswerable." Great piece by @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comThe Fake Images of a Real Strike on a SchoolThe spread of fake photos of the Iran war is helping make the question Is this real? all but unanswerable. 081
Reposted by MORGAN MEAKERBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 25/07/2025Austrian heiress Marlene Engelhorn started giving away her inheritance in her 30s. Now she's finding that exiting the 1% is about more than just money.bloom.bgShe Gave Away Her Inheritance. Now What?Austrian heiress Marlene Engelhorn started giving away her money in her 30s, but she’s finding that exiting the 1% is about more than just wealth. 1215
Reposted by MORGAN MEAKERJavier @javierarce.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2025Humans performing NAPTCHAs (Non-Automated Private Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) on other humans. www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202… 201
Reposted by MORGAN MEAKERBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 24/05/2025Russian soprano Anna Netrebko is back at the Berlin State Opera despite accusations of associating with Vladimir Putinbloom.bgA Russian Soprano Charts a Return to the Top After Ukraine BacklashOne of opera’s biggest stars, Anna Netrebko is back at the Berlin State Opera despite accusations of associating with Vladimir Putin. 6296
MORGAN MEAKER @morganmeaker.bsky.social · 28/04/2025To survive for 100 days in the Arctic, 13 Norwegian soldiers have been drinking cooking oil, slaughtering reindeer and butting up against the human and technological limits of existing in the extreme cold. My latest with @daniellebochove.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comNorway Is on a 100-Day Mission to Test Military Limits in the ArcticAs tensions with Russia rise, 13 Norwegian soldiers have been sent to the far North to test the cold’s effects on their minds, bodies and equipment. 0101
Reposted by MORGAN MEAKERBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 05/04/2025As anti-American sentiment grows across Europe, one retailer is giving shoppers a way to avoid products made in the USbloomberg.comA Danish Supermarket Hits Back at US TariffsAs anti-American sentiment grows across Europe, one retailer is giving shoppers a way to avoid products made in the US. 1833573
MORGAN MEAKER @morganmeaker.bsky.social · 28/03/2025“It has unfortunately shifted some of the focus away from what the event truly celebrates,” said Anette Grønkjær Lings, who runs a hotel in Sisimiut. “Greenlandic culture and the incredible Greenland sled dog.” My latest for Bloomberg Weekend: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comHow Greenland’s Sled Dogs Entered a Diplomatic RowThe island’s traditional dog-sledding championship is taking on added cultural and political importance in the era of Donald Trump. 062
MORGAN MEAKER @morganmeaker.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Poland's first abortion clinic in decades is a dilemma for Donald Tusk www.bloomberg.com/news/article... with Natalia Ojewskabloomberg.comPoland’s First Abortion Clinic in Decades Is a Challenge to ParliamentAfter years of protests over the nation’s strict abortion laws, activists are opening a new front in the fight for reproductive rights. 080
MORGAN MEAKER @morganmeaker.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Some personal news! V excited to say this is my first week as a senior writer on Bloomberg's new Weekend Edition. Still covering the UK and Europe. Still based in London. Talk to me here: mmeaker1@bloomberg.net 041
MORGAN MEAKER @morganmeaker.bsky.social · 15/11/2024After 3 beautiful years, 3 awards, hundreds of stories, reporting from 11 countries, I've decided to leave WIRED. If you gave me your time or told me your story in the last 36 months, THANK YOU. I am forever grateful. And for now, i'll be hanging out here: morgan_meaker@protonmail.com 1142
Reposted by MORGAN MEAKERGreg Williams @gregwilliams718.bsky.social · 14/11/2024When an intergovernmental military alliance meets the high-risk, high-reward world of venture capital by @morganmeaker.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/natos-...wired.comNATO’s Tech Scouts Are Fortifying Europe for a World With Donald TrumpThe new NATO Innovation Fund started as a way to combat flagging US interest. Now, its staff are scouring Europe to find the companies that could give the alliance the edge in the face of war. 062
MORGAN MEAKER @morganmeaker.bsky.social · 16/11/2023I interviewed Line Coll, director of Norway’s privacy regulator, about her new strategy to take on Meta www.wired.com/story/norway...wired.comNorway’s Privacy Battle With Meta Is Just Getting StartedThe Norwegian data regulator has already fined Meta $7 million. Now it says it’s investigating the company’s new ad-free subscription services. 010
MORGAN MEAKER @morganmeaker.bsky.social · 03/11/2023“We don't see any reason why Tesla should play by different rules,” says Jesper Pettersson, spokesperson for Swedish union IF Metall. www.wired.com/story/tesla-...wired.comSwedish Ports Threaten to Block Teslas From Entering the CountryTesla is failing to play by Swedish labor rules, unions claim. Now a strike that started with mechanics is beginning to spread. 071
MORGAN MEAKER @morganmeaker.bsky.social · 02/11/2023This is a major change for Meta, a company that has long long pledged allegiance to the ad-supported internet www.wired.com/story/meta-f...wired.comFacebook Finally Puts a Price on Privacy: It’s $10 a MonthMeta is about to roll out ad-free subscriptions on Instagram and Facebook. But critics say privacy should not be turned into a luxury. 010
MORGAN MEAKER @morganmeaker.bsky.social · 31/10/2023“This is a matter of principle,” developer Travis Brown says. “I think it is important that platforms like Twitter are not allowed to shut down criticism arbitrarily.” My latest 👇 www.wired.com/story/x-twit...wired.comX Banned the Account of a Major Critic. Now He’s Taking It to CourtSoftware developer Travis Brown’s X account was banned after his research alleged far-right influencers were becoming more prominent on the platform. He’s taking X to court in a bid to reverse the... 0154