Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 08/03/2026www.wsj.com/us-news/immi...wsj.comAmericans Are Now a Target in Trump’s Immigration CrackdownA WSJ investigation tracked the U.S. citizens caught in the crosshairs of an aggressive federal campaign to detain and demonize dissenters. 000
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Imagine 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? 310
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Read 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-...niemanlab.orgHow this year’s Pulitzer awardees used AI in their reportingFor a second year, the Pulitzer Prizes required applicants to divulge AI usage — one winner and three finalists disclosed. 072
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 17/05/2025WSJ 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...wsj.comSilicon Valley’s New Hold on WashingtonSee how allies of four tech titans are staffing the agencies meant to regulate them, raising ethics flags and securing billions. 041
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 05/05/2025The Money and Drugs That Tie Elon Musk to Some Tesla Directors - wsj.com/tech/elon-mu... Elon Musk’s Hard Turn to Politics, in 300,000 of His Own Words - www.wsj.com/tech/elon-mu...wsj.comElon Musk’s Hard Turn to Politics, in 300,000 of His Own WordsThe billionaire’s social-media feed shows his metamorphosis from a businessman who largely avoided politics to a vocal Trump supporter. 010
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 05/05/2025So 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 141
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Representatives 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 alwsj.comExclusive | Trump Family Has Held Deal Talks With Binance Following Crypto Exchange’s Guilty PleaThe 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. 21711
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Interesting chart on the @wsj.com home page right now www.wsj.com/economy/trum... 000
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 07/03/2025If people realized how massively complex the data work was for this project, I think they’d question @mcgint.bsky.social’s sanity. Learn more Fri @ 2:15p #nicar25 130
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Congrats @mcgint.bsky.social and team! talkingbiznews.com/media-news/w...talkingbiznews.comWSJ is a finalist for Goldsmith Prize in investigative reporting - Talking Biz NewsThe 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... 160
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Reupping 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! 042
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Want to work with the most amazing data team in journalism? We're hiring (again)! wsj.jobs/new-york-ny/...wsj.jobsDow 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. 010
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Can't wait to be having this debate with the autonomous killer robot stedda ChatGPT! 010
Reposted by Rob BarryCommon Sense @cmmnsensedspnsr.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming. 1109344139771
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 13/12/2024It'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...wsj.comTracking Putin’s Most Feared Secret Agency—From Inside a Russian Prison and BeyondThe spy unit that arrested a Wall Street Journal reporter is leading the biggest campaign of internal repression since the Stalin era. 031
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 10/12/2024The 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/...wsj.jobsSenior Data Journalist in NEW YORK, New York, United States 021
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 07/12/2024There's Linear A, Rongorongo, the Voynich Manuscript, and my 10-year-old's friends www.wsj.com/style/brain-...wsj.com‘Brain Rot’ Is Why Your Kids All Sound Like ThatFor 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 000
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 07/12/2024I'm not ashamed to admit it, @anthropic.com: I really, really miss Golden Gate Claude news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4045...news.ycombinator.comGolden Gate Claude | Hacker News 000
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 03/12/2024"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...wsj.comSouth Korea Votes to End Martial Law, Hours After President Declared MoveYoon Suk Yeol, the country’s leader, had said the nation was being held hostage by opposition parties he accused of antistate activities. 001
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 03/12/2024MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: Private insurers collected billions for veterans' healthcare, while the VA delivered it, by @mcgint.bsky.social and crew. www.wsj.com/health/healt...wsj.comInsurers Collected Billions From Medicare for Veterans Who Cost Them Almost NothingTaxpayers 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. 0116
Reposted by Rob BarryJohn West @johnwest.bsky.social · 27/11/2024I'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. 1375
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 24/11/2024and the reviews are in! 'The Last Broadcast's "Disconnect to Reconnect" fumbles through cyber-dystopian anxieties with the grace of your parents discovering TikTok. Despite moments of genuine intimacy, most of these digital dirges feel like a ChatGPT fever dream about the robot apocalypse. (6.8)' 020
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 24/11/2024i love these posts i get to waste hours installing apps to be more productive www.reddit.com/r/macapps/co...reddit.comReddit - Dive into anythingr/MacApps is a one stop shop for all things related to MacOS apps - featuring app showcases, news, updates, sales, discounts and even freebies. 000
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 24/11/2024i made an album about the ai apocalypse using ai and i can’t stop listening to it m.soundcloud.com/the-last-bro...m.soundcloud.comThe Last BroadcastPlay The Last Broadcast on SoundCloud and discover followers on SoundCloud | Stream tracks, albums, playlists on desktop and mobile. 231
Reposted by Rob BarryThe Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 22/11/2024As Trump efficiency czar, Elon Musk has gone from targeting federal agencies for bloat to going after federal employees by name on X — sparking pushbackwsj.comMusk 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. 115629
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Claude ftw on this loving message my 10-year-old sent me yesterday 020
Reposted by Rob BarryCaitlin Ostroff @ceostroff.bsky.social · 19/11/2024The 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...wsj.comDonald Trump Jr. Goes All-In on the Anti-Woke EconomyThe 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... 032
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Good question. First impression is they’re similar. Ground.News is focused on transparency and media bias, while Particle feels more holistic. And a slicker user experience. 010
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 16/11/2024This Particle News app is doing … a lot. I think I kinda like it? 😱 011
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Golden Gate Claude coulda been Claude the Paranoid Android. What a missed opportunity 010
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Oh no now Tom has an invalid handle @ceostroff.bsky.social 100
Reposted by Rob BarryDustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · 14/11/2024I made a starter pack of WSJ journalists on Bluesky. Check back as I expect this to grow in the coming weeks: go.bsky.app/M9EyQEC 63916
Reposted by Rob BarryCaitlin Ostroff @ceostroff.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Bonus points if you can come up with a statistical analysis involving said stress-chocolate jar 001
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Do you know the difference between instrumental variables and regression discontinuity designs? Check out the WSJ data team's new job post. Plus, @ceostroff.bsky.social has candy! wsj.jobs/new-york-ny/...wsj.jobsSenior Data Journalist in NEW YORK, New York, United States 131
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 08/11/2024Want to uncover hidden patterns in complex data? We're seeking a Senior Data Journalist to join our award-winning WSJ data team! If you love developing creative natural experiments and using causal inference to explain real-world phenomena, check it out. wsj.jobs/new-york-ny/...wsj.jobsSenior Data Journalist in NEW YORK, New York, United States 000
Rob Barry @robbarry.bsky.social · 23/10/2024Hey, look at you on here. Is this what we’re doing now? 110