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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

(1/5) Pentagon leadership has said that by the end of this month, Palantir's Maven artificial intelligence system will become a line item with stable, long-term funding in the defense budget (a "program of record"). #News #Palantir #AI

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Georgia audited its own data center tax breaks and found that the state gave up $474 million in sales taxes in one year—and got back just $41 million from the industry. At least 38 states have deals like this. #AI #News #US

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Nearly 10M American kids live below the poverty line. There is a proven fix—the expanded Child Tax Credit, which in 2021 helped cut child poverty nearly in half. But Congress let the expansion expire, and the bill to bring it back has been stalled. #Affordability #CostOfLiving #News #Politics

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Private equity is buying America's hospitals and nursing homes. The playbook: pile on debt, sell the building, cut staff. The result, one landmark study found: patient deaths up about 11%. #news #information #privateequity

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The government has a formula that decides whether safety rules are worth passing. And that formula was rewritten to put a new price on your life: zero dollars. #PublicHealth #EPA #News #Trump #climatechange

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Tonight, June 10th, at Tribeca Festival. Join me for a sneak preview of my next two HBO investigative series: The Palladino Files and Not a Very Good Murderer, back-to-back. I’ll be there to take your questions after. Would love to see you there. A few tickets left: tribecafilm.com/films/not-a-...

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

(10/14) So what was found, and kept kept out of writing, on the question of trustworthiness that had motivated the firing? One person close to the inquiry said: "The review did not conclude that Sam was a George Washington cherry tree of integrity."

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

(9/14) Instead, findings were limited to oral briefings, which were shared with Summers and Taylor, the two new board members Altman had helped to pick. The decision to keep things out of writing was made in part on the advice of Summers’s and Taylor’s personal attorneys.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

(8/14) When OpenAI announced that Altman would be returning to the company board, it released only some 800 words acknowledging a "breakdown in trust"—and no report detailing what it had found. People involved said no report was even written.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

(6/14) "Everything pointed to the fact that they wanted to find the outcome, which is to acquit him," an OpenAI employee said. Some employees said that investigators didn't initially contact important figures at the company.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

(5/14) Summers and Taylor brought in WilmerHale, the law firm behind the Enron and WorldCom investigations. But six people close to the inquiry alleged that it seemed designed to limit transparency.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

(3/14) When Altman sought the removal of board members who had fired him over an alleged pattern of deception and manipulation, they made an independent third party investigation a condition of their exit. Altman initially resisted any inquiry, but eventually acceded to a review.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

(🧵1/14) When OpenAI board members hired the law firm WilmerHale to investigate Sam Altman's firing over two years ago, many executives at the company expected to see extensive findings. Instead, OpenAI released a brief announcement with few details.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

When a local paper closes, residents switch to national news—which is trending away from costly general reporting, while cheaper opinion-driven (and often partisan) content booms. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/journalism-m...

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

It also drives up borrowing costs. When no one is watching the public ledger, investors treat cities as higher risk and demand higher yields. Municipal borrowing costs increase by 5 to 11 basis points—roughly $650,000 in added cost per bond issue. Taxpayers absorb this.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

(5/11) Walmart, Whole Foods, and Kohls are switching to electronic shelf labels that can display dynamic prices. Kroger deployed them with Microsoft AI—a setup a 2024 Senate inquiry warned could enable “surge pricing” via facial recognition. (Kroger claims it will only lower prices.)

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

4/11) In 2025, Delta tested “Fetcherr,” reportedly an AI designed to find the highest price before a consumer abandons a purchase. Delta has called that characterisation inaccurate, but on investor calls, execs hyped the tech as a “super analyst” that would end static prices.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

For nearly a year, the administration has said that DOGE had no unauthorized access to your Social Security data. A new government filing admits that was false.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

(16/17) Reporting is why we have reforms that define our modern democracy—from the Pentagon Papers under Nixon exposing the lies of the Vietnam War, to the Snowden revelations under Obama ending bulk collection of phone records.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

(12/17) They aren't just accused of trespassing, but of "Conspiracy to Deprive Rights" (18 U.S.C. § 241)—a Reconstruction-era statute historically used to prosecute the KKK for terrorizing voters.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

(2/17) What one party does to shrink the space for newsgathering is a loaded gun the next party can use. I’ve always covered this as a bipartisan problem—here I am in 2020 reporting on a DOJ whistleblower and noting that going after reporters' sources was a wider trend:

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

On December 30, a federal judge ordered the administration to continue funding the CFPB, blocking its attempt to starve the consumer watchdog of cash. The legal fight over the agency’s future is ongoing—and could reshape consumer protections nationwide.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Seven years after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the world is being asked to forget what happens when governments decide reporters are disposable—and to turn away from what that precedent means for all of us.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Someone is buying up American starter homes and pricing you out. But it’s not who you’ve been told. #EconSky #Housing #PolSky #RonanFarrow

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

The White House just issued a sweeping federal directive transforming how dissent might be policed in the US—here’s why civil liberties groups are so alarmed.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

The Pentagon is ordering journalists to sign a gag pledge—even with respect to gathering unclassified information. Here are the facts. #Pentagon #Journalism #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment #Democracy #BreakingNews #NewsExplained

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

The far right in America today: a quick primer. #Politics #Democracy

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Social media algorithms push rage and division to keep us scrolling. Here’s how the business model works—and the law that allows it to continue. #Algorithms #SocialMedia #Radicalization #PoliticalViolence #TechPolicy #Section230

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Was the FCC’s pressure to pull Jimmy Kimmel off the air illegal? Here’s what the Constitution and Supreme Court say. #firstamendment #supremecourt #fcc #politics #news #jimmykimmel

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Who really profits from America's wars? Check out my new explainer on the defense lobby and tell me your thoughts in the comments. #News #Investigation #USA #War #Gaza

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

ICE just reactivated its contract with an Israeli firm that makes phone-hacking spyware. Here's what you should know. #ICE #NewsUS #Hacking #spyware

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Trump’s AI plan is here. What's in it, what does it leave out, and what happens to your job? #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIPolicy #Jobs #Policy #DigitalEconomy #News #Explained #TechNews #OpenAI #Politics

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

I got an encrypted email from a prosecutor who told me she was desperately trying to apprehend a serial rapist and encountering obstruction: “I believe there is a possibility that this person is being protected.” Catch up on my latest @newyorker.com investigation: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

What a recent policy reversal by Attorney General Pam Bondi on confidential sources means and why it threatens press freedom—and, in turn, democracy. Through rigorous, fair, and factual reporting, we can make the world more informed. @newyorker.com #journalism #news #US #press #pressfreedom

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

How do undocumented immigrants actually impact crime and the economy? If we want to design effective, lawful, and fair immigration policies, it helps to start with the facts. #news #politics #immigration #investigativejournalism

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Your data can be a weapon. A brief explanation, from a reporter who’s investigated privacy and surveillance issues, on @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social @jenpsaki.msnbc.com.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

What can we really learn from the growing body of reporting about Elon Musk’s erraticism? If you want more explainers, find me on TikTok @ theronanfarrow and Instagram @ ronanfarrow :

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

JD Vance holds a JD from Yale Law (and so do I). Presumably, he knows that he is disregarding the law here, and being deceptive about the protections it affords. (1/6)

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Have you checked out my latest in The New Yorker? Why were the police refusing to investigate Sean Williams? Read here: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Have you listened to #NotAVeryGoodMurderer yet? Out now on Audible: www.audible.com/pd/Not-a-Ver...

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

My new #podcast, #NotAVeryGoodMurderer, is out now on Audible: www.audible.com/navgm I set out to vet an incendiary allegation from an eccentric pageant queen with a tangled past, and stumble into a string of unsolved crimes—a jewel heist, a suspicious fire, stalking, even serial attempted murder.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Putting the finishing touches on Not a Very Good Murderer, out tomorrow 12P EST. I set out to vet a source and stumbled into a series of cold cases, in a twisty fact-checking saga. Pre-order on Amazon or pre-save in the Audible app now: audible.com/navgm

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

That’s a wrap on Sundance 2025. Here I am talking about journalism, giving a lil preview of my next podcast, Audible's #NotAVeryGoodMurderer, and being overshadowed by @juliettelewis.bsky.social's cool boots.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Your phone is a spy. "Surveilled" is coming up at 9pm on HBO. (Or Stream it on @streamonmax.bsky.social, cable cutters.)

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Turns out so many of you are worried about your data getting into nefarious hands, HBO had to schedule a whole encore airing of “Surveilled.” Catch it at 9pm tomorrow or stream it on @streamonmax.bsky.social.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Coming up—airing 9pm EST on HBO and streaming on Max.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 22/08/2023

Thanks to the Television Academy for recognizing our film “Endangered,” and our little team including directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, with an Emmy nomination. It’s streaming now. If you want to support reporters like the ones in the film, consider giving to Committee to Protect Journalists.

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