Mat Honan ✅
@mathonan.com
Editor in chief of MIT Technology Review. Formerly SF Bureau Chief at Buzzfeed News. Formerly Wired. Formerly @mat on twitter. Discos in Frisco
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TR's #EmTech 2025 conference getting underway at the @medialab.bsky.social, with @mathonan.com taking the stage.
November 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
TR's #EmTech 2025 conference getting underway at the @medialab.bsky.social, with @mathonan.com taking the stage.
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
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top tier french
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
cbsn.ws
October 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
top tier french
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Please listen to @mathonan.com be smart and charming
Sometimes we nail the headline. slate.com/podcasts/wha...
The Discourse | Atlas? Shrug.
What is an A.I. browser supposed to be good for?
slate.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Please listen to @mathonan.com be smart and charming
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Today @technologyreview.com has a new series filled with doom and (perhaps surprisingly) fun about *~conspiracies~* and how we survive this wild moment. Read about AGI, weather control, Mandela effects, whale necropsies & some fascinating conspiracy history: www.technologyreview.com/supertopic/t...
The New Conspiracy Age
Everything is a conspiracy theory now. An MIT Technology Review series The New Conspiracy Age Conspiracists are all over the White House, turning fringe ideas into dangerous policy. America’s institut...
www.technologyreview.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Today @technologyreview.com has a new series filled with doom and (perhaps surprisingly) fun about *~conspiracies~* and how we survive this wild moment. Read about AGI, weather control, Mandela effects, whale necropsies & some fascinating conspiracy history: www.technologyreview.com/supertopic/t...
Tucked into this incredible story from @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social arguing that AGI is, effectively, a conspiracy theory is a fantastic short history on the idea of AGI itself
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
How AGI became the most consequential conspiracy theory of our time
The idea that machines will be as smart as—or smarter than—humans has hijacked an entire industry. But look closely and you’ll see it’s a myth reminiscent of more explicitly outlandish and fantastical...
www.technologyreview.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Tucked into this incredible story from @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social arguing that AGI is, effectively, a conspiracy theory is a fantastic short history on the idea of AGI itself
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
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in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa
October 11, 2025 at 4:58 AM
in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa
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Business Insider wrote up a story on how some of their past investigative work led to a new California law. The story is strangely unbylined.
The reason perhaps? The publication recently laid off the reporter behind that investigation, Matt Drange.
www.businessinsider.com/california-e...
The reason perhaps? The publication recently laid off the reporter behind that investigation, Matt Drange.
www.businessinsider.com/california-e...
California enacts law to prevent sexual abuse in K-12 schools following Business Insider investigation
The new legislation comes after a 2023 Business Insider investigation into sexual misconduct at a California high school.
www.businessinsider.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Business Insider wrote up a story on how some of their past investigative work led to a new California law. The story is strangely unbylined.
The reason perhaps? The publication recently laid off the reporter behind that investigation, Matt Drange.
www.businessinsider.com/california-e...
The reason perhaps? The publication recently laid off the reporter behind that investigation, Matt Drange.
www.businessinsider.com/california-e...
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Folks in or around the Boston area, I'm pleased to be speaking at Lesley University Thursday October 23 as part of their Thought Leadership series! Talking comics & thinking as I do! Open to the public - registration link coming soon!
lesley.edu/about-lesley...
lesley.edu/about-lesley...
The Thought Leadership Series | Lesley University
At Lesley University
lesley.edu
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Folks in or around the Boston area, I'm pleased to be speaking at Lesley University Thursday October 23 as part of their Thought Leadership series! Talking comics & thinking as I do! Open to the public - registration link coming soon!
lesley.edu/about-lesley...
lesley.edu/about-lesley...
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I spent a good amount of time in section 8 housing when I was a kid. These rules would have resulted in me being a homeless child.
The rules from the Department of Housing and Urban Development would allow major changes to public housing and Section 8 vouchers:
- full-time work requirements
- 2-year time limits
- stripping aid from whole families if one member is in the country illegally
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
- full-time work requirements
- 2-year time limits
- stripping aid from whole families if one member is in the country illegally
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Millions Could Lose Housing Aid Under Trump Plan
Drafts of unpublished rules obtained by ProPublica detail plans that would open the door to full-time work requirements, two-year limits on living in federally supported housing and stripping aid from...
www.propublica.org
September 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I spent a good amount of time in section 8 housing when I was a kid. These rules would have resulted in me being a homeless child.
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Ismail Ibrahim worked as a fact checker for an unnamed magazine (it was the New Yorker). “Friendly members of the editorial staff informed me that some of my older colleagues were calling me a terrorist sympathizer.” [bidoun.org]
House Arab
I was working at the magazine as a fact-checker and my parents no longer considered me a failure, not because they read or admired it, but because when they said its name to friends and relatives it sparkled on their tongues.
bidoun.org
September 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Ismail Ibrahim worked as a fact checker for an unnamed magazine (it was the New Yorker). “Friendly members of the editorial staff informed me that some of my older colleagues were calling me a terrorist sympathizer.” [bidoun.org]
The new version of iOS makes me feel ancient and bad at computer
September 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The new version of iOS makes me feel ancient and bad at computer
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Pitches for @technologyreview.com's Crime issue are due Friday!
New call for feature pitches for @technologyreview.com! This time, the theme is Crime. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... Pitches due Friday Sept 26.
#writingopportunity | Rachel Courtland
#WritingOpportunity: MIT Technology Review is seeking pitches for an upcoming print issue. The theme is Crime.
We're looking for pitches for longer pieces: narrative features, compelling investigatio...
www.linkedin.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Pitches for @technologyreview.com's Crime issue are due Friday!
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I’m launching Sources, a new publication about the tech industry’s inside conversation, and Access, a tech interview podcast with my friend @hamburger.bsky.social.
The first issue of Sources drops tomorrow, featuring an interview with Mark Zuckerberg, which airs in full on Access this Thursday.
The first issue of Sources drops tomorrow, featuring an interview with Mark Zuckerberg, which airs in full on Access this Thursday.
September 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I’m launching Sources, a new publication about the tech industry’s inside conversation, and Access, a tech interview podcast with my friend @hamburger.bsky.social.
The first issue of Sources drops tomorrow, featuring an interview with Mark Zuckerberg, which airs in full on Access this Thursday.
The first issue of Sources drops tomorrow, featuring an interview with Mark Zuckerberg, which airs in full on Access this Thursday.
1. I am so excited about @coyotemedia.org!
2. I really really miss alt weeklies! I had a story in one of the SFBG issues pictured here (the April 4 2000 issue; I wrote the April Fool’s story!)
3 yes: “ I don’t want Burning Man art littering Golden Gate Park. We can do better”
2. I really really miss alt weeklies! I had a story in one of the SFBG issues pictured here (the April 4 2000 issue; I wrote the April Fool’s story!)
3 yes: “ I don’t want Burning Man art littering Golden Gate Park. We can do better”
What We Talk About When We Talk About Alt-Weeklies
Alternative newsweeklies launched careers, called out corruption, and made journalism fun. Can we bring that energy back?
www.coyotemedia.org
September 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
1. I am so excited about @coyotemedia.org!
2. I really really miss alt weeklies! I had a story in one of the SFBG issues pictured here (the April 4 2000 issue; I wrote the April Fool’s story!)
3 yes: “ I don’t want Burning Man art littering Golden Gate Park. We can do better”
2. I really really miss alt weeklies! I had a story in one of the SFBG issues pictured here (the April 4 2000 issue; I wrote the April Fool’s story!)
3 yes: “ I don’t want Burning Man art littering Golden Gate Park. We can do better”
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❤️🔥 HOT OFF THE PRESSES! 🔥❤️
COYOTE Media Collective is live!! We’re so incredibly proud of this smart, fierce, unapologetic Bay Area media project. Dive in, see what we’ve been building, read our stories, and join the pack! coyotemedia.org
COYOTE Media Collective is live!! We’re so incredibly proud of this smart, fierce, unapologetic Bay Area media project. Dive in, see what we’ve been building, read our stories, and join the pack! coyotemedia.org
September 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
❤️🔥 HOT OFF THE PRESSES! 🔥❤️
COYOTE Media Collective is live!! We’re so incredibly proud of this smart, fierce, unapologetic Bay Area media project. Dive in, see what we’ve been building, read our stories, and join the pack! coyotemedia.org
COYOTE Media Collective is live!! We’re so incredibly proud of this smart, fierce, unapologetic Bay Area media project. Dive in, see what we’ve been building, read our stories, and join the pack! coyotemedia.org
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Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work
the entire media ecosystem is just not built or ready for events like this and far right billionaires like larry ellison buying news orgs will only make this worse
September 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work
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Breaking news consumer's handbook
September 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Breaking news consumer's handbook
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The guns are the problem. Whether it’s high school students or Charlie Kirk or anyone else getting shot, this country has to crack down on guns and pass actual gun control laws to protect everyone’s safety.
BREAKING: At least 2 students shot at Evergreen High School, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says
At least 2 students shot at Evergreen High School, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says
At least two students were shot Wednesday at Evergreen High School, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said. This is a developing story that will be updated.
coloradosun.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The guns are the problem. Whether it’s high school students or Charlie Kirk or anyone else getting shot, this country has to crack down on guns and pass actual gun control laws to protect everyone’s safety.