Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Ryan Mac 🙃

@rmac.bsky.social

140K followers 1.4K following 2.9K posts

NYT tech reporter Co-author of Character Limit Signal: rmac.18 [email protected] [email protected] https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737290/character-limit-by-kate-conger-and-ryan-mac/ https://linktr.ee/ryan_mac_

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · Nov 7

Hello to the new followers and folks here. I'm a tech reporter for the NYT. It's going to be an interesting time to report on tech, and more specifically Elon Musk as he extends his power into the White House.

If you work or have worked for him and want to reach me, hit me up on Signal at rmac.18.

38 90 710

Reposted by Ryan Mac 🙃

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 8h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

310 3.7K 11K

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 12h

we were on adam's pod a year ago and gave him a book! nice to see him feature it there.

1 2

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 12h

yea lol i was his reporting partner on that

1 2

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 15h

lol

1 1 2

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 15h

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...

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

6 69 230

Reposted by Ryan Mac 🙃

kate conger @kateconger.com · 2d

Elon Musk once said he would pursue former Twitter execs to the ends of the earth. Instead, he just settled their $128 million lawsuit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

9 210 840

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 1d

thank u Kitty

Reposted by Ryan Mac 🙃

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

55 660 1.3K

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 1d

I told them I would pay!!!!!!!

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 1d

Hell yea hope he enjoyed

1 2

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 1d

thanks TJ!

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 1d

If you've been waiting to read Character Limit because there's been a lot going on (or you just had better shit to do), our book is available today only in the UK on Kindle for £0.99.

www.amazon.co.uk/Character-Li...

2 4 28

Reposted by Ryan Mac 🙃

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

1.7K 21K 56K

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 2d

let’s do the fucking news

4 6 90