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Jon Keegan
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Tech reporter / Data journalist ➡️ @sherwood.news
I report on AI and Big Tech.
⏪️ The Markup, Tow Center, WSJ.
Aspiring 46er. ⛰️
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Grok has been climbing Apple and Google’s app store rankings amid calls to remove it for sexualized images. By @rani.bsky.social

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chart: grok has been climbing the app store
January 9, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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Mark Zuckerberg Jan 7, 2021:

“The shocking events of the last 24 hours clearly demonstrate that President Donald Trump intends to use his remaining time in office to undermine the peaceful and lawful transition of power to his elected successor, Joe Biden. “
4:091 Q ... Mark Zuckerberg • Jan 7, 2021 • 0 The shocking events of the last 24 hours clearly demonstrate that President Donald Trump intends to use his remaining time in office to undermine the peaceful and lawful transition of power to his elected successor, Joe Biden. His decision to use his platform to condone rather than condemn the actions of his supporters at the Capitol building has rightly disturbed people in the US and around the world. We removed these statements yesterday because we judged that their effect -- and likely their intent -- would be to provoke further violence. Following the certification of the election results by Congress, the priority for the whole country must now be to ensure that the remaining 13 days and the days after inauguration pass peacefully and in accordance with established democratic norms. Over the last several years, we have allowed President Trump to use our platform consistent with our own rules, at times removing content or labeling his posts when they violate our policies. We did this because we believe that the public has a right to the broadest possible access to political speech, even controversial speech. But the current context is now fundamentally Mark Zuckerberg laughing with Donald trump
January 6, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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These performative perp walks only build up the subject as some sort of powerful super-villain mastermind. Drop him off on the street in a Crown Vic flanked by two frumpy FBI agents in windbreakers. Mark Ruffalo’s character from “Task.”
screenshot of Maduro being escorted by several armed soldiers / agents in tactical gear
January 5, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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Every bit of this project was an absolute delight. From researching the patent drawings, reaching out to Takara Tomy to try and find Wantanabe-san, and collaborating with photographer Jim Golden on the deconstructed Armatron shoot...I loved it all. ter.li/JKeegan (gift link)
patent drawing for the armatron
December 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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🧙🏻 Behold! Another “Lord of the Rings”-inspired company is revealed. Venture capitalist Peter Thiel’s affection for Tolkien-inspired names is legendary. Play our quiz to see if you can spot the fakes. sherwood.news/tech/behold-...
quiz showing some real and some fake companies inspired by Tolkien
December 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Phew. @rani.bsky.social and I had quite a busy year covering tech for @sherwood.news! We took a look back at this crazy year through some of our favorite data visualizations we and the rest of the team published. sherwood.news/markets/look...
a map of google's undersea fiber optic cables a chart showing the skyrocketing valuations of AI startups A chart showing the ranges of predictions for when AGI will be achieved by a bunch of tech dudes a chart showing big tech's massive capex spending, which came close to $100 billion last quarter
December 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Every year I look forward to this @visuals.axios.com chart. So good. www.axios.com/2025/12/29/g...
google trends for 2025 news topics chart
December 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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A majority of Americans DO trust major news outlets (though it is in decline). A majority of Republicans don’t. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Pew research charts about trust in news
December 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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On the left, NYT today on Trump’s gold in the Oval Office. And mine from July (sherwood.news/power/the-ov...).

Their 3D model is great though: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
screenshot from NYT Screenshot from Sherwood news
December 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Absolutely love these great illustrations by @joshadams.bsky.social for our Hyperion story.
December 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Some detail from these. Grim archive.
Image quilt of Epstein document dump 12/19/25. Shows cover sheets that say CSAM NOT SCANNED Image quilt of Epstein document dump 12/19/25 Image quilt of Epstein document dump 12/19/25 Image quilt of Epstein document dump 12/19/25
December 20, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Here are image quilts of all of the PDFs from today's DOJ Epstein document dump. Four volumes, 8,408 pages of photos, receipts, and documents. 10,000 foot view of some dark, disturbing content.
Image quilt of volume 1 of Epstein document dump 12/19/25 Image quilt of volume 2 of Epstein document deump 12/19/25 Image quilt of volume 3 of Epstein document dump 12/19/25 Image quilt of volume 4 of Epstein document dump 12/19/25
December 20, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Here's a quilt of Volume 4 of the Epstein document dump. Gives you a 10,000 foot view of the redactions. that's 2,704 docs.
an image quilt of epstein documents
December 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Lol....the front page of the United States Department of Justice website right now. www.justice.gov
doj.gov screenshot
December 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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I wrote about an earlier attempt at fusion, LLNL’s Mirror Fusion Test Facility. This incredibly sci-fi looking machine used 400-ton magnet mirrors. It cost a billion dollars over 10 years, and was shut down the day it was dedicated, and never turned on. www.beautifulpublicdata.com/the-mirror-f...
A photo of the MFTF-B under construction in 1978. Source: LLNL Photos of the 400-ton "yin-yang" magnet mirrors used in the MFTF-B. Source: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Photo 1, Photo 2. The installation of a magnet into the MFTF-B in 1981. Source: LLNL
December 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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This is really impressive. Incredibly complicated network to map. Much respect.

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Complex network diagram of trump businesses Complex network diagram of trump businesses
December 18, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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This follows some excellent reporting on the project by Stephanie Riegel at The Advocate, and @roshanabraham.bsky.social at @wired.com, among others.

Also props to @joshadams.bsky.social for his fantastic illustrations for this piece. 7/7
Illustration of three animals looking at farmland and a for sale sign. Farms have been closing down over the years, leaving the fields sitting empty. Along comes a very big company looking to buy a huge swath of land. “We’d like to bring AI to your town!” said the company men, but they wouldn’t say what their company’s name was. Illustration of an animal mayor speaking to an audience. “The mayor soon announced a deal. In exchange for tax breaks, the big company would bring thousands of jobs and billions of dollars. Everyone was excited.” Suddenly that empty farm became very, very busy with workers and bulldozers transforming the land.
December 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Just another win for Big Tiny Car
I have just approved TINY CARS to be built in America. Manufacturers have long wanted to do this, just like they are so successfully built in other countries. They can be propelled by gasoline, electric, or hybrid. These cars of the very near future are inexpensive, safe, fuel efficient and, quite simply, AMAZING!! START BUILDING THEM NOW! Thank you to the DOJ and the Departments of Transportation and Environment. ENJOY!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP
December 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Nvidia Q3 earnings and sales beat estimates; Q4 sales outlook well ahead of expectations.

I love how @ljkawa.bsky.social presents Nvidia’s earnings here. Measure the “Surprise”.

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nvidias q3 earnings results
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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The valuations of AI startups are growing so huge, so fast.
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High velocity valuations. valuations of top AI startups reported at fundraising rounds
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Very nice network diagram in here mapping the many connections between Silicon Valley VC firms, Trump administration, and top defense contractors.
network diagram showing the connections between Peter Thiel and companies, investors
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Two interesting tech PR cleanups over the past 24 hours:

Jensen Huang’s “China is going to win the AI race”: sherwood.news/markets/nvid...

OpenAI’s CFO Sarah Friar - I didn’t really mean OpenAI wanted a government backstop on infrastructure investments: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Screenshot: Statement from NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang As I have long said, China is nanoseconds behind America in Al. It's vital that America wins by racing ahead and winning developers worldwide. November 5, 2025 Sarah Friar Linked In post: “I want to clarify my comments earlier today. OpenAl is not seeking a government backstop for our infrastructure commitments. I used the word "backstop" and it muddied the point. As the full clip of my answer shows, I was making the point that American strength in technology will come from building real industrial capacity which requires the private sector and government playing their part. As I said, the US government has been incredibly forward-leaning and has really understood that Al is a national strategic asset.”
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Wow this is incredibly powerful (and enraging). The kicker at the end is amazing.

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message at the end of the story telling you how long it took you to read, compared to an average social security call
October 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Covering Amazon, Microsoft, and Google’s earnings this quarter, I was struck by not just the size of the capex they have spent this year, but the massive backlogs in their cloud businesses.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Apple reports Q4 earnings and revenue slightly above Wall Street estimates.

It’s all about the services...great chart by @rani.bsky.social sherwood.news/tech/apple-2...
chart showing apple services revenue growing steadily
October 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM