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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 18h

And link to Best True Crime here:

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 18h

Two days left to vote for Not a Very Good Murderer for favorite Host and favorite True Crime podcast at the Signal Awards! 🗳️ Please support the investigative team behind this labor of love.

Link to vote for Best Host here—let me know when you’ve put yours in:

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 10d

Not a Very Good Murderer is nominated for 2 Signal Awards! It would mean a lot if you’d vote & support this kind of investigative reporting and the hardworking team behind it.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 11d

Note: As mentioned, Groypers use their own variant of Pepe the Frog, a toad nicknamed the “Groyper.” The image shown here is the broader Pepe meme.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 11d

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

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 14d

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 · 17d

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 · 20d

Thank you for watching!

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 20d

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 · Sep 4

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 · Jul 31

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 · Jul 15

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 · Jul 12

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 · Jul 12

The Trump administration started laying off more than 1,000 State Department employees today. I wrote a book, War on Peace, that examines the consequences of cuts to State—an agency essential to US security. It speaks to the life-saving work of diplomats:
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/war-on-pea...

War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence|Paperback

A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and IndieBound bestsellerFinalist for the Colby AwardA new, revised and updated edition of a modern classic of foreign policy, a harrowing exp...

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · Jul 2

I’ll work on that!

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · Jul 2

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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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · Jun 7

I keeping thinking about this Musk profile from 2023, in which national security officials said they were scared AF at how dependent our govt is on him.

"We are living off his good graces,” said a DoD official. “That sucks.”

by @ronanfarrow.bsky.social

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

In the past twenty years, against a backdrop of crumbling infrastructure and declining trust in institutions, Musk has sought out business opportunities in crucial areas where, after decades of privatization, the state has receded. The government is now reliant on him, but struggles to respond to his risk-taking, brinkmanship, and caprice. Current and former officials from NASA, the Department of Defense, the Department of Transportation, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration told me that Musk’s influence had become inescapable in their work, and several of them said that they now treat him like a sort of unelected official. One Pentagon spokesman said that he was keeping Musk apprised of my inquiries about his role in Ukraine and would grant an interview with an official about the matter only with Musk’s permission. “We’ll talk to you if Elon wants us to,” he told me. In a podcast interview last year, Musk was asked whether he has more influence than the American government. He replied immediately, “In some ways.”

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · Jun 7

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 · Jun 3

And read my original reporting, exploring Elon Musk’s relationship with government power and (now much in the news) concerns from people around him about excessive Ketamine use, here: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule

How the U.S. government came to rely on the tech billionaire—and is now struggling to rein him in.

www.newyorker.com

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · Jun 3

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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Caroline Mimbs Nyce @mimbs.bsky.social · Jun 3

the inaugural edition of How Bad Is It?, feat. @ronanfarrow.bsky.social

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Jun 2

Even before Elon Musk began working with the Trump Administration, his government influence was “brazen and expansive,” @ronanfarrow.bsky.social wrote, in 2023. Revisit his reporting on the U.S.’s growing reliance on the tech billionaire.

Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule

How the U.S. government came to rely on the tech billionaire—and is now struggling to rein him in.

www.newyorker.com

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Casey Langwith @caseylangwith.bsky.social · Apr 1

Harrowing story of police and prosecutorial misconduct that meant dozens of women and several children were raped long after the perp could have been stopped

by @ronanfarrow.bsky.social @newyorker.com

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How Police Let One of America’s Most Prolific Predators Get Away — The New Yorker

When a prosecutor began chasing an accused serial rapist, she lost her job but unravelled a scandal. Why were the police refusing to investigate Sean Williams?

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · Apr 1

PS: His third point about jury trials is either a misunderstanding or intentional misdirection. No one—citizen or not—gets a jury trial in immigration court. This is a basic matter of law. (6/6)

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