I wrote for @nymag.com about crypto billionaire Chris Larsen's role in SF's shift -- from privacy darling to a leader of police surveillance tech and more law-and-order-styled politics. nymag.com/intelligence...

The Billionaire Who Wired San Francisco

The city, post-COVID, is tougher on crime, more surveilled, and more moderate. No citizen has shaped it more than Chris Larsen.

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So pleased that my @wired.com story on the quest of Boeing whistleblower Ed Pierson was honored by SABEW for feature writing @sabew.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/boeing... Kudos to my intrepid editors @supson.bsky.social @caitlinkelly.bsky.social and Maria Streshinsky

If you'd like to read more about the Kendra Licari saga, featured in the new Netflix doc "The Unknown Number," here's the deep-dive I reported for @nymag.com about this sprawling, confounding case www.thecut.com/article/kend...

Who Was Cyberbullying Kendra Licari’s Teen Daughter?

For a year, parents and school officials searched for the person behind the vicious, relentless texts. The culprit was under their noses all along.

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With the #AirIndia tragedy, I've been thinking about the longtail human toll of crashes, and Boeing whistleblower Ed Pierson, obsessed with never letting another plane fall from the sky. Here's my profile for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/boeing...

The Worst 7 Years in Boeing’s History—and the Man Who Won’t Stop Fighting for Answers

Fatal crashes. A door blowout. Grounded planes. Inside the citizen-led, obsessive campaign to hold Boeing accountable and prevent the next disaster.

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Hats off to Rhana Natour on your ASME win for this incredible @atavist.com profile - edited by the great @seywarddarby.bsky.social . Congrats, all! magazine.atavist.com/coming-to-am...

A Teenager Lost Her Legs in Gaza. To Walk Again, She Had to Travel 6,000 Miles.

The story of Layan Albaz, one of thousands of Palestinian children who have lost limbs in Israeli air strikes—and one of the very few evacuated to the U.S. for medical care.

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"One night, she looked through the catalog of items collected from the crash debris, and she saw Samya’s blue skirt. When it arrived, it smelled like jet fuel." @laurensmiley.bsky.social @wired.com

The Worst 7 Years in Boeing’s History—and the Man Who Won’t Stop Fighting for Answers - Longreads

"Fatal crashes. A door blowout. Grounded planes. Inside the citizen-led, obsessive campaign to hold Boeing accountable and prevent the next disaster."

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Such an honor to see this news today, from judges who themselves are incredible business journalists. Thanks @sabew.bsky.social !

Katie Drummond@katie-drummond.bsky.social · last yr.

It's awards day at @wired.com! Kudos to @laurensmiley.bsky.social who won Best Feature for her profile of Priscila, the loveable queen of the rideshare mafia, from the SABEW Best In Business awards! sabew.org/2025/03/2024...

My latest at @wired.com! Amid all the Boeing drama of recent years, I zeroed in on whistleblower Ed Pierson. I noted something especially driven and restless about him -- fueling my curiosity about what was fueling his quest. Here's what I found: www.wired.com/story/boeing...

The Worst 7 Years in Boeing’s History—and the Man Who Won’t Stop Fighting for Answers

Fatal crashes. A door blowout. Grounded planes. Inside the citizen-led, obsessive campaign to hold Boeing accountable and prevent the next disaster.

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So mightily honored that "Priscila, Queen of the Rideshare Mafia" is a National Magazine Award finalist. This list has been my lodestar for mag writing since I was 19 -- and still is. Big hat tip to my @wired.com editors @caitlinkelly.bsky.social @katie-drummond.bsky.social + Maria Streshinsky

Katie Drummond@katie-drummond.bsky.social · 2y ago

I am so delighted that this @wired.com feature, from the inimitable @laurensmiley.bsky.social is an ASME finalist - deservedly so! Give it a read if you haven’t already: www.wired.com/story/prisci...

As Long Lead's editor, while I'm not supposed to have favorite DEPTH PERCEPTION stories, this interview might be it. @laurensmiley.bsky.social is one of journalism's best writers, and I love reading @parkermolloy.com talking with her about her process.

Long Lead@longlead.com · 2y ago

Plenty of changes have happened in the tech world since journalist @laurensmiley.bsky.social began covering it in 2007. But as the landscape shifts, Smiley has maintained a focus on the human elements of technological change, writing character-driven pieces to illuminate larger systemic issues.

This is so harrowing, from one of the best writers in the business, @laurensmiley.bsky.social.

Lauren Smiley@laurensmiley.bsky.social · 2y ago

Before "Mommy Meanest" was a Lifetime movie, an exasperating cyberbullying case in a small Michigan town stumped all the authorities. Some suspected the culprit was all too close to home. My latest for @NYMag and @TheCut  www.thecut.com/article/kend...

Before "Mommy Meanest" was a Lifetime movie, an exasperating cyberbullying case in a small Michigan town stumped all the authorities. Some suspected the culprit was all too close to home. My latest for @NYMag and @TheCut  www.thecut.com/article/kend...

Who Was Cyberbullying Kendra Licari’s Teen Daughter?

For a year, parents and school officials searched for the person behind the vicious, relentless texts. The culprit was under their noses all along.

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