Lauren Wolfe
@laurenwolfe.bsky.social
Journalist. Former NYU J-school prof, current and forever dog parent. Editing at CPJ. Chills.substack.com
“In the morning, you’re joking together, and by the evening, it’s the gates of heaven calling,” a soldier records himself as saying in one of the most intimate and harrowing accounts of frontline warfare I’ve ever seen. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/326-days-u...
326 Days Underground
A Front-Line Soldier’s Raw Account of Modern Warfare
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Los Angeles is full of cheerful delivery bots and driverless Waymos. The unsettling part isn’t the machines themselves. It’s what it says about us — that we’ve begun to trust robots more than people. open.substack.com/pub/chills/p...
The Robots Were Never the Scary Part
Los Angeles is full of cheerful delivery bots and driverless Waymos. The unsettling part isn’t the machines themselves. It’s what it says about us — that we’ve begun to trust robots more than people.
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The alleged trafficking operation behind Washington’s “OnlyFans house” borrowed its playbook from influencer culture, Andrew Tate and the internet’s economy of misogyny. New on Chills by Lily Turner: chills.substack.com/p/the-digita...
The Digital Pimp
The alleged trafficking operation behind Washington’s “OnlyFans house” borrowed its playbook from influencer culture, Andrew Tate and the internet’s economy of misogyny.
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Get to know the ADF. The nyt loves these radical right wingers and has been laundering their bigoted propaganda for some time. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new... 🧵
“A Shameful Chapter”: How Anti-Trans Disinformation Drowned Out Science and Gripped the Mainstream - Assigned Media
A pipeline of pseudoscience funded by powerful right-wing hate groups has undermined medical truths with the help of big media.
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The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2w agoMore than merely taking up Christian right political fights in the nation’s courts, Alliance Defending Freedom is engaged in a sweeping project to recast America as a Christian nation ruled by Christians. trib.al/gvwS56p
Every finished story hides dozens of small editorial decisions. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how I rewrote an opening three times before the rest of the essay finally began to flow. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/the-art-of...
The Art of the Lede: How a Story Finds Its Opening
Every finished story hides dozens of small editorial decisions. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how I rewrote an opening three times before the rest of the essay finally began to flow.
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Every finished story hides dozens of small editorial decisions. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how I rewrote an opening three times before the rest of the essay finally began to flow. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/the-art-of...
The Art of the Lede: How a Story Finds Its Opening
Every finished story hides dozens of small editorial decisions. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how I rewrote an opening three times before the rest of the essay finally began to flow.
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“In the morning, you’re joking together, and by the evening, it’s the gates of heaven calling,” a soldier records himself as saying in one of the most intimate and harrowing accounts of frontline warfare I’ve ever seen. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/326-days-u...
326 Days Underground
A Front-Line Soldier’s Raw Account of Modern Warfare
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While women like Rebecca can't get life-saving care after sexual violence, the U.S. is prioritizing funding for men's testosterone. Foreign aid cuts are killing the world's most vulnerable women and girls. new on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/as-foreign...
As foreign aid collapses, women like Rebecca are left to die
Massive cuts to international assistance are forcing organizations that serve women in conflict zones to close clinics, suspend programs and abandon the world’s most vulnerable survivors of violence.
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While women like Rebecca can't get life-saving care after sexual violence, the U.S. is prioritizing funding for men's testosterone. Foreign aid cuts are killing the world's most vulnerable women and girls. new on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/as-foreign...
As foreign aid collapses, women like Rebecca are left to die
Massive cuts to international assistance are forcing organizations that serve women in conflict zones to close clinics, suspend programs and abandon the world’s most vulnerable survivors of violence.
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Amazing that this man can perfectly execute both of the Great New York Expressions - Italian AND Jewish
The alleged trafficking operation behind Washington’s “OnlyFans house” borrowed its playbook from influencer culture, Andrew Tate and the internet’s economy of misogyny. New on Chills by Lily Turner: chills.substack.com/p/the-digita...
The Digital Pimp
The alleged trafficking operation behind Washington’s “OnlyFans house” borrowed its playbook from influencer culture, Andrew Tate and the internet’s economy of misogyny.
chills.substack.com
NEWS --> Three men who were in the van with the victim of the ICE shooting in Texas are potential witnesses, but they're now under pressure to self-deport, a rep for the families tells me. They remain in detention even as ICE's story falters. Details in this piece: newrepublic.com/article/2129...
Texas ICE Killing Darkens: Rep Says Witnesses Pressured to Self-Deport
There were three others in the van with the man shot by ICE in Houston this week. A represenative for the families tells TNR that the government is pressuring these potential witnesses to self-deport.
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You need to understand your electorate to win elections. In utilizing the fear of “reds” to try to scare voters, I think the right is wandering lost somewhere out in left field. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/the-return...
The Return of the Red Menace
Trump warned of a “communist menace” beneath Mount Rushmore. For anyone under 40, the word is a history lesson, not a threat.
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An official government website doesn't just attack journalists — it names them, invites the public to report them and creates a state-run infrastructure that could outlast the Trump presidency. New on Chills by Lily Turner chills.substack.com/p/the-white-...
The White House Is Building a Permanent Enemies List for the Press
An official government website doesn't just attack journalists — it names them, invites the public to report them and creates a state-run infrastructure that could outlast the Trump presidency.
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An official government website doesn't just attack journalists — it names them, invites the public to report them and creates a state-run infrastructure that could outlast the Trump presidency. New on Chills by Lily Turner chills.substack.com/p/the-white-...
The White House Is Building a Permanent Enemies List for the Press
An official government website doesn't just attack journalists — it names them, invites the public to report them and creates a state-run infrastructure that could outlast the Trump presidency.
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All part of the current admin's erasure of essential US history: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The Army took down its page commemorating a civil rights icon
A piece honoring Black veteran Sarah Keys Evans has been axed to "align with current guidance."
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The Russians hit a major Ukrainian ammunitions depot last night.
This perspective on the impact of AI on women by Lily Turner is thoughtful, unsurprising, and depressing.
Lauren Wolfe@laurenwolfe.bsky.social · last mo.UN Women warns that AI is reproducing gender stereotypes, amplifying online abuse and threatening women’s economic security — because it was trained on the world we built. New on Chills by Lily Turner: chills.substack.com/p/ai-learned...
UN Women warns that AI is reproducing gender stereotypes, amplifying online abuse and threatening women’s economic security — because it was trained on the world we built. New on Chills by Lily Turner: chills.substack.com/p/ai-learned...
AI Learned Our Biases. Women Are Paying the Price.
UN Women warns that AI is reproducing gender stereotypes, amplifying online abuse and threatening women’s economic security — because it was trained on the world we built.
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An iPad inside Independence Hall tells visitors that a second floor room was used in the 1850s to hold individuals “accused of crimes of the period.” Originally, the screen read “accused fugitives of slavery.” @fallonroth.bsky.social and I discover more retelling of history by Trump’s admin. 🎁 🔗
Trump administration quietly removed mentions of slavery from Independence Hall, Thomas Jefferson portrait
The Inquirer's discovery of these changes come as Philadelphians are grappling with the Trump administration's attacks on the President's House Site.
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Meta Thinks Kylie Jenner Can Fix Its Glasses Problem. New on Chills chills.substack.com/p/meta-think...
Meta Thinks Kylie Jenner Can Fix Its Glasses Problem
The company’s latest AI glasses are marketed to women with softer frames, makeup-friendly hardware and a celebrity voice. None of that addresses the real issue, however.
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Meta Thinks Kylie Jenner Can Fix Its Glasses Problem. New on Chills chills.substack.com/p/meta-think...
Meta Thinks Kylie Jenner Can Fix Its Glasses Problem
The company’s latest AI glasses are marketed to women with softer frames, makeup-friendly hardware and a celebrity voice. None of that addresses the real issue, however.
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We're hiring! The Knight Institute is looking for a litigator to join us for a two-year position fighting for free speech in the digital age. knightcolumbia.org/page/staff_a...
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Meta’s AI glasses make recording strangers effortless and nearly invisible. The result is a growing ecosystem of viral videos in which women are filmed without their knowledge. New on Chills by Lily Turner: chills.substack.com/p/the-men-be...
The Men Behind the Smart Glasses Are Watching Women
Meta’s AI glasses make recording strangers effortless and nearly invisible. The result is a growing ecosystem of viral videos in which women are filmed without their knowledge.
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Meta’s AI glasses make recording strangers effortless and nearly invisible. The result is a growing ecosystem of viral videos in which women are filmed without their knowledge. New on Chills by Lily Turner: chills.substack.com/p/the-men-be...
The Men Behind the Smart Glasses Are Watching Women
Meta’s AI glasses make recording strangers effortless and nearly invisible. The result is a growing ecosystem of viral videos in which women are filmed without their knowledge.
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UPDATE: The journalist explained and apologized, and I’m genuinely impressed. Here are his three Threads posts and my reply to them.
Tara Haelle@tarahaelle.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhoever wrote this headline should be fired and should never work in journalism again. The story has now been taken down, but the link to the archived version is in the comments for the receipts. (I didn’t even know she was married, FFS.)
Whoever wrote this headline should be fired and should never work in journalism again. The story has now been taken down, but the link to the archived version is in the comments for the receipts. (I didn’t even know she was married, FFS.)
