Lisa Wood Shapiro
@lisawoodshapiro.bsky.social
Contributing writer for The New Yorker and WIRED
Ahead of 9/11’s 25th anniversary, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani released thousands of air quality records, providing unprecedented insight into the lingering health consequences of the 9/11 attacks. In the latest Reveal, we did a deep dive into this very topic. Listen now: bit.ly/4xyTK5j
NEW: An expert witness testifying in a lawsuit about liability for a Houston explosion that killed three people and destroyed roughly 200 homes used ChatGPT to write significant portions of his “expert report.” He literally prompted ChatGPT: "Show how 3M is 0% at fault for the explosion."
‘Show How 3M Is 0% at Fault:’ Expert Witness Used ChatGPT to Write Report Defending Company in Deadly Explosion Lawsuit
ChatGPT prompts show how an expert witness report was created in a $61 million lawsuit over an explosion that killed three people.
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Once again, @404media.co is putting out some of the best reporting on AI.
Emanuel Maiberg@emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 3w agoWe put a tracking device in a shipment of rare books acquired by an anonymous buyer. It ended up at an Amazon facility where the company scans books for training data and destroys them in the process: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
Within a few minutes of talking to Graham Platner, “I was, like, ‘This guy owes it to the country to run for Senate,’ ” a top political strategist for Zohran Mamdani said. Can Platner win Susan Collins’s seat?
Can a Maine Oyster Farmer Defeat a Five-Term Republican Senator?
Graham Platner, a local veteran, is angling to take on Susan Collins, who may be vulnerable in her 2026 reëlection bid—and is drawing support from both sides of the aisle.
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I wrote about Graham Platner, the Maine oyster farmer, running to unseat Susan Collins for The New Yorker. www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...
Can a Maine Oyster Farmer Defeat a Five-Term Republican Senator?
Graham Platner, a local veteran, is angling to take on Susan Collins, who may be vulnerable in her 2026 reëlection bid—and is drawing support from both sides of the aisle.
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Marian Burros, a journalist and cookbook author whose plum torte was one of the most popular recipes in the history of The Times, died on Saturday. She was 92.
Marian Burros, 92, Dies; Food Writer Famed for Her Plum Torte and More
At The Times and elsewhere, she combined recipe writing with reporting on topics like consumer protection and food safety. Her torte was a longtime fan favorite.
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Marilyn Hagerty — who didn’t give a flying breadstick what the cynics thought — became a national celebrity when her review of a North Dakota Olive Garden went viral. She has died at age 99.
Marilyn Hagerty, Whose Olive Garden Review Went Viral, Dies at 99
“The chicken Alfredo ($10.95) was warm and comforting on a cold day,” she wrote from North Dakota. And suddenly the national media made her a celebrity.
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Business Insider yanked 40 essays with suspect bylines. A @washingtonpost.com probe into these mass retractions found key links between the bogus writer “Margaux Blanchard” and another individual, suggesting a broader scheme. Here’s what I found: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Business Insider yanked 40 essays with suspect bylines. Are they related?
“Margaux Blanchard” appears to be one dubious element of a broader scheme to peddle bogus articles to a number of publications.
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The exodus has set off alarms among CDC staff: “My main concern is they will be replaced with puppets." www.wired.com/story/center...
Top CDC Officials Resign After Director Is Pushed Out
The exodus has set off alarms among CDC staff: “My main concern is they will be replaced with puppets."
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My latest for @wired.com on why you need your own air quality monitor www.wired.com/story/why-yo...
Your Outdoor Air Quality Monitor Could Lead to Safer Air for Everyone
With Air Quality Index standards under threat, crowdsourced air quality maps are more important than ever.
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I wrote about the joy and perils of growing lettuce in my son’s room. My latest for @wired.com
Plantaform’s Smart Indoor Fogponics Garden System Is Innovative, but Is It Safe?
We tested this unique indoor gardening solution that utilizes NASA technology, but air quality data raised concerns.
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Scoop: Here's what Mark Zuckerberg is offering top tier research talent to come to Meta: www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
Here’s What Mark Zuckerberg Is Offering Top AI Talent
The Meta CEO is leading a hiring blitz, offering top talent at OpenAI eye-watering pay packages and endless access to cutting-edge chips.
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My @wired.com colleagues reporting continues to astound me. These SCOOPS were all JUST YESTERDAY: • Migrant children's DNA stored in criminal database • DOGE leader Nicole Hollander is leaving • Former DOGE staffer on how the group was run • Trump visa ban could derail US AI efforts Links below
Virtually every kid in the town reads well. This is an awesome story.
Emily Hanford@ehanford.bsky.social · last yr.We turned our most recent Sold a Story episodes into a one-hour program for @revealnews.org. You can hear it on public radio stations nationwide this weekend, and here: revealnews.org/podcast/read...
I’ve been thinking about the Streisand effect.
SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
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NEW: Sources tell @wired.com that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days *after* US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist: www.wired.com/story/treasu...
The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist.
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Zoë Schiffer@zoeschiffer.bsky.social · 2y agoNEW: Elon Musk's friends have infiltrated another government agency, and they're trying to use White House credentials to access General Services Administration tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources say: www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
I advocate for no carpet in your home. See @lisawoodshapiro.bsky.social's www.wired.com/story/your-a.... It covers health effects, resuspension and toxic chemicals in carpets. PFAS is used to make things water repellent or stain resistant. Also see this paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Deposition, resuspension, and penetration of particles within a residence
Aerosol concentrations and particle size distributions were measured indoors and outdoors at a two-storey residence in California during the summer mo…
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