Stuart A. Thompson
Reporter @nytimes.com. I cover the ~internet~ and report on digital influence operations, AI, far-right politics and lots more
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- My colleagues and I tested different versions of Grok released since May to pinpoint how Musk has pushed the chatbot to the right www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...
- try my new AI quiz: can you tell whether these talking AI videos are real or not? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- AI has already infiltrated 50 elections around the world, according to a new collection of examples we gathered + work from IPIE www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/t...
- kash is the 🐐. wild story here. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...
- every time someone comments on this thread, I earn a little bit of money under Bluesky's revised revenue program
- I've spent years following a right-wing influencer who's made a career out of outrage. I wanted to understand why he does it. What does his career look like, his income? Here's what I found. GIFT LINK www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/t...
- I've spent years following a right-wing influencer who's made a career out of outrage. I wanted to understand why he does it. What does his career look like, his income? Here's what I found. GIFT LINK www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/t...
- when story targets decline to be interviewed
- I tracked more than 1,000 accounts that Elon Musk follows on X to recreate what he sees www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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- insane that MAGA now supports electric vehicles and hates Big Sugar. remember when Fox News went to war bc NYC wanted to ban Big Gulps? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
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- yeah important to understand that everything these people say is about fundraising and fighting off regulation
- These users feuded with Musk on X then saw their reach collapse. It’s the starkest sign yet that Musk has the power to suppress critics and control the conversation on X and is willing to use it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- working in svelte is so amazing because with plain old html it's like width="500px" but in svelte you can so much more easily go bind:this={clientWidth} then outerWidth = clientWidth then width = clientWidth-margin*2 then (onMount(){ activeWidth = client ... thank you rich harris for this innovation
- Canadians are now labeling food with a “T” symbol if it’s American and impacted by tariffs. RIP American-made food sales.
