tony romm

tony romm

@tonyromm.bsky.social

economic policy correspondent at the new york times tips? signal: tonyromm.62 https://www.nytimes.com/by/tony-romm

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tony romm
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NEW: Millions of retirees may not even realize it, but their pensions are increasingly exposed to A.I. That's been beneficial, for now. But fears of a bubble have worried state and local officials -- from Calif to Texas to NY -- sparking a rethink. My latest: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/b...

nytimes.comU.S. Pensions Are Riding the A.I. Wave. For Better or Worse.As exuberance around the technology stokes fears of a bubble, the nation’s public pensions are starting to grapple with their role — and their risks.
tony romm
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sometimes being single sucks, and sometimes the eagles are playing (badly) on Monday night and I’m pretty sure I’d get dumped for this behavior anyway

tony romm
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yea i mean i guess there's downside risk to the stock price if you wipe out everyone who might be inclined to trade it sure

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

* ANTHROPIC: CONCERNS RAISED THAT ADVANCED AI SYSTEMS COULD POSE CATASTROPHIC OR EXISTENTIAL RISKS TO HUMANITY WITHOUT APPROPRIATE OVERSIGHT @reuters.com $ANT

tony romm
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check if your beans are a mung the affected products yea I hate myself don’t worry

paris martineau@paris.nyc

the FDA has announced a recall of *spins wheel* MUNG BEANS due to the potential presence of *spins a second more ominous wheel* GLASS

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PoPville
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Heads Up: The Marine Corps Marathon is Sunday and there will be parking restrictions and street closures - See a map of the route: www.popville.com/2026/10/mari...

popville.comHeads Up: The Marine Corps Marathon is Sunday and there will be parking restrictions and street closures - PoPvillephoto by Andrew From AlertDC: "On Sunday, October 25, 2026, the Marine Corps Marathon will take place in the District of Columbia. In conjunction with this event, there will be parking restrictions an...
tony romm
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yea so not one of you watched black mirror cool

Matt Burgess (WIRED)@mattburgess1.bsky.social

"Warhound, based in Texas, will also equip its canines with “Anduril’s advanced cybernetic Augments, software, and battlefield situational awareness,” according to a press release."

wired.comCool, Cool, Cool, Palmer Luckey Made a Genetically Modified Military Dog StartupWarhound came out of stealth on Wednesday with $200 million in funding and a mission to create “elite working dogs” equipped with "advanced body armor."

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ProPublica
@propublica.org

NEW: A bird flu outbreak has been raging uncontrolled on a Utah mink farm for two months. Flu experts fear it could spark a devastating human pandemic. But officials haven’t acted — instead prioritizing the financial interests of the fur trade.

propublica.orgBird Flu Is Raging on a Mink Farm. It Could Spark a Human Pandemic, Experts Say, but Officials Won’t Act.Federal officials brushed off the issue as Utah prioritized the fur industry’s interests. Little has been done to stop the spread of the virus and ensure it can’t spread to humans, a failure that expe...
tony romm
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still find it weird that people wait outside the apple store for iphone releases, still find it even weirder that this is something covered as news

tony romm
@tonyromm.bsky.social

there is no greater threat to my community than me hurtling down the street with bags balanced precariously on a scooter I can’t control

tony romm
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NEW: President Trump faces yet another lawsuit over his tariffs, this time targeting his duties on Canada. It's the latest major case by the Liberty Justice Center, and it means we're headed back to the same court that has struck down Trump's past actions repeatedly www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/b...

nytimes.comTrump Tariffs on Canada Spark Latest Lawsuit Over Trade PowersOnce again, the president’s ability to wage a trade war without Congress will come before a court that has repeatedly ruled against him.
tony romm
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everyone in the organization aware of this needs to be fired immediately, that's just unacceptable

Ian Rapoport@rapsheet.bsky.social

Eagles QB Jalen Hurts, who is out for the season after several blood clots were revealed in his lungs. Before the London game, Hurts was in the hospital until 4 am and did not sleep because sleep was a risk. He played the game without having slept. Crazy.

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Nick Miroff
@nickmiroff.bsky.social

NEW: ICE is trying to deport a mother of 4 while her husband is at Fort Benning in Army basic training. When she went to pick up the family's military IDs, Navy personnel turned her over to ICE. She's been in the US since age six. With @nancyayoussef.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

theatlantic.comHe Joined the Military. They Reported His Wife to ICE.When a soldier’s wife went to pick up her military ID at a base in Texas, ICE officers showed up.

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Kashmir Hill
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Democratic senators on the Finance Committee sent Meta a letter today about using the research tax credit for A.I. data center expenses calling it a “violation of the spirit and, potentially, the letter of the tax law." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/t...

nytimes.comSenators Question Meta’s Data Center Tax Strategy (Gift Article)Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, questioning the company’s $6.6 billion in tax breaks.
Kashmir Hill@kashhill.bsky.social

Meta is using a radical interpretation of a tax credit for “research and experimentation” to get billions of dollars off GPUs for its A.I. data centers. My latest with Jesse Drucker, @elitan.bsky.social and @mikeisaac.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...

nytimes.comHow Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
tony romm
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NEW: Lawyers for Lisa Cook question the objectivity of a newly commissioned White House panel to investigate her mortgages and decide whether she should be fired (plus, they raise scheduling conflicts for the hearing set in Nov.) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/b...

nytimes.comLawyer for Fed Governor Cook Denounces Trump’s New InvestigationA lawyer for Lisa Cook raised “significant concerns” over the “objectivity and fitness of the committee” assembled by President Trump as a way to remove her as a governor at the Federal Reserve.
tony romm
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i am once again here, complaining into the echoless void, that google search is unusable bullshit. you can straight up exclude terms and it will spit that stuff back at you anyway.

tony romm
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anyone?? ::cracks knuckles:: watch me f this up REAL bad

The New York Times@nytimes.com

"Hands down one of the easiest and most delicious apple cakes anyone can possibly make." This 50-year-old recipe has stood the test of time. None of the ingredients are difficult to find — in fact, most are probably in your pantry. nyti.ms/4hxTmiH

nyti.msTeddie's Apple Cake Recipe • 5★In a modern world of Cinnamon Hot Pockets and Pecan Pie Pringles, apple-picking is one of the few agricultural rituals we can all still get our hands into. This cake, which appeared in The Times in a 1973 article by Jean Hewitt, is a godsend to anyone who has overloaded at the pick-your-own orchard or overbought at the farmers’ market.

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The Upshot
@upshot.nytimes.com

After hours of wavering, she decided not to try to make the change. In what amounted to a largely symbolic move, she voted “no,” on the bill, registering her opposition to revoking the spending even though it was clear the measure had enough Republican votes to pass. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/u...

nytimes.comIn the Senate, Collins Often Defies Trump but Rarely Stops Him (Gift Article)A New York Times analysis of Senator Susan Collins’s voting record shows that she frequently breaks with Republicans but more seldom changes an outcome.
tony romm
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similarly, I guess I better pack??? since I am going to be starting at tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles this weekend.

Mina Kimes@minakimes.bsky.social

Okay fine. I will win the NFC East.

tony romm
@tonyromm.bsky.social

quitting journalism to launch a startup: it’s an on demand platform, like uber, where you can hail a real person to show up and tell the people next to you that they should stop talking about Congress because this is a bar and no one cares. launching in dc market next spring.

tony romm
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sorry um what do you mean in 2026 you have code on your website that changes the mouse cursor NO send that shit right back to the myspace era where it belongs

tony romm
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the latest public health crisis in america is the hinge voice prompt and we must band together to defeat this scourge before it claims another life

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Tyler Kingkade
@tktk.bsky.social

StubHub is charging people different amounts for the exact same ticket @nbcnews.com did a test; for the same exact ticket, one person was presented with $72 in fees, while another was charged $134 StubHub said yep, we're testing that www.nbcnews.com/business/con...

nbcnews.comFor the same ticket on StubHub, different prices for different peopleNBC News volunteers saw eight different prices for the exact same Harry Styles ticket on StubHub. The company said it’s running random price experiments.