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Note published on August 5, 2026 at 4:54 PM UTC

2026-08-05T16:54:05+00:00

It's a year and a half after I highlighted the issue, but nice to see...

Note published on August 3, 2026 at 4:00 AM UTC

2026-08-03T04:00:05+00:00

when you send me vaguely lawyerly-sounding emails in hopes of threatening me to take down my reporting, and demand i "preserve all potentially relevant records, including ... search-engine submissions"

Note published on July 28, 2026 at 11:49 PM UTC

2026-07-28T23:49:17+00:00

enjoying imagining the discussion among editors in which they determined if this ought to be pluralized as Spider-Mans, Spider-Men, or Spiders-Man

Note published on July 28, 2026 at 5:30 PM UTC

2026-07-28T17:30:43+00:00

This article is a great deep dive into some of the shady characters behind World Liberty Financial — Justin Sun among them, despite his recent efforts to distance himself from the project. (He likely hoped this interview would help, and it is a little friendly, but rightly points out his shadiness.)

Mapping Trump’s crypto empire on Last Week Tonight

2026-07-27T14:01:32+00:00

Mapping Trump’s crypto empire on Last Week Tonight

My newest Citation Needed project made an appearance on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver! It’s a work in progress, but you can see the new interactive version of my map of the Trump family’s crypto ventures at map.citationneeded.news.

The map contains hundreds of business entities and links to the Trump family (with more being added!), augmented with data from the president’s most recent financial filings to estimate how much money is flowing in. It will be queryable by other researchers and journalists.

Click any node or connection in the Trump crypto empire map to open its panel and view explanatory annotations and citations. Toggle the income overlay to see financial-disclosure figures from the most recent filings. Search for entities, or filter by category.

Subscriber support is what makes data projects like the Trump empire map and Tech Influence Watch possible — work that goes beyond the newsletter itself. You can join them!

Note published on July 24, 2026 at 10:18 PM UTC

2026-07-24T22:18:33+00:00

the garden is really picking up steam

Note published on July 20, 2026 at 10:14 PM UTC

2026-07-20T22:14:02+00:00

alcoholic trying to get sober after a relapse tells Google's "Health Coach" about it.

it tells them to drink every hour and messages them to make sure they're drinking as soon as they wake up.

Note published on July 19, 2026 at 11:13 PM UTC

2026-07-19T23:13:51+00:00

Just had to patch a bug on the Tech Influence Watch Michigan House District 13 election page, stemming from Shri Thanedar reporting -$1.1 million in receipts.

Why is Thanedar reporting negative receipts? He put $3.7 million of campaign funds into crypto.

Note published on July 15, 2026 at 1:40 AM UTC

2026-07-15T01:40:12+00:00

fascinating economic discovery from Fidelity: houses actually are cheaper now than in 2020!*

* if you denominate them in an arbitrary asset that has appreciated over that time frame

next up from Fidelity: groceries aren't getting more expensive**

** if you denominate their price in World of Warcraft gold

Note published on June 26, 2026 at 6:16 PM UTC

2026-06-26T18:16:36+00:00

maybe they outsourced to ChatGPT the job of checking there haven't been any other projects with names like terra/luna that would evoke extremely negative reactions

Note published on June 23, 2026 at 2:47 AM UTC

2026-06-23T02:47:11+00:00

you wouldn't know my girlfriend, she goes to another school

Note published on June 19, 2026 at 3:36 PM UTC

2026-06-19T15:36:07+00:00

very cool illustration of ranked choice voting and how it worked in Maine’s gubernatorial Democratic primary

via Reddit

Note published on June 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM UTC

2026-06-16T16:45:43+00:00

Setting aside the absurd premise of this op-ed, I love that the writer felt the need to hedge with "not that has been reported"

"No one's reported that one of the most famous popstars in the world dated a man who at the time was a random oyster farmer from Maine, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE"

Note published on June 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM UTC

2026-06-15T17:30:00+00:00

Note published on May 25, 2026 at 10:23 PM UTC

2026-05-25T22:23:13+00:00

my last name has wound up on some campaign database without my first name, so i keep hitting unsubscribe pages that ask "Not white? Please don't use this form"

Note published on May 19, 2026 at 1:52 PM UTC

2026-05-19T13:52:27+00:00

Justin Sun has just moved to dismiss without prejudice his lawsuit against Bloomberg

Note published on May 12, 2026 at 6:22 PM UTC

2026-05-12T18:22:43+00:00

Note published on May 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM UTC

2026-05-09T13:42:31+00:00

A recent CoinDesk survey found 73% disapprove of government officials having crypto business ties, yet 55% weren’t aware of Trump’s involvement, and only 17% knew he co-founded World Liberty Financial.

This underscores why my work at Citation Needed is so necessary.

https://www.citationneeded.news/signup/

Note published on April 30, 2026 at 1:18 PM UTC

2026-04-30T13:18:06+00:00

i like to think if anyone ever hacks my Google account they'll get totally derailed trying to decipher my hundreds of spreadsheets that all look something like this

Note published on April 29, 2026 at 2:10 PM UTC

2026-04-29T14:10:19+00:00

yep, that just about covers all possible options