Johnny Young was a self-described incel who went viral for posting videos of himself sexually harassing women and pepper spraying them when they resisted. I wrote about his story and the violence lurking in incel communities for @esquire www.esquire.com/news-politic...

On Friday, Trump signed a proclamation raising fees for H1B visas to $100K. It takes effect tomorrow. H1B workers who are out of the country have been told to return to the US immediately lest they be denied entry. 4Chan & MAGA is trying to block them🧵 magareport.news/p/4chan-trie...

I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited

Trump's idea to ban trans people from owning guns tests the MAGA faithful who have been 2nd amendment absolutists but who also hate trans people. Today, we learned that humiliating trans people is more important. 2A be damned! Today's MAGAReport: magareport.news/p/maga-finds...

Me to ChatGPT: give me a diagram of my body when i have a kidney stone and am pregnant. in the style of a school textbook (NB: I am neither pregnant nor do I have a kidney stone)

Today's MAGAReport is about how the hard core MAGAs are so so mad about tweets like this from Gov. Newsom's office open.substack.com/pub/jengolbe...

If you couldn't reach me in the last couple weeks, it's because I've been with @v0max.bsky.social in California in federal court... www.courthousenews.com/meta-violate...

Apropos, jury trial in SF kicks off tomorrow against Flo Health (and Meta) for sharing this type of data with advertisers.

I was reading a patent years back and fell in love with its illustrations of men looking anguished at computers. Now, I share them with you

MAGA is not buying Trump's line that Dems are creating a "Jeffrey Epstein Hoax". I wrote about the MAGA take in today's MAGA report magareport.news/p/they-think...

In the last 24 hours, a new Epstein narrative has taken hold in the MAGA forums: since the Biden FBI had the files, they probably corrupted them, deleting Dems and adding Trump, so they can't be trusted. magareport.news/p/the-new-ma...

How the MAGA rank-and-file are responding to the Epstein crisis (tl;dr: they mad!) magareport.news/p/trump-epst...

I am SO PROUD of my friend @gwenfilosamedia.bsky.social, a 2x Pulitzer Prize winning journalist in Key West She broke the news of Key West PD's partnership with ICE that led directly to last night's meeting where the city commission voided the 287(g) agreement gwenfilosa.substack.com/p/key-west-c...

Interesting app - does not collect device ID or IP address, doesn't save your location www.cnn.com/2025/06/30/t...

How is MAGA reacting to the bombing of Iran? They aren't happy about it, but they are sticking by Trump. magareport.news/p/maga-on-ir...

I wrote a piece about the police shooting at journalists at the LA protests, including me, and what it means for a free press. But I want to make it clear that I know that the big story here is not about journalists, it's about what ICE is doing www.huffpost.com/entry/journa...

I have had like 15 exchanges with ChatGPT trying to get it to change the labels on the axis of a chart and I'm pretty sure it's trying to gaslight me. It absolutely cannot show whole numbers (or no numbers) on that axis, but it says it has!

First time I've seen the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church version of the Proud Boys shirt in the wild since they won the lawsuit that awarded them the trademark. Note the Black Lives Matter at the bottom www.npr.org/2025/02/06/n...

I was out doing some photojournalism again today (Thursday) in LA 1/

It's just before 5 PM in Los Angeles and this is the scene in front of City Hall where the downtown protests have been taking place. Send it to anyone who thinks LA is on fire lip

I filled out this form and it said it sent me a six-digit code, but it did not. It would have been funny if it went to spam, but it didn't even go there. Just doesn't work at all

I went to LA to photograph the demonstrations today. Here are some scenes from the day. There were a LOT of police, but the demonstration was peaceful. If a person got too confrontational or loud, the crowd would make them back-off. "Peaceful Protest" was one of the common chants

The calls for the government to use violence against protesters is ramping up on the MAGA forums. I give a glimpse into it in today's MAGAReport. I'm heading to LA tomorrow to cover the protests, so keep an eye out for updates starting Wednesday afternoon. magareport.news/p/appetite-f...

Bridgefy is an app that lets you text people nearby even if cell & internet service goes down. It uses bluetooth and the more people who are using it in an area, the further you can text. iOS and Android bridgefy.me

The @apnews.com just put a photo of the White House Tesla on the wire 👀 newsroom.ap.org/detail/Trump...

Elon and Trump are fighting and it's a real 🍿moment. Musk was live tweeting clapbacks as Trump spoke in the Oval Office today. Here's today's MAGAReport where I go through the drama and show you what the MAGAs are saying (tl;dr- they are on Trump's side) magareport.news/p/elon-and-t...

I talked to the AP about grok's "white genocide" meltdown. A few hours after publication, xAI admitted to hard coding it. This is important accountability journalism because people use AI as an arbiter of truth & here we see AI owners making the tools match their politics apnews.com/article/elon...

Daily snaps 5/13/25 youtu.be/PyFdnU1C7UU

MAGA hates the new Pope. I write about it and flex a little of my Catholic upbringing in today's MAGA report open.substack.com/pub/jengolbe...

Trump: "I love Canada. I have a lot of respect for the Canadians...You happen to have a very, very good hockey player right here on the Capitols, he is a big tough cookie too, just broke the record." Alex Ovechkin is Russian.

A hopeful and smart take from my brilliant pal, Dr. Aaron Mannes substack.com/home/post/p-...

What is this a picture of? (I'm doing a little AI test and very interested in the human answers) (no cheating)

The MAGA forums have stopped discussing a lot of the news because it makes Trump look bad. In the MAGAReport, I look at the phenomenon and talk about how the concept of Victimhood Nationalism can help explain some of it magareport.news/p/victimhood...

Canadians! I'm looking to interview 🇨🇦hockey fans who have ✨opinions✨about Gretzky's politics and how that's impacting their feelings about Ovechkin tying (and likely breaking) his record. Drop me a DM / signal golbeck.56 / [email protected]

A few scenes from the DC Hands Off! event today

College Campus Tour Ends Inside Unmarked ICE Vehicle

This is a fascinating study that finds Russian propaganda has made its way deeply into generative AI models, leading to them repeating false information a lot of the time

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

The Associated Press is fighting the good fight for freedom of speech. They are also a non-profit and you can donate to them (which I do, every month)

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was detained today after an altercation with a protester following a press conference on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol. He had been sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role in the January 6th insurrection and was pardoned by Pres. Trump.

You guys. I went to the Westminster dog show on Saturday (as press, not with a dog) and one of my photos made the CNN photo gallery of the event and I am so so happy about it www.cnn.com/2025/02/11/u...

Apple Maps vs Google maps

Unclaimed is a new podcast @jengolbeck.bsky.social and I are making about the fantastical life and lonely final days of a Florida Keys woman. Episode 1 is out now! Positive reviews help get the word out btw! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unclaimed/id1784500989

If your NSF grant contains the word "female", it's flagged as a violation of the anti-DEI executive order. Note that "male" is not on this list.

Here's a text document with the words docs.google.com/document/d/1...

The aggressive misogyny coming out of the MAGA Forums after the Army released the name of the third pilot in the helicopter crash at DCA is astonishing. I write about white men's obligation to engage, tips on how to do it + overview of the comments in the MAGAReport https://buff.ly/40K2h6G

The white supremacy is becoming much more aggressive over on the MAGA forums, as is the gross sexism. Here's a look through the lens of this post by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. All the details in the MAGAReport magareport.news/p/white-supr...

Last week I was in Ukraine for a research and reporting trip. I wrote about and photographed the situation in Kharkiv, and Ishare my uneasy feelings about war tourism in this piece. I'm thrilled that it's @defector.bsky.social which I love so much 🇺🇦#SlavaUkraini defector.com/ukraine-war-...

Great🧵by @_karenhao about Chinese AI And this point is so important! Silicon Valley pushes the argument that regulation inhibits innovation-I encounter it most w/ privacy - and it's simply not true. Constraints can drive innovation and lead us to good solutions that *produce less harm*

I talked to the Guardian about Elon. Will this be the thing that finally gets me banned from Twitter???