Finally, slowly, accountability comes for social media
By JACI CLEMENT // Two cases. One topic: Accountability. The landmark settlement with Meta – reached without Meta admitting wrongdoing – has the Internet on fire, and rightly so. Meta agreed to…
Elon Musk
No. 1066: We spell it out for you with FM radio, the FMC awards, the original GOP, the first SATs and M.C. Escher
Getting there (is half the fun?): Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we hurdle the last hump of Spring 2026. Summer officially begins this weekend in our lovely Northern…
No. 1034: Women of science, Edison of Menlo Park, all kinds of IDA deals and other inventive trains of thought
Bake and break: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as a February thaw overtakes Long Island – holy guacamole, 40 degrees! – and we bask in the glow of another…
Fair-housing groups fight back as HUD cripples funding
By JEFFREY L. REYNOLDS // A million dollars recently flew out the door of Long Island Housing Services, the only nonprofit fair-housing advocacy and enforcement organization serving Nassau and Suffolk…
No. 950: Seizing the day, hiring the DOGE’d, getting into the Zono – and Long Island goes to the movies!
Horse sense: Welcome to Wednesday, friends, as this latest busy workweek rounds the clubhouse turn and the shortest month of the year gallops toward the finish. Win, place or…
No. 944: Weathering storms, going to the movies and double dipping on chocolate, while our kids phone it in
Middle march: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we march into the second half of February’s first workweek – and the back half of Winter 2025, which officially passed…
A world without X (ugh)? Be careful what you wish for
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // X, nee Twitter, is finished. Maybe not MySpace finished, but the once-giant social networking platform’s days of being one of the most important players in…
Tesla Science Center alternates currents, and history
By TOM MARINER // A combination of local passion and superb management is helping Nikola Tesla get his due recognition – and Long Island, too. Tesla, of course, is the…
Tough year, but don’t write off social media just yet
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // Social media, our culture’s dominant media force for nearly two decades, had a rough year. Following lightening-rod Elon Musk’s purchase, advertisers are fleeing Twitter. Lawmakers…
In Musk’s Twitter play, red flags about media influence
By GREGORY ZELLER // So, a world-famous billionaire futurist with apparently unlimited resources, an affinity for weed and a continent-sized ego (with a mouth to match) is taking over Twitter…
No. 677: Virtual vacations, fortunate follies, puzzling polls – and the attack of the nightmare dolphins!
March on: Welcome, dear friends, to the March that wouldn’t die – the fifth Wednesday of the month and still a day to go! The workweek, however, proceeds on…
No. 644: Butter your bread, pick your ponies, clean our water – and the puck finally drops at UBS
Talking turkey: Let’s get real, intrepid innovators – it’s Wednesday out there, and that means just one week to go before Thanksgiving. If you haven’t started food shopping yet,…
LIA president pitches billionaires in final frontier flier
By GREGORY ZELLER // As the billionaire space race and other final-frontier fantasies rekindle earthlings’ interest in traveling to the stars, one Long Island rainmaker is hoping to save Long…
No. 599: It’s kinda cheesy and somewhat inflated, but those nurses can really sing – and there’s donuts
Short and sweet: That sure didn’t feel like a shortened workweek, dear readers, rather a full-on socioeconomic sprint – and here you are, huffing, puffing and ready for another…
No. 596: On burger kings, dancing queens and automotive royalty – with batteries definitely included
Worth it, in the end: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we muscle through this latest busy week of socioeconomic innovation with a glorious three-day weekend waiting in the…