A site that explains the news owes you an account of how it works. This is what I do, and you can hold me to it.
How I choose what to publish
I publish when two things are true at once: the story actually matters to someone who does not work in tech, and I have something of my own to say about it. If all I can do is repeat what others already said, I skip it.
I do not publish for volume, and I do not publish to be first.
How I verify
- Quotes are checked against the original source. If someone said it in a speech, I find the transcript or the video before putting it in quotation marks. I do not lift the quote from another outlet.
- Every claim links its source. The links sit at the foot of each article so you can check me instead of trusting me.
- Numbers come from the primary document when one exists. The federal inventory search, for instance, uses the files published by the US Office of Management and Budget, not someone else's summary of them.
- I separate announced from official. A president saying something in a speech does not make it policy. When that distinction matters, it goes in the text.
A real example: the first draft of the "SI" article claimed Trump had removed one option from his poll. Checked against the sources, that was false: the poll ran to completion with all three options. It was corrected before publication.
What happens when I get it wrong
I will get things wrong. When I do:
- I fix the text and say so. No silent edits.
- The correction is dated and states what it said before and what it says now.
- If the error changes the meaning of the piece, the correction goes at the top, not buried at the bottom.
- Typos (a stray accent, a broken link) are fixed without a note.
Published corrections
None yet. This site went live on September 22, 2026. When there are corrections they will appear here, dated, including the ones that do not flatter me.
Who pays for this
Nobody. There are no ads, no sponsored content, and nobody pays me to cover a topic. If that ever changes, this page will say so before any other.
Articles may mention tools I use, including WandaBuilds.ai, which is my own site. When I write about something of mine, I say so.
Spotted an error? Tell me. Genuinely appreciated.