Are electric planes possible? And if so, when are they coming?? Turns out, they’re already here. And so is a new episode of Huge If True, now on youtube: For this episode of Huge If True, I went to visit an electric plane company called Beta. Before the shoot, I thought the weight of batteries basically meant electric planes weren’t that useful, and wouldn’t be for a long time.

I tried to build a nuclear fusion reactor with @SimoneGiertz and the @Helion_Energy team.

When something goes wrong, it turns into an explainer on what’s going on with the world's most hyped energy source.

Huge If True, episode 13: @SimoneGiertz @Helion_Energy this all started because I kept seeing headlines about nuclear fusion and I was curious. so I called up @Helion_Energy CEO @dekirtley.

he showed me how we can already do fusion - as in, we can smash atoms together to make larger atoms.

fun fact, fusion is pink!

I’m a journalist who just hit 1M on TikTok.

Here’s what I’ve learned: 🧵 1. TikTok is for adults and information now.

"Teens and dance trends" is TikTok 2020 or earlier, but people who don’t use the app haven’t updated their mental models. So, despite the many headlines, most are still underrating its impact on culture and conversation.

Big professional news: After 5 years at Vox, I’m going independent!

I’m launching my own show on YouTube + TikTok. Journalistically rigorous, genuinely optimistic explainers about tech that could change our future.

Introducing… Huge If True 🧵 Let me explain. I’m a video journalist. While at Vox, I wrote the Coding and Diamonds episodes of our Netflix show Explained, hosted/produced our daily show Answered and our YouTube Originals show Glad You Asked. It was the best job I ever had.