Transportation editor at @verge / DM for Signal etc / @vox_union
NYC/NJ
Joined February 2009
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Andrew J. Hawkins 🚇🚌🚲🛴 retweeted
Elon Musk has had inappropriate relationships with SpaceX employees. Tesla shareholders knew that, and chose to reward him with a massive payday anyway.
@wsj's @joe_palazzolo and @Verge’s @andyjayhawk explain.
open.spotify.com/episode/0gQ…
Andrew J. Hawkins 🚇🚌🚲🛴 retweeted
“Bike buses have taken the internet by storm. Now, a new organization is working to launch them all over the world.”
“School buses run on gas; bike buses run on joy.”
‘Advocates Unite to Start a Worldwide Bike Bus Revolution’ by @StreetsblogUSA usa.streetsblog.org/2023/11/…
Andrew J. Hawkins 🚇🚌🚲🛴 retweeted
Today, we stand in solidarity with our @WGAEast colleagues to demand that @voxmedia, and all media companies, publicly commit to never replacing human workers with AI tools. #JournalismNeedsHumans
Andrew J. Hawkins 🚇🚌🚲🛴 retweeted
The bike bus world came together in Brooklyn today
@CoachBalto @BergenBikeBus @SFBikeBus @BIKABOUT @andyjayhawk #bikebus
(click pic for full story ⬇️)
bikeportland.org/2023/10/19/…
Andrew J. Hawkins 🚇🚌🚲🛴 retweeted
🎙️ Turn on the latest ep of #TNW! This week's guests are @AndyJayhawk from @Verge discussing autonomous companies in SF, and @NicoGrant from @nytimes diving into @Google & DeepMind's AI chatbots as personal life coaches. twit.tv/tnw/299
Andrew J. Hawkins 🚇🚌🚲🛴 retweeted
For @verge and @NYMag, I spoke with the people teaching the chatbots how to chat theverge.com/features/237645…
Andrew J. Hawkins 🚇🚌🚲🛴 retweeted
Tesla buys battery materials from the mining giant with the most allegations of human rights abuses against it in @BHRRC's database of abuses tied to clean energy theverge.com/2023/6/15/23760… via @Verge
Andrew J. Hawkins 🚇🚌🚲🛴 retweeted
Front page of the Metropolitan section in @nytimes this weekend. Grab a copy!
(H/t to @andyjayhawk)
Andrew J. Hawkins 🚇🚌🚲🛴 retweeted
This story was *a blast* to report. A few s/o's: @andyjayhawk for looping me into Montclair; Brittainy and Anthony for amazing art; Hilary Howard for swift/great edits; Chris Roberti for PS 110 and Emily Stutts for Bergen; and all the families that I spoke to.
Also: bikes.
Andrew J. Hawkins 🚇🚌🚲🛴 retweeted
Bike buses — an adult-led kids ride to school that centers joy, physical activity and street safety — are popping up across the tristate. And I had the chance to ride a few of them in this latest piece for @NYTMetro. nytimes.com/2023/06/06/nyreg…
Andrew J. Hawkins 🚇🚌🚲🛴 retweeted
Elon Musk fails to launch Ron DeSantis in disastrous Twitter Space theverge.com/2023/5/24/23736…
Andrew J. Hawkins 🚇🚌🚲🛴 retweeted
A made-up global warming theory discussed in the Joe Rogan Experience podcast is spreading on TikTok despite the platform’s new policy against climate disinformation, a new @mmfa report shared exclusively with @verge finds
theverge.com/2023/5/24/23733… via @Verge
Andrew J. Hawkins 🚇🚌🚲🛴 retweeted
Loved hanging out in Red Hook, BK for this story about how the community built a disaster-proof mesh wi-fi network that survived hurricane Sandy but is in limbo today. Like many swells of support after a crisis, aid dried up as quickly as it materialized theverge.com/c/features/2370…
Andrew J. Hawkins 🚇🚌🚲🛴 retweeted
New @verge article out this week from @justcalma documenting the history of Red Hook WiFi and the many recent challenges the program has faced.
Read the Article Node by Node: theverge.com/c/features/2370…
Andrew J. Hawkins 🚇🚌🚲🛴 retweeted
Red Hook’s mesh network survived Hurricane Sandy. Today, it’s in limbo.
theverge.com/c/features/2370…
Andrew J. Hawkins 🚇🚌🚲🛴 retweeted
To commemorate New York City’s first decade of bike share, @awalkerinLA spoke to a dozen people — from the city employees who launched it, to the advocates who helped it flourish — about Citi Bike’s past, present, and future trib.al/vYUIR8Y
Andrew J. Hawkins 🚇🚌🚲🛴 retweeted
the fact we’re about to accept the Ram REV’s 229 kWh battery for 500 miles of range tells me we have completely lost the plot of electrification.
From me, @RoadandTrack
roadandtrack.com/news/a43795…
Andrew J. Hawkins 🚇🚌🚲🛴 retweeted
The NYPD Is Greeting Vigils for Jordan Neely With Brute Force hellgatenyc.com/the-nypd-is-…
Andrew J. Hawkins 🚇🚌🚲🛴 retweeted
Microsoft just made a huge, far-from-certain bet on nuclear fusion. Microsoft thinks nuclear fusion technology is nearly ready to plug into the grid theverge.com/2023/5/10/23717…
