
Lisa Bonos
Assistant Tech Editor at The Washington Post
@washingtonpost tech culture reporter based in SF. previous lives as a love writer + opinion editor.
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1 week ago |
bostonglobe.com | Reis Thebault |Lisa Bonos
ALCATRAZ ISLAND, Calif. - The barred cell doors are so rusted they can’t close. Century-old lead paint is peeling off the walls. Concrete is crumbling, and the old rec yard is caked in seagull guano. This is no longer a fearsome prison. Not a working one, anyway. Alcatraz the penitentiary shut down in 1963, but Alcatraz the idea has lived on, a permanent part of the American mythology, a timeless symbol of ruthless and unforgiving incarceration.
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1 week ago |
washingtonpost.com | Lisa Bonos |Reis Thebault
Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz. Californians are deeply skeptical. (washingtonpost.com) Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz. Californians are deeply skeptical. By Lisa Bonos; Reis Thebault 2025050615274600 ALCATRAZ ISLAND, Calif. — The barred cell doors are so rusted they can't close. Century-old lead paint is peeling off the walls. Concrete is crumbling, and the old rec yard is caked in seagull guano. This is no longer a fearsome prison. Not a working one, anyway.
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flipboard.com | Reis Thebault |Lisa Bonos
San Francisco Joins King County in Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over New HUD Funding ConditionsSan Francisco is on the frontline of what seems to be an ongoing legal battle with the Trump administration over new federal conditions that could …
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stuff.co.nz | Lisa Bonos
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1 week ago |
washingtonpost.com | Lisa Bonos
These young people see meme coins as their best shot at the American Dream (washingtonpost.com) These young people see meme coins as their best shot at the American Dream By Lisa Bonos 2025050411350000 DENVER — When Yuvia Mendoza recently visited a Hooters restaurant, she offered her server $1,000 in cryptocurrency for one of the company's signature staff T-shirts. "I'm trying to save her job," Mendoza said.
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Trump wants to reopen #AlcatrazPrison. I went to the decommissioned prison about a mile ferry ride from SF and found Californians deeply skeptical of the idea. In @washingtonpost with @ReisThebault: https://t.co/XaXtoHK6uj

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