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Lydia You

Alexandria, New York, Princeton, San Francisco
As seen in: Yahoo Finance, MarketWatch, Barron's, The San Francisco Standard, The Argonaut, Pasadena Weekly, Tera News, Identity Review
Covers:  Technology, business, crypto, policy, investigative (data + public records), digital identity, data privacy
writing everyday theory • formerly @barronsonline @SFStandard • niche coffee meme connoisseur

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Lydia You’s Biography

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I often describe myself as a computer scientist with a writer's soul. As a junior at Princeton University studying both Computer Science and Journalism, I am fundamentally both analytical and deeply creative. Previously, I've worked as a Fellow at Identity Review, a LA-based tech media outlet specializing in digital identity and data privacy, and a Business Reporting Intern for Barron's. I hope to pursue a career at the intersection of tech and journalism, an unorthodox combo that has led me to…

Lydia You’s Journalist Portfolio

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This Small 401(k) Provider Will Offer Cryptocurrencies. What to Know.

This Small 401(k) Provider Will Offer Cryptocurrencies. What to Know.

Cryptocurrency is coming to some small retirement plans. Starting in July, ForUsAll, a 401(k) provider that p…

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A World Wide Web: Starry, Inc. Brings Free 'Beamed' Internet to Local Families In Need

A World Wide Web: Starry, Inc. Brings Free 'Beamed' Internet to Local Families In Need

For Samantha Gomez, an internet connection is a creative conduit. As a resident of Mar Vista Gardens, a housi…

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Cult of Engineered (Un)Consciousness: What Are Machines Actually Learning?

Cult of Engineered (Un)Consciousness: What Are Machines Actually Learning?

When technology gets “smarter”, what do humans stand to lose? Technology, and more specifically, computing, p…

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European Union Takes a Stand to Protect Industrial Data

European Union Takes a Stand to Protect Industrial Data

In recent years, Europe has been striving to turn the tide against an ever-growing wave of digital influence …

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Biden Administration Looks to Emphasize Crypto and Regulate Fintech

Biden Administration Looks to Emphasize Crypto and Regulate Fintech

If you are one of 38 million Americans who applied for unemployment insurance since March, you might have enc…

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What Does Gen-Z Think of the TikTok Ban?

What Does Gen-Z Think of the TikTok Ban?

On March 30, 2019, then 14-year-old Charli D'Amelio uploaded her first post to , a video of her lip-syncing w…

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Articles

Few San Franciscans Are Obese, but Many Still Want Ozempic

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By liz lindqwister, Lydia You
| The San Francisco Standard Verified
It started with a single Christmastime TikTok: Jonathan Kaplan, a San Francisco plastic surgeon known online as “Real Dr. Bae,” posted a 58-second video about actress Mindy Kaling’s suspected use of weight-loss medications. “I’d like to believe that Mindy Kaling lost all that weight with just diet and exercise … but it’s possible that she and other people that aren’t talking about it are using new weight loss drugs, Ozempic or Wegovy,” Kaplan said in the video.
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San Francisco Filmmaker Blasts Cops After Tracking $24K Stolen Gear to Known Fencing Operation

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By Lydia You
| The San Francisco Standard Verified
A filmmaker is venting his frustration with law enforcement on both sides of the San Francisco Bay after tracking $24,000 worth of camera equipment stolen in Oakland to a San Francisco address that one officer told him was a known fencing operation. Filmmaker Justin Andrew Schuck publicly railed about thousands of dollars’ worth of equipment being taken from the trunk of a rental Tesla last Saturday while he was eating lunch at a restaurant in Oakland’s Uptown neighborhood.
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California Forever Isn't Alone in Planning a Utopia. Here Are 4 More

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By Lydia You
| The San Francisco Standard Verified
California Forever isn’t the only tech-utopian city plan out there. In fact, it’s just the latest in a small—but elite—club of millionaires and billionaires investing in buying undeveloped land and building new cities, promising benefits like well-paying jobs, affordable housing, clean energy and walkable communities. Recent news of Flannery Associates’ plans to build a new city on 55,000 acres of land in Solano County sparked excitement and skepticism.
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Why did you become a journalist?

To continue learning for the rest of my life.

What's your favorite drink?

Soy flat white.

When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?

Wandering the city, reading a book at a coffeeshop, or traveling.