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Rema Hammami, an anthropologist at Birzeit University who has researched checkpoints, calls the current situation unprecedented. “Every single community, village, every single Palestinian city is going to be a separate prison.”

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The checkpoints aren’t mere inconveniences. They can be dangerous—deadly, even. Nearly two-thirds of people in the West Bank say checkpoints have been a barrier to their access to medical care.

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The toll of the commute has caused some Palestinians living in the West Bank to give up their careers or their studies. More than one in ten people in the West Bank say they’ve moved to other cities or regions because of checkpoints, and 31 percent say they’re considering moving.

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The average West Bank commuter–someone who drives several times a week–loses about an hour and a half each week to additional travel time in an effort to avoid checkpoints. Over the course of a year, that amounts to 77 hours lost. For some, the delays are far longer.

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According to UN data from December 2025, at least 925 fixed and temporary checkpoints, metal gates, roadblocks, and earth mounds divide the West Bank. This fracturing, which has accelerated since 2023, has torn families apart, stifled the economy, and impeded access to essential services.

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Schlichter has also repeatedly lashed out at women and minorities. In an article for conservative website Townhall, published in July 2026, Schlichter suggested that “liberal women” could bring about the end of Western civilization. www.wired.com/story/a-pent...

“These self-righteous crones are a pestilence, a plague upon Western society, a group of doggedly ignorant feminist/chauvinists playing out their personal psychodramas on the world stage whose antics, if unchecked, will inevitably lead to the fall of civilization.” - Kurt Schlichter, a retired Army colonel turned social media influencer who has worked with the Pentagon

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In an August 2021 thread on X, Schlichter demanded an authoritarian crackdown on “liberals.” In the thread, he advocates for banning everything from masks and unions to critical race theory and “leftist media.” www.wired.com/story/a-pent...

“We must, by any means necessary, force them to be like us. No quarter. No compromise.” - Kurt Schlichter, retired Army colonel and social media influencer who has worked with the Pentagon

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Schlichter confirmed that he was a civilian government employee, working as part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. www.wired.com/story/a-pent...

“The Department was proud to have a group of patriotic civilians and veterans like Kurt Schlichter contribute to our Senior Service College Task Force. Nothing is more important than the formation of our future military leaders." - Kingsley Wilson, the Pentagon’s press secretary

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WIRED @wired.com · 28/09/2026

However, some see the doom talk as a distraction from discussions of the technology’s actual harms. Timnit Gebru, one of the fiercest critics of AI, told WIRED believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity. www.wired.com/story/the-bi...

"The funder, the founders, the investors who stand to benefit and profit the most from these companies IPO-ing are saying this, that they have been the ones seeding this narrative going back multiple decades." - Timnit Gebru, AI researcher and prominent critic

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While many extremist candidates—such as groyper James Fishback and antisemitic influencer Dan Bilzarian—didn’t make it through GOP primaries, many made it to the general election, and a number of them are expected to win. www.wired.com/story/these-...

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Borsook was an early critic of the tech industry’s male-centeredness. In a 1996 essay, she reviewed every issue of WIRED and ran the numbers, finding that only 15 percent of authors to June 1995, including herself, were women. One month, she was the only woman on the masthead.

“There are vague in-house grumbling intimations by women on staff of likely accomplished females being shot down as article-subjects in WIRED editorial meetings and of no-account off-point numb-nut guys being celebrated instead—but that’s par for the course in any mostly-male arena.” - Paulina Borsook wrote in an essay for the 1996 anthology ‘Wired Women: Gender and new realities in cyberspace’

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But last year, Borsook’s work had a renaissance on social media. Celebrated tech critics like Gil Durán of ‘The Nerd Reich’ waved ‘Cyberselfish’ around as proof that, even in the go-go days of the dotcom bubble, some people saw where things were headed. www.wired.com/story/paulin...

“Instead of centering men who missed the boat (and still don’t seem to get it), let’s lift up the work of Paulina Borsook, who saw it all very clearly and tried to warn us 25 years ago.” - Gil Durán, tech critic and author of ‘The Nerd Reich,’ wrote in a widely shared post on Bluesky

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Annie Clark, aka art-rocker St. Vincent, explicitly designed her signature guitar to sit comfortably against a woman’s torso. It weighs around 7.5 pounds, with a roasted maple neck that offers easy access to the upper frets (where the shredding happens). www.wired.com/story/16-wom...

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Adafruit, founded by Ladyada, aka Limor Fried, the first female engineer to appear on the cover of WIRED, is a 100 percent woman-owned force in open-source electronics, lowering the barrier to coding and hardware hacking. www.wired.com/story/16-wom...

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Cofounded by CERN physicist Elina Berglund Scherwitzl, who helped discover the Higgs boson, Natural Cycles makes the world’s first FDA-cleared birth-control app—claiming an impressive 93 percent accuracy. www.wired.com/story/16-wom...

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Six-time cycling world champion Marion Clignet, cofounder of the cycling apparel brand Jelenew, brought in her elite racing experience, with fits shaped around women’s proportions rather than scaled down from men’s clothing. www.wired.com/story/16-wom...

Jelenew Mont Blanc Ultralight Long Windproof Jacket

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WIRED @wired.com · 24/09/2026

Tisha Johnson is a rarity in the car world: an automotive design leader who is not a man. Her Slate SUV was designed to be loved, favouring strong shoulders and approachable round headlamps over macho arrowed surfacing. www.wired.com/story/16-wom... 📸: Joyce Lee

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And Gary isn’t alone. www.wired.com/story/tech-b...

“If I don’t immediately say that I don’t like Elon Musk, people think that I’m conservative, which is generally not something that people like in San Francisco.” - James, a 29-year-old Tesla employee

“Listen, I have a great guy to tell you about. He’s such a good match for you. Now hear me out: He’s in tech.” - Amy Laurent, the founder of a high-end matchmaking company, on how she pitches her tech-employed male clients to women

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WIRED @wired.com · 24/09/2026

Since joining the tech company in 2025, Gary has noticed that naming his employer prompts brutal reactions from prospective paramours. One woman, he says, called him the devil; another asked how he lives with himself. www.wired.com/story/tech-b...

“When I started thinking about questions around genocide and the technology that kills or tracks or excludes. I realized that the things these people are building are secretly, or under the surface, really nefarious, and I could not personally be with someone who is a puzzle piece in that tapestry.” - Helen, a 28 year-old who works at an impact investing firm funding technology for underserved communities

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WIRED @wired.com · 22/09/2026

Comedian and WIRED cover star Patti Harrison sat down to talk about social media, AI, and getting laughs for impersonating Boston Dynamics’ robot dogs. Subscribe to or follow "Uncanny Valley" wherever you get your podcasts: www.wired.com/story/big-in...

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You don’t need to listen to a three-hour podcast to find the manosphere; it’s right there in the conference room. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/women-...

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One after another, women reported being sexually harassed by male supervisors, getting paid less than their male peers, getting passed over for promotions, getting talked over in meetings. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/women-...

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But so many have. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/women-...

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Of course, plenty of women in WIRED’s survey reported feeling satisfied with their careers, and not everyone’s been, shall we say, manhandled. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/women-...

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WIRED asked 634 women what they really think about working in tech. They told us about harassment, bias, unequal treatment, and the everyday indignities that still shape life in the industry. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/women-...

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Here’s how we transformed our cover star Patti Harrison into Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos (with Lauren Sánchez Bezos by his side).

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For our WIRED Women cover, Patti Harrison plays five (well, actually six) of the current masters of the universe—Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos (with Lauren Sánchez Bezos by his side). 🔗 www.wired.com/tag/wired-wo...

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The act of removing the camera and dumping its software shows that some people are not content with just destroying or removing the cameras. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/hacker...

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WIRED @wired.com · 17/09/2026

Kernel Panic by @lhn.bsky.social and @mattburgess1.bsky.social ! Your guide to the changing worlds of digital security and privacy. Exclusive news, expert analysis and what’s coming next. Delivered every Saturday. Find out more 👇 www.wired.com/newsletter/e...

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Following the primaries, there will be 197 election deniers on the ballot for congressional and statewide races in the midterms across 43 states, according to new data shared exclusively with WIRED. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/hundre...

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WIRED @wired.com · 16/09/2026

Meet the new WIRED app: the best way to read, watch, and listen to our journalism. To celebrate this launch, we’re giving app users full, free access to WIRED for a limited time. All you need to do is create an account. buff.ly/H3Zt1a5

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WIRED @wired.com · 14/09/2026

Kowalski, now 20, has told her story on TikTok, which is now her main income source. The Kowalskis say they have spent tens of thousands on reputation management and legal fees, as well as efforts to scrub the illegal content from the internet. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/burner...

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WIRED @wired.com · 14/09/2026

Cornett says the burnerverse continues to post about her on a near-daily basis. Now 20 and in her junior year, she’s still hounded whenever she goes out on campus, and she lives in fear of someone taking a photo of her and posting it online. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/burner...

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2026 has been a landmark year for lawsuits against social media platforms. We’ll discuss the growing legal reckoning over social media and children with top trial lawyer Mark Lanier. #WIREDWorldFair www.wired.com/wiredworldfa...

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What if the way to resist AI is to troll it? 25-year WIRED contributor Evan Ratliff and comedian Husk discuss. #WIREDWorldFair www.wired.com/wiredworldfa...

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As AI systems seem to be going increasingly rogue, who owns the future of AI? We are going to ask Clément Delangue, cofounder and CEO of Hugging Face. #WIREDWorldFair www.wired.com/wiredworldfa...

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In the aftermath of the midterm elections, political influencers from different camps, CJ Pearson and Kat Abughazaleh, will chat about the future of campaigning. #WIREDWorldFair www.wired.com/wiredworldfa...

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While you wait for the return of the mammoth, did you know you can talk to dolphins? Dr. Denise Herzing, Founder and Research Director of Wild Dolphin Project, will tell us how. #WIREDWorldFair www.wired.com/wiredworldfa...

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Ben Lamm is a cofounder and the CEO of Colossal Biosciences, the world’s first de-extinction company. He will discuss the hows and whys of bringing back long-extinct species. #WIREDWorldFair www.wired.com/wiredworldfa...

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Ben Collins, the CEO of The Onion, will talk about the future of satire, and who it is for today. #WIREDWorldFair www.wired.com/wiredworldfa...

Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian will discuss the future of venture capital investment. #WIREDWorldFair www.wired.com/wiredworldfa...

Join us for a screening of ‘Musk,’ a new unvarnished documentary by multi-award-winning director Alex Gibney, followed by a Q&A. #WIREDWorldFair www.wired.com/wiredworldfa...