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Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
What do the search engine JustAnswer, the gay dating app Grindr, and MAGA podcaster Savannah Chrisley have in common? They've all randomly launched GLP-1 brands.... and, as it turns out, you can, too: www.wired.com/story/telehe...
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Just About Anyone Can Sell You GLP-1s Online Now
Welcome to the “Temu experience of telehealth,” where everyone from Grindr to MAGA influencers can open a virtual clinic selling weight loss drugs and more.
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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
If you've been watching Love Is Blind for years and feeling like it's become more and more blatantly MAGA-coded—with increasingly misogynist men, you're not alone. Had to blog it out. www.wired.com/story/love-i...
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‘Love Is Blind’ Embraces the Manosphere
A show that started as an earnest if messy quest for love is now simply a mirror to the hell of modern dating.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 06/02/2026
The Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are on the rise.
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Louise Matsakis @lmatsakis.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
NEW: ICE is asking companies to provide information about “commercial Big Data and Ad Tech” products that could “directly support investigations activities,” reports @carolinehaskins.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/ice-as...
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ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations
A new federal filing from ICE demonstrates how commercial tools are increasingly being considered by the government for law enforcement and surveillance.
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Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 24/01/2026
How can you help Minnesotans right now? Call your goddamn Dem Senator and tell them you will never vote for them again if they do not shut the government down over this. If you have a republican, call them and call them fucking cowards.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026
Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
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WIRED @wired.com · 15/01/2026
Meanwhile, law enforcement agencies have issued warnings alleging TdA members had been engaging in criminal activity on rideshare and food delivery apps, as well as attempting to infiltrate the local music scene in NYC by hosting “parties with DJs.” Read more: www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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Trump Warned of a Tren de Aragua ‘Invasion.’ US Intel Told a Different Story
Hundreds of records obtained by WIRED show thin intelligence on the Venezuelan gang in the United States, describing fragmented, low-level crime rather than a coordinated terrorist threat.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Just want to stress that this was a woman who was simply trying to get to a doctor's appointment.
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WIRED @wired.com · 15/01/2026
Over the past decade, US immigration agents have shot and killed more than two dozen people. Not a single agent appears to have faced criminal charges. Our reporter spent four years investigating ICE shootings that occurred from 2015 to 2021. Some patterns emerged.
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Why ICE Can Kill With Impunity
Over the past decade, US immigration agents have shot and killed more than two dozen people. Not a single agent appears to have faced criminal charges.
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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 13/01/2026
getting a lot of questions about data centers and water here so re upping this! L
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You’re Thinking About AI and Water All Wrong
Fears about AI data centers’ water use have exploded. Experts say the reality is far more complicated than people think.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/01/2026
So, if I'm reading this right: 4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer, and 6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow. (HT @benjaminkabak.com)
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Federal prosecutors quit in protest over lack of investigation into ICE shooting
Six lawyers from US attorney’s office in Minnesota quit along with four leaders of DoJ’s civil rights division
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Adrienne So @adrienneso.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Last week was nuts, my eyeballs are still bleeding!!!! Thank God I was able to walk from the @wynnlasvegas.bsky.social to the Venetian for four crazy days of coverage! Check everything out at @wired.com.
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Adrienne So @adrienneso.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
We've been reporting on these ongoing lawsuits piecemeal for the last several months! Feels good to get it all in one place
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Adrienne So @adrienneso.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Had a hearty chortle last night over getting to sneak in a ton of pee jokes in print @wired.com www.wired.com/story/smart-...
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The Newest Health Trend Is Tracking Your Pee
Ready, aim, fire—the latest health trackers use sensors to check your urine for proper hydration, ketone levels, and possible kidney stones.
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Catch me on the radio, talking about @makenakelly.bsky.social and my story debunking the myth that DOGE is dead: www.wired.com/story/what-i...
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DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
NEW: ICE had initially planned a limited pilot program to hire bounty hunters and private investigators for immigrant tracking. The agency has now scrapped that plan and is going all-in, removing the program’s spending cap and offering up to $280M to any given contractor. From @dell.bsky.social
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ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
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Adrienne So @adrienneso.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Kilian Jornet is probably the most fun athlete interview I've ever had, and I did NOT put in the part where my face went 😟 when he said he drinks water straight off the glacier in Nepal @wired.com www.wired.com/story/kilian...
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Kilian Jornet Makes Other Elite Ultra Runners Look Like Us—Here Are His Essentials
The world's greatest skyrunner shares the shoes, fitness tracker, and practices that let him climb every mountain in the Western United States in just 31 days.
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Adrienne So @adrienneso.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
This was a really fun story to write www.wired.com/story/google... also shoutout to Girls on the Run, which is an amazing organization! @wired.com www.gotroregon.org
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Instead of an AI Health Coach, You Could Just Have Friends
I used the public preview of Fitbit’s new AI Health Coach and became both faster and noticeably weirder.
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Adrienne So @adrienneso.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Some BTS footage of filming and testing ebikes with @michaelg-pdx.bsky.social for @wired.com! I'm always struggling with too little or too much personality. Also holy crap I need to update this roundup soon www.wired.com/gallery/best...
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Literally so thrilled that @wired.com's reporting on DOGE has been shortlisted for an Online Journalism Award! This year has been one of the hardest of my career, but I am so grateful to have done it with this team. awards.journalists.org/entries/insi...
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Inside Elon Musk's 'Digital Coup' - Online Journalism Awards
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Zoë Schiffer @zoeschiffer.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
On the pod this week—People are turning to chatbots to figure out what is really going on with the protests in LA. It's not going well: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The Chatbot Disinfo Inflaming the L.A. Protests
Podcast Episode · Uncanny Valley | WIRED · 06/13/2025 · 18m
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
This is disturbing, and I’m glad to see @cnn.com covering it. But a passing credit to @wired.com 16 graphs in - when the entire story is a retread of our reporting - is journalistic malpractice. I’m sick of it. Be better. Treat covering the admin as a team effort. www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/p...
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Elon Musk’s DOGE team is building a master database for immigration enforcement, sources say | CNN Politics
Staffers from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency are building a master database to speed-up immigration enforcement and deportations, by combining sensitive data from across the federal g...
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Adrienne So @adrienneso.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Ten years ago, pubs were debating if anyone even NEEDED an Apple Watch. Last week, two friends and I simultaneously all reached over and turned Water Lock on to get into a hot tub because we were all wearing one. Wild! @wired www.wired.com/story/apple-...
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The Apple Watch Just Turned 10. Here's How Far It's Come
When the Apple Watch launched, it was unclear if smartwatches would pan out. Ten years later, Apple has a $100-billion hit that reshaped the watch industry and ushered in a new age of fitness tracking...
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Roses are red Violets are blue
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makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Even though we've already spoken to >150 sources for this story and others, I would still love to connect with any federal workers or folks with insight into DOGE. You can be anonymous. Signal: makenakelly.32
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
And we are staying on this story: If you're a government worker and you want talk, you can reach me securely on Signal at Vittoria89.82
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makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
NEW: The WIRED crew takes you inside the first 6 weeks of DOGE, laying out in great detail how Elon Musk installed loyalists across government who gained access to our country's most sensitive computer systems. “This is a digital coup,” one USAID source told me. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’
Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI.
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Brian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
NEW: The Social Security Administration has blocked its employees from reading news sites (including WIRED, NYT, and WSJ) at work. www.wired.com/story/social... from @davidgilbert.bsky.social
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Social Security Workers Aren't Allowed to Read This Story
New internet restrictions at the embattled SSA have cut off access to WIRED, along with other “general news” websites like The Washington Post and The New York Times.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
New: Last night, hundreds of CDC post-doc fellows were fired, including all in the group who call themselves the "disease detectors," and are the future of public health lab leaders. One senior official told me, "It is going to cripple public health for decades." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
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CDC 'disease detectors' among hundreds fired as Trump administration ramps up agency cuts
Administration officials last week informed CDC leaders of plans to cut up to 10% of its workforce as it targeted federal probationary employees.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
NEW: Tonight, dozens of Consumer Finance Protection Bureau employees were fired via a hastily written email. Some affected employees were addressed as “[EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].” W/ @makenakelly.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/dozens...
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Dozens of CFPB Workers Fired in After-Hours Blitz
Some affected employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were notified with an email that addressed them as [EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
People have been asking how they can pay *more money* for @wired.com -- a lovely question to get! So we've created an option for Superfans to pay a higher price for a subscription. Subscriptions make WIRED's journalism sustainable for the long haul. We're grateful for that support. wrd.cm/40XCLLs
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
As always, if you're a gov or tech employee and you want to talk, you can reach me on Signal at velliott88.18
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Adrienne So @adrienneso.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
I swear I'm not playing devil's advocate now, but if this stops people from filling up landfills and the ocean with hauls off Shein and Temu, I am not THAT sad about it
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
"Our reporting speaks for itself. It is rigorously reported and fact checked [and] we look forward to continuing doing the work, trying to figure out exactly what Elon Musk and his team are doing inside of these federal agencies," -- @katie-drummond.bsky.social, head of WIRED
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Reporters uncover details about men working for Musk to cut government agencies
YouTube video by CNN
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Emily Mullin @emilymullin.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Current prosthetics have a limited range of movement, and controlling them isn't intuitive. An Austin-based startup is building a muscle implant to enable more natural control of robotic limbs, and I got an exclusive look at some of their early data: www.wired.com/story/ampute...
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Muscle Implants Could Allow Mind-Controlled Prosthetics—No Brain Surgery Required
Startup Phantom Neuro is building an implant that sits under the skin and which promises to give amputees more accurate control of electronic prosthetics.
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megan farokhmanesh @megannicolett.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
WIRED is hiring a culture editor, which means you can be my boss. my boss! I'm a delight condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
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Senior Editor, Culture
WIRED is where a better future is imagined. For three decades, we have been the indispensable guide to a world in constant transformation. We cover humanity’s biggest challenges, from climate change t...
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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
One to share widely. The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance After Trump's election, @lhn.bsky.social and @agreenberg.bsky.social have put togther practical steps for liming exposure to America’s digital surveillance machine
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The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...
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Brian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
WIRED editors and reporters are all smart AND charming, wow, please follow them bsky.app/starter-pack...
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