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Michael Calore

@snackfight.bsky.social
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Editorial director at @wired.com for consumer tech and culture. Kind human. I play bass in @twindimensions.bsky.social and guitar in @nascum.bsky.social snackfight.com

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 15h
This isn’t aimed at any outlet or person, but seeing a lot of description of the agents who raided Ilhan Omar as federal or DHS agents. That’s not wrong, but they were ICE agents—Homeland Security Investigations is one of the major components of ICE.
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
ICE is working hard to find voter fraud, and using Palantir-supported software to do it www.wired.com/story/ice-em...
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ICE Emails Discuss Using Palantir-Supported Tool to Investigate Voter Fraud
Documents obtained by Democracy Forward show that ICE looked into feeding voter roll data into the ELITE tool, normally used to identify targets for deportation.
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Send in the striped white jets
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404 Media @404media.co · 08/10/2026
Iowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to "undo the curse that was just put on our city."
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'It Is Done. Hail Satan:' City Immediately Regrets New Religious Liberty Law That Allows Prayer at City Council Meeting
Iowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to "undo the curse that was just put on our city."
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Blasting all these Prins Thomas remixes
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Maria BOO!stillos @mariabustillos.com · 02/10/2026
ya
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A stiff breeze often derails the Pacific Surfliner
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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Oakland Review of Books @oaklandreviewofbooks.org · 29/09/2026
When they're not all fucking each other at the rationalists' compound in Berkeley, they fret about AI murdering them.
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Public hands
A dispatch from the rationalists’ compound in Berkeley, where they're a little touchy about the possibility of AI killing them.
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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“And the Golden Globe for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy goes to ... Dario Amodei!” “Thank you, thank you. I want to start by saying that while my performance may have been funny, there’s nothing funny about AI safety.”
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Sam Frantics @dsoart.com · 29/09/2026
kids would rather be choosin' sexes than listening to choosin' texas
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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
kind of obsessed with the fact that there's an AA-style support group called Dogs Anonymous for owners who don't want to publicly admit they can't stand their dogs. by @jasooooon.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/inside...
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjFU...
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Jonathan Richman - I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar Live
YouTube video by champipple
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ULTRA💀BLAST @ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
tag yourself
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WIRED @wired.com · 21/09/2026
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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Virginia Haufler @vah301.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Happy to see @wired.com devote an entire issue to women because, you know, gender matters. www.wired.com/story/wired-...
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Women Still Face Too Much Bullshit—in Silicon Valley and Beyond
WIRED dedicating an entire issue to women in 2026 might seem regressive, or obvious, or even unnecessary. We disagree.
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No Context Filmstrips @strippedcontext.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Image: 4433-02.jpg
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Bluesky is the most learned group ever assembled of smart, funny people who will read a headline and then talk for two days about only the headline
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Honestly the best thing you can do about this whole Ed Sheeran scenario is listen to the French blackened doom metal band Epitaphe. They have a saxophone! tidal.com/album/547834...
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Epitaphe - Epitaphe III
Listen to Epitaphe III on TIDAL in exceptional sound quality, or on your choice of service
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A powerful case for public funding of terrestrial radio
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Boone Ashworth @boone.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
i love him www.wired.com/story/adopt-...
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Adopt This Data Center Plushie and Hear Its Piercing Scream
The satirical collaboration between a creative studio and the music producer behind Big Data, “Bezzy” is a cute little doll that spews the sounds of real data centers.
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Malky @themalky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I drew the new weird cat
Cutesy drawing of a Leopardus tilcayo loafing with its tongue poking out. A short phrase in spanish wraps around its back: un michi tilcayo! (a tilcayo kitty!)
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
truly remarkable plumage
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Fun little census project: sunset-sign-census.github.io
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Outer Sunset Window Sign Census
A block-by-block count of the Outer Sunset homes showing a Prop G window sign, from 45th Avenue west to the ocean.
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
There's now a better way to experience @wired.com, from stories to podcasts to videos. The WIRED App is live! -Access is free until Nov. 9th -Even more features are coming soon -The app will be searchable in app stores soon, but you can download it directly here: www.wired.com/story/app/sp...
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Gilly @gillyarcht.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Dolly, gracing us, on Bernal Rock
radiant poster of Saint Dolly Parton, beatified on gilded Bernal Rock, San Francisco skyline beyond
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
my avocados have been turning rotten before they ever turn ripe
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404 Media @404media.co · 16/09/2026
A Flock spokesperson said in a statement: “The unauthorized removal and tampering of a Flock camera is illegal.” When asked specifically about the encryption key stored on the camera, the company added, “Flock takes security seriously."
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Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People
While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.
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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
AI actor Tilly Norwood's handlers claimed that it was “ready for absolutely anything!”—so @milesklee.bsky.social asked it about a series of made-up scandals he alleged it was involved in and hot-button political issues, with mostly annoying results: www.wired.com/story/ai-act...
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AI ‘Actor’ Tilly Norwood Told Me That ‘All Lives Matter’
The virtual character, which is promoting its upcoming movie “Misaligned,” tries to evade politics by repetitively commenting on the clothes you’re wearing.
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The FBI Doubles Down on Easing ‘Bestiality’ Hiring Standards www.wired.com/story/the-fb...
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The FBI Doubles Down on Easing ‘Bestiality’ Hiring Standards
FBI director Kash Patel claimed to US senators that the removal of a bar on hiring people who had engaged in bestiality was aimed at protecting sexual assault survivors.
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
big week for Google Calendar spam
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Pavel Tchelitchew, The Hen and the Man, 1934
Horizontal painted composition showing a naked man laying down in the middle ground with a large hen in the foreground that obscures the mid-section of the man's body. Lightning flashes in the sky above them
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is exactly how I felt about The Purple Button Experiment, Deep Banana Blackout, Big Ass Truck, and the Granola Funk Express. And the exception that proves the rule: Butthole Surfers
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
He has a tattoo of the OG’s signature rotary cheese grater with the words SAY WHEN beneath it. I mean come on! New from @milesklee.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/this-m...
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This Man Has a Cult Internet Following Over His Olive Garden Lifetime Pasta Pass
Braden Sinclair is one of just 50 people in the world who can have unlimited pasta at the chain for life. Now, fans are deciding what he should eat next.
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Grandma’s Vanilla Creme Mini-Sandwiches
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Andrew Kolvet, a Turning Point spokesperson, says the conspiracy theories “won’t stop because many of these personalities were completely unknown and broke before Charlie was killed and this is their money maker, but their influence and credibility has collapsed and will continue to do so.”
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The one and only @davidgilbert43.bsky.social on the conspiracy chatter still bubbling a year after Charlie Kirk’s death www.wired.com/story/charli...
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Charlie Kirk Was Shot a Year Ago. The Conspiracy Theories Are More Rampant Than Ever
Experts say conspiracy theorizing about the identity and motive of Charlie Kirk’s killer will likely continue for a long time to come.
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Geese Never Thought They'd End Up Here
Sold-out shows, psyop rumors, secret sessions: Rolling Stone talks to Geese's Cameron Winter, Emily Green, Max Bassin, and Dominic DiGesu.
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Well would you look at that
the band GEESE on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Protect trans kids.
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This also applies to veggie burritos
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The SF City Attorney’s office is going hard against Meta www.wired.com/story/san-fr...
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San Francisco Orders Meta to Stop ‘Allowing’ AI Child Abuse Ads
The City Attorney’s Office has asked Meta to explain how the harmful ads repeatedly ran on Facebook and Instagram. The company claims the ads are not under the city’s jurisdiction.
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
iphones
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Nerd fight!! www.wired.com/story/openai...
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OpenAI Just Claimed a Huge Math Discovery. Some Academics Are Crying Foul
A landmark announcement by the frontier AI lab has been overshadowed by accusations of impropriety.
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
yes but I cannot and will never be able to speak French!
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Books of poetry in translation that present both languages, with for example the French text on the right page and English on the left—since you only read half the book shouldn't the books be sold at half price?
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Can confirm, yes
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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The horn section really makes it work
Lou Reed, Rock and Roll Heart
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