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Have listened to the new T***** S**** album and concluded that the world needs a new Robyn album more now than it ever has before.

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation. www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

If you're a government employee and you want to talk, you can reach me at Vittoria89.82 on Signal. We can speak anonymously.

Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED.

NEW: Government workers tell @wired.com that their out-of-office replies are being forcibly changed to blame Democrats for the government shutdown.

Scoop from @leahfeiger.bsky.social @telliotter.bsky.social

China Rolls Out Its First Talent Visa as the US Retreats on H-1Bs The Chinese government unveiled a program to woo foreign talent just as the US cracked down on H-1Bs with a $100,000 fee. The move immediately provoked xenophobic backlash.

The Chinese government has unveiled a program to woo foreign talent -- right as the US admin is cracking down on H-1B visas.

The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.

Finally read this, and the reporting is as good as everyone says it is. It’s also terrifying, confounding, and deeply weird. The most powerful people in American politics right now — including the guy who has all our personal data — aren’t just evil, they’re absolutely bonkers.

One of the wild things about this story (which I had the pleasure of reading early in print on the subway last night) was when @noahshachtman.bsky.social asked a Blue Origin spox what makes their rockets any different or better than Elon's, and they said they “don’t have a solid answer" on that

Federal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies.

SCOOP: At 9:35am on Wednesday, the first morning of the US government shutdown, employees at the Small Business Administration (SBA) received a template from human resources for their suggested “out of office” email. They were advised to blame the Democrats.

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Marissa Mayer Is Dissolving Her Sunshine Startup Lab After seven rocky years, the company’s assets will be sold to Dazzle, a new AI firm that Mayer founded.

Marissa Mayer's consumer AI startup, Sunshine, is shutting down. It has also somehow existed for seven years, because time is 100 percent fake.

Heritage Foundation Uses Bogus Stat to Push a Trans Terrorism Classification By inflating numbers and narrowing definitions, Heritage promotes a false link between transgender identity and violence in its push for the FBI to create a new terrorism category.

NEW: The Heritage Foundation is pushing a terrorism designation based on "transgender ideology" on the claim that "50% of major (non-gang) school shootings since 2015" involve a transgender shooter or trans-related motive. @dell.bsky.social and me on why that's false:

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Tech Billionaires Already Captured the White House. They Still Want to Be Kings From Montenegro to northern California, the tech elite dream of building cities where they make the rules. Is this, finally, their moment?

The @telliotter.bsky.social network state story is here.

This is a really important concept driving a lot of the thinking coming out of Silicon Valley and influencing the GOP. The characters themselves are also something to behold. Trust me, you gotta check it out: www.wired.com/story/tech-b...

Trump Executive Order Will Hand TikTok Over to US Investors After five deadline extensions and several rounds of negotiations, President Trump signed an executive order to put TikTok’s US operations in the hands of Oracle and other American investors.

“If I could, I’d make the algorithm 100% MAGA related. But it’s not going to work out that way unfortunately. Everyone’s going to be treated fairly.”

the @wired.com mural is complete! tag us if you see us in bushwick and scan the QR code on the mural to start reading about wtf happened to silicon valley and trump, gamechangers, and what this means for your future: www.wired.com/politics-iss...

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Do you want to hang the new @wired.com cover, by the great Phil Galloway, in your office, at home, or in your doomsday bunker?

Good news, you can now purchase it:

The reviews are in!

Jeffrey Epstein Bad Pedophile is "half biopic, half true crime, and 100 percent dumb (complimentary)."

The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.

"This used to be the best job I’ve ever had, the best environment I’ve ever had, the best culture I’ve ever had—and they fucking ruined it.

I will never ever forget how much they ruined it."

The Onion Made an Absolutely Unhinged Jeffrey Epstein Mockumentary "Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile" is a very silly deep dive on a very serious issue. In the current media landscape, it’s a wonder it even got made.

"Collins says a movie theater company was set to launch the mockumentary nationally but pulled out in the wake of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk's death."

Armed Guards and Muscle Milk: Senate Investigation Reveals DOGE Takeover Details A new Senate report claims DOGE put every American's Social Security number at risk—and that officials at federal agencies essentially obstructed an investigation, all but denying DOGE even exists.

A new senate report is full of *shocking* details about DOGE activities inside the federal government. Including, unfortunately, the disturbing access that DOGE affiliates had to our SSNs:

"One whistleblower noted the possibility that the agency may need to re-issue SSNs to all who possess one."

Larry Ellison Is a ‘Shadow President’ in Donald Trump’s America The Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.

Larry Ellison once quipped that the constitution should be amended so Bill Clinton could run for a third term.

How did he get all the way here, now the most important billionaire of Trump 2.0? It’s not so straightforward, but the short answer is Obama
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Something beautiful is happening in Brooklyn, New York this week.

Larry Ellison Is a ‘Shadow President’ in Donald Trump’s America The Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.

Congrats to Larry Ellison, who is now a main character in the @wired.com politics Cinematic Universe.

@jakelahut.writes.news with what you need to know about the billionaire "shadow president" now cornering the market on your attention, and your data:

A Startup Used AI to Make a Psychedelic Without the Trip Mindstate Design Labs, backed by Silicon Valley power players, has created what its CEO calls “the least psychedelic psychedelic that’s psychoactive.”

EXCLUSIVE: A startup used AI to develop a psychedelic without the trip—and it worked (in a small, initial study).

It's part of a new class of drugs that could hopefully treat mental illness without the intensity of traditional psychedelics.

My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/a-star...

The 22 Very Online Upstarts Changing the Face of Politics Introducing WIRED’s 2025 Political Power Users—the creators, podcasters, and pundits who will blow up the next electoral era.

The Trumpian news cycle is so all-consuming, it can be hard to imagine what might come next.

At @wired.com, we decided to try. Introducing the 22, very online upstarts (from politicians to pundits to podcasters) who are poised to blow up the next era of politics:

The Secret Service isn't claiming it foiled any plot targeting the UN General Assembly. Just that a big collection of SIMs (probably used for fraud) could have *potentially* disrupted NYC cell service. The SIMs were in a *35 MILE* radius of the UN.

These headlines are all pretty egregiously wrong:

Trump’s Tylenol Directive Could Actually Increase Autism Rates, Researchers Warn Experts fear that Donald Trump’s anti-painkiller tirade could lead to an increase in risk factors for autism, and don’t trust the administration to assess data as it continues to search for a cause.

Among the many, many risks of Trump’s anti-Tylenol tirade? According to experts who spoke to @wired.com, an increase in autism rates:

Yeah you bet they are.

Why are we taking our latest politics cover to the streets?

We wanted you to see what we saw, over many months of covering DOGE, ICE, and the rest of it. Tech leaders got what they wanted—a seat at the table with a would-be king, and a chance to haggle over the rules that govern their businesses.