Amit Katwala

A Journey Into the Heart of Labubu I made an epic trek across four countries to answer one question: Why is the world going mad for a plushie monster?

Some incredible details in this great @wired.com story by @zeyiyang.bsky.social on the Labubu craze.

I also love the phrase 'heinous item' and plan to integrate it into my day-to-day speech

www.wired.com/story/labubu...

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She Fought the Far Right Online for Years. Now She Wants to Do It in Congress Kat Abughazaleh, 26, made her name swatting down right-wing talking points on social media. Now she’s hoping internet fame can propel her to Congress.

popping back in from mat leave to say i profiled @katmabu.bsky.social for @wired.com and you should read it! she's running a fascinating campaign: www.wired.com/story/kat-ab...

I can overuse the em-dash just fine on my own thank you very much

The Definitive, Insane, Swimsuit-Bursting Story of the Steroid Olympics At first it was dismissed as a crazy joke. Making the Enhanced Games a reality needed a Peter Thiel posse, a couple of retired swimmers, some MAGA money, and a whole lot of drugs.

Here's my @wired.com deep dive on the Enhanced Games—an Olympics where you can take drugs—from earlier this year www.wired.com/story/enhanc...

The Enhanced Games just announced its first non-swimmer – US 100m sprinter and Olympic silver medalist Fred Kerley! This is... quite a big deal and is going to make a lot of people very angry

Humans are Racing to Control the Weather—Using Drones, Lasers, and Salt Desert countries like the United Arab Emirates are searching for ways to make it rain. New technologies might make this possible, but at what price?

US congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is on a crusade against weather modification—she's holding a hearing today and has been trying to get it banned.

But how does the tech actually work? Does it work at all? In 2024 I went to the UAE to find out

For @wired.com

www.wired.com/story/new-go...

The Superyacht, the Billionaire, and a Wildly Improbable Disaster at Sea The last night of tech mogul Mike Lynch’s life has become fodder for conspiracy theories. For the first time, the whole story can be told.

Like many people, I was a little obsessed with the strangeness of the Mike Lynch sinking. So we assigned the story to Bradley Hope and got the first detailed accounting from inside the boat www.wired.com/story/mike-l...

Really great story!

Our son Rayan would have turned three today.

This is something I wrote a little while ago about grief, loss, hope and all the rest of it.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

I don't know who on Apple's autocorrect team needs to hear this, but when I write the words 'time machine' or 'quick look' I am almost never talking about one of your products—please stop trying to capitalise them

"In regular life, we have never been required to distinguish between 'language' and 'thought' because only thought was capable of producing language"

www.todayintabs.com/p/we-need-to...

Hi hello! I want to talk about WIRED and some of the work we’ve been doing, and what we’ve got planned for all the good, kind, discerning people (maybe you!) who subscribe. www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...

beyond wellness WIRED cover issue

Anyone know what "wellness" means anymore? From TikTok hacks to those in key US government roles using their authority to wreak havoc on the lives of Americans, WIRED decided, ye, let's dive in.

From Bryan Johnson's longevity quest to AI drugs, here is Beyond Wellness: www.wired.com/beyond-welln...

Cloning Came to Polo. Then Things Got Truly Uncivilized A polo legend and a businessman joined forces to copy the player’s greatest horse. But with a single clone worth $800,000, some technologies are a breeding ground for betrayal.

"Well beyond the rarefied world of polo, the match is hailed as historic. This is the first time anyone has played a polo final on six identical horses, let alone won with them." —Matt Reynolds for @wired.com

www.wired.com/story/clonin...

Cloning Came to Polo. Then Things Got Truly Uncivilized A polo legend and a businessman joined forces to copy the player’s greatest horse. But with a single clone worth $800,000, some technologies are a breeding ground for betrayal.

Make some time for this incredible @mattreynolds.bsky.social story—featuring a polo star, a Texas oilman, a Russian billionaire and a stunning betrayal. Oh, and clones!

www.wired.com/story/clonin...

The Enhanced Games Has a Date, a Host City, and a Drug-Fueled World Record The Enhanced Games, where athletes are allowed to take performance-enhancing drugs, will host its first event in May. One “enhanced” former Olympic swimmer has already broken the 50-meter freestyle re...

Fascinating feature by @amitkatwala.bsky.social on a strange subculture of sports, money and hype with a lot of colorful characters. www.wired.com/story/the-en...

The Definitive, Insane, Swimsuit-Bursting Story of the Steroid Olympics At first it was dismissed as a crazy joke. Making the Enhanced Games a reality needed a Peter Thiel posse, a couple of retired swimmers, some MAGA money, and a whole lot of drugs.

Peter Thiel and the other billionaires behind the Enhanced Games say their ‘Olympics on steroids’ will usher in a new age of human enhancement.

But what do they really want?

New story from me for @wired.com

www.wired.com/story/enhanc...

The Definitive, Insane, Swimsuit-Bursting Story of the Steroid Olympics At first it was dismissed as a crazy joke. Making the Enhanced Games a reality needed a Peter Thiel posse, a couple of retired swimmers, some MAGA money, and a whole lot of drugs.

The more I learn about the Enhanced Games the more obsessed I am with it. And this is the deepest dive yet, from @amitkatwala.bsky.social:

www.wired.com/story/enhanc...

The Definitive, Insane, Swimsuit-Bursting Story of the Steroid Olympics At first it was dismissed as a crazy joke. Making the Enhanced Games a reality needed a Peter Thiel posse, a couple of retired swimmers, some MAGA money, and a whole lot of drugs.

At first, the Enhanced Games were dismissed as a ridiculous joke. Now the Games are actually happening.

All it took was a Peter Thiel posse, a few retired swimmers, MAGA money, and a boatload of drugs.

@amitkatwala.bsky.social has all the tea in this fabulous story:

www.wired.com/story/enhanc...

He’s Blind. He Plays Video Games. Here’s How That Works Ross Minor lost his eyesight at 8 years old. Today, he’s a hardcore gamer who runs YouTube and Twitch channels and consults for big studios. This is not—necessarily—an inspirational story.

Ross Minor lost his eyesight at 8 years old. Today, he’s a hardcore gamer who runs YouTube and Twitch channels and consults for big studios. This is not—necessarily—an inspirational story. www.wired.com/story/ross-m...

Padel players fear lack of West Midlands courts slowing growth They tell the BBC they need more affordable padel courts like new ones in Tipton.

Should padel be a universal human right

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Just nationalise it already

Very interesting choice of subject line from Thames Water, which was recently criticised for referring to its own senior management team as its "most precious resource" in a parliamentary hearing

The Trump administration revives an old intimidation tactic: the polygraph machine | CNN Politics When President Ronald Reagan’s White House threatened thousands of government officials with polygraph exams, supposedly to protect classified data (but probably also to control press leaks), his Secr...

Shocked to learn, researching this story, that 2 million Americans got polygraphs from their employers until Congress largely outlawed their use in the private sector in 1988.

Still in use for government workers, however, and the Trump administration is leaning in.

www.cnn.com/2025/06/05/p...

Hosting the main stage at #SXSWLondon today, introducing lots of great speakers including TS Anil from Monzo, Katherine Maher from NPR, Anna Bateson from The Guardian, Jimmy Wales from Wikipedia and lots more. Come say hi if you're around!

You're Not Ready Seems bad out there. Unfortunately, it can always get worse. From evil hacker AI to world-changing cyberattacks, WIRED envisions the future you haven't prepared for.

NEW: Since there’s nothing stressful going on already, we at @wired.com dove into the cybersecurity-related threats of the not-too-distant future (and frankly had a lot of fun with it). Enjoy! www.wired.com/youre-not-re...

New issue of WIRED with the coverline: North Korea Stole Your Job

The new UK edition of WIRED is out today! @wired.com

I had a great time collating our package on Rogues, featuring North Korean job scammers, AI music fraudsters, murderous altruists, psychedelic drug lords, quantum hackers + lots more

The Epic Rise and Fall of a Dark-Web Psychedelics Kingpin Interdimensional travel, sex with aliens, communion with God. Anything is possible with just a sprinkle of DMT. Akasha Song’s secret labs made millions of doses—and dollars—until the feds showed up.

Every story @agreenberg.bsky.social writes is wild, but this one goes above and beyond.

www.wired.com/story/rise-f...

The Enhanced Games Has A Date, A Host City and a Drug-Fuelled World Record The Enhanced Games, where athletes are allowed to take performance-enhancing drugs, will host its first event in May. One "enhanced" former Olympic swimmer has already broken the 50m freestyle record.

New from me: The Enhanced Games, a version of the Olympics where you're allowed to take drugs, has announced a host city (Las Vegas), a date (next May) and a that an 'enhanced' athlete has set a world record in the 50m freestyle!

www.wired.com/story/the-en...