Kevin Mirsky
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Well, I've proven Big Pod wrong, I've finally got my favorite gadget again (my Pebble watch), election outcomes look pretty neat...
haven't felt this good in a while that's for sure
haven't felt this good in a while that's for sure
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Well, I've proven Big Pod wrong, I've finally got my favorite gadget again (my Pebble watch), election outcomes look pretty neat...
haven't felt this good in a while that's for sure
haven't felt this good in a while that's for sure
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NEW: In May, a Texas police department said they used the powerful Flock surveillance network against a woman who had an abortion "for her safety"
Newly obtained court records show it was a 'death investigation,' and they considered charging her with a crime
www.404media.co/police-said-...
Newly obtained court records show it was a 'death investigation,' and they considered charging her with a crime
www.404media.co/police-said-...
Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime
Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.
www.404media.co
October 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
NEW: In May, a Texas police department said they used the powerful Flock surveillance network against a woman who had an abortion "for her safety"
Newly obtained court records show it was a 'death investigation,' and they considered charging her with a crime
www.404media.co/police-said-...
Newly obtained court records show it was a 'death investigation,' and they considered charging her with a crime
www.404media.co/police-said-...
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Tile location-finding tags, unlike Apple/Google tags, broadcast MAC address/unique ID unencrypted, letting stalkers, Tile or LE track people/items. Anti-theft feature also undoes anti-stalking feature - any tag in anti-theft mode is invisible to scans looking for stalkers. My story for @wired.com
Tile Tracking Tags Can Be Exploited by Tech-Savvy Stalkers, Researchers Say
A team of researchers found that, by not encrypting the data broadcast by Tile tags, users could be vulnerable to having their location information exposed to malicious actors.
www.wired.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Tile location-finding tags, unlike Apple/Google tags, broadcast MAC address/unique ID unencrypted, letting stalkers, Tile or LE track people/items. Anti-theft feature also undoes anti-stalking feature - any tag in anti-theft mode is invisible to scans looking for stalkers. My story for @wired.com
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great advice going around for turning off autoplay videos but might i suggest
September 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
great advice going around for turning off autoplay videos but might i suggest
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“mr president, there’s been a second signal group chat leak”
April 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“mr president, there’s been a second signal group chat leak”
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In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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can't even do a romantic gesture anymore
February 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
can't even do a romantic gesture anymore
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Pope Francis Left In Hot Popemobile | Onion News Network
Pope Francis is in critical condition after being left in the backseat of a hot Popemobile, which was parked outside a Vatican City convenience store for nearly an hour while members of the Swiss Guard "ran in to pick up a few things."
Pope Francis is in critical condition after being left in the backseat of a hot Popemobile, which was parked outside a Vatican City convenience store for nearly an hour while members of the Swiss Guard "ran in to pick up a few things."
February 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Pope Francis Left In Hot Popemobile | Onion News Network
Pope Francis is in critical condition after being left in the backseat of a hot Popemobile, which was parked outside a Vatican City convenience store for nearly an hour while members of the Swiss Guard "ran in to pick up a few things."
Pope Francis is in critical condition after being left in the backseat of a hot Popemobile, which was parked outside a Vatican City convenience store for nearly an hour while members of the Swiss Guard "ran in to pick up a few things."
Oh I'm so excited! Guess I know when I'll be subscribing to Apple TV for the first time!
I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...
Apple’s new sci-fi series “Murderbot” to make global debut May 16, 2025
Today, Apple TV+ unveiled a first look at “Murderbot,” created by Chris and Paul Weitz and starring Alexander Skarsgård
www.apple.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Oh I'm so excited! Guess I know when I'll be subscribing to Apple TV for the first time!
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NEW: A government employee for Notify. gov, a system used by agencies to send mass texts to the public, has resigned in protest after an Elon Musk ally demanded root access to it. They said the system contains the public's phone numbers & private info:
www.404media.co/musk-ally-de...
www.404media.co/musk-ally-de...
Musk Ally Demands Admin Access to System That Lets Government Text the Public
A worker resigned in protest rather than giving Thomas Shedd access to Notify.gov, which they said would allow him to see "all personally identifiable information moving through the Notiy system, incl...
www.404media.co
February 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
NEW: A government employee for Notify. gov, a system used by agencies to send mass texts to the public, has resigned in protest after an Elon Musk ally demanded root access to it. They said the system contains the public's phone numbers & private info:
www.404media.co/musk-ally-de...
www.404media.co/musk-ally-de...
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My MIL cries when she tells me about the stories of partition when she was forced to leave and babies and children were murdered on trains in front of her and should I keep going
February 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
My MIL cries when she tells me about the stories of partition when she was forced to leave and babies and children were murdered on trains in front of her and should I keep going
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dont think it can be overstated how bloated and user unfriendly basically every single piece of tech has gotten. want to forward an email in gmail? scroll past all the AI shit, click a submenu to find it. iPhone settings menu is like hundreds of things at this point. just crazy to do basic stuff
February 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
dont think it can be overstated how bloated and user unfriendly basically every single piece of tech has gotten. want to forward an email in gmail? scroll past all the AI shit, click a submenu to find it. iPhone settings menu is like hundreds of things at this point. just crazy to do basic stuff
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Vance saying he wants his half-Indian kids to be tough in the face of racism while rehiring a racist who hates them is a shocking moral failure
Because this is getting downplayed in some of the coverage, the racist staffer DOGE rehired isn’t a case of “stupid things he wrote years ago as a teen.” He posted about how we should “normalize Indian hate” IN SEPTEMBER.
February 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Vance saying he wants his half-Indian kids to be tough in the face of racism while rehiring a racist who hates them is a shocking moral failure
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Because this is getting downplayed in some of the coverage, the racist staffer DOGE rehired isn’t a case of “stupid things he wrote years ago as a teen.” He posted about how we should “normalize Indian hate” IN SEPTEMBER.
February 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Because this is getting downplayed in some of the coverage, the racist staffer DOGE rehired isn’t a case of “stupid things he wrote years ago as a teen.” He posted about how we should “normalize Indian hate” IN SEPTEMBER.
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It feels like no one should have to say this, and yet we are in a situation where it needs to be said, very loudly and clearly, before it’s too late to do anything about it: The United States is not a startup. If you run it like one, it will break.
🔗 www.wired.com/story/the-us...
🔗 www.wired.com/story/the-us...
February 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
It feels like no one should have to say this, and yet we are in a situation where it needs to be said, very loudly and clearly, before it’s too late to do anything about it: The United States is not a startup. If you run it like one, it will break.
🔗 www.wired.com/story/the-us...
🔗 www.wired.com/story/the-us...
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DOGE operative Marko Elez got the ability to alter US Treasury payment system code on Feb 1, WIRED's sources say.
For days, Trump officials fed members of Congress and the press a different story.
Elez is out now for posts reading "I was racist before it was cool" and "normalize Indian hate."
For days, Trump officials fed members of Congress and the press a different story.
Elez is out now for posts reading "I was racist before it was cool" and "normalize Indian hate."
The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist.
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
DOGE operative Marko Elez got the ability to alter US Treasury payment system code on Feb 1, WIRED's sources say.
For days, Trump officials fed members of Congress and the press a different story.
Elez is out now for posts reading "I was racist before it was cool" and "normalize Indian hate."
For days, Trump officials fed members of Congress and the press a different story.
Elez is out now for posts reading "I was racist before it was cool" and "normalize Indian hate."
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extremely jealous of this story, very smart reporting. Wild shit. SEO baby www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations
Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
extremely jealous of this story, very smart reporting. Wild shit. SEO baby www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Think what you want about the NYT, but Jamelle is a light in the dark.
Paywall-free: archive.ph/I7wJs
Paywall-free: archive.ph/I7wJs
February 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Think what you want about the NYT, but Jamelle is a light in the dark.
Paywall-free: archive.ph/I7wJs
Paywall-free: archive.ph/I7wJs
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We are in Hell and Hell pushes directly to prod.
"The changes that have been made all seem to relate to creating new paths to block payments and possibly leave less visibility into what has been blocked. I want to emphasize that the described changes are not being tested in a dev environment...but have already been pushed into production."
February 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
We are in Hell and Hell pushes directly to prod.
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Lately people have been asking me for digital security tips, so I wrote a little post with some basics, some resources, and some dreams of a better world.
Digital Security In Uncertain Times
For the past few weeks, I've been getting frantic texts, calls, and emails from people who are concerned about their own digital security and are seeking guidance—some for the first time.
The guidanc...
blog.yaelwrites.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Lately people have been asking me for digital security tips, so I wrote a little post with some basics, some resources, and some dreams of a better world.
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February 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If you’re interested in supporting our newsroom so we can keep breaking stories like these, subscribe to WIRED here: www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...