Tim Marchman
@timmarchman.bsky.social
I’m an editor at WIRED and have previously written and edited for a number of places, including my tinned fish newsletter Popping Tins. [email protected]. Signal me at timmarchman.01.
The lesson I learned from stripping and reseasoning my cast iron pans is that you should try to avoid fucking up your seasoning.
November 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The lesson I learned from stripping and reseasoning my cast iron pans is that you should try to avoid fucking up your seasoning.
No one deserves the pay packages these guys get, but if you’re getting one you should definitely be able to think far enough ahead to say “Maybe let’s hedge a little just in case the unpopular guy’s narrow win turns out not to augur the beginning of permanent one-party rule.”
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
No one deserves the pay packages these guys get, but if you’re getting one you should definitely be able to think far enough ahead to say “Maybe let’s hedge a little just in case the unpopular guy’s narrow win turns out not to augur the beginning of permanent one-party rule.”
Tom Stoppard was so great that his hand in writing Brazil, one of the [very small number] greatest movies ever made, is rightly sort of a footnote in his obituaries. What a writer!
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Tom Stoppard was so great that his hand in writing Brazil, one of the [very small number] greatest movies ever made, is rightly sort of a footnote in his obituaries. What a writer!
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I was really thrilled to get to work on The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens with @aumasson.jp. I think we did a good job but also apologies in advance to the teens that we tried to make jokes and generally Be Chill. Also no paywall to make it easier to share! www.wired.com/story/digita...
The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens
Practicing good “operations security” is essential to staying safe online. Here's a complete guide for teenagers (and anyone else) who wants to button up their digital lives.
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November 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I was really thrilled to get to work on The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens with @aumasson.jp. I think we did a good job but also apologies in advance to the teens that we tried to make jokes and generally Be Chill. Also no paywall to make it easier to share! www.wired.com/story/digita...
Probably need to pick one between imposing a regressive national sales tax, having feral incels run an ethnic cleansing campaign, murdering random people, talking about sending people to work in coal mines to feed a machine god, and having an extremely old man randomly shouting at people on tv.
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
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President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Probably need to pick one between imposing a regressive national sales tax, having feral incels run an ethnic cleansing campaign, murdering random people, talking about sending people to work in coal mines to feed a machine god, and having an extremely old man randomly shouting at people on tv.
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I worked these issues with Todd.
He knows what he’s talking about.
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He knows what he’s talking about.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I worked these issues with Todd.
He knows what he’s talking about.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
He knows what he’s talking about.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
If, like me, childhood memories of mealy frozen blobs confirmed you in hatred of the lima bean, you really should try these; they’re a revelation.
This Christmas, don't forget the Christmas Limas.
This is the bean that forever changes those who dismiss lima beans. Try it with a gorgonzola sauce this holiday season.
This is the bean that forever changes those who dismiss lima beans. Try it with a gorgonzola sauce this holiday season.
November 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
If, like me, childhood memories of mealy frozen blobs confirmed you in hatred of the lima bean, you really should try these; they’re a revelation.
GOOD NEWS: “AI chatbots will dish on topics like nuclear weapons, child sex abuse material, and malware so long as users phrase the question in the form of a poem,” researchers found. Let @mjgault.bsky.social bring you some holiday cheer!
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
GOOD NEWS: “AI chatbots will dish on topics like nuclear weapons, child sex abuse material, and malware so long as users phrase the question in the form of a poem,” researchers found. Let @mjgault.bsky.social bring you some holiday cheer!
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A woman is dead after she was hit by a car in University City on Thanksgiving.
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Woman struck and killed while crossing street in University City
It happened at 36th and Market streets just before 4 p.m. While attempting to flee the scene, the driver struck another car a few blocks away, then tried to run away but was apprehended by police.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A woman is dead after she was hit by a car in University City on Thanksgiving.
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”The thing is this wasn’t really a catch-and-kill operation as described—I don’t even think there’s a term for what this was,” I say as I pour gravy on my fourth slice of pumpkin pie. My wife has filed for divorce and one of my cats is packing her belongings in a suitcase, but I persist.
Do I try to explain the Nuzzi-Lizza situation to my in-laws at Thanksgiving dinner or do I just pass the stuffing and keep screaming in my own brain hmmmmmmm
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
”The thing is this wasn’t really a catch-and-kill operation as described—I don’t even think there’s a term for what this was,” I say as I pour gravy on my fourth slice of pumpkin pie. My wife has filed for divorce and one of my cats is packing her belongings in a suitcase, but I persist.
My take on Part Three is that Florida is a two-party consent state.
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
My take on Part Three is that Florida is a two-party consent state.
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Scoop: Provisions of the NDAA that would ensure military members’ right to repair their own equipment are set to be removed from the funding act, replaced by language that will require the military to pay subscription fees to defense contractors via “data-as-a-service.”
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The US Military Wants to Fix Its Own Equipment. Defense Contractors Are Trying to Shoot That Down
A push by military contractors could alter pending legislation that would have empowered servicemembers to repair equipment. Lobbyists are pitching a subscription service instead.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Scoop: Provisions of the NDAA that would ensure military members’ right to repair their own equipment are set to be removed from the funding act, replaced by language that will require the military to pay subscription fees to defense contractors via “data-as-a-service.”
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I'm thankful for all the technologists, FOIA officers, parks workers, public health researchers, criminal investigators, and countless other civil servants who have kept diligently doing their jobs under extreme duress. This year has been bad but it could have been so, so much worse.
November 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I'm thankful for all the technologists, FOIA officers, parks workers, public health researchers, criminal investigators, and countless other civil servants who have kept diligently doing their jobs under extreme duress. This year has been bad but it could have been so, so much worse.
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NEW: Myanmar made a big deal about a crack down on the notorious KK Park scam compound. Experts say it's mostly propaganda. @mattburgess1.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/myanma...
The Destruction of a Notorious Myanmar Scam Compound Appears to Have Been ‘Performative’
Myanmar’s military has been blowing up parts of the KK Park scam compound. Experts say the actions are likely for show.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
NEW: Myanmar made a big deal about a crack down on the notorious KK Park scam compound. Experts say it's mostly propaganda. @mattburgess1.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/myanma...
"Hurry, El, we have to send the Demogorgon back to the Upside Down!"
November 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"Hurry, El, we have to send the Demogorgon back to the Upside Down!"
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The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.
The Trump Administration’s Data Center Push Could Open the Door for New Forever Chemicals
The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.
The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
At least one of these anonymous coworkers sounds strikingly intelligent and well-dressed.
Elon Musk claims Grok's "epic vulgar roasts" can "make people really laugh at a party" so I took him up on it and used my coworkers as guinea pigs: www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk Said Grok’s Roasts Would Be ‘Epic’ at Parties—So I Tried It on My Coworkers
It went about as well as you’d expect.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
At least one of these anonymous coworkers sounds strikingly intelligent and well-dressed.
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NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
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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November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
With all due respect to @brianphillips.bsky.social, this is the single worst lede I've ever read
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
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November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
With all due respect to @brianphillips.bsky.social, this is the single worst lede I've ever read
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Defector is once again hiring interns. This shit pays pretty well and can be done remotely. Send this to any promising youths you know: defector.com/would-you-li...
Would You Like To Be Defector’s Sixth-Ever Editorial Intern? | Defector
Big news: Defector is looking to hire editorial interns for the summer of 2026. Wow! That could be you! How could it be you? I am here to answer that question, and many more. What will a Defector inte...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Defector is once again hiring interns. This shit pays pretty well and can be done remotely. Send this to any promising youths you know: defector.com/would-you-li...
If he’s going to keep going on about this it’s fair to hold him responsible for Pete Hegseth putting his pants on with a bucket and a roller brush.
Sean Duffy: "Dressing with respect -- whether it's a pair of jeans and a decent shirt, I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better which encourages us to maybe behave a little better. Let's try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport."
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If he’s going to keep going on about this it’s fair to hold him responsible for Pete Hegseth putting his pants on with a bucket and a roller brush.
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Since the start of this year, some 600 immigrant children have been placed in government shelters by ICE, according to government data — the highest number since recordkeeping began a decade ago. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
November 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Since the start of this year, some 600 immigrant children have been placed in government shelters by ICE, according to government data — the highest number since recordkeeping began a decade ago. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
Media literacy is down, so to be clear, when the WSJ writes “Ultimately, the fact pattern Meta relies on to meet its conflicting objectives strains credibility” about your accounting practices and runs an accompanying flowchart, that is the equivalent of a 500-foot neon sign reading “FRAUD”
This feels like one of those stories you're going to look at a year from now and say to yourself, "Why didn't I move more of my portfolio into cash?" **
** (This post is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as financial or any other advice.)
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** (This post is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as financial or any other advice.)
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AI Meets Aggressive Accounting at Meta’s Gigantic New Data Center
Favorable treatment off the balance sheet hinges on some convenient assumptions.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Media literacy is down, so to be clear, when the WSJ writes “Ultimately, the fact pattern Meta relies on to meet its conflicting objectives strains credibility” about your accounting practices and runs an accompanying flowchart, that is the equivalent of a 500-foot neon sign reading “FRAUD”
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A W. Philly apartment building was destroyed in a suspected arson right after its tenants were evicted and the building sold to shell company. What is this, the ‘70s? Great reporting by Ryan Briggs and William Bender. www.inquirer.com/news/phil-pu...
Landlord Phil Pulley transferred ownership of West Philly apartments days before suspected arson, records show
Property records show the notorious landlord signed a deed transfer two days before the June 2025 fire. The new owners are now demolishing the building.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A W. Philly apartment building was destroyed in a suspected arson right after its tenants were evicted and the building sold to shell company. What is this, the ‘70s? Great reporting by Ryan Briggs and William Bender. www.inquirer.com/news/phil-pu...