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Reyhan Harmanci
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Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 25d
🎇New package alert @wired.com! This one has been in the works for months. If WIRED was going to tackle AI -- something we cover daily -- we had to go big. So here are 17 different stories about the way AI is changing us, even as the technology itself keeps moving www.wired.com/ai-issue/
AI of a Thousand Faces
What happens now that AI is everywhere and in everything? WIRED can’t tell the future, but we can try to make sense of it. Behold: 17 readings from the furthest reaches of the AI age.
www.wired.com
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meganotoole.bsky.social
Dozens of Palestinian children have been killed in Gaza since a US-brokered ‘ceasefire’ deal came into effect last month, according to Unicef.
At least 67 Palestinian children killed in Gaza since ‘ceasefire’ began: UN
UNICEF says baby girl among several children killed this week as Israel carried out a wave of bombings despite truce.
www.aljazeera.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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phileil.bsky.social
This story is nuts.

"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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timmarchman.bsky.social
WIRED is hiring for a senior politics reporter who will write our weekly newsletter; detailed job description below. This role will be based in New York or DC and report to me; the salary range is $95,000 - $132,000. condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
WIRED seeks an experienced journalist to cover national politics, particularly the Trump administration’s efforts to remake the federal government and how other power centers—Congress, tech oligarchs, and more—are responding. In this role, you’ll be responsible for breaking news consistently. We’re less interested in horse race drama than we are in the people making consequential decisions, whether in the White House, among local and national Democrats, or Silicon Valley, and the logic guiding their actions. To succeed in this role, you should be deeply sourced at both the top and working levels of government and politics and intimately familiar with the operational mechanics of the federal government; you will ideally also have good sourcing in and understanding of the tech industry. You should have a proven ability to deliver scoops, exclusives, and stories that can’t be found anywhere else. We’re interested in hard news and the ability to put new information into a broader context. A large part of this role is writing a politics-focused newsletter every week; the ideal candidate will understand how to leverage their reporting to attract and retain subscribers, engage audiences, and drive reader loyalty in a competitive news landscape. In addition to breaking news and regular newsletter sends, there are opportunities to work on long-form feature stories and collaborate with reporters across our coverage areas as part of this role as well. You should also be prepared to engage in a wide range of storytelling formats, such as social, podcasts, video series, and live events. This senior writer will report to WIRED’s Director, Politics, Science, and Security, and will be part of a growing and increasingly global newsroom of smart, kind, collaborative, and well-informed colleagues who are always brimming with ideas and eager to help each other out. This role is in-office (4 days/week) and will be based in our New York or Washington, DC offices.
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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carolinaforward.bsky.social
Dang - how bad was the Border Patrol invasion in North Carolina?

None other than Thom Tillis himself is blasting DHS for gross overreach, and demanding lists of those detained, property damage caused by CBP agents, and their plan for restitution.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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katie-drummond.bsky.social
Especially since becoming a mom, I haven't stopped hearing about my pelvic floor. Pelvic floor pelvic floor pelvic floor.

But what the fuck, praytell, even is the pelvic floor?

Thank god for @caseyjohnston.bsky.social

www.wired.com/story/the-pe...
The Pelvic Floor Is a Problem
Everyone’s suddenly obsessed with the pelvic floor—physical therapists, MAHA influencers, me. Could this deeply misunderstood body part really be the seat of so much modern dysfunction?
www.wired.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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caseyjohnston.bsky.social
I wrote this piece because I only learned about pelvic floors a few years ago, despite having had one all my life. And then it turned out to be where I store all my issues. And then that turned out to be true for a lot of people www.wired.com/story/the-pe...
The Pelvic Floor Is a Problem
Everyone’s suddenly obsessed with the pelvic floor—physical therapists, MAHA influencers, me. Could this deeply misunderstood body part really be the seat of so much modern dysfunction?
www.wired.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
harmancipants.bsky.social
True story: we had to delay publication of @caseyjohnston.bsky.social's great story because we kept finding issues in our anatomical drawings of the pelvic floor. In 2025. Really, no one seems to know where exactly it is www.wired.com/story/the-pe...
The Pelvic Floor Is a Problem
Everyone’s suddenly obsessed with the pelvic floor—physical therapists, MAHA influencers, me. Could this deeply misunderstood body part really be the seat of so much modern dysfunction?
www.wired.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
harmancipants.bsky.social
Really love the Defector year-end report defector.com/defector-ann...
Defector Annual Report, September 2024 – August 2025 | Defector
Published on November 19, 2025 Purpose of this report Defector celebrated our fifth birthday in September 2025. It is a great honor, and something of a burden, to be publishing a fifth Annual Report. ...
defector.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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sanho.bsky.social
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say
According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.
www.cbsnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
harmancipants.bsky.social
THIS IS INSANE
404media.co 404 Media @404media.co · 3d
NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public

www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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dradambanks.bsky.social
This is the dystopian bullshit so many of us feared. It's not coming, it's here.
samleecole.bsky.social Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 4d
license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
www.404media.co
November 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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wired.com
For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official. www.wired.com/story/social...
Social Security Data Is Openly Being Shared With DHS to Target Immigrants
For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official.
www.wired.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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nytimes.com
U.S. and Israeli soldiers, foreign diplomats and aid workers are congregated in a warehouse in central Israel to talk about the future of Gaza. One key group is missing: Palestinians.
Palestinian Voices Absent from U.S.-Run Center Planning Gaza’s Future
U.S. and Israeli soldiers, foreign diplomats and aid workers are congregated in a warehouse in central Israel to talk about the future of Gaza. One key group is missing: Palestinians.
nyti.ms
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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jontayler.bsky.social
OLIVIA NUZZI: [blushing] so is there a Mrs Smarf
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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miasato.bsky.social
Blake Lively in Gossip Girl meme where she looks at her phone and throws it in the trash after seeing Ryan Lizza’s blog post about finding out about Olivia Nuzzi’s other alleged affair NOT with RFK Jr.
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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mementomorty.bsky.social
Or him
mementomorty.bsky.social Memento (Aloof) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · Sep 20
I'm not slut shaming Nuzzi. Sleep with whoever you want, but like not him.
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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katie-drummond.bsky.social
We are hiring a senior politics reporter @wired.com. Details and application info here. You'll get to work with amazing editors, namely @leahfeiger.bsky.social @timmarchman.bsky.social and @brbarrett.bsky.social -- and the rest of the WIRED Politics dream team:
Senior Writer, Politics
WIRED is where a better future is imagined. For three decades, we have been the indispensable guide to a world in constant transformation. We cover humanity’s biggest challenges, from climate change t...
condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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khoureld.bsky.social
Sudanese children - their parents dead or missing - are wandering alone through a burned desert strewn with bodies, desperately seeking help. Some are badly wounded; all are starving. Many saw parents killed; others just lost them in the chaos www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
In Darfur, Sudan’s lost children wander through a landscape of death
Around 200 unaccompanied children have arrived in the Sudanese town of Tewila after escaping El Fashir, where RSF fighters have carried out mass killings.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:34 AM
harmancipants.bsky.social
Damn. Checkmate, libs
November 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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costasamaras.com
Dahmer's Emails Reveal Lost Milwaukee
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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mollytaft.com
i know there are a lot of insane epstein stories out there right now but i promise you guys this one is EXTRA NUTS
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
harmancipants.bsky.social
Curious to see what will happen if countries turn the same policies back on Americans www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
U.S. visas can be denied for obesity, cancer and diabetes, Rubio says
The Trump administration has directed visa officers to consider obesity and other chronic health conditions when deciding whether to grant visas to immigrants.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
harmancipants.bsky.social
When I worked on this story, the idea that the Farm Bill loophole would be closed full stop seemed unlikely -- the industry was already too big. Whoops www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Cannabis Cocktails Are Growing Quickly, But the Law Might Stop That Soon
THC-infused hemp drinks are all the rage, but legal questions loom.
www.bloomberg.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:

- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
As a Black Hawk helicopter roared overhead, the slender, 28-year-old immigrant from Venezuela answered softly, his eyes darting to a television crew invited to film the raid. Next to Caicedo, masked Border Patrol agents inspected another man’s tattoos and asked him if he belonged to Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan gang that the Trump administration has designated a terrorist group. Until that moment, Caicedo’s only interaction with law enforcement in his two-and-a-half years in the United States had been a traffic stop two weeks earlier for driving without a license or insurance, according to the records we reviewed. Chicago police had run a background check on him and found no prior arrests, no warrants and no evidence that he was in a gang. Caicedo said he had a pending asylum application, a steady job at a taco joint and a girlfriend whose daughter attended elementary school across the street. None of that mattered. The U.S. government paraded him and his neighbors in front of the cameras and called their arrests a spectacular victory against terrorism. But later, after the cameras had gone, prosecutors didn’t charge Caicedo with a crime. They didn’t accuse him of being a terrorist. And after a brief hearing in immigration court, the government sent him back to the country he had fled nine years earlier. “I lost everything,” he said in a phone interview from his mother’s home in the Venezuelan city of Valencia. “For those fools, everyone from Venezuela is a criminal.”
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
harmancipants.bsky.social
Bummer to be reminded of Larry Summers
November 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM