Manisha Krishnan
@manishakrishnan.bsky.social
Emmy-winning journalist and
senior culture editor @wired.com | VICE News final girl (RIP) | tips: [email protected] or mkrishnan.79 on Signal
senior culture editor @wired.com | VICE News final girl (RIP) | tips: [email protected] or mkrishnan.79 on Signal
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Your Favorite Porn Stars Are Sick of Being Censored. But They’re Not Going Away
We spent the Pornhub Awards with some of the site’s biggest stars to talk censorship, making money, and the popularity of trans porn—all while the site is blocked in more than a third of US states.
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NEW: I spent a day in West Hollywood with some of Pornhub's biggest stars to talk censorship, money, the right-wing anti-porn agenda, online dating (they hate it too), parenting, and so much more, all leading up to the western-themed Pornhub awards: www.wired.com/story/pornhu...
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First of all, beyond how great the content of this story is. I also love the way this story was allowed to be written. I was engaged throughout, and felt like I was on a ride of discovery with @manishakrishnan.bsky.social. Very dope piece
NEW: After Donald Trump was elected again, I started talking to trans, leftist, and anarchist gun enthusiasts and YouTubers. I wanted to know how they felt about community defense when it feels like rights, particularly for trans folks, are being stripped away: www.wired.com/story/the-ha...
The Hard-Left Shooters Leading a Gun Culture Revolution
Earlier this year, I attended a shooting competition for queer, often trans, very online misfits. Then Charlie Kirk was killed.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
First of all, beyond how great the content of this story is. I also love the way this story was allowed to be written. I was engaged throughout, and felt like I was on a ride of discovery with @manishakrishnan.bsky.social. Very dope piece
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Then in September, Charlie Kirk was shot and killed and the nature of the story @manishakrishnan.bsky.social was writing completely changed. Despite the fact that the suspect in Kirk's shooting, Tyler Robinson, is not trans, trans communities got a lot of blame from the right-wing rage machine.
The Hard-Left Shooters Leading a Gun Culture Revolution
Earlier this year, I attended a shooting competition for queer, often trans, very online misfits. Then Charlie Kirk was killed.
www.wired.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Then in September, Charlie Kirk was shot and killed and the nature of the story @manishakrishnan.bsky.social was writing completely changed. Despite the fact that the suspect in Kirk's shooting, Tyler Robinson, is not trans, trans communities got a lot of blame from the right-wing rage machine.
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Brutality matches are hosted by Karl Kasarda, who runs InRange TV, a YouTube channel that embraces the idea of the Second Amendment being for everybody, but especially minorities. Trans and queer people made up about a quarter of participants.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Brutality matches are hosted by Karl Kasarda, who runs InRange TV, a YouTube channel that embraces the idea of the Second Amendment being for everybody, but especially minorities. Trans and queer people made up about a quarter of participants.
🔗 www.wired.com/story/the-ha...
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What do you do when you’re a gun-loving leftist who doesn’t fit into mainstream American gun culture?
That's a question @manishakrishnan.bsky.social set out to answer this summer when she attended a Brutality match, an inclusive firearms competition in Idaho.
That's a question @manishakrishnan.bsky.social set out to answer this summer when she attended a Brutality match, an inclusive firearms competition in Idaho.
The Hard-Left Shooters Leading a Gun Culture Revolution
Earlier this year, I attended a shooting competition for queer, often trans, very online misfits. Then Charlie Kirk was killed.
www.wired.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
What do you do when you’re a gun-loving leftist who doesn’t fit into mainstream American gun culture?
That's a question @manishakrishnan.bsky.social set out to answer this summer when she attended a Brutality match, an inclusive firearms competition in Idaho.
That's a question @manishakrishnan.bsky.social set out to answer this summer when she attended a Brutality match, an inclusive firearms competition in Idaho.
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Incredible reporting and storytelling from @manishakrishnan.bsky.social, who started working on this story before Charlie Kirk was assassinated:
The Hard-Left Shooters Leading a Gun Culture Revolution
Earlier this year, I attended a shooting competition for queer, often trans, very online misfits. Then Charlie Kirk was killed.
www.wired.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Incredible reporting and storytelling from @manishakrishnan.bsky.social, who started working on this story before Charlie Kirk was assassinated:
NEW: After Donald Trump was elected again, I started talking to trans, leftist, and anarchist gun enthusiasts and YouTubers. I wanted to know how they felt about community defense when it feels like rights, particularly for trans folks, are being stripped away: www.wired.com/story/the-ha...
The Hard-Left Shooters Leading a Gun Culture Revolution
Earlier this year, I attended a shooting competition for queer, often trans, very online misfits. Then Charlie Kirk was killed.
www.wired.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
NEW: After Donald Trump was elected again, I started talking to trans, leftist, and anarchist gun enthusiasts and YouTubers. I wanted to know how they felt about community defense when it feels like rights, particularly for trans folks, are being stripped away: www.wired.com/story/the-ha...
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my first time guest hosting @wired.com's Uncanny Valley Podcast this week with @manishakrishnan.bsky.social and @snackfight.bsky.social this week was a real trip (the good kind!)
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Can Tech Get Rid of Bad Trips?
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November 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
my first time guest hosting @wired.com's Uncanny Valley Podcast this week with @manishakrishnan.bsky.social and @snackfight.bsky.social this week was a real trip (the good kind!)
open.spotify.com/episode/4O40...
open.spotify.com/episode/4O40...
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I spoke with people role-playing ICE raids in video games to help educate people on their rights and what to do in real-life situations. Tonight, they're holding an event in Fortnite www.wired.com/story/activi...
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I spoke with people role-playing ICE raids in video games to help educate people on their rights and what to do in real-life situations. Tonight, they're holding an event in Fortnite www.wired.com/story/activi...
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Incredible headline.
Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Incredible headline.
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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?
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November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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...
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The letter adds that site-based age verification methods have “failed to achieve their primary objective: protecting minors from accessing age-inappropriate material online.”
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November 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The letter adds that site-based age verification methods have “failed to achieve their primary objective: protecting minors from accessing age-inappropriate material online.”
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EXCLUSIVE: In letters sent to Apple, Google, and Microsoft this week, Pornhub’s parent company urged the tech giants to support device-based age verification in their app stores and across their operating systems, WIRED has learned. www.wired.com/story/pornhu...
Pornhub Is Urging Tech Giants to Enact Device-Based Age Verification
The company sent letters to Apple, Google, and Microsoft pushing for an alternative way to keep minors from viewing porn, as US and UK laws have caused its traffic to plummet.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
EXCLUSIVE: In letters sent to Apple, Google, and Microsoft this week, Pornhub’s parent company urged the tech giants to support device-based age verification in their app stores and across their operating systems, WIRED has learned. www.wired.com/story/pornhu...
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An app founded by Mormon students is helping ‘gooners’ who use porn compulsively to turn off their screens. But porn advocates maintain that government controls on porn are part of an age-old war on self-pleasure
New for WIRED (h/t @manishakrishnan.bsky.social)
www.wired.com/story/young-...
New for WIRED (h/t @manishakrishnan.bsky.social)
www.wired.com/story/young-...
Young Mormons Built an App to Help Men Quit Gooning
The Relay app allows users to track their porn-free streaks and get group support. Its creators say they’re taking a stand against porn and AI erotica.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
An app founded by Mormon students is helping ‘gooners’ who use porn compulsively to turn off their screens. But porn advocates maintain that government controls on porn are part of an age-old war on self-pleasure
New for WIRED (h/t @manishakrishnan.bsky.social)
www.wired.com/story/young-...
New for WIRED (h/t @manishakrishnan.bsky.social)
www.wired.com/story/young-...
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Been fascinated by the idea of a Great Meme Reset ever since I first heard about it. Originally, I was trying to parse how it would be possible to rewind the internet. Then I really thought about what it could mean and why people might want to turn back time...
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The ‘Great Meme Reset’ Is Coming
From Jack Dorsey to Gen Alpha, everyone seemingly wants to go back to the internet of a decade ago. But is it possible to reverse AI slop and brain rot?
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November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Been fascinated by the idea of a Great Meme Reset ever since I first heard about it. Originally, I was trying to parse how it would be possible to rewind the internet. Then I really thought about what it could mean and why people might want to turn back time...
www.wired.com/story/the-gr...
www.wired.com/story/the-gr...
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I miss the days when “gooning” just meant being a hockey fighter / enforcer
Young Mormons Built an App to Help Men Quit Gooning
"At a certain point, you enter what I can really only describe as a trance state. I plan a session for when I have no responsibilities and devote that time to my own enjoyment" — Josh, a gooner from Arizona
www.wired.com/story/young-...
"At a certain point, you enter what I can really only describe as a trance state. I plan a session for when I have no responsibilities and devote that time to my own enjoyment" — Josh, a gooner from Arizona
www.wired.com/story/young-...
Young Mormons Built an App to Help Men Quit Gooning
The Relay app allows users to track their porn-free streaks and get group support. Its creators say they’re taking a stand against porn and AI erotica.
www.wired.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I miss the days when “gooning” just meant being a hockey fighter / enforcer
Mormon college students built an app to help men quit watching porn, which they describe as “a modern epidemic." But one "gooner" tells @matthabusby.bsky.social it's a form of therapy for him: www.wired.com/story/young-...
Young Mormons Built an App to Help Men Quit Gooning
The Relay app allows users to track their porn-free streaks and get group support. Its creators say they’re taking a stand against porn and AI erotica.
www.wired.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Mormon college students built an app to help men quit watching porn, which they describe as “a modern epidemic." But one "gooner" tells @matthabusby.bsky.social it's a form of therapy for him: www.wired.com/story/young-...
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Young Mormons Built an App to Help Men Quit Gooning
"At a certain point, you enter what I can really only describe as a trance state. I plan a session for when I have no responsibilities and devote that time to my own enjoyment" — Josh, a gooner from Arizona
www.wired.com/story/young-...
"At a certain point, you enter what I can really only describe as a trance state. I plan a session for when I have no responsibilities and devote that time to my own enjoyment" — Josh, a gooner from Arizona
www.wired.com/story/young-...
Young Mormons Built an App to Help Men Quit Gooning
The Relay app allows users to track their porn-free streaks and get group support. Its creators say they’re taking a stand against porn and AI erotica.
www.wired.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Young Mormons Built an App to Help Men Quit Gooning
"At a certain point, you enter what I can really only describe as a trance state. I plan a session for when I have no responsibilities and devote that time to my own enjoyment" — Josh, a gooner from Arizona
www.wired.com/story/young-...
"At a certain point, you enter what I can really only describe as a trance state. I plan a session for when I have no responsibilities and devote that time to my own enjoyment" — Josh, a gooner from Arizona
www.wired.com/story/young-...
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NEW: For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official.
read @telliotter.bsky.social:
read @telliotter.bsky.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.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
NEW: For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official.
read @telliotter.bsky.social:
read @telliotter.bsky.social:
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NEW from me: a new report found that national resistance to data centers skyrocketed between March and June of this year—especially in red states like Georgia and Indiana:
The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived
A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
NEW from me: a new report found that national resistance to data centers skyrocketed between March and June of this year—especially in red states like Georgia and Indiana:
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Edgar Wright’s violent, dystopian thriller is competing with a world where right-wing narratives and reality-TV-style ICE raids dominate the media.
‘The Running Man’ Is Hard to View as Satire in Trump’s America
Edgar Wright’s violent, dystopian thriller is competing with a world where right-wing narratives and reality-TV-style ICE raids dominate the media.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Edgar Wright’s violent, dystopian thriller is competing with a world where right-wing narratives and reality-TV-style ICE raids dominate the media.
@bsky.app why are you censoring my wholesome and adorable gay sheep fashion show story! It’s literally not sexually suggestive??? TikTok is even fine with it. Ridiculous.
Knitwear made with wool from a sanctuary for gay sheep was sent down the runway this week in NYC as part of “I Wool Survive,” a campy knitwear fashion show that event sponsor Grindr describes as the “world’s first truly gay fashion collection.”
November 15, 2025 at 2:38 AM
@bsky.app why are you censoring my wholesome and adorable gay sheep fashion show story! It’s literally not sexually suggestive??? TikTok is even fine with it. Ridiculous.
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i know there are a lot of insane epstein stories out there right now but i promise you guys this one is EXTRA NUTS
In text messages from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein seemingly represented himself as positioned to pass information from the Trump White House to Bill Gates through an intermediary. www.wired.com/story/jeffre...
Jeffrey Epstein Claimed Intimate Knowledge of Donald Trump’s Views in Texts With Bill Gates Adviser
In text messages from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein seemingly represented himself as positioned to pass information from the Trump White House to Bill Gates through an intermediary.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
i know there are a lot of insane epstein stories out there right now but i promise you guys this one is EXTRA NUTS
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obviously if you know anything significant about the NYT handling of that reporter’s relationship with Epstein, i’d be down to hear all about it. signal in bio. anonymity offered.
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
obviously if you know anything significant about the NYT handling of that reporter’s relationship with Epstein, i’d be down to hear all about it. signal in bio. anonymity offered.
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It turns out the spending bill that will reopen the government will also effectively ban THC products. from @manishakrishnan.bsky.social
A Proposed Federal THC Ban Would ‘Wipe Out’ Hemp Products That Get People High
The provision, tucked into the spending bill that could end the US government shutdown, would ban intoxicating hemp-derived THC products, including gummies and drinks.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It turns out the spending bill that will reopen the government will also effectively ban THC products. from @manishakrishnan.bsky.social
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The provision, tucked into the spending bill that could end the US government shutdown, would ban intoxicating hemp-derived THC products, including gummies and drinks. www.wired.com/story/propos...
A Proposed Federal THC Ban Would ‘Wipe Out’ Hemp Products That Get People High
The provision, tucked into the spending bill that could end the US government shutdown, would ban intoxicating hemp-derived THC products, including gummies and drinks.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The provision, tucked into the spending bill that could end the US government shutdown, would ban intoxicating hemp-derived THC products, including gummies and drinks. www.wired.com/story/propos...