hello for anyone reaching out here about work things: I’m on leave for a few weeks to take care of some health things and will be offline for the majority of it. see you on the other side ✌🏼

talked to Bennett Foddy about Baby Steps and watching men struggle unnecessarily www.wired.com/story/baby-s...

talked to Bennett Foddy about Baby Steps and watching men struggle unnecessarily www.wired.com/story/baby-s...

Natalie isn’t a public figure. But she’s been caught in the crosshairs of a broad right-wing harassment movement — one sanctioned and encouraged by the government. www.theverge.com/policy/77897...

A DOJ study showing most domestic terrorism in the US comes from the far right is suddenly missing and replaced with a note saying DOJ is complying with Trump's executive order www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

well that seems bad haha that sounds bad too oh that can't be good hmm seems bad i'm gonna go out on a limb, seems bad sounds bad if i'm being honest think this sounds kinda b

Firing a Black woman for quoting Kirk’s horrific statements about Black women is insane. It seems the Washington Post would rather perform politeness (and demand that the people Kirk harmed do it too) that tell the truth: karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

NEW: “It's not a specific game, but it's rather the use of gaming references," one expert tells @megannicolett.bsky.social and @makenakelly.bsky.social. "It's not the specific ways that things are written on the gun, but that they’re writing something on the gun at all.”

Check out this story from @makenakelly.bsky.social & @megannicolett.bsky.social, two great reporters who know their memes, video game cultures, and what Helldivers 2 is: www.wired.com/story/charli...

When I see the double byline of two people who actually know what the fuck they're talking about

“It's pretty indicative of general speech associated with the deep parts of internet culture, in particular the types that are very much into irony posting and edgelord humor," says extremism researcher @alexbnewhouse.bsky.social With @makenakelly.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/charli...

NEW: Bullets Found After the Charlie Kirk Shooting Carried Messages. Here’s What They Mean w/ @megannicolett.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/charli...

careless, sloppy, alarming reporting error that puts people in danger during an already perilous time

Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work

*stares in laid off colleagues*

bro i do not like human ditto. get thee behind me satan

The Overton window on political violence shifted partly by his own hand. slate.trib.al/Zivq1AI

NEW: @davidgilbert.bsky.social reports on right-wing activists doxing of people accused of celebrating Charlie Kirk's death online: www.wired.com/story/right-...

"It is undeniable that Kirk was not just a part of the extremely tense, very dangerous national dialogue, he was an accelerationist force whose work...has directly put the livelihoods and physical safety of many people in danger." www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...

your brush with fame is hunting you like a monster in a horror movie. hope you can outrun it! www.theverge.com/internet-cul...

Update: Kirk is dead.

as someone who's seen the up-close video and deeply wishes she had not, really REALLY recommend doing this right now

Yes, the first-ever stage dive at the Tiny Desk occurs during Turnstile's set, but not before a wild reimagination of the hardcore band's wide-ranging sound.

thrilled to have @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social back on 404 Media www.404media.co/how-lofi-gir...

Talked to 23 people who suddenly have to pay huge tariffs or otherwise cannot get chainmail from Pakistan, yarn from France, retro computers from Japan, metal music from the Netherlands, DVDs from Germany, cosplay supplies, sunscreen, etc. www.404media.co/its-just-a-m...

every day i am forced to make Impossible Decisions...for example i can only use either my air fryer or my tv because both at once will cause all the power in my new york city apartment to abruptly cut off

I was writing about covid and technology in 2021 and providers told me about people from Connecticut trying to drive to Brooklyn to get a shot. Wealthy white people were going to pharmacies in Black and other POC areas for vaccines. We discussed endlessly what the most equitable way to vaccinate was

27 years for Michael Pratt, ringleader for GirlsDoPorn's sex trafficking operation. Five years above the prosecution's request, after the judge listened to 5 hours of gut-wrenching statements from almost 40 victims www.404media.co/michael-prat...

wearing an ai that mainly insults and fights with you is actually so good for all the wrong reasons. the future is an idiot plot www.wired.com/story/i-hate...

Highest court in the land thinks I’m too brown to be treated like a citizen

NURSE, REPEATEDLY TRYING TO PUNCTURE MY ARM: wow you have such skinny veins ME, MID-FAINT: omg thENK youghughuvb

can't sing this man's praises enough—he gave me so many opportunities to advance when I was at Polygon, had my back every step of the way, defended me against sexist bullshit, and once made me a really great list of things to do in Philly. the rare combo of incredibly smart and kind

why do so many men have mustaches again. what's going on. someone get to the bottom of this

SCOOP: Inside private anti-vaxxer Facebook groups, members celebrated Florida banning vaccine mandates, quickly calling for other states to implement similar actions “I shouldn’t have to inject my kids with poison because you’ve been brainwashed to live in fear,” www.wired.com/story/anti-v...

If you want to understand what Take Us North actually is and the work its developers have put into this game, I talked to @kreyes121.bsky.social back in March www.wired.com/story/take-u...

Don't get me wrong, I love @wired.com's important AI and politics reporting. But they're lucky to have @megannicolett.bsky.social on the games beat, covering these big stories in a way that's fun, thoughtful, easy to parse if you only have time to follow games like a normal person and not a weirdo

happy silksong day

haven't stopped thinking about this story at any point in the last 24 hours. absolutely deranged stuff www.wired.com/story/the-ba...

this happened to Eric Adams

while you're waiting this final hour for Silksong, may I recommend a story about how other people spent their time waiting for Silksong

I talked with fans in the Silksong community about how they've been passing time waiting for this game, whether that meant releasing a video on YouTube every day for years, or role-playing on Reddit www.wired.com/story/how-fa...

Since 2019, fans have eagerly awaited Team Cherry’s next game, which is out this week. In the meantime, they got creative. www.wired.com/story/how-fa...

Excited to present this great essay by Ashanty Rosario, a talented young journalist who attends Newtown High School in Queens, about how she's experienced the arrival of AI in the classroom. "These programs have destroyed much of what tied us together as students."

Talked to director Kazutoyo Maehiro about Final Fantasy Tactics—The Ivalice Chronicles. Maehiro says the team considered a big blowout like the FF7 remake before deciding to recreate the original instead www.wired.com/story/final-...

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me: this game taught me about class war as a child Maehiro: "That even 30 years later this game is still something that resonates—I think it speaks to just how compelling that story really was" www.wired.com/story/final-...

i have a crazy idea that might just fix this

Talked to director Kazutoyo Maehiro about Final Fantasy Tactics—The Ivalice Chronicles. Maehiro says the team considered a big blowout like the FF7 remake before deciding to recreate the original instead www.wired.com/story/final-...

now that it’s (almost) september it’s time to start planning halloween costumes but tbh i don’t know how i’m gonna top last year