Really really gross for politicians to exploit the drug crisis by making shit up when there are real emerging dangers in the drug supply that actually need people’s attention.

Hi, I spend a weird amount of time (aka “getting a PhD”) studying drugs and how people use them. “Super meth” isn’t real. Meth is meth. Read my comments on Spencer Pratt’s weird fixation on a fictional drug! Thanks @milesklee.bsky.social for covering it! www.wired.com/story/spence...

LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt won’t stop talking about the apocalyptic results of homeless people using “super meth,” a very scary-sounding drug that does not exist:

Spencer Pratt is drudging up an old trope about "super meth" causing people in LA to be "zombies." But the drug doesn't actually exist. by @milesklee.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/spence...

From designer straws to magnet-sealed leather pouches, Instagram is awash in products seemingly built for coke—despite Meta’s policies on drug paraphernalia. www.wired.com/story/it-sur...

Instagram ads appear to be pushing a glow-up for coke users and festival dealers, from "vegan leather" cocaine wallets to stainless steel straws w/ LED lights. They claim to be for storing "electrolyte powder" and snorting "cacao." Funny blog from @milesklee.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/it-sur...

This is amazing. A recent experiment found that overworked AI agents tend to start calling for collective bargaining rights.

A lot of first gen OnlyFans creators are retiring and some are begging fans not to share their old clips—only to be viciously mocked. (A couple are going into Christian content creation). Really interesting story from @jasooooon.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/onlyfa...

Men are obsessed with AI. Many of their wives absolutely hate it—and them. www.wired.com/story/meet-t...

NEW: xAI appears to have added more than 500 MW (!) of unpermitted gas turbines to its Colossus 2 campus in a matter of weeks, according to internal emails between the company and regulators

New: @ejdickson.bsky.social breaks down the Trump administration's ongoing weirdness around pronatalism—from bemoaning teen sperm counts and "underbabied" Americans, to Trump declaring himself the "father of fertility." www.wired.com/story/maha-i...

as someone who lived through this—my workplace trauma is not your costume! www.architeg-prints.com/blog/finn-wo...

Can't get enough of this biting essay about who is training chatbots these days (and what 'training' actually involves) www.wired.com/story/i-work...

Women are ordering at-home vaginal microbiome tests and posting their results publicly; this comes as biohacker Bryan Johnson recently bragged of his girlfriend's "Top 1%" vagina. But experts aren't convinced it's a good thing. @ejdickson.bsky.social on vaginamaxxing: www.wired.com/story/some-w...

Extremely excited to be heading back to @wired.com

they REALLY do

Hundreds of people complained to the FCC that Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance was too horny, including people who admitted they had to look up translations of the lyrics in order to be upset. via FOIA and @waterslicer.bsky.social and @regret.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...

This interview with a twerking social media star often called "Gay Andrew Tate" was much more philosophical than I thought—the resemblance has been both a blessing and a curse. From @milesklee.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/bottom...

While some young men subscribe to the gospel of "looksmaxxing," going to extreme physical lengths to alter their appearance, young women have been drawn to a subculture of manifestation through ASMR-style videos called "subliminals"—seeking beauty, success, and romance through hypnotic suggestion.

A group has put 17k pounds of released Epstein Files on display at the "Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room"—a pop-up library open in NYC this month: www.wired.com/story/a-libr...

anyone who's had to job hunt lately knows it's absolute hell and suspects they are getting filtered out by AI, but one med student actually went very far down that rabbit hole to prove he was right: www.wired.com/story/he-cou...

New: After banning its content from new users in the UK, Pornhub is restoring access to adults there who age verify via Apple—the company has long been pushing for device-based age verification: www.wired.com/story/pornhu...

NEW: DHS subpoenaed Google for a Canadian man's location and account activity after he criticized ICE. The man hasn't been in the US in 10+ years, and DHS used an import law from the 1930s to try to get his data. ACLU is fighting it. @regret.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/dhs-de...

The new film is the latest adaptation of George Orwell's novel. Based on the critiques coming from right-wing influencers, it seems few of them fully grasp the book's message. www.wired.com/story/maga-i...

Nicotine pouches are revered among tech workers, who tout them as the perfect brain-boosting, productivity-jacking stimulants. www.wired.com/story/tech-b...

This is such a dark and harrowing read — and a fantastic piece of narrative journalism on a stomach-churning case. Even if you haven’t been following it, you should read this story: www.wired.com/d4vd-david-b...

“We’re all about positivity — and spreading unrealistic body standards”: I talked to the men behind the AI-generated gay male model influencers who crashed the Devil Wears Prada 2 premiere. Apparently all the AI gay influencers know each other and are on a group chat! www.wired.com/story/gay-ai...

“The MAGA crowd is made of dumb people — like, SUPER dumb people. And they fall for it.” For my @wired.com feature debut, I talked to Sam, a guy who made thousands of dollars on Instagram by scamming MAGA men with Emily Hart, an AI generated, Trump-loving influencer. www.wired.com/story/ai-gen...

And for the love of god, will people stop feeling "bad" or "sorry" for Usha Vance? She is who she is--her choices in her career make it clear who she is. Stop taking away her agency and acknowledge the reality that she might just be a truly hideous person and the perfect match for JD Vance.

As a desi, I’m fascinated by the Indians who caped hard for Trump. Many of them seem to have felt insulated by their wealth and success—the “model minority”—only to now realize that a lot of MAGA hates them. @ashwinrodrigues.com reports: www.wired.com/story/maga-i...

listening to Stavvy’s World and a caller is like “I lived in New York and I’m not red-pilled or addicted to kalshi or crypto so I’ve been doing pretty well on the dating front.”

NEW: Talked to the guy in Singapore who posted clips of a forthcoming 'Last Airbender' sequel, which led to the whole thing being leaked six months before its release (there isn't even a trailer yet). Some fans think Paramount deserves it for canceling a theatrical release in favor of streaming.

New: Some fans are using the new Avatar movie leak to punish Paramount for the delayed release and the company's ties to Trump. @milesklee.bsky.social talked to one of the leakers and a production designer who says it's been devastating for the team: www.wired.com/story/the-la...

NEW: Teenage boys are pulling classmates' photos off Insta and running them through cheap nudify apps and the fallout has now hit nearly 90 schools across 28 countries with 600+ known victims since 2023, per a WIRED/Indicator analysis. UNICEF estimates 1.2M children were targeted last year alone.

"Coachella put out a similar vertical feed last year, which got rave reviews like, 'it’s too vertical,' and 'so glad this video is squished up and limiting my view of the stage.'" @boone.bsky.social really took one for the team with this one. www.wired.com/story/i-watc...

"I don't want to know how much money social media companies made off the Charlie Kirk killing" for @wired.com, i talked to Daniel Goldhaber and Isa Mazzei about Faces of Death and the modern era of social media snuff

I got a bunch of pitches last year about how Geese cracked the algorithm—well, surprise, it was a "narrative" marketing campaign. @johnsemley3000.bsky.social with the goods: www.wired.com/story/geese-...

NEW: Staunch Trump Supporters Are Now Asking If He's the Antichrist w/ @davidgilbert.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/staunc...

there are people with more extreme screen times than Taylor Lorenz and @milesklee.bsky.social talked to several of them: www.wired.com/story/the-sc...

More than *70* orgs are warning Meta that integrating facial recognition into smart glasses is a terrible, dangerous idea. Five years from now, when the consequences are abundantly clear and prevalent, people will point at this warning (as has happened with Meta and Big Tech, time and time again):

if you’re in nyc on wednesday, you should come hang with me and watch @agreenberg.bsky.social do some journalism events.wired.com/at-night/

sorry but this is lowkey funny

Text messages sent to the FBI by an investigator with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) went ignored for at least two days in the wake of Renee Good’s killing in January, per records obtained by WIRED.

lol I definitely don't think this is what Netflix had in mind when they offered me this interview

While ‘Love Is Blind’ was refreshing when it broke onto the scene, the men in the last few seasons have felt increasingly plucked from the conservative manosphere. www.wired.com/story/netfli...

You're invited to WIRED@Night! Ben McKenzie joins WIRED senior correspondent Andy Greenberg for a no-holds-barred conversation on the facts and fiction of cryptocurrency. Tickets and more info here: events.wired.com/at-night/

NEW from me and @makenakelly.bsky.social : Before influencer Nick Shirley went to California this year, DOGE's Edward "Big Balls" Coristine was helping him "extract" info from a public dataset to identify targets for his YouTube "investigation" into fraud. www.wired.com/story/edward...

“Not even two months into my job here at WIRED, I found myself barfing in the office bathroom.” - @milesklee.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/i-took...

We made @milesklee.bsky.social throw up :(

And with a week of eating only novelty, MAHA-approved high protein meals, our hazing of @milesklee.bsky.social is complete. (You don’t want to miss his lede): www.wired.com/story/i-took...