How I want to wake up in heaven

let's go to happy hour and fade into the cobblestones

You probably have a lot of questions about whether or not your home Wi-Fi router is suddenly illegal. (It's not.) But the issue is complex, and @simon-hill.bsky.social takes us through it: www.wired.com/story/us-gov...

“If we can create a nonsentient, headless bodyoid for a human being, that will be a great source of organs.” cool cool cool www.wired.com/story/a-bill...

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Hope everyone had a good solstice today!

Stockpile gas, food, water, and solar panels www.wired.com/story/iran-w...

“People have to be very aware that there’s a surveillance aspect to the data,” says one expert. “You're sharing your most intimate sexual thoughts because you're lost in the moment.” New from me for @wired.com on the privacy nightmares of ChatGPT smut. www.wired.com/story/chatgp...

Anyone who believes human beings should never self-reflect, look inward, and examine their own feelings is not to be trusted

Big night for men's lapel hardware

The bass player in the Oscars band is giving it 110 percent

Ran into @mikeisaac.bsky.social at Costco

Vox Populi! #freakoutfriday youtu.be/bRCQxM0TbWo?...

Bok bok

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Definitely didn't expect @jasooooon.bsky.social's Feeld being overrun by vanillas story to start with an ICE officer on the app: www.wired.com/story/feeld-...

👀 www.wired.com/story/joe-ge...

Journalism job alert: @wired.com is hiring an experienced politics writer. I might be biased, but WIRED is doing some of the best political coverage out there. This is your chance to join our amazing newsroom! condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...

this week alone, I got several pitches about "proteinmaxxing." Read @milesklee.bsky.social on the widespread adoption of incel speak: www.wired.com/story/everyo...

Gentoo penguin...

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So, my favorite musical ensemble played together this week for the first time in year. It was on a wooked out cruise ship so I didn't go (LOL) but some friends did. Here's Grayson Haver Currin's interview with Medeski, Martin & Wood currincy.substack.com/p/the-glorio...

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pretty gorgeous soundboard of solo acoustic marc ribot. spacious clang, extended technique disruptions, noise pedal freakouts, a john zorn etude from “book of heads,” & a few slices of beautiful inside playing.

It’s been really fun to watch Bad Bunny’s “plant people” go viral. That was by design. The team behind Left Shark also came up with the idea to have the grasses be people. Production designer Bruce Rodgers had a feeling they’d get memed. He just knows these things. www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...

Jony Ive and his firm LoveFrom designed the interior of the new Ferrari EV. Of course, it's almost entirely aluminum and glass and leather www.wired.com/story/ferrar...

“For all the ideological outrage behind this challenge to globally popular Latin music, TPUSA’s star-spangled jamboree wasn’t particularly message-driven nor even provocative.” @milesklee.bsky.social watched that other halftime show so you don’t have to:

I keep hearing that wokeness is dead but if that’s true how come there’s a TV show about a romance between two gay men who play hockey but no TV shows about a romance between two straight men who play hockey??

Curl Friday

For all their prestige, the Olympics tend to be a hotbed for scandals. With sports betting more accessible than ever, is a gambling controversy inevitable? I dove into how the IOC and other entities try to avoid betting scams. Will it be enough? For @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/sports...

Art!

Wait, Polymarket's not a dating website? huh.

A truly dope episode of the "Sounds of the Caribbean" podcast this week. Nearly 5 hours of tunes featuring Sly Dunbar, who passed away last week. Big up Selecta Jerry especially for the riddim rides in the second half @soundsofthecaribbean.com #reggaesky www.soundsofthecaribbean.com/e/sounds-of-...

Lacerta by Victor Vasarely, 1955 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137325

I did not know Dan, but this piece he wrote about Pitchfork music reviews and their place in 21st century criticism is just so fucking good. I shared it with easily a dozen people when it first published. RIP, dude. 10.0 defector.com/a-notorious-...

Why does this feature still sound like 1989? (Try it out.) Computers are pretty good at talking these days

did you know that if you're extra special they name gloves after you swanyamerica.com/collections/...

NEW: Google’s “Auto Browse” AI tool includes a warning that attributes responsibility to users for the bot’s actions. “Use Gemini carefully and take control if needed,” reads a disclaimer on the demo version. “You are responsible for Gemini’s actions during tasks.” www.wired.com/story/google...

my man @markyarm.bsky.social interviews Dave Mustaine about the final Megadeth album/tour. So good! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/a...

Breaking: Pornhub will be blocking itself to new users in the UK as of Feb 2, claiming that the UK's age verification laws are "flawed" and don't actually protect minors. Anyone not already registered and age verified will not be able to use to site: www.wired.com/story/pornhu...

Sly Dunbar! RIP man

We owe an incredible debt to the Minnesotans who are on the streets protesting and documenting what is happening.

Thanks for the helpful auto-complete, Gmail.

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NEW: @wired.com spoke with 10 people living through the ICE operation in Minneapolis. The fear and pain is palpable. Lina Misitzis and Katie Thornton report: www.wired.com/story/how-ic...

NEW: X does seem to have limited Grok’s output on X. But Grok’s website will still undress: “We can still generate photorealistic nudity on Grok[dot]com,” says Paul Bouchaud, the lead researcher at Paris-based nonprofit @aiforensics.org “We can generate nudity in ways that Grok on X cannot.”

Hi, I'm Justine! I like to draw beautiful and scary things, weird/ dark fantasy stuff, mostly in gaming. I've done work for Magic the Gathering, Dungeons and Dragons, Kobold Press, Old School Essentials and many others. #portfolioday 🐲insta: tean_witch 🐲web: JustineJonesIllustration.com

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BREAKING: Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife has made a “transformational” donation to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group. This large gift comes just months after the Trump administration shut down counseling services for queer youth. My latest for @wired.com: