Anthropic employs at least four philosophers. Google DeepMind employs at least TEN. When journalism fully implodes, at least my B.A. in philosophy will be put to good use. (Love this story from @joelkhalili.bsky.social about the murky motives of AI companies and their Aristotles)

The story of the high-stakes race to escape Trump's tariffs, complete with airport logjams, bidding wars for private planes, and one snapped knee ligament: www.wired.com/story/charte...

**THREAD** Yesterday, WIRED launched a shiny new subscription package! On top of all of our journalism, subscribers now get five premium newsletters, access to AMAs with reporters, and narrated articles. I cover crypto for WIRED. Here are some of my favourite stories from the past twelve months:

A must-read scene report from the Trump memecoin dinner, including photos of a sad meal, from @joelkhalili.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/a-heli...

Back in February, I woke up one morning to find my phone ablaze with notifications. Immediately, I knew something was wrong. After rifling through my messages, the situation became clear: a hacker had used my X account to flog a fraudulent WIRED-branded crypto coin. www.wired.com/story/wired-...

Scoop from me: When one of the cofounders of memecoin factory Pump.Fun was only 16 years old, somebody going by the same name and with ties to the same town in England made a handsome profit dumping shitcoins they created www.wired.com/story/pumpfu...

For the new episode of @wired.com's Incognito Mode, I spoke with "Evelyn," who lost $300K to a romance scammer, and walk through how the scam industry works. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK-d... WIRED's @joelkhalili.bsky.social was the first to report on Evelyn's story: www.wired.com/story/love-l...

Backstabbing. Sabotage. Mutiny. And a piss-soaked alleyway in central London. In my latest for @WIRED, I try to finesse my way to winning a $140,000 cryptocurrency prize. www.wired.com/story/crypto...

I've reported this account, which does not belong to me. Please do the same! bsky.app/profile/joel...

On January 21, Ledger cofounder David Balland and his wife were forced at gunpoint into separate vehicles outside their home in Méreau, France. After the grisly kidnapping, which cost Balland a finger, crypto figures have turned to bodyguard services, which have fielded a steep influx of requests.

WARNING: Yesterday, my X account (@JKFruit) was compromised and used to promote an inauthentic WIRED-branded crypto coin. Please disregard any further posts made to that account.

To end the year in suitably ridiculous style, my story on the AI chatbot that parlayed a graphic late '90s internet meme into a $40 million crypto nest egg: www.wired.com/story/truth-...

I spoke to the father of a kid that made $30,000 in under ten mins on a cryptocoin he'd created. He didn't believe it at first. But when angry messages started to flood in, he realised his son was telling the truth—if not quite the full story. www.wired.com/story/memeco...

Trump's shortlist for SEC chair is stacked with pro-crypto potential nominees new w/ @joelkhalili.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/crypto...

Me: should probably post something on Bluesky Also me: scared to post in case new starter pack followers realise they didn’t come here for my low-effort skeets