NEW: I went to the Polymarket "Situation Room" bar and it was a disaster. The host—Polymarket's head of growth—previously worked for MrBeast and that playbook was on full display even if the actual displays... didn't work. www.wired.com/story/polyma...

NEW from me and @leahfeiger.bsky.social: ICE is in the airports as funding for TSA remains frozen. And like I said in an earlier post: if you're at the airport and seeing ICE, @wired.com wants to know. DM me here or on Signal at Vittoria 89.82 www.wired.com/story/ice-in...

NEW: I went to the Polymarket "Situation Room" bar and it was a disaster. The host—Polymarket's head of growth—previously worked for MrBeast and that playbook was on full display even if the actual displays... didn't work. www.wired.com/story/polyma...

If you're at an airport today, we'd LOVE to know what it's like interacting with ICE instead of TSA. You can DM me or find me on Signal at Vittoria89.82.

The Polymarket bar, playing on the “Monitoring the Situation” meme, is a bust. After waiting outside for nearly an hour and a half in the rain because of technical issues—power and wifi going out—none of the TVs are working. Staff say everything will be back up and running tomorrow.

tried an alani energy drink today.... not to get all RFK jr about it but how do people drink these, they taste like poison

NEW: Wired’s editor Katie Drummond said it added 200k new paid subs last year. She told me: “If you still don’t understand why Wired covers politics, you are either willfully ignorant or a complete idiot.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/b...

SCOOP: John Solly Is the DOGE Operative Accused of Planning to Take Social Security Data to His New Job w/ @telliotter.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/john-s...

SCOOP: John Solly Is the DOGE Operative Accused of Planning to Take Social Security Data to His New Job w/ @telliotter.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/john-s...

does this work on news cycles

Jake Paul spoke at a Trump rally today, receiving the president’s endorsement for whatever political office the creator might seek…. and now it looks like there’s a video incoming!

NEW: DOD employees are being pressured to volunteer to help with DHS's immigration crackdown. The work includes things like: “developing concepts of operation and campaign plans to execute internal arrests and raids as well as patrols along the Southwest Border” www.wired.com/story/pete-h...

SCOOP: In 2021, they helped organize Trump's January 6 rally. In the last year, Event Strategies has raked in federal contracts worth $26M, many of them with no other bidders w/ @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @leahfeiger.bsky.social @hudsongiles.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/they-h...

truly, iykyk lmao

had a boba at 7pm outside with the sun still beaming and was literally this meme

starting a mcdonald’s franchise as an act of maha resistance

i am suspicious of john kiriakou

The Texas Senate Primary Was a Preview of Creator Wars to Come www.wired.com/story/the-te...

Ah, yes, the invaluable wisdom of the markets.

A White House staffer is running an anonymous pro-MAGA X account with nearly 300,000 followers. The account, JohnnyMAGA, has never disclosed formal ties, blurring the lines of official WH messaging and organic digital support. www.wired.com/story/a-whit...

A White House staffer is running an anonymous pro-MAGA X account with nearly 300,000 followers. The account, JohnnyMAGA, has never disclosed formal ties, blurring the lines of official WH messaging and organic digital support. www.wired.com/story/a-whit...

Incel slang is now so ingrained in the mainstream discourse that its origins have been obscured. How did we get here?

NEW: A popular right-wing X account that called the video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes "a masterpiece" appears to be run by a White House staffer, according to records reviewed by WIRED. read @makenakelly.bsky.social:

NEW: Kalshi announces details into two insider trading investigations. WIRED confirms that one suspended account belongs to California congressional candidate Kyle Langford: www.wired.com/story/kalshi...

A popular right-wing account that called a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes "a masterpiece" appears to be run by a White House staffer, according to records reviewed by WIRED. www.wired.com/story/a-whit...

SCOOP: A White House staffer appears to be operating the anonymous pro-Trump X account JohnnyMAGA with nearly 300,000 followers. More here: www.wired.com/story/a-whit...

if this SOTU speech is as long as people suggest.... I'm gonna need CNN to add some subway surfers

more cute plushies will join my desk until morale improves

New from 404 Media: how ICE and CBP are using the free walkie-talkie app Zello to coordinate their operations. We've linked multiple Zello accounts to ICE, found group chats with names referencing immigration. App previously criticized for allowing far right channels www.404media.co/how-ice-and-...

i have never needed a spare $1k this badly before in my life

um?

NEW: Homeland Security officials are asking companies to help them combine all of their face and fingerprint systems together into one giant biometric platform. Buttttttt it's unclear how workable this really is since DHS uses a wide mishmash of proprietary algos.

SCOOP: DHS strikes $1 billion purchasing agreement with Palantir. The news comes as Palantir leadership struggles to address internal tensions over the company's work with immigration enforcers. Here's how it was announced internally: www.wired.com/story/depart...

NEW: You'll never guess who says he'd prefer the average stay for detainees in ICE's proposed "mega" detention centers to be 30 days but "60 is fine" www.wired.com/story/metada...

SCOOP: MAGA's exclusive private club has an unusual figure in its inner circle—a former DC cop best known for a viral stop-and-frisk video that led to a lawsuit www.wired.com/story/magas-...

Today, Trump hosted the first meeting of the so-called Board of Peace at the building that served as the headquarters for the US Institute for Peace. But that building is still the subject of a major court case after being forcibly taken over by DOGE last year. www.wired.com/story/trump-...

SCOOP: DHS strikes $1 billion purchasing agreement with Palantir. The news comes as Palantir leadership struggles to address internal tensions over the company's work with immigration enforcers. Here's how it was announced internally: www.wired.com/story/depart...

I went to an Evie Magazine ("conservative cosmo!") new york fashion week party and blogged about it:

The recent request goes against decades of precedent, and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions. www.wired.com/story/social...

Here's your mystery of the week: A blog about a small island off the coast of Canada, personal portfolio websites, weather forecast platforms, Shopify sites, and the US federal gov—a wide range of websites have reported being hit by a massive influx of bots tied to China and Singapore since 2025.

In the Friday video to staff, Karp argued that contracting clients planning to break the law don't buy Palantir products—because they're so good and that makes it harder for them to hide illegal stuff... www.wired.com/story/palant...

SCOOP: Tensions at Palantir have grown in recent weeks over the company's work with ICE. On Friday, CEO Alex Karp tried to calm concerns in an hourlong video that offered few specifics—instead offering NDAs to workers who want to understand how it's empowering ICE. www.wired.com/story/palant...

NEW: Salesforce employees are circulating a letter urging CEO Marc Benioff to denounce ICE www.wired.com/story/letter...

SCOOP: Tensions at Palantir have grown in recent weeks over the company's work with ICE. On Friday, CEO Alex Karp tried to calm concerns in an hourlong video that offered few specifics—instead offering NDAs to workers who want to understand how it's empowering ICE. www.wired.com/story/palant...

Hey Bluesky! I'm a senior writer at WIRED and I'm shifting beats to cover the tech I'm most obsessed with right now—PREDICTION MARKETS. Eager to hear tips on the industry at [email protected]

NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

That Super Bowl halftime show was beyond incredible, and fun. Here’s the story of how it came together, complete with beautiful photos from @d-jacks.bsky.social. www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...

over the holidays, i got really into board + card games and this came in today!!! i’m so excited to try it out!!