they're gonna need to dunk me in this scitechdaily.com/anti-aging-i...

Thinking again today of the several middle aged Trump voting women I met during the election last year who told me they were voting for Trump so their sons wouldn’t have to go to war…

NEW: The anonymous "researcher" in Nick Shirley's viral "fraud" video--treated as a concerned citizen on Fox News and elsewhere--is actually a Minnesota state lobbyist and political activist who worked with a GOP House staffer to provide Shirley info/ theintercept.com/2026/01/03/m...

Tenet Media founder Lauren Chen, who secretly took money from two people with ties to Russian state media to involve conservative influencers in an unwitting propaganda scheme, is back in the US after being deported to Canada under President Biden. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A year after Tenet Media was busted for funneling Russian money to MAGA pundits like Benny Johnson, a Trump administration effort involving State and the FBI has welcomed Tenet's founders back into the US. @willsommer.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-che...

My beautiful friend, a nurse, died at 31 last night. Her cancer treatment was delayed because a visitor did not wear a mask and she became terribly ill for weeks with the flu or COVID and following infections. If you're wearing a mask, thank you.

Private prison company GEO Group allegedly made immigration detainees work for no pay. Now it's at the Supreme Court trying to prevent the detainees from suing. bit.ly/4pfafj2

So I have the cover story in next month's TNR. I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol. They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.

Alice Guo was the popular, Pomeranian-loving mayor of a sleepy Philippine town — until a casino raid revealed her business associates' involvement in Singapore’s biggest-ever money-laundering scandal and sparked allegations of Chinese espionage.

"... a former product manager at the U.S. Digital Service said the Trump administration laid off, fired, or offered deferred resignations to 'amazingly talented' engineers and data scientists earlier this year and is now searching for replacements with less experience. 'It’s comical.'"

I have been trying figure out how to summarize what this year has been, for me personally, and also for the country. This is my last piece of 2025 for @wired.com (!!!) summarizing what DOGE was and what comes next. www.wired.com/story/expire...

New from me: The storied fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wanted to play a show at a Nova Scotia First Nation. It got cancelled because Google's AI search summary incorrectly called him a sex offender. Now he's worried for his safety www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...

The meat of Judge Boasberg's ruling was a reversal of his own prior decision over the summer. In light of the new facts that have emerged, Boasberg reversed course and concluded that the AEA detainees *were* in the constructive custody of the US while at CECOT. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

Good @telliotter.bsky.social story on the DOGEification of the government. www.wired.com/story/expire...

Thank you!!

So when these things come up they’re often listed on the federal register so that the public can offer comment: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Guys, why are we letting AI make art when it needs to be doing my expenses?

Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”

SCOOP I spoke to the leader of a doxing-for-hire group who showed me how it took just minutes for them to get sensitive personal data from Big Tech companies—with virtually no pushback www.wired.com/story/doxers...

MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

*uses index finger to push glasses back up the bridge of nose* if it's trained off of the stolen creative output of humankind then technically, we are *all* the architects of AI...

If you want a primer on the Network State, I spent some time with a group hoping to make one this summer: www.wired.com/story/tech-b...

Great piece connecting some of the dots on how the administration is using (and misusing) a massive network of data to increase immigration enforcement. The constant expansion of the surveillance state puts all of our privacy and safety is at risk.

As always, if you're someone working in government, tech, immigration, etc and you want to talk, you can find me on Signal at Vittoria89.82

New from me for the @wired.com Politics Newsletter. I broke down how the push to combine data across the government in the name of immigration enforcement has lots of possible unintended consequences, not just for undocumented immigrants, but for everyone. www.wired.com/story/dhs-da...

🥹 so proud of this team at @wired.com and our work this year!

In case you're wondering what Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is up to this flu season... they're policing the cookie intake of federal workers. From @leahfeiger.bsky.social for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/dr-oz-...

If you wanna know why the Trump admin gives so many shits about Honduras, Argentina, El Salvador etc… you should start with the notion of network states. (Obligatory @telliotter.bsky.social CC)

Catch me on the radio, talking about @makenakelly.bsky.social and my story debunking the myth that DOGE is dead: www.wired.com/story/what-i...

One thing I always want to ask these masculinity entrepreneurs is why men can’t look to women as role models, and can’t see in women models of human virtue and thriving that are worth emulating. After all, women look to men for these all the time.

absolutely insane www.wired.com/story/trump-...

New from me for @wired.com's newsletter this week: The Trump administration has been pushing immigrants to leave. But even those who are trying--either via the CBP Home app or through what's known as "voluntary departure"--are finding it difficult to do so. www.wired.com/story/trump-...

NEW: You've read a lot about immigrants kidnapped, forcibly detained, and held in ICE facilities -- what about the immigrants *trying* to leave the country? Turns out its wildly difficult for them too. don't miss this from @telliotter.bsky.social:

NEW: DOGE isn’t dead, despite recent reports. Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more. w/ @telliotter.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/what-i...

As always, if you’re a federal worker or someone in tech and you want to talk, you can find me on Signal with a non-work phone at Vittoria89.82

SCOOP from me + @makenakelly.bsky.social: despite recent reports, DOGE isn’t dead—it’s actually everywhere. @wired.com www.wired.com/story/what-i...

No, DOGE isn’t dead. The same people are still doing the same things at agencies across the federal government. from @telliotter.bsky.social and @makenakelly.bsky.social

NEW: Contrary to some recent news reports, DOGE isn’t dead. Far from it. read @makenakelly.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social for more on what DOGE operatives are doing in government now:

NEW: DOGE is far from dead, contrary to recent reporting. Instead, its operatives have “burrowed into” federal agencies “like ticks.” Here’s what the DOGE crew is up to now: From @makenakelly.bsky.social @telliotter.bsky.social

You may have heard that DOGE is dead. Well @makenakelly.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social are here to show you that's just not true, with many of the same young engineers—including Big Balls—still working at the heart of the US government www.wired.com/story/what-i...

The US is a Cancer with a Sagittarius rising, actually.

Feds now claim a "system crash" that happened immediately after ICE was sued is the reason why 10 days of footage from inside the Broadview Detention Center has been lost. Unreal hearing on this earlier: www.404media.co/ice-says-cri...

This piece addresses some of the MANY, many thoughts/feelings I have had in recent days. As much as the whole debacle is a spectacle, we all should be asking ourselves hard questions about who and what is rewarded in our industry.

Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls

SCOOP: Last week, the Social Security Administration published a notice saying it will be sharing "citizenship and immigration information” with DHS, confirming what WIRED reported months ago. Follow along with me below... www.wired.com/story/social...

starting to think that repeatedly sinking trillions into Silicon Valley's new favorite toy while tech companies spend millions to kill any meaningful regulation is actually not going to end well

NEW: For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official. read @telliotter.bsky.social:

NEW: Social Security Data Is Openly Being Shared With DHS to Target Immigrants from @telliotter.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/social...