Anthony Lydgate
@anthonylydgate.bsky.social
Features editor at WIRED
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Some detainees didn't know they were at Guantanamo—until a public health worker told them. Other nurses, doctors, etc., are quitting rather than participating in Trump's immigration camps www.wired.com/story/public...
Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo
Doctors, nurses, and other officers are increasingly being deployed to ICE detention centers. Some have resigned in protest, while others offer a rare look into bleak conditions.
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February 6, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Some detainees didn't know they were at Guantanamo—until a public health worker told them. Other nurses, doctors, etc., are quitting rather than participating in Trump's immigration camps www.wired.com/story/public...
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NEW: Records reviewed by WIRED show DHS’s facial recognition app (Mobile Fortify) isn’t designed to actually "verify" identity—despite DHS claims and its agents relying on its matches to support probable cause in the field.
ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are
ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy r...
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February 5, 2026 at 8:29 PM
NEW: Records reviewed by WIRED show DHS’s facial recognition app (Mobile Fortify) isn’t designed to actually "verify" identity—despite DHS claims and its agents relying on its matches to support probable cause in the field.
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Loyalty is dead www.wired.com/story/model-...
Loyalty Is Dead in Silicon Valley
Founders used to be wedded to their companies. Now, anyone can be lured away for the right price.
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February 5, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Loyalty is dead www.wired.com/story/model-...
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Mobile Fortify, the facial recognition tool ICE claims offers definitive proof of legal status, isn’t even designed for what it’s being used for, and was rolled out after a Project 2025 guy dismantled DHS’s centralized privacy assessments
ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are
ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy r...
www.wired.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Mobile Fortify, the facial recognition tool ICE claims offers definitive proof of legal status, isn’t even designed for what it’s being used for, and was rolled out after a Project 2025 guy dismantled DHS’s centralized privacy assessments
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"These paramilitary tactical units behave not like local police, but instead like special forces in Iraq, Afghanistan, or other far-flung battlefields from the Forever Wars of the past quarter century."
The Paramilitary ICE and CBP Units at the Center of Minnesota's Killings
Two agents involved in the shooting deaths of US citizens in Minneapolis are reportedly part of highly militarized DHS units whose extreme tactics are generally reserved for war zones.
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February 4, 2026 at 5:29 AM
"These paramilitary tactical units behave not like local police, but instead like special forces in Iraq, Afghanistan, or other far-flung battlefields from the Forever Wars of the past quarter century."
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Last year, a human trafficking victim trapped in a crypto scam compound in the Golden Triangle region of Laos contacted me. He then proceeded to leak to me a huge collection of the compound's internal materials.
Then he had to get out alive. This is his story.
🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
Then he had to get out alive. This is his story.
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He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.
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January 27, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Last year, a human trafficking victim trapped in a crypto scam compound in the Golden Triangle region of Laos contacted me. He then proceeded to leak to me a huge collection of the compound's internal materials.
Then he had to get out alive. This is his story.
🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
Then he had to get out alive. This is his story.
🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
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"I think it's no surprise that a company run by a man who sat behind Trump at his inauguration, and donated to the destruction of the White House, has taken a stance that helps ICE agents retain anonymity."
Scoop from @davidgilbert.bsky.social
Scoop from @davidgilbert.bsky.social
Meta Is Blocking Links To ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Users of Meta's social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.
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January 27, 2026 at 6:51 PM
"I think it's no surprise that a company run by a man who sat behind Trump at his inauguration, and donated to the destruction of the White House, has taken a stance that helps ICE agents retain anonymity."
Scoop from @davidgilbert.bsky.social
Scoop from @davidgilbert.bsky.social
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A teacher starting the day with a whistle. Two people taken by ICE, one with the car door window smashed in even though the door was open. A postal worker's dark new work realities. An empty restaurant but booming delivery. Just some of what we heard from Minneapolis www.wired.com/story/how-ic...
‘I’m Witnessing a Lot of Emptiness’: How ICE Uprooted Normal Life in Minneapolis
WIRED talks to a postal worker, a teacher, two US citizens detained by federal agents, and six more Minnesota residents about life in an occupied American city.
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January 22, 2026 at 1:41 AM
A teacher starting the day with a whistle. Two people taken by ICE, one with the car door window smashed in even though the door was open. A postal worker's dark new work realities. An empty restaurant but booming delivery. Just some of what we heard from Minneapolis www.wired.com/story/how-ic...
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The POWER OF CRYSTALS (and an army of 24/7 livestreamers raised by a local Party secretary) turned a county in eastern China into a glittering hub of global trade, by @lmatsakis.bsky.social and Rachel Zheng
www.wired.com/story/china-...
www.wired.com/story/china-...
How China’s ‘Crystal Capital’ Cornered the Market on a Western Obsession
Decades ago, Donghai was a backwater county. Today, thanks to an army of 24/7 livestreamers, it orchestrates a multibillion-dollar global industry.
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January 20, 2026 at 2:01 PM
The POWER OF CRYSTALS (and an army of 24/7 livestreamers raised by a local Party secretary) turned a county in eastern China into a glittering hub of global trade, by @lmatsakis.bsky.social and Rachel Zheng
www.wired.com/story/china-...
www.wired.com/story/china-...
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Really proud to have played a small part in this incredible package. @wired.com is at the top of its game RN.
Presenting WIRED's China issue, with more than a dozen stories that cover AI, energy, culture, crystals, and everything in between. www.wired.com/china-issue/
23 Ways You’re Already Living in the Chinese Century
The robotics explosion. The energy revolution. The cultural takeover. It’s everything you wanted for the United States—but done better in China.
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January 20, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Really proud to have played a small part in this incredible package. @wired.com is at the top of its game RN.
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Beyond excited to have @wired.com's new magazine entirely dedicated to one of the biggest issues in our lives: how to understand China's rise and rise and rise.
Humanoid robots, EV batteries, cleansing crystals, AI boyfriends, gene-editing... Something made in China is already changing your life.
Humanoid robots, EV batteries, cleansing crystals, AI boyfriends, gene-editing... Something made in China is already changing your life.
23 Ways You’re Already Living in the Chinese Century
The robotics explosion. The energy revolution. The cultural takeover. It’s everything you wanted for the United States—but done better in China.
www.wired.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Beyond excited to have @wired.com's new magazine entirely dedicated to one of the biggest issues in our lives: how to understand China's rise and rise and rise.
Humanoid robots, EV batteries, cleansing crystals, AI boyfriends, gene-editing... Something made in China is already changing your life.
Humanoid robots, EV batteries, cleansing crystals, AI boyfriends, gene-editing... Something made in China is already changing your life.
"While the president of this country is promising to make America great again as he strips it for parts, Chinese business and political leaders have quietly seized the moment."
@wired.com's 23 ways you're already living in the Chinese century
www.wired.com/china-issue/
@wired.com's 23 ways you're already living in the Chinese century
www.wired.com/china-issue/
23 Ways You’re Already Living in the Chinese Century
The robotics explosion. The energy revolution. The cultural takeover. It’s everything you wanted for the United States—but done better in China.
www.wired.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:01 PM
"While the president of this country is promising to make America great again as he strips it for parts, Chinese business and political leaders have quietly seized the moment."
@wired.com's 23 ways you're already living in the Chinese century
www.wired.com/china-issue/
@wired.com's 23 ways you're already living in the Chinese century
www.wired.com/china-issue/
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🇨🇳 new issue is here! Behold: The China Issue. It hasn't escaped @wired.com's attention that one superpower is surging forward while the other one is trying to annex Greenland. Here are 23 ways that China has become the future www.wired.com/china-issue/
23 Ways You’re Already Living in the Chinese Century
The robotics explosion. The energy revolution. The cultural takeover. It’s everything you wanted for the United States—but done better in China.
www.wired.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:21 PM
🇨🇳 new issue is here! Behold: The China Issue. It hasn't escaped @wired.com's attention that one superpower is surging forward while the other one is trying to annex Greenland. Here are 23 ways that China has become the future www.wired.com/china-issue/
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The robotics explosion. The energy revolution. The cultural takeover. It’s everything you wanted for the United States—but done better in China. www.wired.com/china-issue/
23 Ways You’re Already Living in the Chinese Century
The robotics explosion. The energy revolution. The cultural takeover. It’s everything you wanted for the United States—but done better in China.
www.wired.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:02 AM
The robotics explosion. The energy revolution. The cultural takeover. It’s everything you wanted for the United States—but done better in China. www.wired.com/china-issue/
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Hey! @wired.com is doing a bunch of hiring. Here we go with a thread of five great jobs, with a few more coming shortly:
1) We are hiring a senior editor for our science desk, which means you get to work with geniuses like @timmarchman.bsky.social @mollytaft.com and @emilymullin.bsky.social
1) We are hiring a senior editor for our science desk, which means you get to work with geniuses like @timmarchman.bsky.social @mollytaft.com and @emilymullin.bsky.social
Senior Editor, Science
WIRED is where a better future is imagined. For three decades, we have been the indispensable guide to a world in constant transformation. We cover humanity’s biggest challenges, from climate change t...
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January 14, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Hey! @wired.com is doing a bunch of hiring. Here we go with a thread of five great jobs, with a few more coming shortly:
1) We are hiring a senior editor for our science desk, which means you get to work with geniuses like @timmarchman.bsky.social @mollytaft.com and @emilymullin.bsky.social
1) We are hiring a senior editor for our science desk, which means you get to work with geniuses like @timmarchman.bsky.social @mollytaft.com and @emilymullin.bsky.social
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I always understand the big picture on US politics and national security much better after reading @vermontgmg.bsky.social.
Trump's weekend invasion of Venezuela is no different. Very glad to have this story on WIRED:
Trump's weekend invasion of Venezuela is no different. Very glad to have this story on WIRED:
The 3 Keys to Understanding Trump’s Retro Coup in Venezuela
This weekend’s invasion was both a throwback to the last century and a new, uniquely Trumpian nightmare—one that’s just beginning.
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January 6, 2026 at 2:30 PM
I always understand the big picture on US politics and national security much better after reading @vermontgmg.bsky.social.
Trump's weekend invasion of Venezuela is no different. Very glad to have this story on WIRED:
Trump's weekend invasion of Venezuela is no different. Very glad to have this story on WIRED:
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A 91-year-old woman refused to sell her home of 60 years to make room for a $100 billion Micron superfab. She finally gave up when authorities threatened to take it through eminent domain. from @peard33.bsky.social
A $100 Billion Chip Project Forced a 91-Year-Old Woman From Her Home
Azalia King was the last holdout preventing the construction of a Micron "megafab." Onondaga County authorities threatened to use eminent domain to take her home away by force.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A 91-year-old woman refused to sell her home of 60 years to make room for a $100 billion Micron superfab. She finally gave up when authorities threatened to take it through eminent domain. from @peard33.bsky.social
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Donald Trump claims he broke off contact with Jeffrey Epstein in 2004. But recently released text messages show Epstein presenting himself—to a Bill Gates associate—as plugged into the Trump White House as recently as 2017. from @timmarchman.bsky.social and @leahfeiger.bsky.social
Jeffrey Epstein Claimed Intimate Knowledge of Donald Trump’s Views in Texts With Bill Gates Adviser
In text messages from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein seemingly represented himself as positioned to pass information from the Trump White House to Bill Gates through an intermediary.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Donald Trump claims he broke off contact with Jeffrey Epstein in 2004. But recently released text messages show Epstein presenting himself—to a Bill Gates associate—as plugged into the Trump White House as recently as 2017. from @timmarchman.bsky.social and @leahfeiger.bsky.social
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“I’ll see you in court,” New York Attorney General Tish James says to Condé Nast at a rally over, well, my own firing. Reinstate the Fired Four ✊
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
“I’ll see you in court,” New York Attorney General Tish James says to Condé Nast at a rally over, well, my own firing. Reinstate the Fired Four ✊
python3 sing_muse.py
There I’m basically Homer now
There I’m basically Homer now
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
python3 sing_muse.py
There I’m basically Homer now
There I’m basically Homer now
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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But if you have some spare income, give what you can here or sign up for one of the paid tiers. I think the founding member thing lets you put in whatever you want straightfromthehut.substack.com
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November 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
But if you have some spare income, give what you can here or sign up for one of the paid tiers. I think the founding member thing lets you put in whatever you want straightfromthehut.substack.com
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As my general two cents: don't cancel your WIRED subscriptions.
Best culture, best newsroom of anywhere I've worked. I love the living shit out of these folks, and they don't deserve to be negatively impacted by a decision that was made by the parent company, not them. And it's only $2 a month.
Best culture, best newsroom of anywhere I've worked. I love the living shit out of these folks, and they don't deserve to be negatively impacted by a decision that was made by the parent company, not them. And it's only $2 a month.
November 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
As my general two cents: don't cancel your WIRED subscriptions.
Best culture, best newsroom of anywhere I've worked. I love the living shit out of these folks, and they don't deserve to be negatively impacted by a decision that was made by the parent company, not them. And it's only $2 a month.
Best culture, best newsroom of anywhere I've worked. I love the living shit out of these folks, and they don't deserve to be negatively impacted by a decision that was made by the parent company, not them. And it's only $2 a month.