Well holy fucking shit. Ring cancelled their partnership with Flock. Keep pressure on them to stop volunteering their feeds to state, local, and federal agencies, though, because that part's still going.
Well holy fucking shit. Ring cancelled their partnership with Flock. Keep pressure on them to stop volunteering their feeds to state, local, and federal agencies, though, because that part's still going.
If you're currently a student at a college with a faculty member who showed up in the Epstein files, I'd like to talk to you about the campus response for an article. You can reach me at miles_klee@wired.com or millionbear.44 on Signal.
February 13, 2026 at 12:14 AM
If you're currently a student at a college with a faculty member who showed up in the Epstein files, I'd like to talk to you about the campus response for an article. You can reach me at miles_klee@wired.com or millionbear.44 on Signal.
totally enthralled by this oven mitt with an onion sitting on it at LAX with the words “2. Keep important medications with you” over it. I took dozens of photos
February 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM
totally enthralled by this oven mitt with an onion sitting on it at LAX with the words “2. Keep important medications with you” over it. I took dozens of photos
rfk jr. bragging about doing coke off of toilet seats is so funny because like. there were other surfaces, robert, in the bathroom. the toilet tank was there, robert
February 12, 2026 at 10:36 PM
rfk jr. bragging about doing coke off of toilet seats is so funny because like. there were other surfaces, robert, in the bathroom. the toilet tank was there, robert
surely everyone at the free press knew this was in poor taste the entire time they were pushing it through the editorial pipeline to publish it [checks notes] 31 days after Renée Good was shot and killed.
February 12, 2026 at 4:07 AM
surely everyone at the free press knew this was in poor taste the entire time they were pushing it through the editorial pipeline to publish it [checks notes] 31 days after Renée Good was shot and killed.
I am in search of an Uzbek writer for a project. If you are aware of one that is particularly good, please let me know! I'm casting a wide net—or at least as wide a net as one can cast in the world of Uzbek literature
February 11, 2026 at 7:19 PM
I am in search of an Uzbek writer for a project. If you are aware of one that is particularly good, please let me know! I'm casting a wide net—or at least as wide a net as one can cast in the world of Uzbek literature
Look, my feeling is AI is extremely competent and we mistake its competence for sentience (or consciousness, subjectivity) because we’ve made ourselves less competent and, in a way, simultaneously less sentient, having flooded our consciousness with slop. Our admiration for it grows to fill that gap
February 11, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Look, my feeling is AI is extremely competent and we mistake its competence for sentience (or consciousness, subjectivity) because we’ve made ourselves less competent and, in a way, simultaneously less sentient, having flooded our consciousness with slop. Our admiration for it grows to fill that gap
ICYMI: Flock Safety is letting cops search our data to deport school kids. Two weeks ago, @lucyparsonslabs.com revealed that in response to this reporting, Flock made the unilateral decision to suspend audit trails to prevent oversight.
Schools contracting with Flock are letting ICE search their data to deport their kids, teachers, staff and parents. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICYMI: Flock Safety is letting cops search our data to deport school kids. Two weeks ago, @lucyparsonslabs.com revealed that in response to this reporting, Flock made the unilateral decision to suspend audit trails to prevent oversight.
It should be illuminating that prosecuting sex trafficking, the thing that prosecutors and police across the country have been using as a cash cow to fund surveillance and weaponry, is actually not something government prosecutors care about at all. The system does not hold people accountable.
February 11, 2026 at 5:41 PM
this is actually a GREAT distinction to make in talking with people (like my students in my class!) about how moral panics work
It should be illuminating that prosecuting sex trafficking, the thing that prosecutors and police across the country have been using as a cash cow to fund surveillance and weaponry, is actually not something government prosecutors care about at all. The system does not hold people accountable.
February 11, 2026 at 5:05 PM
It should be illuminating that prosecuting sex trafficking, the thing that prosecutors and police across the country have been using as a cash cow to fund surveillance and weaponry, is actually not something government prosecutors care about at all. The system does not hold people accountable.
NEW: CBP signs a new deal with Clearview AI to access its scraped image database for "tactical targeting," including efforts to “disrupt, degrade, and dismantle” networks of people labeled security threats.
NEW: CBP signs a new deal with Clearview AI to access its scraped image database for "tactical targeting," including efforts to “disrupt, degrade, and dismantle” networks of people labeled security threats.
"Here, finally, is a worthy use of the NIMBY impulse that is so easy to activate for worse reasons." Friends, you can use that. I highly recommend going full Karen for the right reasons.
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
"Here, finally, is a worthy use of the NIMBY impulse that is so easy to activate for worse reasons." Friends, you can use that. I highly recommend going full Karen for the right reasons.
i mean, they’re going to have to retrain and change careers, like all of the other people in deskilled professions have to and have had to. that is what is going to happen.
Now with more than 300 reporters on the job market, adding to hundreds already looking for replacement jobs, the question is: Where do the journalists go? No one seems to have the answer. mirandacgreen.substack.com/p/where-do-t...
i mean, they’re going to have to retrain and change careers, like all of the other people in deskilled professions have to and have had to. that is what is going to happen.
How did this happen? And how did this happen so secretly and swiftly? In docs viewed by WIRED, DHS asked GSA explicitly to disregard usual government lease procurement procedures, and even hide lease listings due to “national security concerns.”
How did this happen? And how did this happen so secretly and swiftly? In docs viewed by WIRED, DHS asked GSA explicitly to disregard usual government lease procurement procedures, and even hide lease listings due to “national security concerns.”
i called my gay 74-year-old OG radical faerie friend who lives in the bay area last night & discovered he has no idea what the super bowl even is—does not know _which sport_ is involved—and it made me so happy for him
February 10, 2026 at 5:57 AM
i called my gay 74-year-old OG radical faerie friend who lives in the bay area last night & discovered he has no idea what the super bowl even is—does not know _which sport_ is involved—and it made me so happy for him