Reyhan Harmanci
@harmancipants.bsky.social
Features Director, WIRED.
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AI of a Thousand Faces
What happens now that AI is everywhere and in everything? WIRED can’t tell the future, but we can try to make sense of it. Behold: 17 readings from the furthest reaches of the AI age.
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🎇New package alert @wired.com! This one has been in the works for months. If WIRED was going to tackle AI -- something we cover daily -- we had to go big. So here are 17 different stories about the way AI is changing us, even as the technology itself keeps moving www.wired.com/ai-issue/
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congratulations to all the award winners as presented by the Newswomen's Club of New York, but especially the unstoppable @leahfeiger.bsky.social www.newswomensclubnewyork.com/fps-index#/f...
Front Page Awards — THE NEWSWOMEN'S CLUB OF NEW YORK
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January 6, 2026 at 4:35 PM
congratulations to all the award winners as presented by the Newswomen's Club of New York, but especially the unstoppable @leahfeiger.bsky.social www.newswomensclubnewyork.com/fps-index#/f...
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This could be a dream job for one of you. bloomberg.avature.net/careers/JobD...
January 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
This could be a dream job for one of you. bloomberg.avature.net/careers/JobD...
kiss or get off the ice IMO
From @theathletic.com: Male hockey culture left many in the LGBTQ community feeling unwelcome. Could the rising popularity of “Heated Rivalry” lead to a change? It has at least opened the door for conversations to be had. nyti.ms/49xpmhI
January 6, 2026 at 3:21 PM
kiss or get off the ice IMO
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This week for the @wired.com Big interview podcast: the one and only Margaret Atwood, who kept the zingers coming as she talked about tech barons, her hope for the U.S., doomscrolling, AI, and why she wants to control every atomic bomb in the world (and if you ask me, she SHOULD!):
Margaret Atwood on Doomscrolling: ‘I Want to Keep Up With the Latest Doom’
On this week’s episode of “The Big Interview,” the author of “The Handmaid’s Tale” talks about Elon Musk, political resistance, and why she still has hope for America’s future.
www.wired.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
This week for the @wired.com Big interview podcast: the one and only Margaret Atwood, who kept the zingers coming as she talked about tech barons, her hope for the U.S., doomscrolling, AI, and why she wants to control every atomic bomb in the world (and if you ask me, she SHOULD!):
Regime change in Latin America? From American military? With no plans for what happens after leader is carted off? @vermontgmg.bsky.social is simply SHOCKED that this country would do such a thing! www.wired.com/story/3-keys...
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 2:27 PM
Regime change in Latin America? From American military? With no plans for what happens after leader is carted off? @vermontgmg.bsky.social is simply SHOCKED that this country would do such a thing! www.wired.com/story/3-keys...
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I know it sounds crazy but it's possible that the Trump administration has not thought this Venezuela oil situation all the way through. from @mollytaft.com
Trump Wants Venezuela's Oil. Getting It Might Not Be So Simple
The administration has made it clear that Nicolás Maduro's capture was tied to Venezuela's vast oil reserves. Much less certain is how US companies will actually access them—or if they even want to.
www.wired.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:28 PM
I know it sounds crazy but it's possible that the Trump administration has not thought this Venezuela oil situation all the way through. from @mollytaft.com
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12+ hours later we finally get an estimate of how many Venezuelans were killed
January 3, 2026 at 10:56 PM
12+ hours later we finally get an estimate of how many Venezuelans were killed
Not now, LinkedIn
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Not now, LinkedIn
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NYT gonna NYT: "Both Mr. Mamdani and Mr. Maduro identify as socialists, though they have no relationship.” — would be funny if they did this every time you write about two capitalists.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
Mamdani Called Trump to Criticize Venezuela Strikes
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
NYT gonna NYT: "Both Mr. Mamdani and Mr. Maduro identify as socialists, though they have no relationship.” — would be funny if they did this every time you write about two capitalists.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
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Trump's first White House was horny to overthrow Maduro. But the people who drove that failed coup -- guys like John Bolton -- are all gone now. This is an almost completely different set of plotters.
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
The Untold Story of Trump's Failed Attempt to Overthrow Venezuela's President
A successful CIA hack of Venezuela's military payroll system, insider fights for spy agency resources, and messy opposition politics: A WIRED investigation reveals a secret Trump-era attempt to oust a...
www.wired.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Trump's first White House was horny to overthrow Maduro. But the people who drove that failed coup -- guys like John Bolton -- are all gone now. This is an almost completely different set of plotters.
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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I really think this is the most important basic journalistic error we need to stamp out right now. If you know why Grok can’t comment on anything and also know any journalists, please check in with them and help them understand it too.
I hate this phrasing and how it buys into what is essentially a falsehood about the autonomy of chatbots that is RIGHT NOW deforming our entire law and society. Grok doesn't say anything. That's like saying 'Microsoft Word apologized for losing everyone's files'
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements ...
www.reuters.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:23 PM
I really think this is the most important basic journalistic error we need to stamp out right now. If you know why Grok can’t comment on anything and also know any journalists, please check in with them and help them understand it too.
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I went to all 10 of the daycares Nick Shirley featured in his viral video. I got inside 4 and found children. Lots of children: www.startribune.com/day-care-fra...
We went to some of the day cares Nick Shirley did. Here’s what we found.
Some of the 10 day cares the YouTube content creator blasted for having “no children” invited reporters in to see for themselves.
www.startribune.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:22 AM
I went to all 10 of the daycares Nick Shirley featured in his viral video. I got inside 4 and found children. Lots of children: www.startribune.com/day-care-fra...
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A year and a half ago or so, I read that an entire stadium in Tacoma had booed a trans runner. I wanted to know more. She was 16, and she had stood on a podium in one of the country’s most liberal states and listened to 10,000 people boo her. What I learned surprised me:
wapo.st/49lnBUK
wapo.st/49lnBUK
For young transgender runner, racing wasn’t the hardest thing
Verónica García overcame poverty to become a high school track champion — twice. It made her famous for all the wrong reasons.
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December 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
A year and a half ago or so, I read that an entire stadium in Tacoma had booed a trans runner. I wanted to know more. She was 16, and she had stood on a podium in one of the country’s most liberal states and listened to 10,000 people boo her. What I learned surprised me:
wapo.st/49lnBUK
wapo.st/49lnBUK
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“The rate of deaths per year in the correctional facilities has been on the rise even though the number of people being held in the prisons has declined, the records show. Last year the death count hit 144 — the highest number in the past seven years.”
December 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
“The rate of deaths per year in the correctional facilities has been on the rise even though the number of people being held in the prisons has declined, the records show. Last year the death count hit 144 — the highest number in the past seven years.”
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Hope everyone had a merry Christmas
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Hope everyone had a merry Christmas
heartbreaking
For 11 months, Haitham Salem, an electrician from northern Gaza, languished in Israeli prisons and a detention facility without charge, enduring harsh conditions and, by his account, violent abuse. He was released as part of the cease-fire deal, but his suffering only intensified when he returned.
After Suffering in Israeli Prison, a Gaza Detainee Comes Home to More Pain
Haitham Salem spent 11 months held by Israel without charge and said he endured beatings and abuse. He was released as part of the cease-fire deal, longing to return to his family.
nyti.ms
December 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
heartbreaking
Merry Christmas to the sources of the world — the people who share their stories even though, sometimes, they shouldn’t. For instance, I learned my mom will be featured in a newsletter called”Scam Weekly” newsletter for her recent Amazon troubles!
December 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Merry Christmas to the sources of the world — the people who share their stories even though, sometimes, they shouldn’t. For instance, I learned my mom will be featured in a newsletter called”Scam Weekly” newsletter for her recent Amazon troubles!
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December 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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Olive grove by olive grove, sheep pasture by sheep pasture, village by village — over the past two years, Israeli settlers, often with Israeli military support, have escalated their unrelenting campaign to seize land and erase its Palestinian presence. Paywall free: nytimes.com/interactive/...
December 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Olive grove by olive grove, sheep pasture by sheep pasture, village by village — over the past two years, Israeli settlers, often with Israeli military support, have escalated their unrelenting campaign to seize land and erase its Palestinian presence. Paywall free: nytimes.com/interactive/...
I can just hear Bari on calls, demanding more 'happy news' from CBS bosses. "People want positivity!"
December 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I can just hear Bari on calls, demanding more 'happy news' from CBS bosses. "People want positivity!"
Exactly. There's not a news process that exists that mandates that Stephen Miller be on the record or the story doesn't run. Plus, the detainees' identities are also well known, and verified. Come up with a better bullshit excuse, Bari.
I am sure the 60 Minutes report on CECOT was very well done, but what makes the decision to kill it even more damning is that CBS was hardly out on a limb on this story. It has been extremely well documented and reported by many journalists.
December 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Exactly. There's not a news process that exists that mandates that Stephen Miller be on the record or the story doesn't run. Plus, the detainees' identities are also well known, and verified. Come up with a better bullshit excuse, Bari.
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
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December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.