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Reece
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software reporter @ WIRED. message me on Signal: reece_rogers.01
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Reece @thiccreese.bsky.social · Dec 15
counting down five fav articles from my year of reporting at @wired.com, starting with number five…

the Monday afternoon blog that Elon Musk hated so much he posted about it
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk's Grokipedia Pushes Far-Right Talking Points
The new AI-powered Wikipedia competitor falsely claims that pornography worsened the AIDS epidemic and that social media may be fueling a rise in transgender people.
www.wired.com
thiccreese.bsky.social
NEW: “Top-down mandates to use large language models are crazy,” says one current Block employee. “If the tool were good, we’d all just use it.”

My latest for @wired.com

www.wired.com/story/inside...
Inside the Rolling Layoffs at Jack Dorsey’s Block
Workers describe a deteriorating culture at Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, where layoffs continue and employees are expected to use AI tools daily.
www.wired.com
February 19, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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katie-drummond.bsky.social
"Rather than a one-off event, management has slowly enacted the firings over the course of weeks and told employees that the process will continue through the end of this month."
Inside the Rolling Layoffs at Jack Dorsey’s Block
Workers describe a deteriorating culture at Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, where layoffs continue and employees are expected to use AI tools daily.
www.wired.com
February 19, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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wired.com
Workers describe a deteriorating culture at Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, where layoffs continue and employees are expected to use AI tools daily. www.wired.com/story/inside...
Inside the Rolling Layoffs at Jack Dorsey’s Block
Workers describe a deteriorating culture at Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, where layoffs continue and employees are expected to use AI tools daily.
www.wired.com
February 19, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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thiccreese.bsky.social
screaming crying throwing up!! this @wired.com digital cover is TOOO GOOD 🫡
Members only, inside the gay tech mafia. Hands through pants hole
February 19, 2026 at 1:36 PM
thiccreese.bsky.social
screaming crying throwing up!! this @wired.com digital cover is TOOO GOOD 🫡
Members only, inside the gay tech mafia. Hands through pants hole
February 19, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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wired.com
Gay men have long been rumored to run Silicon Valley. WIRED investigates. www.wired.com/story/inside...
Inside the Gay Tech Mafia
Gay men have long been rumored to run Silicon Valley. WIRED investigates.
www.wired.com
February 19, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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brbarrett.bsky.social
If there's one thing we learned from Mark Zuckerberg's testimony in a landmark social media addiction trial today, it's that YOU ARE MISCHARACTERIZING WHAT HE SAID. from @milesklee.bsky.social
Mark Zuckerberg Tries to Play It Safe in Social Media Addiction Trial Testimony
The Meta CEO stuck to a playbook of repetitive answers and buzzwords in a landmark trial in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
www.wired.com
February 19, 2026 at 2:07 AM
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milesklee.bsky.social
the rumors are true: i was in court for Mark Zuckerberg's testimony in the social media addiction lawsuit against Meta today. stay tuned...
February 19, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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mollytaft.com
when big tech companies say that AI will save the planet, what kinds of AI are they actually talking about — and what's their proof? i took a look at some great new research from @ketanjoshi.co and talked to other experts about how a lot of this talk is probably bullshit:
Big Tech Says Generative AI Will Save the Planet. It Doesn't Offer Much Proof
A new report finds that of 154 specific claims about how AI will benefit the climate, just a quarter cited academic research. A third included no evidence at all.
www.wired.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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michellebruton.bsky.social
This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera 😆
February 18, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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leyawn.bsky.social
my cat every day at 4 pm
wailing emoji with the text: ooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooohhh i'm soooooooo hungryyy slightly distorted wailing emoji with distorted text: noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo what do you mean dinner is at five pm i will die that's sooooo late oooooooooooo ohhh emoji is now even more smushed and has big eyes with tears welling with distorted text: i have never been fed in my entire life please sir i am so hungry please feed meee the crying wailing emoji is extremely distorted and pixelated with distorted text: oooooooooooooohhh i'm just a little kitty i'm so hungry you never feed me i must be the hungriest kitty in the world ohhhh
February 17, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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boone.bsky.social
“We’re not fucking around in the dream space anymore,” @lasermistress.bsky.social says “This is a particularly fucking fraught time. But we are still going to live our lives.”

a look at the crafters and makers pushing back against ICE who say resistance is practical

www.wired.com/story/makers...
Makers Are Building Back Against ICE
In hacker spaces and at their homes, creative protesters are laser-cutting and 3D-printing tools to resist an occupation.
www.wired.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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ryanmarino.bsky.social
why is there anti-homeless architecture in pokemon
Anti-homeless benches in Pokemon Legends ZA
February 15, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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samthielman.com
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day
A Swarovski Minion (bob)
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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theonion.com
This Weeks Onion Magazine: ‘I Don’t Know How And It’s Not My Event’: Simone Biles On Her Decision Not To Snowboard At The Winter Olympics
This Weeks Onion Magazine: ‘I Don’t Know How And It’s Not My Event’: Simone Biles On Her Decision Not To Snowboard At The Winter Olympics
February 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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wired.com
As OpenAI removed access to GPT-4o in its app on Friday, people who have come to rely on the chatbot for companionship are mourning the loss all over the world.
OpenAI Is Nuking Its 4o Model. China’s ChatGPT Fans Aren’t OK
As OpenAI removed access to GPT-4o in its app on Friday, people who have come to rely on the chatbot for companionship are mourning the loss all over the world.
wrd.cm
February 13, 2026 at 10:02 PM
thiccreese.bsky.social
AI founders: “I vibe coded this over the weekend!”

Also AI founders: “Calling our projects half-assed because an AI did it over the weekend is mean spirited and rude!”
The founder is a friend of mine, so maybe I'm bias, but I'm surprised wired doesn't get how network effects work and adoption curves happen, at least, it seems strange to publish this about a project someone did in a weekend, a few weekends ago, and is now trying to make a go of it? Like.. give him a couple of months to see how to improve the flow for the bots side, and general discoverability of the platform for agents at large. Maybe I'm a bit grumpy because it's my buddy but this article kinda rubs me the wrong way. :\
February 13, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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mikehixenbaugh.com
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.

The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.

But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.” A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees. The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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lmatsakis.bsky.social
really, really loved this week’s edition of Made in China.
such a fascinating and bizarre story, and @zeyiyang.bsky.social absolutely nailed it www.wired.com/story/made-i...
A Wave of Unexplained Bot Traffic Is Sweeping the Web
From small publishers to US federal agencies, websites are reporting unusual spikes in automated traffic linked to IP addresses in Lanzhou, China.
www.wired.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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mollytaft.com
the Heated Rivalry fandom has done a really remarkable speedrun from a celebration of a fluffy, sexy gay show to calling cast members pedophiles & journalists "klan members" (yes, really) — v excited about @wired.com's blow-by-blow feat interviews w fans on the front lines
The ‘Heated Rivalry’ Fandom Is Tearing Itself Apart
The breakout hockey romance has sparked legions of enthralled fans, along with obsessive, parasocial behavior that’s starting to get called out.
www.wired.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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katie-drummond.bsky.social
OpenAI president Greg Brockman donated millions to super PACs aligned with President Trump -- much to the dismay of many inside the company.

He tells @wired.com that the donations are about being "team humanity."

Great story from @mzeff.bsky.social
OpenAI’s President Gave Millions to Trump. He Says It’s for Humanity
In an interview with WIRED, Greg Brockman says his political donations support OpenAI's mission—even if some employees at the company disagree.
www.wired.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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caseynewton.bsky.social
At least one Meta employee thinks it's a good time to add facial recognition technology to glasses because we're too distracted by fascism to effectively protest www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
“We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns,” according to the document from Meta’s Reality Labs, which works on hardware including smart glasses.
February 13, 2026 at 3:41 PM
thiccreese.bsky.social
love this 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵
February 13, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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boone.bsky.social
"I was hoping a swarm of AI agents would see my fresh meatsuit, friendly and available at the low price of $20 an hour, as an excellent option for delivering stuff around San Francisco"

@thiccreese.bsky.social always on that "what could possibly go wrong" beat
www.wired.com/story/i-trie...
I Tried RentAHuman, Where AI Agents Hired Me to Hype Their AI Startups
Rather than offering a revolutionary new approach to gig work, RentAHuman is filled with bots that just want me to be another cog in the AI hype machine.
www.wired.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:20 PM