Angela Watercutter
@waterslicer.bsky.social
Senior Editor, Special Projects @ WIRED
Signal: AngelaWatercutter.95
Signal: AngelaWatercutter.95
Finally wrote my magnum opus on social media, AI, and how tech companies seem to not understand what it means to have friends.
www.wired.com/story/expire...
www.wired.com/story/expire...
Tech Disrupted Friendship. It’s Time to Bring It Back
Two decades ago social media promised to connect people with pals far and wide. Twenty years online has left us turning to AI for kinship. IRL companionship is the future.
www.wired.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Finally wrote my magnum opus on social media, AI, and how tech companies seem to not understand what it means to have friends.
www.wired.com/story/expire...
www.wired.com/story/expire...
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“Today’s deal means Netflix has a decision to make: use the Warner Bros. legacy it has acquired to carry on as a major Hollywood studio, or use it to make reams of content but far less art.” @waterslicer.bsky.social on Netflix’s bid to buy a new identity
The $83 billion deal gives the streamer a century’s worth of prestige television and movies, from Batman movies to Game of Thrones. It also ends the streaming wars. www.wired.com/story/netfli...
Buying Warner Bros. Gives Netflix What It’s Always Needed: An Identity
The $83 billion deal gives the streamer a century’s worth of prestige television and movies, from Batman movies to Game of Thrones. It also ends the streaming wars.
www.wired.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“Today’s deal means Netflix has a decision to make: use the Warner Bros. legacy it has acquired to carry on as a major Hollywood studio, or use it to make reams of content but far less art.” @waterslicer.bsky.social on Netflix’s bid to buy a new identity
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I literally cannot imagine a worse shrooms scenario than livestreaming myself taking a hero dose and inviting MrBeast to show up www.wired.com/story/bryan-...
Bryan Johnson Has Discovered Shrooms, and He Really Wants You to Know It
The longevity entrepreneur’s five-and-a-half-hour livestreamed trip is antithetical to the introspective nature of the drug. But the stunt could reduce stigma around psychedelics.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I literally cannot imagine a worse shrooms scenario than livestreaming myself taking a hero dose and inviting MrBeast to show up www.wired.com/story/bryan-...
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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:
read @makenakelly.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social for more on what DOGE operatives are doing in government now:
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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:
read @makenakelly.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social for more on what DOGE operatives are doing in government now:
Now that the fifth season of ‘Stranger Things’ is coming out, I’m remembering my interview with Shawn Levy more than two years ago. The last installment of the show had been held up by the Hollywood strikes and the cast was aging—quickly. 🧵
www.wired.com/story/shawn-...
www.wired.com/story/shawn-...
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Now that the fifth season of ‘Stranger Things’ is coming out, I’m remembering my interview with Shawn Levy more than two years ago. The last installment of the show had been held up by the Hollywood strikes and the cast was aging—quickly. 🧵
www.wired.com/story/shawn-...
www.wired.com/story/shawn-...
SCOOP: I was one of the guinea pigs.
Elon Musk claims Grok's "epic vulgar roasts" can "make people really laugh at a party" so I took him up on it and used my coworkers as guinea pigs: www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk Said Grok’s Roasts Would Be ‘Epic’ at Parties—So I Tried It on My Coworkers
It went about as well as you’d expect.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
SCOOP: I was one of the guinea pigs.
A must-read from @manishakrishnan.bsky.social
What do you do when you’re a gun-loving leftist who doesn’t fit into mainstream American gun culture?
That's a question @manishakrishnan.bsky.social set out to answer this summer when she attended a Brutality match, an inclusive firearms competition in Idaho.
That's a question @manishakrishnan.bsky.social set out to answer this summer when she attended a Brutality match, an inclusive firearms competition in Idaho.
The Hard-Left Shooters Leading a Gun Culture Revolution
Earlier this year, I attended a shooting competition for queer, often trans, very online misfits. Then Charlie Kirk was killed.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A must-read from @manishakrishnan.bsky.social
A must-read from @davidgilbert.bsky.social on Roblox and what’s going on with #FreeSchlep.
www.wired.com/story/he-hun...
www.wired.com/story/he-hun...
He Hunted Alleged Groomers on Roblox. Then the Company Banned Him
YouTuber “Schlep" built a huge following tracking down alleged child predators on Roblox before being kicked off. The platform is facing multiple lawsuits over child safety.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
A must-read from @davidgilbert.bsky.social on Roblox and what’s going on with #FreeSchlep.
www.wired.com/story/he-hun...
www.wired.com/story/he-hun...
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Really love the Defector year-end report defector.com/defector-ann...
Defector Annual Report, September 2024 – August 2025 | Defector
Published on November 19, 2025 Purpose of this report Defector celebrated our fifth birthday in September 2025. It is a great honor, and something of a burden, to be publishing a fifth Annual Report. ...
defector.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Really love the Defector year-end report defector.com/defector-ann...
Been fascinated by the idea of a Great Meme Reset ever since I first heard about it. Originally, I was trying to parse how it would be possible to rewind the internet. Then I really thought about what it could mean and why people might want to turn back time...
www.wired.com/story/the-gr...
www.wired.com/story/the-gr...
The ‘Great Meme Reset’ Is Coming
From Jack Dorsey to Gen Alpha, everyone seemingly wants to go back to the internet of a decade ago. But is it possible to reverse AI slop and brain rot?
www.wired.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Been fascinated by the idea of a Great Meme Reset ever since I first heard about it. Originally, I was trying to parse how it would be possible to rewind the internet. Then I really thought about what it could mean and why people might want to turn back time...
www.wired.com/story/the-gr...
www.wired.com/story/the-gr...
I think the first time I ever talked to a fandom researcher about parasocial relationships was for this story about Rey, having no idea people could one day make AI versions of Star Wars characters they carried around in their pockets...
www.wired.com/story/star-w...
www.wired.com/story/star-w...
November 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I think the first time I ever talked to a fandom researcher about parasocial relationships was for this story about Rey, having no idea people could one day make AI versions of Star Wars characters they carried around in their pockets...
www.wired.com/story/star-w...
www.wired.com/story/star-w...
One of my favorite parts of being WIRED’s Special Projects editor is working with the team that turns our journalism into films, docs, and TV series. Today, the world gets to see one of those projects with the release of ‘The Carman Family Deaths’ on Netflix. 🧵
www.netflix.com/watch/81664825
www.netflix.com/watch/81664825
Watch The Carman Family Deaths | Netflix Official Site
A young man's dramatic rescue at sea spirals into accusations he murdered two members of his wealthy New England family in this true-crime documentary.
www.netflix.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
One of my favorite parts of being WIRED’s Special Projects editor is working with the team that turns our journalism into films, docs, and TV series. Today, the world gets to see one of those projects with the release of ‘The Carman Family Deaths’ on Netflix. 🧵
www.netflix.com/watch/81664825
www.netflix.com/watch/81664825
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Gen Alpha is already tired of AI slop and brainrot, and they are pining for memes that mean something....so is the Great Meme Reset coming?
@waterslicer.bsky.social finds out
www.wired.com/story/the-gr...
@waterslicer.bsky.social finds out
www.wired.com/story/the-gr...
The ‘Great Meme Reset’ Is Coming
From Jack Dorsey to Gen Alpha, everyone seemingly wants to go back to the internet of a decade ago. But is it possible to reverse AI slop and brain rot?
www.wired.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Gen Alpha is already tired of AI slop and brainrot, and they are pining for memes that mean something....so is the Great Meme Reset coming?
@waterslicer.bsky.social finds out
www.wired.com/story/the-gr...
@waterslicer.bsky.social finds out
www.wired.com/story/the-gr...
“I think I can speak for most of our employees when we say now more than ever, employees are feeling somewhat betrayed by the federal government as federal employees because of what we're navigating and the length in which we're navigating it.”
www.wired.com/story/social...
www.wired.com/story/social...
Social Security Employees Grill Management During Tense Shutdown Meeting
WIRED obtained notes from a Social Security Administration management meeting, where employees pressed leadership on plans for the agency.
www.wired.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
“I think I can speak for most of our employees when we say now more than ever, employees are feeling somewhat betrayed by the federal government as federal employees because of what we're navigating and the length in which we're navigating it.”
www.wired.com/story/social...
www.wired.com/story/social...
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Hey everyone, thank you so much for the outpouring of support.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Hey everyone, thank you so much for the outpouring of support.
I need to pay rent, and I launched a GoFundMe spot.fund/LahutRentFund
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This is a really hard day and I want to just add as WIRED's politics editor -- WIRED's politics reporting isn't going anywhere. We are very much here and won't stop.
Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.
Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.
The key thing to watch here: they fired a Wired political reporter. That’s the title doing the most effective, pointed work. Teen Vogue’s stuff was culturally impactful, but less focused on investigating the administration. Within the Condé portfolio, Wired and the New Yorker are the canaries.
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This is a really hard day and I want to just add as WIRED's politics editor -- WIRED's politics reporting isn't going anywhere. We are very much here and won't stop.
Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.
Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.
Yes, Makena, yes!
Zohran Mamdani's Campaign Figured Out How to Channel Fandom
The Zohran Mamdani campaign ran a competent social media program, yes. But it's the fandom it fostered that transformed Mamdani into a digital (and IRL!) phenomenon.
More here:
www.wired.com/story/zohran...
The Zohran Mamdani campaign ran a competent social media program, yes. But it's the fandom it fostered that transformed Mamdani into a digital (and IRL!) phenomenon.
More here:
www.wired.com/story/zohran...
Zohran Mamdani's Campaign Figured Out How to Channel Fandom
Much of the content about Mamdani online hasn't come from his campaign, or the dozens of political influencers invited to cover it. It's also come from fans.
www.wired.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Yes, Makena, yes!
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here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
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Mere months ago, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social was polling at 1 percent—right next to “Someone Else.” Tonight, he was elected New York City’s newest mayor.
www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Mere months ago, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social was polling at 1 percent—right next to “Someone Else.” Tonight, he was elected New York City’s newest mayor.
www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
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It's been a year since Trump was elected. Have Democrats figured out the internet yet?
“I can't, for the life of me, figure out why we are still so rigid and moderating everything when we have nothing to lose for the first time,” a Democratic digital strategist tells @makenakelly.bsky.social:
“I can't, for the life of me, figure out why we are still so rigid and moderating everything when we have nothing to lose for the first time,” a Democratic digital strategist tells @makenakelly.bsky.social:
It's Been a Year Since Trump Was Elected. Democrats Still Don't Get the Internet
“I can't, for the life of me, figure out why we are still so rigid and moderating everything when we have nothing to lose for the first time,” a Democratic digital strategist tells WIRED.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It's been a year since Trump was elected. Have Democrats figured out the internet yet?
“I can't, for the life of me, figure out why we are still so rigid and moderating everything when we have nothing to lose for the first time,” a Democratic digital strategist tells @makenakelly.bsky.social:
“I can't, for the life of me, figure out why we are still so rigid and moderating everything when we have nothing to lose for the first time,” a Democratic digital strategist tells @makenakelly.bsky.social:
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alt hed: How Much Antisemitism Is Too Much AntiSemitism? Nick Fuentes Has Thoughts
read @davidgilbert.bsky.social on a really interesting schism happening in the GOP right now:
read @davidgilbert.bsky.social on a really interesting schism happening in the GOP right now:
The GOP Civil War Over Nick Fuentes Has Just Begun
Tucker Carlson’s friendly interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes has led to a major reckoning in the Republican party.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
alt hed: How Much Antisemitism Is Too Much AntiSemitism? Nick Fuentes Has Thoughts
read @davidgilbert.bsky.social on a really interesting schism happening in the GOP right now:
read @davidgilbert.bsky.social on a really interesting schism happening in the GOP right now:
If you need 10 minutes of distraction today, please do read this story about the time mathematician Georg Cantor made a smarty-pants plea to the Catholic Church
www.wired.com/story/book-e...
www.wired.com/story/book-e...
The Mathematician Who Tried to Convince the Catholic Church of Two Infinities
In the late 19th century, Georg Cantor believed his new theory could help the Church understand the infinite nature of the divine. He miscalculated.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
If you need 10 minutes of distraction today, please do read this story about the time mathematician Georg Cantor made a smarty-pants plea to the Catholic Church
www.wired.com/story/book-e...
www.wired.com/story/book-e...
Netflix's new true-crime doc 'The Carman Family Deaths' is based on an epic @wired.com story from 2021. Watch the new trailer here: www.wired.com/story/the-ca...
Premiere: Netflix’s New True Crime Doc Dives Into a Mother’s Mysterious Disappearance
“The Carman Family Deaths,” based on a 2021 WIRED story, chronicles what happened after a son was rescued following a boat accident off the New England coast.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Netflix's new true-crime doc 'The Carman Family Deaths' is based on an epic @wired.com story from 2021. Watch the new trailer here: www.wired.com/story/the-ca...