Amit Katwala
@amitkatwala.bsky.social
Features Editor @wired.com, author of TREMORS IN THE BLOOD, THE ATHLETIC BRAIN and more
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In September, violent protests erupted in Nepal. What happened next was unprecedented, as activists used Discord to help choose the country's interim leader.
Today on @wired.com we're publishing this deep dive into what actually happened, and what might come next.
www.wired.com/story/nepal-...
Today on @wired.com we're publishing this deep dive into what actually happened, and what might come next.
www.wired.com/story/nepal-...
The Inside Story of How Gen Z Toppled Nepal’s Leader and Chose a New One on Discord
The revolution started on social media. It ended with protests, violence, and an online poll to pick the new prime minister.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
In September, violent protests erupted in Nepal. What happened next was unprecedented, as activists used Discord to help choose the country's interim leader.
Today on @wired.com we're publishing this deep dive into what actually happened, and what might come next.
www.wired.com/story/nepal-...
Today on @wired.com we're publishing this deep dive into what actually happened, and what might come next.
www.wired.com/story/nepal-...
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The revolution started on social media. It ended with protests, violence, and an online poll to pick the new prime minister. www.wired.com/story/nepal-...
The Inside Story of How Gen Z Toppled Nepal’s Leader and Chose a New One on Discord
The revolution started on social media. It ended with protests, violence, and an online poll to pick the new prime minister.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The revolution started on social media. It ended with protests, violence, and an online poll to pick the new prime minister. www.wired.com/story/nepal-...
In September, violent protests erupted in Nepal. What happened next was unprecedented, as activists used Discord to help choose the country's interim leader.
Today on @wired.com we're publishing this deep dive into what actually happened, and what might come next.
www.wired.com/story/nepal-...
Today on @wired.com we're publishing this deep dive into what actually happened, and what might come next.
www.wired.com/story/nepal-...
The Inside Story of How Gen Z Toppled Nepal’s Leader and Chose a New One on Discord
The revolution started on social media. It ended with protests, violence, and an online poll to pick the new prime minister.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
In September, violent protests erupted in Nepal. What happened next was unprecedented, as activists used Discord to help choose the country's interim leader.
Today on @wired.com we're publishing this deep dive into what actually happened, and what might come next.
www.wired.com/story/nepal-...
Today on @wired.com we're publishing this deep dive into what actually happened, and what might come next.
www.wired.com/story/nepal-...
This seems like a really good way to get the Earth blown up by aliens
November 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
This seems like a really good way to get the Earth blown up by aliens
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Musk's obsession with meddling with UK politics continues....urging people to get behind "hard man Tommy Robinson."
I wrote about why he's so interested in this side of the Atlantic here: www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
I wrote about why he's so interested in this side of the Atlantic here: www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
October 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Musk's obsession with meddling with UK politics continues....urging people to get behind "hard man Tommy Robinson."
I wrote about why he's so interested in this side of the Atlantic here: www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
I wrote about why he's so interested in this side of the Atlantic here: www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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This story -- by Alex Mar -- blew my mind. It's about two people who try AI, immediately get pulled into the strange and hypnotic power of LLM as therapist and then -- try to get out www.wired.com/story/ai-the...
The Haunting Story of Two People—and Their Bots—on Therapy’s New Frontier
As millions confide in ChatGPT about their most intimate problems, these relationships are even stranger, more moving, and more insidious than we've imagined.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This story -- by Alex Mar -- blew my mind. It's about two people who try AI, immediately get pulled into the strange and hypnotic power of LLM as therapist and then -- try to get out www.wired.com/story/ai-the...
The Sarah Pochin stuff is proper mask-off racism from a Reform MP, and it's shocking (but not surprising) that it's actually a matter for debate on a mainstream news show (albeit one that's been buried in the graveyard slot for years).
Is the Reform MP who says she’s driven mad by TV adverts full of Black & Asian people a racist or realist? How many migrants would the Tories expel? & should the UK be selling fighter jets to Türkiye?
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October 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The Sarah Pochin stuff is proper mask-off racism from a Reform MP, and it's shocking (but not surprising) that it's actually a matter for debate on a mainstream news show (albeit one that's been buried in the graveyard slot for years).
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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/
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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October 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
🎇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/
Some incredible details in this great @wired.com story by @zeyiyang.bsky.social on the Labubu craze.
I also love the phrase 'heinous item' and plan to integrate it into my day-to-day speech
www.wired.com/story/labubu...
I also love the phrase 'heinous item' and plan to integrate it into my day-to-day speech
www.wired.com/story/labubu...
A Journey Into the Heart of Labubu
I made an epic trek across four countries to answer one question: Why is the world going mad for a plushie monster?
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October 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Some incredible details in this great @wired.com story by @zeyiyang.bsky.social on the Labubu craze.
I also love the phrase 'heinous item' and plan to integrate it into my day-to-day speech
www.wired.com/story/labubu...
I also love the phrase 'heinous item' and plan to integrate it into my day-to-day speech
www.wired.com/story/labubu...
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popping back in from mat leave to say i profiled @katmabu.bsky.social for @wired.com and you should read it! she's running a fascinating campaign: www.wired.com/story/kat-ab...
She Fought the Far Right Online for Years. Now She Wants to Do It in Congress
Kat Abughazaleh, 26, made her name swatting down right-wing talking points on social media. Now she’s hoping internet fame can propel her to Congress.
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September 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
popping back in from mat leave to say i profiled @katmabu.bsky.social for @wired.com and you should read it! she's running a fascinating campaign: www.wired.com/story/kat-ab...
I can overuse the em-dash just fine on my own thank you very much
In case you wondering, we continue to not use ChatGPT at WIRED to write our story drafts.
Scoop: Business Insider informed its staff this week that they are allowed to use ChatGPT to generate first drafts of their stories, while also indicating the newsroom will not disclose such A.I. use to readers.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/business-i...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/business-i...
September 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I can overuse the em-dash just fine on my own thank you very much
The Enhanced Games just announced its first non-swimmer – US 100m sprinter and Olympic silver medalist Fred Kerley! This is... quite a big deal and is going to make a lot of people very angry
September 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The Enhanced Games just announced its first non-swimmer – US 100m sprinter and Olympic silver medalist Fred Kerley! This is... quite a big deal and is going to make a lot of people very angry
US congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is on a crusade against weather modification—she's holding a hearing today and has been trying to get it banned.
But how does the tech actually work? Does it work at all? In 2024 I went to the UAE to find out
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www.wired.com/story/new-go...
But how does the tech actually work? Does it work at all? In 2024 I went to the UAE to find out
For @wired.com
www.wired.com/story/new-go...
Humans are Racing to Control the Weather—Using Drones, Lasers, and Salt
Desert countries like the United Arab Emirates are searching for ways to make it rain. New technologies might make this possible, but at what price?
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September 16, 2025 at 11:46 AM
US congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is on a crusade against weather modification—she's holding a hearing today and has been trying to get it banned.
But how does the tech actually work? Does it work at all? In 2024 I went to the UAE to find out
For @wired.com
www.wired.com/story/new-go...
But how does the tech actually work? Does it work at all? In 2024 I went to the UAE to find out
For @wired.com
www.wired.com/story/new-go...
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Like many people, I was a little obsessed with the strangeness of the Mike Lynch sinking. So we assigned the story to Bradley Hope and got the first detailed accounting from inside the boat www.wired.com/story/mike-l...
The Superyacht, the Billionaire, and a Wildly Improbable Disaster at Sea
The last night of tech mogul Mike Lynch’s life has become fodder for conspiracy theories. For the first time, the whole story can be told.
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September 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Like many people, I was a little obsessed with the strangeness of the Mike Lynch sinking. So we assigned the story to Bradley Hope and got the first detailed accounting from inside the boat www.wired.com/story/mike-l...
Really great story!
When Daniel Khalife, a British soldier accused of spying for Iran, escaped from Wandsworth Prison, he became a social media celebrity... Was he a threat to national security? Or just a mixed up kid?
My latest for GQ, a story of angst and espionage...
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/dani...
My latest for GQ, a story of angst and espionage...
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/dani...
Daniel Khalife: Fugitive, Traitor? Soldier, Spy
When Daniel Khalife, a British soldier accused of spying for Iran, escaped from Wandsworth Prison, he became a social media celebrity. But the wild true story of his arrest, escape and recapture revea...
www.gq-magazine.co.uk
September 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Really great story!
Our son Rayan would have turned three today.
This is something I wrote a little while ago about grief, loss, hope and all the rest of it.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
This is something I wrote a little while ago about grief, loss, hope and all the rest of it.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
September 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Our son Rayan would have turned three today.
This is something I wrote a little while ago about grief, loss, hope and all the rest of it.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
This is something I wrote a little while ago about grief, loss, hope and all the rest of it.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
I don't know who on Apple's autocorrect team needs to hear this, but when I write the words 'time machine' or 'quick look' I am almost never talking about one of your products—please stop trying to capitalise them
August 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I don't know who on Apple's autocorrect team needs to hear this, but when I write the words 'time machine' or 'quick look' I am almost never talking about one of your products—please stop trying to capitalise them
"In regular life, we have never been required to distinguish between 'language' and 'thought' because only thought was capable of producing language"
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www.todayintabs.com/p/we-need-to...
July 26, 2025 at 6:38 AM
"In regular life, we have never been required to distinguish between 'language' and 'thought' because only thought was capable of producing language"
www.todayintabs.com/p/we-need-to...
www.todayintabs.com/p/we-need-to...
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Hi hello! I want to talk about WIRED and some of the work we’ve been doing, and what we’ve got planned for all the good, kind, discerning people (maybe you!) who subscribe. www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
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July 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Hi hello! I want to talk about WIRED and some of the work we’ve been doing, and what we’ve got planned for all the good, kind, discerning people (maybe you!) who subscribe. www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
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Anyone know what "wellness" means anymore? From TikTok hacks to those in key US government roles using their authority to wreak havoc on the lives of Americans, WIRED decided, ye, let's dive in.
From Bryan Johnson's longevity quest to AI drugs, here is Beyond Wellness: www.wired.com/beyond-welln...
From Bryan Johnson's longevity quest to AI drugs, here is Beyond Wellness: www.wired.com/beyond-welln...
July 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Anyone know what "wellness" means anymore? From TikTok hacks to those in key US government roles using their authority to wreak havoc on the lives of Americans, WIRED decided, ye, let's dive in.
From Bryan Johnson's longevity quest to AI drugs, here is Beyond Wellness: www.wired.com/beyond-welln...
From Bryan Johnson's longevity quest to AI drugs, here is Beyond Wellness: www.wired.com/beyond-welln...
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"Well beyond the rarefied world of polo, the match is hailed as historic. This is the first time anyone has played a polo final on six identical horses, let alone won with them." —Matt Reynolds for @wired.com
www.wired.com/story/clonin...
www.wired.com/story/clonin...
Cloning Came to Polo. Then Things Got Truly Uncivilized
A polo legend and a businessman joined forces to copy the player’s greatest horse. But with a single clone worth $800,000, some technologies are a breeding ground for betrayal.
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July 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
"Well beyond the rarefied world of polo, the match is hailed as historic. This is the first time anyone has played a polo final on six identical horses, let alone won with them." —Matt Reynolds for @wired.com
www.wired.com/story/clonin...
www.wired.com/story/clonin...
Make some time for this incredible @mattreynolds.bsky.social story—featuring a polo star, a Texas oilman, a Russian billionaire and a stunning betrayal. Oh, and clones!
www.wired.com/story/clonin...
www.wired.com/story/clonin...
Cloning Came to Polo. Then Things Got Truly Uncivilized
A polo legend and a businessman joined forces to copy the player’s greatest horse. But with a single clone worth $800,000, some technologies are a breeding ground for betrayal.
www.wired.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Make some time for this incredible @mattreynolds.bsky.social story—featuring a polo star, a Texas oilman, a Russian billionaire and a stunning betrayal. Oh, and clones!
www.wired.com/story/clonin...
www.wired.com/story/clonin...
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Fascinating feature by @amitkatwala.bsky.social on a strange subculture of sports, money and hype with a lot of colorful characters. www.wired.com/story/the-en...
The Enhanced Games Has a Date, a Host City, and a Drug-Fueled World Record
The Enhanced Games, where athletes are allowed to take performance-enhancing drugs, will host its first event in May. One “enhanced” former Olympic swimmer has already broken the 50-meter freestyle re...
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July 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Fascinating feature by @amitkatwala.bsky.social on a strange subculture of sports, money and hype with a lot of colorful characters. www.wired.com/story/the-en...
Peter Thiel and the other billionaires behind the Enhanced Games say their ‘Olympics on steroids’ will usher in a new age of human enhancement.
But what do they really want?
New story from me for @wired.com
www.wired.com/story/enhanc...
But what do they really want?
New story from me for @wired.com
www.wired.com/story/enhanc...
The Definitive, Insane, Swimsuit-Bursting Story of the Steroid Olympics
At first it was dismissed as a crazy joke. Making the Enhanced Games a reality needed a Peter Thiel posse, a couple of retired swimmers, some MAGA money, and a whole lot of drugs.
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June 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Peter Thiel and the other billionaires behind the Enhanced Games say their ‘Olympics on steroids’ will usher in a new age of human enhancement.
But what do they really want?
New story from me for @wired.com
www.wired.com/story/enhanc...
But what do they really want?
New story from me for @wired.com
www.wired.com/story/enhanc...
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The more I learn about the Enhanced Games the more obsessed I am with it. And this is the deepest dive yet, from @amitkatwala.bsky.social:
www.wired.com/story/enhanc...
www.wired.com/story/enhanc...
The Definitive, Insane, Swimsuit-Bursting Story of the Steroid Olympics
At first it was dismissed as a crazy joke. Making the Enhanced Games a reality needed a Peter Thiel posse, a couple of retired swimmers, some MAGA money, and a whole lot of drugs.
www.wired.com
June 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The more I learn about the Enhanced Games the more obsessed I am with it. And this is the deepest dive yet, from @amitkatwala.bsky.social:
www.wired.com/story/enhanc...
www.wired.com/story/enhanc...