Anthony Lydgate
@anthonylydgate.bsky.social
Features editor at WIRED
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Donald Trump claims he broke off contact with Jeffrey Epstein in 2004. But recently released text messages show Epstein presenting himself—to a Bill Gates associate—as plugged into the Trump White House as recently as 2017. from @timmarchman.bsky.social and @leahfeiger.bsky.social
Jeffrey Epstein Claimed Intimate Knowledge of Donald Trump’s Views in Texts With Bill Gates Adviser
In text messages from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein seemingly represented himself as positioned to pass information from the Trump White House to Bill Gates through an intermediary.
www.wired.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Donald Trump claims he broke off contact with Jeffrey Epstein in 2004. But recently released text messages show Epstein presenting himself—to a Bill Gates associate—as plugged into the Trump White House as recently as 2017. from @timmarchman.bsky.social and @leahfeiger.bsky.social
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“I’ll see you in court,” New York Attorney General Tish James says to Condé Nast at a rally over, well, my own firing. Reinstate the Fired Four ✊
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
“I’ll see you in court,” New York Attorney General Tish James says to Condé Nast at a rally over, well, my own firing. Reinstate the Fired Four ✊
python3 sing_muse.py
There I’m basically Homer now
There I’m basically Homer now
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
python3 sing_muse.py
There I’m basically Homer now
There I’m basically Homer now
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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But if you have some spare income, give what you can here or sign up for one of the paid tiers. I think the founding member thing lets you put in whatever you want straightfromthehut.substack.com
StraightFromThe Hut | Jake Lahut | Substack
A campaign and communications strategy newsletter, plus a home for Jake Lahut's freelance feature reporting and other notebook items (no paywalls, but pay to support). Click to read StraightFromThe Hu...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
But if you have some spare income, give what you can here or sign up for one of the paid tiers. I think the founding member thing lets you put in whatever you want straightfromthehut.substack.com
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As my general two cents: don't cancel your WIRED subscriptions.
Best culture, best newsroom of anywhere I've worked. I love the living shit out of these folks, and they don't deserve to be negatively impacted by a decision that was made by the parent company, not them. And it's only $2 a month.
Best culture, best newsroom of anywhere I've worked. I love the living shit out of these folks, and they don't deserve to be negatively impacted by a decision that was made by the parent company, not them. And it's only $2 a month.
November 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
As my general two cents: don't cancel your WIRED subscriptions.
Best culture, best newsroom of anywhere I've worked. I love the living shit out of these folks, and they don't deserve to be negatively impacted by a decision that was made by the parent company, not them. And it's only $2 a month.
Best culture, best newsroom of anywhere I've worked. I love the living shit out of these folks, and they don't deserve to be negatively impacted by a decision that was made by the parent company, not them. And it's only $2 a month.
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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.
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Jake is one of the best and I’ll really miss working with him — whoever gets to work with him next is very lucky!
I was one of the four people who got canned.
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Jake is one of the best and I’ll really miss working with him — whoever gets to work with him next is very lucky!
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If you haven't already, you should read this great interview of now New York Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social by @katie-drummond.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
Zohran Mamdani, the Internet’s Mayor
Mere months ago, New York’s mayoral front-runner was polling right next to “Someone Else.” He spoke to WIRED about building a social media machine, Big Tech capitulation, and learning from Eric Adams.
www.wired.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
If you haven't already, you should read this great interview of now New York Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social by @katie-drummond.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
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How do you give a chatbot “spine”? Train it to stand up to “high-conflict” people.
I spoke with Dr. Ramani Durvasula, one of the internet's most popular authorities on narcissism, about an AI-powered app for co-parents that she’s advising on www.wired.com/story/ai-emo...
I spoke with Dr. Ramani Durvasula, one of the internet's most popular authorities on narcissism, about an AI-powered app for co-parents that she’s advising on www.wired.com/story/ai-emo...
Divorced? With Kids? And an Impossible Ex? There’s AI for That
They didn’t want to put their children in the middle—so they put a machine there instead.
www.wired.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
How do you give a chatbot “spine”? Train it to stand up to “high-conflict” people.
I spoke with Dr. Ramani Durvasula, one of the internet's most popular authorities on narcissism, about an AI-powered app for co-parents that she’s advising on www.wired.com/story/ai-emo...
I spoke with Dr. Ramani Durvasula, one of the internet's most popular authorities on narcissism, about an AI-powered app for co-parents that she’s advising on www.wired.com/story/ai-emo...
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“Maybe we didn’t change everything. But we changed how people imagine what’s possible.”
must read, on the inside story of Nepal's Discord revolution
www.wired.com/story/nepal-...
must read, on the inside story of Nepal's Discord revolution
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 1:02 PM
“Maybe we didn’t change everything. But we changed how people imagine what’s possible.”
must read, on the inside story of Nepal's Discord revolution
www.wired.com/story/nepal-...
must read, on the inside story of Nepal's Discord revolution
www.wired.com/story/nepal-...
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Nothing I've read about AI has gotten at the deep, wonder-filled, and unsettling truth of this moment quite like this new WIRED longread by Alex Mar. Seriously, if this was a movie it would win the Oscar. It’s that good—and it was a highlight of my career to work on it.
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.
www.wired.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Nothing I've read about AI has gotten at the deep, wonder-filled, and unsettling truth of this moment quite like this new WIRED longread by Alex Mar. Seriously, if this was a movie it would win the Oscar. It’s that good—and it was a highlight of my career to work on it.
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“What is the hole in our culture that therapy fills? And what really happens when we try to re-create that relationship with a machine?”
@alex-mar.bsky.social going to sub-Freudian depths with this story about two people and their bots
www.wired.com/story/ai-the...
@alex-mar.bsky.social going to sub-Freudian depths with this story about two people and their bots
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.
www.wired.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“What is the hole in our culture that therapy fills? And what really happens when we try to re-create that relationship with a machine?”
@alex-mar.bsky.social going to sub-Freudian depths with this story about two people and their bots
www.wired.com/story/ai-the...
@alex-mar.bsky.social going to sub-Freudian depths with this story about two people and their bots
www.wired.com/story/ai-the...
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NEW: I had a very interesting talk with Guillermo del Toro about Frankenstein, AI, tech bros, and whether Mary Shelley really kept Percy Bysshe Shelley's charred heart after he died.
Also, GDT says he hopes to start shooting 'The Buried Giant' next year. (!!!)
www.wired.com/story/guille...
Also, GDT says he hopes to start shooting 'The Buried Giant' next year. (!!!)
www.wired.com/story/guille...
Guillermo del Toro Hopes He’s Dead Before AI Art Goes Mainstream
The “Frankenstein” director tells WIRED the real Victor Frankensteins are tyrannical politicians and Silicon Valley tech bros.
www.wired.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
NEW: I had a very interesting talk with Guillermo del Toro about Frankenstein, AI, tech bros, and whether Mary Shelley really kept Percy Bysshe Shelley's charred heart after he died.
Also, GDT says he hopes to start shooting 'The Buried Giant' next year. (!!!)
www.wired.com/story/guille...
Also, GDT says he hopes to start shooting 'The Buried Giant' next year. (!!!)
www.wired.com/story/guille...
"In the room for 5- to 7-year-olds, a large TV on one wall displays circle charts that update every minute with completion rates and other metrics from each student’s personalized learning software" www.wired.com/story/ai-tea...
Parents Fell in Love With Alpha School’s Promise. Then They Wanted Out
In Brownsville, Texas, some families found a buzzy new school’s methods—surveillance of kids, software in lieu of teachers—to be an education in and of itself.
www.wired.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"In the room for 5- to 7-year-olds, a large TV on one wall displays circle charts that update every minute with completion rates and other metrics from each student’s personalized learning software" www.wired.com/story/ai-tea...
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“It just felt like, wow, we really are just abused people.”
A must read from my imitable @wired.com politics teammates @telliotter.bsky.social and @makenakelly.bsky.social on what furloughed federal workers have been going through 30 days into the shutdown www.wired.com/story/federa...
A must read from my imitable @wired.com politics teammates @telliotter.bsky.social and @makenakelly.bsky.social on what furloughed federal workers have been going through 30 days into the shutdown www.wired.com/story/federa...
Federal Workers Are Barely Making It Through the Government Shutdown
The US government shut down 30 days ago. WIRED spoke with more than a dozen federal workers who have struggled to pay bills, worked side gigs, and relied on free food programs to get by.
www.wired.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“It just felt like, wow, we really are just abused people.”
A must read from my imitable @wired.com politics teammates @telliotter.bsky.social and @makenakelly.bsky.social on what furloughed federal workers have been going through 30 days into the shutdown www.wired.com/story/federa...
A must read from my imitable @wired.com politics teammates @telliotter.bsky.social and @makenakelly.bsky.social on what furloughed federal workers have been going through 30 days into the shutdown www.wired.com/story/federa...
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In a shocking reality check, @wired.com is not, in fact, bankrolled by “donations from far left organizations.”
We actually rely on an amazing and growing audience of subscribers to support our journalism, so please subscribe to WIRED if you don’t already.
We actually rely on an amazing and growing audience of subscribers to support our journalism, so please subscribe to WIRED if you don’t already.
October 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
In a shocking reality check, @wired.com is not, in fact, bankrolled by “donations from far left organizations.”
We actually rely on an amazing and growing audience of subscribers to support our journalism, so please subscribe to WIRED if you don’t already.
We actually rely on an amazing and growing audience of subscribers to support our journalism, so please subscribe to WIRED if you don’t already.
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Alpha School, which promises to educate kids using an "AI tutor" in two hours a day, is a budding national empire and a darling of the Trump administration.
According to some parents who spoke to @wired.com for this investigation, it's had nightmarish effects on their kids.
According to some parents who spoke to @wired.com for this investigation, it's had nightmarish effects on their kids.
Parents Fell in Love With Alpha School’s Promise. Then They Wanted Out
In Brownsville, Texas, some families found a buzzy new school’s methods—surveillance of kids, software in lieu of teachers—to be an education in and of itself.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Alpha School, which promises to educate kids using an "AI tutor" in two hours a day, is a budding national empire and a darling of the Trump administration.
According to some parents who spoke to @wired.com for this investigation, it's had nightmarish effects on their kids.
According to some parents who spoke to @wired.com for this investigation, it's had nightmarish effects on their kids.
October 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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They didn’t want to put their children in the middle—so they put a machine there instead.
Divorced? With Kids? And an Impossible Ex? There’s AI for That
They didn’t want to put their children in the middle—so they put a machine there instead.
wrd.cm
October 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
They didn’t want to put their children in the middle—so they put a machine there instead.
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In Brownsville, Texas, some families found a buzzy new school’s methods—surveillance of kids, software in lieu of teachers—to be an education in and of itself.
Parents Fell in Love With Alpha School’s Promise. Then They Wanted Out
In Brownsville, Texas, some families found a buzzy new school’s methods—surveillance of kids, software in lieu of teachers—to be an education in and of itself.
wrd.cm
October 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
In Brownsville, Texas, some families found a buzzy new school’s methods—surveillance of kids, software in lieu of teachers—to be an education in and of itself.
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He’s one of the loudest voices of the AI haters—even as he does PR for AI companies. Either way, Ed Zitron has your attention.
Ed Zitron Gets Paid to Love AI. He Also Gets Paid to Hate AI
He’s one of the loudest voices of the AI haters—even as he does PR for AI companies. Either way, Ed Zitron has your attention.
wrd.cm
October 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
He’s one of the loudest voices of the AI haters—even as he does PR for AI companies. Either way, Ed Zitron has your attention.
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The ones that stick with me the most are this investigation into Alpha School, Silicon Valley's favorite AI-first educational environment...
Parents Fell in Love With Alpha School’s Promise. Then They Wanted Out
In Brownsville, Texas, some families found a buzzy new school’s methods—surveillance of kids, software in lieu of teachers—to be an education in and of itself.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The ones that stick with me the most are this investigation into Alpha School, Silicon Valley's favorite AI-first educational environment...
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I’m writing for the local paper again!
People are scared of what happens after the bubble bursts. @ftrain.bsky.social is looking forward to it www.wired.com/story/ai-nor...
The Argument for Letting AI Burn It All Down
When the AI bubble bursts, the nerds will do their best work.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I’m writing for the local paper again!
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Great time to read @katie-drummond.bsky.social 's conversation with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social -- especially when it comes to ICE www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
Zohran Mamdani, the Internet’s Mayor
Mere months ago, New York’s mayoral front-runner was polling right next to “Someone Else.” He spoke to WIRED about building a social media machine, Big Tech capitulation, and learning from Eric Adams.
www.wired.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Great time to read @katie-drummond.bsky.social 's conversation with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social -- especially when it comes to ICE www.wired.com/story/the-bi...