Kate Knibbs

Kate Knibbs

@knibbs.bsky.social

Live in Chicago, write for Wired, got a great attitude Send me tips: kate_knibbs@wired.com / Signal: kateknibbs.09

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Ej Dickson
@ejdickson.bsky.social

NEW from me: AI-generated hot girls are stealing comedians’ jokes and getting millions of views — and Instagram says it's totally kosher. I investigated horny AI content farms for @wired.com, and whether you should be worried about robots w/ BBLs stealing your content: www.wired.com/story/ai-gen...

wired.comAI-Generated Hot Girls Are Ripping Off Comedians to Boost Their Horny ContentA network of AI-generated models is using comics’ material to funnel views to their OnlyFans and Fanvue accounts—and there’s not much comedians can do about it.

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Leah Feiger
@leahfeiger.bsky.social

NEW: White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Was an Affiliate Marketer for a Fitness MLM She described the company to @wired.com as “sort of a pyramid scheme.” scoop from @tessowen.bsky.social and @timmarchman.bsky.social:

wired.comWhite House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Was an Affiliate Marketer for a Fitness MLMTrump's newly installed press secretary tells WIRED that in the early 2010s, she promoted a product for a company then called Beachbody, which she described as “sort of a pyramid scheme.”

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Deb Houry
@drdebhoury.bsky.social

Heartbroken by Helen Branswell’s passing. I always enjoyed talking with her and reading her reporting. She sought the truth, lifted up science, and asked questions that mattered. Her loss leaves a tremendous void in journalism and public health. @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/10/13/h...

statnews.comHelen Branswell, whose reporting on infectious diseases and public health drew acclaim, dies at 69Helen Branswell, STAT's infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials with her accessible, prescient dispatches, has died at age 69.

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Leor Galil
@imleor.bsky.social

Has anyone experienced as much of Chicago’s late-night musical offerings the past few decades as Claudio Velez? I interviewed 16 musicians, DJs, and nightlife workers about the Tamale Guy’s relationship with Chicago music for this Reader oral history.

chicagoreader.comAn oral history of Chicago nightlife’s most beloved visitor - Chicago ReaderClaudio Velez, aka the Tamale Guy, as seen by the musicians, club owners, bar staff, and regulars sustained by the contents of his magical red cooler

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Erin Kissane
@kissane.myatproto.social

What a terrible loss for all of us. (I'm so sorry to her friends and colleagues.)

J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈@jaspar.bsky.social

I’m afraid I have terrible news to share 💔 www.statnews.com/2026/10/13/h...

statnews.comHelen Branswell, whose reporting on infectious diseases and public health drew acclaim, dies at 69Helen Branswell, STAT's infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials with her accessible, prescient dispatches, has died at age 69.

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Manisha Krishnan
@manishakrishnan.bsky.social

NEW: Staff at HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette told @adamm0rgan.bsky.social AI is infiltrating their workplaces, from generating cover art and back cover copy, to publicity materials, to rejection emails, as execs tell junior staff to "champion" the tech. www.wired.com/story/book-p...

wired.comBook Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are RevoltingWorkers at three major publishing houses tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech.

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Leah Feiger
@leahfeiger.bsky.social

Elon Musk's America PAC is quietly donating to the most consequential races of November's midterms, and @wired.com is tracking all of it - in real time. amazing work from @dell.bsky.social, who built this, and big lifts from @hugolowell.bsky.social, @dmehro.bsky.social, and @regret.bsky.social:

wired.comElon Musk’s America PAC Is Spending Big on the Midterms. We’re Tracking It DailyTo follow Elon Musk’s America PAC money, WIRED created a live-updating tracker that highlights the trillionaire’s overall influence on November’s elections.
Kate Knibbs
@knibbs.bsky.social

they need to STOP playing other mommy commercials before like 11 PM.... some of us are very easily spooked... i'd like to watch goddamn sox broadcast tomorrow without encountering jessica chastain's terrifying visage...!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kate Knibbs
@knibbs.bsky.social

Devastating article, incredible reporting. I hope that hospitals, especially in cities w/ significant Venezuelan populations, are taking notice

Sarah Zhang@sarahzhang.bsky.social

Earlier this year, I heard about several kids who died after anesthesia—and others who suffered catastrophic brain damage. I wrote about one mother, and her quest to figure out what happened to her son. theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

theatlantic.comWhen Anesthesia Goes WrongA teenage boy went into surgery for a broken arm and emerged with brain damage. His mother was determined to figure out what had happened.

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Vauhini Vara
@vauhinivara.bsky.social

This isn't just a think piece saying they disagree with PEN America; they actually went back and examined at the data and reporting — including a key claim that a literary agent was selling far fewer books by Jewish and Israeli authors in the US — and found it lacking. Fascinating work.

Dan Sinykin@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social

Working on this reported essay, just published, increasingly took over my life for the last two months. PEN America did a terrible disservice with its sloppy reporting about American Jews and Israelis in publishing in July. Josh Lambert and I tried to do better. jewishcurrents.org/what-pen-ame...

jewishcurrents.orgWhat PEN America Got Wrong About Antisemitism in PublishingMisleading anecdotes, flawed data, and oversimplified analyses are at the heart of a narrative of Jewish exclusion promoted by the free expression…

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Lorenzo Salgado, jr.
@oznezol.bsky.social

One step closer to justice for my dad, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.

Texas Tribune@texastribune.org

Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.

texastribune.orgICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identifiedThe federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...

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Dave Karpf
@davekarpf.bsky.social

Just thrilled to see the re-release of Cyberselfish. It’s a hell of a book. Downright prescient. The only mistake Borsook made was in writing it a couple decades before people were willing to listen.

Kate Knibbs@knibbs.bsky.social

🚨 TOMMY CRAGGS ON PAULINA BORSOOK 🚨https://www.wired.com/story/paulina-borsook-profile/

wired.comWho Killed Paulina Borsook’s Career?A quarter-century ago, Borsook published a wildly prophetic, penetrating book about Silicon Valley called Cyberselfish. Then she disappeared.

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Dave Byrnes
@djbyrnes1.bsky.social

9/22/26 Chicagoland ICE activity update: ICE active across southwest Chicago this morning. Rapid responders confirm at least 2 abductions in the Back of the Yards neighborhood; another person possibly taken from Lawndale area. ICE vehicles also seen near the Cook County Domestic Violence Court.

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WIRED
@wired.com

WIRED asked 634 women what they really think about working in tech. They told us about harassment, bias, unequal treatment, and the everyday indignities that still shape life in the industry. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/women-...

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WIRED
@wired.com

For our WIRED Women cover, Patti Harrison plays five (well, actually six) of the current masters of the universe—Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos (with Lauren Sánchez Bezos by his side). 🔗 www.wired.com/tag/wired-wo...

Kate Knibbs
@knibbs.bsky.social

Ok so my dog has been going thru this horrible medical saga and we’ve been to the vet ~ 13 times in the past month….and I just noticed this in the exam room today… which means somewhere theres an untold number of minutes of audio footage of me, sobbing, alone

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Kate Knibbs
@knibbs.bsky.social

I've been covering prediction markets intensively for just over six months now and felt like it was the right time to unleash this take... to understand them, you need to understand that they are a type of media company: www.wired.com/story/predic...

wired.comPolymarket’s Next Bet? It Can Also Be a Media CompanyThe legal battle over whether prediction markets are a form of gambling has overshadowed something else entirely: They’re already a new form of media.