None of the big papers, for all their resources, has been covering the (incredibly stupid and vile) chaos that Musk and his strike-force of libertarian Beavises nearly as well as Wired. It's an extremely cheap subscription (and a very good print product as well) and I recommend it. - ThreadSky

davidjroth.bsky.social • 20 days ago

None of the big papers, for all their resources, has been covering the (incredibly stupid and vile) chaos that Musk and his strike-force of libertarian Beavises nearly as well as Wired. It's an extremely cheap subscription (and a very good print product as well) and I recommend it.

Reposted from Tim Marchman

NEW: Workers at federal agencies are having their preferred pronouns stripped from email signatures and Slack through the use of automated systems. This is by @dell.bsky.social

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christiew.bsky.social•20 days ago

The small, mediocre, overcompensating white dude feel so powerful.

richardlaya.bsky.social•20 days ago

Did we expect them, at this point, to do any better? They have sold their credibility to fascist interests.

markshore.bsky.social•20 days ago

Wired was one of the subscriptions I picked up after canceling the Washington Post a year and a half ago

jsrowe.com•20 days ago

10/10 would recommend @wired.com

hoseraf.bsky.social•19 days ago

Oh good. That should help
Bring down the price of eggs 👌

snogg3.bsky.social•20 days ago

Just subscribed.

lapuma22.bsky.social•20 days ago

Muskrat is running amok in the treasury and we're worried about pronouns?

chelseagsummers.bsky.social•20 days ago

I subscribed two weeks ago, and I've bought two gift subscriptions for friends and family since. Wired is more on top of this insane, asinine techno hellscape than anyone.

effinggrim.bsky.social•20 days ago

Strongly agree.

fionacasey.bsky.social•20 days ago

I subscribed because of this post- thanks

dayafterchristmas.bsky.social•20 days ago

I subscribed a couple weeks ago because they are one of the very few publications actually talking about what is happening.

spooley2.bsky.social•20 days ago

Petty…

secretbandname.bsky.social•20 days ago

$5 for one year is quite a deal

annsloan.bsky.social•20 days ago

The Central Incel-igence Agency.

arizonaheat.bsky.social•20 days ago

I just subscribed a few days ago with their $5 intro offer!

chinajoeflynn.bsky.social•20 days ago

I'm hoping this Dem congressman protest at the USAID office gets some press coverage, but maybe it won't? Holy shit, that would be worrisome.

joemag.games•20 days ago

Good recommendation, just subscribed to get print as well. They really seem to be the only publication that is "getting it."

matthewsp.bsky.social•20 days ago

Beavis is offended by this comparison

jeffbarrus.bsky.social•20 days ago

They got the real names of Big Balls and the rest of the Musk Youth before the Washington Post was aware of the story at all.

snarkysteff.bsky.social•20 days ago

As a Canadian, I am full of FUCK YOU for American subscriptions right now.

But I absolutely slammed down $5 this weekend for a year of Wired.

They’re doing amazing work and EVERYONE should support them. They have true courage in a moment that demands it.

wfdobie.bsky.social•19 days ago

Great idea, going to subscribe to the UK one.

snarkysteff.bsky.social•19 days ago

Good plan!

ryangodfrey.com•20 days ago

Assuming "Beavis" is masculine and third declension, the plural may well be "Beaves," two syllables of course.

tunibell.bsky.social•20 days ago

done

lawyerlady.bsky.social•20 days ago

Thanks so much for this flag! I try to support as many news orgs as I can (legacy and new; both are important now), but didn't have Wired on my list. Only $6 for the first year (digi+print), $30 after, is great. Subscribed. Link here: https://www.wired.com/v2/offers/wira01006?source=Site_0_JNY_WIR_GLOBAL_NAV_DRAWER_0_2025_US_SALE_QUICKPAY_PRICE_TEST_ZZ_PANELB&ot=%7B%220%22%3A%22cc6a025b-0b9c-4733-ad5f-6faf98a804ad%22%7D&ct=0

kevradz.bsky.social•20 days ago

What a bunch of Beavises

baphometta.bsky.social•20 days ago

Good, as one of the tiny handful Politically Engaged people in this country, it's too easy to forget that not everyone has spent the last two decades watching this neo-Nazi movement spread from the depths of 4Chan to head of the US government in real time

crb1079.bsky.social•20 days ago

$6 for the first year. Done.

maxxxv.bsky.social•20 days ago

You’re right. Done!

citizentara.bsky.social•20 days ago

If you missed today's live coverage of speeches from Democratic Reps and Senators denouncing Elon's illegal and unconstitutional move to shut down USAID, watch it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqytZHscGAM

Jamie Raskin and Chris Murphy were especially good!

Speeches start around 4 min. mark

soverynotcalm.bsky.social•20 days ago

I subscribed and I highly recommend!

strths.bsky.social•20 days ago

Man, respect to their reporting over the last few days and I'm not trying to dis any real journalism right now but I had a print sub and just found them profiling tech bigwigs and interviewing Blinken without pressing him on genocide and I just felt, why..

Could be convinced to re-up with all this

davidjroth.bsky.social•20 days ago

There's always a few skips in the print mag but they have some really good feature writers and I've found one or two good stories in most issue. But I agree, I do not want to read about Jensen Huang or whatever, even if they feel like they have to write about him.

cynthialeeseats.bsky.social•20 days ago

The American flag on all .gov sites has been replaced with this:

terrorsoul666.bsky.social•20 days ago

Subscribed! $6 for the whole first year is a deal what their askin’.

stuartglascock.bsky.social•20 days ago

"None of the big papers, for all their resources,"... Point of clarification: The Internet of things has been brutal to print journos. Newspapers lost 77 percent of their jobs over the past 20 years, the single steepest dive among any of the 532 industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

studentized.bsky.social•20 days ago

One of the interesting subplots of the Trump era has been seeing which outlets produce surprisingly great coverage (surprising due to their normal focus; not at all surprising with respect to the quality of their journalists). Teen Vogue, Vanity Fair, now Wired. I love it!

sallyoo.bsky.social•20 days ago

Conde Nast have really surprised - I was amazed to discover Wired was one of theirs (when I subscribed), but Vanity Fair and also Architectural Design have been very solidly progressive pre Trump. So kudos.

studentized.bsky.social•20 days ago

Oh I hadn't made that connection but yes, they are showing much more courage than many of our media conglomerates. I can't wait to see the Pitchfork review of the Trump presidency!

spaghettibeaver.bsky.social•20 days ago

Subscribed today. Print edition because we're bringing it back.

velikonjamg.bsky.social•20 days ago

One of the reasons people listed pronouns where I worked was because a lot of staff in other countries and outside contacts are not Americans or native English speakers and don’t necessarily know the name’s gender. This is stupid besides being gratuitous.

ridiculata.com•20 days ago

Subscribed. $12 for one year, both digital and weekly print. A bargain by all measures.

sorayanadiamcdonald.com•20 days ago

As a company they are 🙄 but Conde Nast pubs have been acting with more fearlessness and rigor than a lot of others

Vanity Fair, Wired, New Yorker, Teen Vogue, Them ... credit where credit's due. They've been pubbing excellent journalism

lolphillies.bsky.social•20 days ago

“libertarian Beavises” 💀

olchefdan.bsky.social•20 days ago

Better than Mencken this guy.

emilycello.bsky.social•20 days ago

Came here to say the same, even including the skull 😂

kylora2112.bsky.social•20 days ago

They wish they were smart and competent enough to be Beavis...

vincentahtch.bsky.social•20 days ago

Did America not have a government with a system and protections?
Been around for hundred of years, but with all going on, like a few others, starting to wonder.

edwinfox.bsky.social•18 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URABscYOjRE

freyacerridwen.bsky.social•20 days ago

Wired is in a unique position. They understand cybersecurity and IT infrastructure in a way most publications don’t. They are in the best situation to explain what is going on.

annsloan.bsky.social•20 days ago

Exactly. Great point. Musk wanting to put the Treasury on a blockchain? I need that broken down.

l3moning.bsky.social•19 days ago

That is a good point. Non-tech media is universally terrible on even the most banal tech stories, let alone shit like this.

freyacerridwen.bsky.social•19 days ago

It does help. I do wish they would collaborate with a journalist who is a gov expert about the big implications of the tech stuff on OMB having info on witsec, undercover agents, who has national security clearance and what level, CIA operatives. On nonsecure servers.

algrhythm.bsky.social•20 days ago

Done

ellz.bsky.social•20 days ago

Omg libertarian beavises

theedingus.bsky.social•20 days ago

Wired has been great, 404 Media also has great stuff and is employee owned so it's Cool Site Certified

rickf5711.bsky.social•20 days ago

It’s not fair to call them all Beavises. Some of them are clearly Butt-heads.

binneyz.bsky.social•20 days ago

This raises the very important question, Dave, of Beavis's political leanings. If you won't elaborate here I understand but hope you will consider it as a topic for the Distraction.

bigfatbartolocolon.bsky.social•20 days ago

the people have a right to know!

guyshammguy.bsky.social•20 days ago

Beavis is an anarchist. It's obvious on its face.

natigooner.bsky.social•20 days ago

Thanks Roth - had no idea it was so cheap. Because I'm an old, I remember how cool Wired was when it first came out and used to have a nice fat stack of the printed mags - will be fun to have it show up in print again.

itsmrfungible.bsky.social•20 days ago

remember in the 90s when they had glitch-inspired impossible- to-read page design and the content was all about the coming internet utopia? those were the days

natigooner.bsky.social•20 days ago

Yep. I would imagine a lot of those old issues read like jet-pack utopias now.

scandyandy.bsky.social•20 days ago

Just subbed to Wired.

yourauntifa.bsky.social•20 days ago

Subscribed!

danasfeast.bsky.social•20 days ago

“Strike force of libertarian Beavises” is my favorite of all of the very funny descriptors folks are coming up with for these guys

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