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Manisha Krishnan

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Emmy-winning journalist and senior culture editor @wired.com | VICE News final girl (RIP) | tips: [email protected] or mkrishnan.79 on Signal

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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · May 13

NEW: I spent a day in West Hollywood with some of Pornhub's biggest stars to talk censorship, money, the right-wing anti-porn agenda, online dating (they hate it too), parenting, and so much more, all leading up to the western-themed Pornhub awards: www.wired.com/story/pornhu...

Your Favorite Porn Stars Are Sick of Being Censored. But They’re Not Going Away

We spent the Pornhub Awards with some of the site’s biggest stars to talk censorship, making money, and the popularity of trans porn—all while the site is blocked in more than a third of US states.

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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 1d

New from @sameagan.bsky.social: The right has capitalized off manosphere fitness content for years, but the left is finally pushing back. One prominent Democratic operative offered two fitness influencers over $10K each to make leftist content: www.wired.com/story/as-the...

As the Right Leans Into ‘Warrior’ Culture, Some Leftist Gym Bros Are Pushing Back

Right-wing fitness content has dominated the manosphere for years. Leftist gym influencers have taken notice—with some even being paid thousands of dollars to counter it.

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WIRED @wired.com · 4d

After avoiding the continental US on his world tour due to ICE, Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show will be a battleground for the country’s culture wars. www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...

Bad Bunny Has MAGA All Worked Up

After avoiding the continental US on his world tour due to ICE, Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show will be a battleground for the country’s culture wars.

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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 4d

video here: bsky.app/profile/wire...

WIRED @wired.com · 5d

As Luigi Mangione is being tried legally and in the court of public opinion, tensions are growing between his supporters pushing health care reform and those who believe he is innocent.

Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 4d

and this lede is something (especially if you've been to Jumbo's strip club in LA)

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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 4d

New deep dive into the world of feuding Luigi Mangione supporters. Some are using alleged crime to push health care reform; others find that offensive, as they believe he's completely innocent. And most of them hate the media's fixation on the "thirsters": www.wired.com/story/inside...

Inside the Contentious World of Luigi Mangione Supporters

As Luigi Mangione is being tried legally and in the court of public opinion, tensions are growing between his supporters pushing health care reform and those who believe he is innocent.

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Louise Matsakis @lmatsakis.bsky.social · 5d

For Made in China this week, I wrote about China's new K visa program, which launched right as the US made H-1Bs dramatically more expensive. Sign up for the newsletter here: www.wired.com/newsletter

WIRED @wired.com · 5d

The Chinese government unveiled a program to woo foreign talent just as the US cracked down on H-1Bs with a $100,000 fee. The move immediately provoked xenophobic backlash.

China Rolls Out Its First Talent Visa as the US Retreats on H-1Bs

The Chinese government unveiled a program to woo foreign talent just as the US cracked down on H-1Bs with a $100,000 fee. The move immediately provoked xenophobic backlash.

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 11d

NEW: The Heritage Foundation is pushing a terrorism designation based on "transgender ideology" on the claim that "50% of major (non-gang) school shootings since 2015" involve a transgender shooter or trans-related motive. @dell.bsky.social and me on why that's false:

www.wired.com/story/herita...

Heritage Foundation Uses Bogus Stat to Push a Trans Terrorism Classification

By inflating numbers and narrowing definitions, Heritage promotes a false link between transgender identity and violence in its push for the FBI to create a new terrorism category.

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 12d

Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians

Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project

www.theguardian.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 12d

Also, support independent media. Allow us to do more stuff like this. Subscribe to The Onion.

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Join The Onion

Don’t just read the news. Feel it. Be among the first to feel the news.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 12d

A very big Onion announcement:

The Onion has spent the last two months working on a masterpiece.

It's a documentary titled Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile.

It's so good, in fact, we were set to release it in theatres nationwide on October 2nd.

Then two weeks ago, Charlie Kirk was shot.

The Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile title screen

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WIRED @wired.com · 13d

When did The Onion decide to make a Jeffrey Epstein mockumentary? Once Trump started acting “dodgy” fielding questions about Epstein.

“There's this big gap where information should be," @bencollins.bsky.social said. They thought "it would be very funny to fill it with complete fucking nonsense."

The Onion Made an Absolutely Unhinged Jeffrey Epstein Mockumentary

"Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile" is a very silly deep dive on a very serious issue. In the current media landscape, it’s a wonder it even got made.

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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 13d

NEW! A Senate report claims that DOGE has put *every* American’s social security number at risk; that staff at GSA, OPM, and SSA wouldn’t or couldn’t say what DOGE was doing; and that agencies claimed that DOGE actually doesn’t exist at all.

For @wired.com

www.wired.com/story/armed-...

Armed Guards and Muscle Milk: Senate Investigation Reveals DOGE Takeover Details

A new Senate report claims DOGE put every American's Social Security number at risk—and that officials at federal agencies essentially obstructed an investigation, all but denying DOGE even exists.

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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 13d

Harrowing deep dive by my colleagues on DOGE’s devastation of government agencies, in the words of federal workers: www.wired.com/story/oral-h...

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WIRED @wired.com · 13d

EXCLUSIVE: 'Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile' is a very silly deep dive on a very serious issue. In the current media landscape, it’s a wonder it even got made. www.wired.com/story/the-on...

The Onion Made an Absolutely Unhinged Jeffrey Epstein Mockumentary

"Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile" is a very silly deep dive on a very serious issue. In the current media landscape, it’s a wonder it even got made.

www.wired.com

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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 13d

It’s in select theatres in NYC, Minneapolis, LA, and SF for one day only Oct. 2, then online. It was initially going to have a bigger national run, but the first theatre chain backed out following Charlie Kirk’s death. S/o @bencollins.bsky.social and @theonion.com for giving WIRED the heads up!

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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 13d

VERY FUNNY SCOOP: The Onion made a 20-minute Epstein/Trump mockumentary called “Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile.” I got a sneak peek and it is gloriously dumb. Read about it/watch the trailer here: www.wired.com/story/the-on...

The Onion Made an Absolutely Unhinged Jeffrey Epstein Mockumentary

"Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile" is a very silly deep dive on a very serious issue. In the current media landscape, it’s a wonder it even got made.

www.wired.com

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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 13d

Congrats to Larry Ellison, who is now a main character in the @wired.com politics Cinematic Universe.

@jakelahut.writes.news with what you need to know about the billionaire "shadow president" now cornering the market on your attention, and your data:

Larry Ellison Is a ‘Shadow President’ in Donald Trump’s America

The Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.

www.wired.com

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WIRED @wired.com · 14d

A 12-foot statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein frolicking and holding hands appeared on the National Mall in Washington, DC on Tuesday, September 23.

A plaque under the statue states that it has been erected “In Honor of Friendship Month."

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Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · 15d

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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WIRED @wired.com · 17d

WIRED went to Brazil for YouTube’s first live NFL broadcast. It was helmed by the platform’s biggest influencers as the league expands its quest for global domination. www.wired.com/story/the-nf...

The NFL Goes MrBeast Mode

WIRED went to Brazil for YouTube’s first live NFL broadcast. It was helmed by the platform’s biggest influencers as the league expands its quest for global domination.

www.wired.com

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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 19d

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WIRED @wired.com · 19d

The memes and online footprint of Charlie Kirk shooting suspect Tyler Robinson don’t place him neatly in a box, though many are still trying.
www.wired.com/story/no-one...

No One Knows What ‘Terminally Online’ Means Anymore

The memes and online footprint of Charlie Kirk shooting suspect Tyler Robinson don’t place him neatly in a box, though many are still trying.

www.wired.com

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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 19d

It’s in the piece!

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hahaha it’s such a weird catch phrase

Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 19d

I first heard about it from my hippy friends and the guy who kept saying "follow your spleen" on Love is Blind UK. But as @matthabusby.bsky.social reports, there's also an alien prophecy and a lot of other bizarre elements. Some coaches are charging hundreds of dollars for a single reading!

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