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Michaela Neville

@micnev.bsky.social

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fashion, politics, writing, kindness |📍SF | social at WIRED, previously at SF Standard | opinions my own | she/her www.cmichaelaneville.com

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Michaela Neville @micnev.bsky.social · May 27

The guide also covers some reasons why you should care about your privacy.

Even if you think you have nothing to hide, you still have something to lose.

A Starter Guide to Protecting Your Data From Hackers and Corporations

Hackers. AI data scrapes. Government surveillance. Yeah, thinking about where to start when it comes to protecting your online privacy can be overwhelming. Here’s a simple guide for you—and anyone who...

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Michaela Neville @micnev.bsky.social · 15h

If you know of any San Francisco textile companies that make good-quality bedding that’s relatively affordable and isn’t just white-labeled stuff at a markup, please let me know! I genuinely cannot think of any.

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Jessie Losch @jessielosch.bsky.social · 15h

Yes!! And lots of indie bookstores have sales today too.

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Michaela Neville @micnev.bsky.social · 15h

If you, like me, try to limit your Amazon shopping, you can still benefit from Prime Day deals by shopping the sales that other, non-Amazon retailers put on to compete with APD.

For example, I need some new sheets. I can buy them directly through the company website at a similar discount right now.

Our Favorite Prime Day Deals From Stores That Aren't Amazon

You don't have to shop Amazon Big Deal Days to save on WIRED-approved favorites.

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Julia Forbes @juliaforbes.bsky.social · 19h

Hi! I’ll be chiming in tomorrow on the best Amazon Prime Big Deal Days sales on products the @wired.com Reviews team has tested and loved!

Reminder: Be nice or I’ll tell your mom.

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Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 3d

This will be coming to San Francisco and we should all be thinking about ways we can help our neighbors and make our feelings clear in a safe way.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

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makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · 7d

reject modernity (Sora), embrace tradition (JibJab)

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Michaela Neville @micnev.bsky.social · 7d

This one made my head hurt, but like…you should read it.

WIRED @wired.com · 7d

Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Carl Schmitt, the German legal theorist tapped by the Nazi's to justify Germany's slip from democracy to dictatorship.

Those theories have been a roadmap for the billionaire
ever since.

The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession

Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.

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Michaela Neville @micnev.bsky.social · 11d

“This is a colonial project, aimed at tech empire,” says Gil Duran, a former political consultant. “It sounds like colonization 2.0. When you go to another person's country and create your own country there, no matter your excuse, no matter your rationale.”

Tech Billionaires Already Captured the White House. They Still Want to Be Kings

From Montenegro to Northern California, the tech elite dream of building cities where they make the rules. Is this, finally, their moment?

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 13d

ICE has been arresting asylum-seekers in San Francisco for months now—targeting immigration court & sending people to far-flung detention centers.

It's a constant stream of news. Readers often tune out.

So here's a timeline recapping the most significant events so far.

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Michaela Neville @micnev.bsky.social · 14d

I really, really, really hate this timeline

404 Media @404media.co · 14d

YouTube removed a channel that was dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being shot in the head following 404 Media’s request for comment. The videos were clearly generated with Google’s new AI video generator tool.

🔗 www.404media.co/ai-generated...

AI-Generated YouTube Channel Uploaded Nothing But Videos of Women Being Shot

YouTube removed a channel that posted nothing but graphic Veo-generated videos of women being shot after 404 Media reached out for comment.

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404 Media @404media.co · 14d

AI-Generated YouTube Channel Uploaded Nothing But Videos of Women Being Shot

YouTube removed a channel that posted nothing but graphic Veo-generated videos of women being shot after 404 Media reached out for comment.

www.404media.co

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Michaela Neville @micnev.bsky.social · 14d

Things I could not have foreseen just months ago: me in 2025, defending Jimmy Kimmel and Tylenol (Tylenol!!) like my life depends on it. Like, is this actually some sort of conspiracy to return us to 2019-era mainstream corporate values worship?

This is breaking my brain.

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 15d

neurodiversity is Good Actually. just want to say that

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Michaela Neville @micnev.bsky.social · 15d

We are just deeply unserious as a nation. I mean, come on.

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 15d

A pop up box on Tylenol dot com

tylenol.com
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For generations, families have trusted TYLENOL® when it matters most.
Why? Because Tylenol is one of the most studied medications in history.
The facts remain unchanged: over a decade of rigorous research, endorsed by leading medical professionals, confirm there is no credible evidence linking acetaminophen to autism.
Acetaminophen is used worldwide as a first line of defense for pain relief and fever reduction, at the recommendation of independent public health and leading medical professionals and in accordance with the product label.
High fevers and pain are widely recognized as potential risks to a pregnancy if left untreated, especially in the first trimester.
Remember to talk to your doctor.
We prioritize science as the core of how we provide care, and that will never change.

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Michaela Neville @micnev.bsky.social · 15d

I am NOT loving all these earthquakes we’re getting in the bay

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 16d

The Trump administration is “setting up this world where every election cycle ... the content of broadcast news might drastically shift depending on which political party controls the censorship office,” FPF's @seth-stern.bsky.social told @wired.com.

Brendan Carr Isn't Going to Stop Until Someone Makes Him

In the wake of Jimmy Kimmel's suspension, experts say the FCC commissioner's conduct is flatly unconstitutional. They also expect him to keep going.

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Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀 @bebopott.bsky.social · 18d

HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED

Curtis Evans, of Evanston, a military veteran USMC intelligence during President Reagan’s era, carries a U.S. Flag through gas deployed by federal officers as they clear protesters from the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 19, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

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Michaela Neville @micnev.bsky.social · 20d

We are so fucking cooked

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 20d

Greg Gutfeld is performing late-night comedy the right way.

by Ezra Klein

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Michaela Neville @micnev.bsky.social · 20d

This is actually very funny because antifa is very much not an organization at all.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 20d

1. President Trump says he is going to designate ANTIFA as a “major terrorist organization.”

He said the same in 2020.

But it’s hard to see this as anything other than an attempt to please his supporters in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

Donald J. Trump & @realDonald Trump
I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A. Patriots that l am designating ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Donald J. Trump $ @realDonaldTrump
X.com
The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization.

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 20d

if Jimmy Kimmel's political humor is too hot for you to handle, I'm not sure "snowflake" even cuts it as a term of derision for the level of fragility you've achieved

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 20d

Jimmy Kimmel triggers fascist free speech crackdown is a scattergories answer I never would have expected to come true.

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Michaela Neville @micnev.bsky.social · 20d

I feel like I’m losing my mind

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 20d

This is all he said?! This is why ABC (in response to threats from Trump's FCC) is taking Kimmel off the air?!

Meanwhile, "many in Maga-land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk" On Monday, JD Vance, who once called Trump
"America's Hitler",
, hosted Kirk's podcast from the
White House and blamed the left, without evidence. Said Vance: "While our side of the aisle certainly has its crazies, it is a statistical fact that most of the lunatics in American politics today are proud members of the far left."
"And by 'statistical fact',
' he means 'complete
bullshit'" Kimmel corrected. In fact, the Department of Justice removed from its website a study finding that violence from far-right groups is the greatest source of domestic terror and extremist violence in the US. "Here's a question JD Vance might be able to answer: who wanted to hang the guy who was vice president before you?" Kimmel said. "Was that the liberal left? Or the toothless army who stormed the Capitol on January 6."
"The president and his henchmen are doing their best to tan the flames, so they can I guess attack people on the dangerous left," Kimmel added, noting the incongruence with the right's former vision of so-called "snowflake" liberals. "Which is it?" he wondered. "Are they a bunch of sissy pickleball players because they're too scared to get hit by tennis balls? Or are they a well-organized army of commandos? Because they can't be both."

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