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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 2h

CORRECTION: It’s on Friday.

Scrapple & Apple Festival 2025 | Philadelphia Event | Reading Terminal Market

Upcoming Philadelphia Event - Presented by Reading Terminal Market Merchant’s Association Scrapple Sculpting Contest | Friday, Oct. 10 at 12pm | Arch Court Attention Sculptors,

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 2h

Please be aware that there is a scrapple sculpting contest at the Reading Terminal Market tomorrow at noon. (If you don’t know what this means you probably don’t want to.)

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 2d

(If we had inexperienced coders who may or may not even have been subject to proper security checks doing God knows what with AI and the most important systems in the federal government, I might be kind of worried.)

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: AI is a great way to introduce security vulnerabilities into your systems and give engineers fun problems to solve like figuring out what broke and why! This is from @lhn.bsky.social

Vibe Coding Is the New Open Source—in the Worst Way Possible

As developers increasingly lean on AI-generated code to build out their software—as they have with open source in the past—they risk introducing critical security failures along the way.

www.wired.com

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 2d

There are many things here that demand explanation and that’s definitely one of them.

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 2d

Well I finally found the one subject that turned Evelyn Waugh’s ear to lead

In that minute, with her lips to my ear and her breath warm in the salt wind, Julia said, though I had not spoken, "Yes, now," and as the ship righted herself and for the moment ran into calmer waters, Julia led me below.

So at sunset I took formal possession of her as her lover. It was no time for the sweets of luxury; they would come, in their season, with the swallow and the lime-flowers. Now on the rough water, as I was made free of her narrow loins and, it seemed now, in assuaging that fierce appetite, cast a burden which I had borne all my life, toiled under, not knowing its nature--now, while the waves still broke and thundered on the prow, the act of possession was a symbol, a rite of ancient origin and solemn meaning.

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 4d

Sort of an Occam’s razor thing—”Is it likelier that this person wrote a story after their brain was caved in with a hammer or that they’re trying to reduce the attack surface?”

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 4d

Before complaining about some tortured description of something’s illegality in The Media, a good question to ask is whether the person apparently violating the law is a multibillionaire with a habit of filing frivolous but extremely expensive to defend against defamation suits

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Chris Thompson @christhompson.bsky.social · 4d

a person at Treasury gave Defector a rundown of how this process—which appears to be against the law—was expedited in order to avoid public scrutiny

defector.com/treasury-dep...

Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness | Defector

The United States Department of the Treasury has developed, to the brink of production, a dollar coin that features the face and likeness of President Donald Trump, according to a source within the Tr...

defector.com

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 5d

I 've had people yell at me for noting that Donald Trump is world-historically charismatic and it's like, look, I don't find his vaudeville routine particularly entertaining myself but all of this isn't an accident.

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 5d

“My job is to go for the jugular against the Irish media and I will do that until I end up like Charlie Kirk" — Eddie Hobbs

The speed at which US far-right talking points cross the Atlantic and are weaponzied by Irish figures on the right is now almost instantaneous

www.wired.com/story/conspi...

At a Conspiracy Conference in Rural Ireland, Charlie Kirk Was the Star

The increasingly tight links between far-right groups in the US and Europe were on full display at the Rebels Across the Pond conference in Ireland. The star of the show? Charlie Kirk.

www.wired.com

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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.

www.wired.com

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 5d

SCOOP: PA prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parent's address in Pennsylvania for years. Me with @marisakabas.bsky.social

slate.com/news-and-pol...

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

slate.com

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 5d

I’m pretty sure it is.

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 5d

Not trying to join the dunk party here, just want to note that the author is on Anthropic's economic advisory council.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 5d

I'm sorry: "if I wish to see a virgin on-screen"?

My Favorite Actress Is Not Human
Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI.

A picture of some AI girl standing on an AI landscape with an AI monster behind her. I'm gonna be so real: she looks about 14

By Tyler Cowen

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 5d

I'm pretty skeptical anyone who didn't watch Pride FC when it existed is going to get anything out of watching The Rock going for an Oscar, but The Smashing Machine, the actual documentary The Smashing Machine is based on, is amazing.

‘The Smashing Machine’ Review: Dwayne Johnson in Agony

The former wrestler plays real-life mixed-martial-arts fighter Mark Kerr in a movie co-starring Emily Blunt and directed by Benny Safdie.

www.wsj.com

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Matthew Champion @matthewchampion.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: the Trump-Epstein 'friendship' statue that was removed from the national mall and broken up has been repaired and is back on the national mall for "a limited time"

trump epstein 'friendship' statue repaired on national mall

plaque on trump epstein 'friendship' statue repaired on national mall

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 5d

It costs us nothing to credit other reporters, though I do understand in some newsrooms it costs a billion dollars each time you do it.

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: Federal workers had their out-of-office replies changed to an unhinged and probably illegal partisan screed; when they changed them to neutral language, the replies were changed yet again. @leahfeiger.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social have the details:

Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown

Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED.

www.wired.com

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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 6d

A PR person for ABC asked me to stop asking about Pete Hegseth's speech during this episode about the death of Vanessa Guillén.

They emailed me today and asked I not include the interruption in the final show.

I will not. So tune in to listen to a lecture from a PR person about Guillén's legacy.

Vanessa Guillén and the Importance of Speaking Up

Hey there Angry Planet listeners, Matthew here.

angryplanetpod.com

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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 6d

New from me! The Trump administration is gearing up to take aim "radical left" institutions aka nonprofits that work on everything from democracy to climate change. The industry is bracing for the hit.

@wired.com

www.wired.com/story/the-tr...

The Trump Administration Is Coming for Nonprofits. They're Getting Ready

As the Trump administration threatens them, liberal nonprofits have been quietly preparing to do everything from surrendering 501(c)(3) status to relocating outside the US.

www.wired.com

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 6d

I’ll take the good news where I can get it

TAYLOR SWIFT | THE OFFICIAL RELEASE PARTY OF A SHOWGIRL
We’re excited for you to see TAYLOR SWIFT | THE OFFICIAL RELEASE PARTY OF A SHOWGIRL at Cinemark!

The feature film will start immediately at the scheduled showtime, as there will be no trailers or advertisements before the film.

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 7d

NEW: Workers at the SBA got a template from HR suggesting they set out-of-office replies blaming Democrats for the shutdown, which would appear to be a blatant Hatch Act violation; at HUD, even internal systems have a weird pop-up blaming "the Radical Left." @telliotter.bsky.social has the details!

Federal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown

Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies.

www.wired.com

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 7d

Ever since he helped avert a government shutdown in March—citing WIRED’s reporting on Elon Musk as part of his rationale—Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has been waiting for this moment to redeem himself.

The problem is, he may have already blown his chance: www.wired.com/story/chuck-...

The Post-Chuck Schumer Era

The Senate minority leader is seeking to redeem himself as the government shuts down. Democratic insiders say it may be too late.

www.wired.com

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 7d

On the opposite end of the spectrum, postal mail is actually an excellent way to share information. You can send me mail at:

Tim Marchman
WIRED
One World Trade Center, 25th Floor
New York, NY 10007

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