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A deeply unsettling robot dog bearing the eerily realistic face of Elon Musk was spotted mid-walkies on the streets of San Francisco this week. The robot is part of the Regular Animals project by Beeple, aka Mike Winkelmann, created in collaboration with mask-maker Hyperflesh and built on Unitree Go2 robot dogs. Art foundation NODE told WIRED the robots were taken out on a walk to promote Beeple’s upcoming exhibition in Palo Alto. Other versions of the robot dog feature the faces of Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, and Beeple himself.
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A deeply unsettling robot dog bearing the eerily realistic face of Elon Musk was spotted mid-walkies on the streets of San Francisco this week. The robot is part of the Regular Animals project by Beeple, aka Mike Winkelmann, created in collaboration with mask-maker Hyperflesh and built on Unitree Go2 robot dogs. Art foundation NODE told WIRED the robots were taken out on a walk to promote Beeple’s upcoming exhibition in Palo Alto. Other versions of the robot dog feature the faces of Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, and Beeple himself.
Orcas in the Gulf of California have been observed ramming into sharp-tail sunfish at such high speeds that the fish—one of the world’s heaviest—are almost completely obliterated. Orcas are known for deploying advanced hunting strategies, and for playing with their food, but this behavior has not been described before. Researchers, publishing their findings in Frontiers in Ethology, said that the “hold-to-ram” strategy had been observed in two separate hunting events in 2024 and 2025. In both instances the sunfish, a common food source for orcas in the surface waters of the Gulf of California, were already dead. Scientists can’t be sure whether it was the same orcas involved in both events. They’re also undecided as to whether this was a strategy designed to help juvenile orcas feed on the thousands of small pieces of sunfish, or whether the adult orcas were messing around. “We think this may help younger orcas feed more easily or it could also just be for fun,” said the observational study’s first author Dr Kathryn Ayres, a scientist at the Beneath The Waves nonprofit. “Orcas are known for playing with their food.” Ayres added, “They're one of the most iconic marine predators in the world, yet they continue to surprise us.”
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Orcas in the Gulf of California have been observed ramming into sharp-tail sunfish at such high speeds that the fish—one of the world’s heaviest—are almost completely obliterated. Orcas are known for deploying advanced hunting strategies, and for playing with their food, but this behavior has not been described before. Researchers, publishing their findings in Frontiers in Ethology, said that the “hold-to-ram” strategy had been observed in two separate hunting events in 2024 and 2025. In both instances the sunfish, a common food source for orcas in the surface waters of the Gulf of California, were already dead. Scientists can’t be sure whether it was the same orcas involved in both events. They’re also undecided as to whether this was a strategy designed to help juvenile orcas feed on the thousands of small pieces of sunfish, or whether the adult orcas were messing around. “We think this may help younger orcas feed more easily or it could also just be for fun,” said the observational study’s first author Dr Kathryn Ayres, a scientist at the Beneath The Waves nonprofit. “Orcas are known for playing with their food.” Ayres added, “They're one of the most iconic marine predators in the world, yet they continue to surprise us.”
The replica watch industry is in its “super clone” era. Following tips from murky internet forums, we bought three budget fakes that were good enough to pass as real—but ultimately disposable.
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The replica watch industry is in its “super clone” era. Following tips from murky internet forums, we bought three budget fakes that were good enough to pass as real—but ultimately disposable.
Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform published additional photos they received from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, the infamous financier and convicted sex offender. The release follows another one from last week, which committee Democrats said were pulled from a set of over 95,000 photos. The photos include more candid shots of powerful and famous men, including Google cofounder Sergey Brin, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, New York Times opinion columnist David Brooks, director Woody Allen, professor and author Noam Chomsky, and Steve Bannon. The release did not include information about where or when the photos were taken. However, several of the photos appear to have been taken at “The Edge ‘Billionaires’ Dinner’ 2011,” at which several other tech moguls and wealthy individuals were photographed. (The webpage featuring the photos includes a quote from a 2000 WIRED story in which the longstanding dinner series was briefly mentioned.) An email listed on The Edge’s website did not receive an immediate response to WIRED’s request for comment. The House committee’s investigation into Epstein has been going on for several months, and is separate from the document dump expected to be released by the Department of Justice this week. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, which was signed into law last month, requires the US Department of Justice to release “all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials” in its possession by December 19.
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Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform published additional photos they received from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, the infamous financier and convicted sex offender. The release follows another one from last week, which committee Democrats said were pulled from a set of over 95,000 photos. The photos include more candid shots of powerful and famous men, including Google cofounder Sergey Brin, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, New York Times opinion columnist David Brooks, director Woody Allen, professor and author Noam Chomsky, and Steve Bannon. The release did not include information about where or when the photos were taken. However, several of the photos appear to have been taken at “The Edge ‘Billionaires’ Dinner’ 2011,” at which several other tech moguls and wealthy individuals were photographed. (The webpage featuring the photos includes a quote from a 2000 WIRED story in which the longstanding dinner series was briefly mentioned.) An email listed on The Edge’s website did not receive an immediate response to WIRED’s request for comment. The House committee’s investigation into Epstein has been going on for several months, and is separate from the document dump expected to be released by the Department of Justice this week. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, which was signed into law last month, requires the US Department of Justice to release “all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials” in its possession by December 19.
Originally published on August 20, 2025: About 500 million years ago, the Grand Canyon was a great sea, and among the creatures it harbored was a newly discovered type of penis worm, armed with many rings of teeth.
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Originally published on August 20, 2025: About 500 million years ago, the Grand Canyon was a great sea, and among the creatures it harbored was a newly discovered type of penis worm, armed with many rings of teeth.
WIRED’s Jeremy White accidentally discovered the best kids' phone setup no one is talking about—not even Apple.
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WIRED’s Jeremy White accidentally discovered the best kids' phone setup no one is talking about—not even Apple.
More than 3.5 million pages of the Epstein files have been compiled for public display at the newly opened Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room. At least 17,000 pounds of evidence is on display at the library, says David Garrett, the main organizer of the exhibit at the Institute for Primary Facts, a nonprofit intended to promote transparency and accountability in the US government. “The evidence in this room is evidence of one of the most horrific crimes in American history,” Garrett says. “When people come through this room, I hope they realize that in America, we have the rule of law, and if they stand up they can take action and demand accountability for the crimes that were committed.” Garrett says that the institute employed numerous fact-checkers and lawyers to make sure all the information presented was verifiable and accurate. It took about a month to assemble the files, including finding a venue willing to host the installation as well as a printer able to compile them. Though the installation will be open to the public from May 8 to May 21, only journalists and members of law enforcement are permitted to actually read through the files; others will still be able to view the timeline and the tribute to survivors. This is because the Department of Justice failed to redact many of the survivors’ names when it released a new tranche of files last January, potentially exposing them to harassment or retribution, says Garrett. “Transparency and accountability is important, but from the very beginning we’ve centered this project around the victims and survivors,” he says. “That’s really what it’s about.”
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More than 3.5 million pages of the Epstein files have been compiled for public display at the newly opened Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room. At least 17,000 pounds of evidence is on display at the library, says David Garrett, the main organizer of the exhibit at the Institute for Primary Facts, a nonprofit intended to promote transparency and accountability in the US government. “The evidence in this room is evidence of one of the most horrific crimes in American history,” Garrett says. “When people come through this room, I hope they realize that in America, we have the rule of law, and if they stand up they can take action and demand accountability for the crimes that were committed.” Garrett says that the institute employed numerous fact-checkers and lawyers to make sure all the information presented was verifiable and accurate. It took about a month to assemble the files, including finding a venue willing to host the installation as well as a printer able to compile them. Though the installation will be open to the public from May 8 to May 21, only journalists and members of law enforcement are permitted to actually read through the files; others will still be able to view the timeline and the tribute to survivors. This is because the Department of Justice failed to redact many of the survivors’ names when it released a new tranche of files last January, potentially exposing them to harassment or retribution, says Garrett. “Transparency and accountability is important, but from the very beginning we’ve centered this project around the victims and survivors,” he says. “That’s really what it’s about.”
The Trump administration appears to be deploying the same playbook it used in Minnesota—leveraging allegations of fraud to justify significant federal oversight—in other blue states across the country, starting with California and New York. “POTUS loves Minnesota and the people. It’s a state where he received historic Republican support, and he has long called out [Governor Tim] Walz for his incompetence and terrible leadership,” a senior White House official tells WIRED. “The fraud is so blatant and widespread that it’s a good place to start but it’s only the beginning. CA and NY next.” This approach seemingly signals a broader strategy to use investigations into alleged fraud as a pretext for federal operations in blue states across the country, potentially exposing tens of millions of Americans to heightened federal scrutiny and unchecked ICE activity while exacerbating tensions between the White House and Democratic governors. Responding to protests over this surge in Minneapolis, Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act Thursday morning. Since the end of December, DHS has sent thousands of immigration agents into Minnesota in response to a variety of fraud claims pushed by White House officials. The allegations in Minnesota largely stem from a viral YouTube video published by the 23 year-old right-wing creator Nick Shirley, which claimed to uncover a purported $100 million fraud scheme involving Somali child care centers (Multiple local Minnesota outlets have covered similar stories for years. Nearly 100 people have been charged and roughly 60 people have been convicted). The video, which has over three million views as of publication, was shared by figures like Elon Musk and vice president JD Vance. Soon after it circulated on X, DHS ramped up its immigration enforcement efforts in Minneapolis.
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The Trump administration appears to be deploying the same playbook it used in Minnesota—leveraging allegations of fraud to justify significant federal oversight—in other blue states across the country, starting with California and New York. “POTUS loves Minnesota and the people. It’s a state where he received historic Republican support, and he has long called out [Governor Tim] Walz for his incompetence and terrible leadership,” a senior White House official tells WIRED. “The fraud is so blatant and widespread that it’s a good place to start but it’s only the beginning. CA and NY next.” This approach seemingly signals a broader strategy to use investigations into alleged fraud as a pretext for federal operations in blue states across the country, potentially exposing tens of millions of Americans to heightened federal scrutiny and unchecked ICE activity while exacerbating tensions between the White House and Democratic governors. Responding to protests over this surge in Minneapolis, Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act Thursday morning. Since the end of December, DHS has sent thousands of immigration agents into Minnesota in response to a variety of fraud claims pushed by White House officials. The allegations in Minnesota largely stem from a viral YouTube video published by the 23 year-old right-wing creator Nick Shirley, which claimed to uncover a purported $100 million fraud scheme involving Somali child care centers (Multiple local Minnesota outlets have covered similar stories for years. Nearly 100 people have been charged and roughly 60 people have been convicted). The video, which has over three million views as of publication, was shared by figures like Elon Musk and vice president JD Vance. Soon after it circulated on X, DHS ramped up its immigration enforcement efforts in Minneapolis.
In February, a user named EricKeller2 posted on Reddit. “I mapped every connection in the Epstein files,” he wrote. He had built a website and database of more than 1.5 million files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. A giant interactive network graph showed the connections between 1,000-plus people in Epstein’s social world—through flight manifests, email exchanges, and other documents that connect them. The post included a link to the site: Epsteinexposed.com. That post got 5.5 million views. Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world visited the site in the days that followed. And EricKeller2 was busier than ever. EricKeller2’s real name isn’t Eric Keller. He used a pseudonym to protect himself and his family from Jeffrey Epstein’s rich and powerful friends. A thirtysomething data engineer with a wife and kids, he’d been following the child sexual abuse case for years—reading court filings, depositions, materials from the Giuffre v. Maxwell case. But in the fall of 2025, as the initial deadline from the Epstein Files Transparency Act approached, he got more organized. And then he got obsessed.
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In February, a user named EricKeller2 posted on Reddit. “I mapped every connection in the Epstein files,” he wrote. He had built a website and database of more than 1.5 million files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. A giant interactive network graph showed the connections between 1,000-plus people in Epstein’s social world—through flight manifests, email exchanges, and other documents that connect them. The post included a link to the site: Epsteinexposed.com. That post got 5.5 million views. Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world visited the site in the days that followed. And EricKeller2 was busier than ever. EricKeller2’s real name isn’t Eric Keller. He used a pseudonym to protect himself and his family from Jeffrey Epstein’s rich and powerful friends. A thirtysomething data engineer with a wife and kids, he’d been following the child sexual abuse case for years—reading court filings, depositions, materials from the Giuffre v. Maxwell case. But in the fall of 2025, as the initial deadline from the Epstein Files Transparency Act approached, he got more organized. And then he got obsessed.
The SFPD’s exposure of hours of videos from drone platform Skydio reveals how broadly it’s watching the city from above—and how the results can spill online.
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The SFPD’s exposure of hours of videos from drone platform Skydio reveals how broadly it’s watching the city from above—and how the results can spill online.
On a forum with over 5,000 members claiming to be current and former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, users vent their frustrations and concerns about the agency. The forum contains posts dating back over a decade and describes itself as an “unofficial forum for current Deportation Officers, prospective applicants and retired Deportation Officers to have a platform for discussion.” In posts viewed by WIRED, users complain of long working hours, limited overtime pay, incompetent leadership, and poorly trained new recruits. Forum users do not need to show proof of their employment to join, and the platform does not appear to be heavily moderated. WIRED has not confirmed the individual identities of these posters, though the forum is one of several related forums where people working in different parts of DHS share experiences and discuss specific details of deportation officer work that would likely only be known to those in the job, including discussions about the inner workings of the job, the hiring and training process, and swapping duty placements. Some forum members are newcomers, and others have been members for over a decade. As scrutiny and public outrage have followed the violent immigration raids in Minneapolis for DHS’s Operation Metro Surge, particularly in the wake of federal agents shooting and killing Renee Good and Alex Pretti, users in the forum haven’t shied away from posting. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and ICE did not respond to requests for comment.
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On a forum with over 5,000 members claiming to be current and former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, users vent their frustrations and concerns about the agency. The forum contains posts dating back over a decade and describes itself as an “unofficial forum for current Deportation Officers, prospective applicants and retired Deportation Officers to have a platform for discussion.” In posts viewed by WIRED, users complain of long working hours, limited overtime pay, incompetent leadership, and poorly trained new recruits. Forum users do not need to show proof of their employment to join, and the platform does not appear to be heavily moderated. WIRED has not confirmed the individual identities of these posters, though the forum is one of several related forums where people working in different parts of DHS share experiences and discuss specific details of deportation officer work that would likely only be known to those in the job, including discussions about the inner workings of the job, the hiring and training process, and swapping duty placements. Some forum members are newcomers, and others have been members for over a decade. As scrutiny and public outrage have followed the violent immigration raids in Minneapolis for DHS’s Operation Metro Surge, particularly in the wake of federal agents shooting and killing Renee Good and Alex Pretti, users in the forum haven’t shied away from posting. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and ICE did not respond to requests for comment.
The crowdfunding platform GoFundMe is allowing a fundraising campaign tied to the potential legal defense of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who fatally shot a civilian to remain online, despite company rules barring fundraisers connected to violent crimes and past enforcement actions against similar campaigns. The fundraiser, titled “ICE OFFICER Jonathan Ross,” seeks at least $550,000 to support potential legal expenses for the ICE agent identified as having shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, a mother of three and widow of a military veteran, during an encounter with immigration agents in Minneapolis. The officer was first identified as Jonathan Ross, 43, by the Minnesota Star Tribune. The GoFundMe campaign’s stated purpose—raising money for legal services following a killing—directly conflicts with GoFundMe’s terms of service, which specifically bars fundraisers that are intended to support the legal defense of people accused of financial or violent crimes. GoFundMe has not publicly explained why the Ross fundraiser remains active despite its terms of service stating users agree not to “use the Service or Platform to raise funds” for the “the legal defense of financial and violent crimes, including those related to money laundering, murder, robbery, assault, battery, sex crimes or crimes against minors.” Ross has not been formally charged with any crime. The shooting is being investigated exclusively by the FBI after federal authorities effectively blocked Minnesota investigators from participating, prompting the state attorney general and Hennepin County attorney to launch a parallel effort to collect evidence independently.
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The crowdfunding platform GoFundMe is allowing a fundraising campaign tied to the potential legal defense of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who fatally shot a civilian to remain online, despite company rules barring fundraisers connected to violent crimes and past enforcement actions against similar campaigns. The fundraiser, titled “ICE OFFICER Jonathan Ross,” seeks at least $550,000 to support potential legal expenses for the ICE agent identified as having shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, a mother of three and widow of a military veteran, during an encounter with immigration agents in Minneapolis. The officer was first identified as Jonathan Ross, 43, by the Minnesota Star Tribune. The GoFundMe campaign’s stated purpose—raising money for legal services following a killing—directly conflicts with GoFundMe’s terms of service, which specifically bars fundraisers that are intended to support the legal defense of people accused of financial or violent crimes. GoFundMe has not publicly explained why the Ross fundraiser remains active despite its terms of service stating users agree not to “use the Service or Platform to raise funds” for the “the legal defense of financial and violent crimes, including those related to money laundering, murder, robbery, assault, battery, sex crimes or crimes against minors.” Ross has not been formally charged with any crime. The shooting is being investigated exclusively by the FBI after federal authorities effectively blocked Minnesota investigators from participating, prompting the state attorney general and Hennepin County attorney to launch a parallel effort to collect evidence independently.
Friday is the general release of the documentary Melania, a film about President Donald Trump’s third wife and first lady of the United States. A WIRED analysis shows that there are still plenty of seats available, unless you live near the AMC Classic Indian River 24 in Vero Beach, Florida. Or the AMC Independence Commons 20 in Independence, Missouri. WIRED reporters identified two screenings in the United States—out of nearly 1,400 we reviewed—that have sold out for Friday. To conduct our analysis, WIRED reviewed listings for 329 movie theaters located near 64 of the 100 US cities featured in a “Best US Cities to See a Movie” ranking list created by BetMGM, which has no affiliation with Amazon MGM Studios. (Due to technical issues, WIRED was unable to complete a full review of all 100 of BetMGM’s best cities to see a movie prior to publication.) From there, WIRED identified 1,398 ‘Melania’ showtimes listed for those theaters on Fandango, a ticket-buying website. Of those screenings, just two were sold out: the 12:55 pm at Vero Beach’s AMC CLASSIC Indian River 24 and the 1 pm at AMC Independence Commons 20 in Missouri. On AMC’s website, it appears that both showings were offered at a 20 percent discount, which is standard for showtimes before 4 pm. To be sure, there may be more sold-out showings across the US. WIRED only reviewed a portion of the listings on Fandango, and it’s possible that not all movie theaters sell tickets through that website. It is also possible that not all theaters offer advanced ticket seat selection. And of course, tickets can be purchased for screenings up until they’re shown.
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Friday is the general release of the documentary Melania, a film about President Donald Trump’s third wife and first lady of the United States. A WIRED analysis shows that there are still plenty of seats available, unless you live near the AMC Classic Indian River 24 in Vero Beach, Florida. Or the AMC Independence Commons 20 in Independence, Missouri. WIRED reporters identified two screenings in the United States—out of nearly 1,400 we reviewed—that have sold out for Friday. To conduct our analysis, WIRED reviewed listings for 329 movie theaters located near 64 of the 100 US cities featured in a “Best US Cities to See a Movie” ranking list created by BetMGM, which has no affiliation with Amazon MGM Studios. (Due to technical issues, WIRED was unable to complete a full review of all 100 of BetMGM’s best cities to see a movie prior to publication.) From there, WIRED identified 1,398 ‘Melania’ showtimes listed for those theaters on Fandango, a ticket-buying website. Of those screenings, just two were sold out: the 12:55 pm at Vero Beach’s AMC CLASSIC Indian River 24 and the 1 pm at AMC Independence Commons 20 in Missouri. On AMC’s website, it appears that both showings were offered at a 20 percent discount, which is standard for showtimes before 4 pm. To be sure, there may be more sold-out showings across the US. WIRED only reviewed a portion of the listings on Fandango, and it’s possible that not all movie theaters sell tickets through that website. It is also possible that not all theaters offer advanced ticket seat selection. And of course, tickets can be purchased for screenings up until they’re shown.
Some of President Donald Trump’s biggest supporters are now claiming, without evidence, that he staged the assassination attempt on his life in Butler, Pennsylvania, in 2024 and is covering it up.
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Some of President Donald Trump’s biggest supporters are now claiming, without evidence, that he staged the assassination attempt on his life in Butler, Pennsylvania, in 2024 and is covering it up.
Originally published on July 21, 2025: What does it mean to be healthy in 2025? Bryan Johnson, an entrepreneur and venture capitalist who’s well known for his extreme attempts to slow the aging process, thinks he knows the answer. Does Johnson really have the healthiest body on Earth, as he claims? Will he achieve immortality through AI? WIRED’s Global Editorial Director Katie Drummond visited Johnson’s home in California to sit down with him for WIRED's Big Interview and special Beyond Wellness edition. Over a 90-minute conversation, Johnson spoke at length about his longevity protocol, his assessment of RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement, and confidentiality agreements that he continues to enforce. He’s also at great pains to convince everyone that this isn’t just about health and longevity. No, like most tech men living in boxy modernist homes and saddled with illusions of grandeur, Johnson has a new holy grail with which to galvanize his faithful following: artificial intelligence, baby.
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Originally published on July 21, 2025: What does it mean to be healthy in 2025? Bryan Johnson, an entrepreneur and venture capitalist who’s well known for his extreme attempts to slow the aging process, thinks he knows the answer. Does Johnson really have the healthiest body on Earth, as he claims? Will he achieve immortality through AI? WIRED’s Global Editorial Director Katie Drummond visited Johnson’s home in California to sit down with him for WIRED's Big Interview and special Beyond Wellness edition. Over a 90-minute conversation, Johnson spoke at length about his longevity protocol, his assessment of RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement, and confidentiality agreements that he continues to enforce. He’s also at great pains to convince everyone that this isn’t just about health and longevity. No, like most tech men living in boxy modernist homes and saddled with illusions of grandeur, Johnson has a new holy grail with which to galvanize his faithful following: artificial intelligence, baby.
Ben Mueller’s assignment for his journalism class was to tell a news story—any news story—in the form of an extended Instagram slideshow. Having lived his whole life in Marin, one of the wealthiest parts of America, the high school senior couldn’t help thinking his area probably had some ties to Jeffrey Epstein. “I think it’s very difficult to get an immense amount of money without—this is my opinion—without doing something a little shady,” Mueller says. So he sat on his bedroom floor and spent the next five hours combing the federal database for links to the towns and cities of Marin. He found thousands. Most of them were trivial, but a few things stood out: a 2014 art gala in Sausalito that Epstein helped promote; a meeting with Woody Allen in Tiburon; and—above all—a 2013 email exchange between Epstein and a woman from a modeling agency called Mill Valley Connection. Two days later, on February 12, Mueller posted his story to the Instagram feed of the Redwood Bark, his school’s student-run publication. It was a carousel-style slideshow pitched at readers across the county. “Which Marin towns were mentioned in the Epstein files?” the first panel reads. “Scroll to see how many times your town was mentioned.” Mueller kept his descriptions fairly general and brief: “Mill Valley was mentioned in the context of providing models to Epstein from a woman named Gisele Attias Bonnouvrier.” More than 4,000 people liked the story. The comments filled up with praise: “This is the kind of journalism we need.” “Higher quality reporting than local outlets.” “High schoolers doing better reporting than national news.” About a week and a half later, his journalism teacher, Erin Schneider, called with bad news: Bonnouvrier, the modeling agent, was threatening to sue the school district. What happened next would place Mueller, then-social media manager Madison Bishop, and other Redwood Bark staff members in the middle of a free-speech flash point. The students say they were just doing their homework. Tap the 🔗 in bio to read the full story. 📸: Amy Harrity
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Ben Mueller’s assignment for his journalism class was to tell a news story—any news story—in the form of an extended Instagram slideshow. Having lived his whole life in Marin, one of the wealthiest parts of America, the high school senior couldn’t help thinking his area probably had some ties to Jeffrey Epstein. “I think it’s very difficult to get an immense amount of money without—this is my opinion—without doing something a little shady,” Mueller says. So he sat on his bedroom floor and spent the next five hours combing the federal database for links to the towns and cities of Marin. He found thousands. Most of them were trivial, but a few things stood out: a 2014 art gala in Sausalito that Epstein helped promote; a meeting with Woody Allen in Tiburon; and—above all—a 2013 email exchange between Epstein and a woman from a modeling agency called Mill Valley Connection. Two days later, on February 12, Mueller posted his story to the Instagram feed of the Redwood Bark, his school’s student-run publication. It was a carousel-style slideshow pitched at readers across the county. “Which Marin towns were mentioned in the Epstein files?” the first panel reads. “Scroll to see how many times your town was mentioned.” Mueller kept his descriptions fairly general and brief: “Mill Valley was mentioned in the context of providing models to Epstein from a woman named Gisele Attias Bonnouvrier.” More than 4,000 people liked the story. The comments filled up with praise: “This is the kind of journalism we need.” “Higher quality reporting than local outlets.” “High schoolers doing better reporting than national news.” About a week and a half later, his journalism teacher, Erin Schneider, called with bad news: Bonnouvrier, the modeling agent, was threatening to sue the school district. What happened next would place Mueller, then-social media manager Madison Bishop, and other Redwood Bark staff members in the middle of a free-speech flash point. The students say they were just doing their homework. Tap the 🔗 in bio to read the full story. 📸: Amy Harrity
John Kiriakou, a 61-year-old ex-CIA officer who went to prison in 2013 for disclosing classified information related to the agency’s Middle East torture program, didn’t know he was going viral until his 16-year-old niece told him. Now, he’s using his new platform to get an official presidential pardon—continuing a campaign he’s been working on for nearly two decades.
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John Kiriakou, a 61-year-old ex-CIA officer who went to prison in 2013 for disclosing classified information related to the agency’s Middle East torture program, didn’t know he was going viral until his 16-year-old niece told him. Now, he’s using his new platform to get an official presidential pardon—continuing a campaign he’s been working on for nearly two decades.
MAGA could care less about the latest document dump on disgraced financier and convicted sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein. On Wednesday, the House Oversight Committee released 20,000 documents from Epstein’s estate, a number of which directly reference president Donald Trump. The cache of documents contain messages from Epstein, where the sex offender says he knows “how dirty Donald is,” and that the president had spent hours in Epstein’s own home with one of his victims. In one message from Epstein to author Michael Wolff, Epstein writes: “Of course he knew about the girls.” The White House has dismissed the revelations as nothing but a partisan attempt to smear Trump, a narrative MAGA world has been more than happy to get behind, even though the same people spent years calling for further investigations into Epstein’s associates. In February, the White House gave a dozen right-wing influencers including conservative commentator Liz Wheeler and Chaya Raichik, the woman who runs the notorious LibsofTikTok account, access to a number of Epstein-related documents. They walked out of the White House waving white binders labeled “The Epstein Files: Phase 1” and “The Most Transparent Administration in History,” though the administration later admitted many of the documents were already in the public domain. But this week, following the drop of new documentation, the influencers have been silent.
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MAGA could care less about the latest document dump on disgraced financier and convicted sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein. On Wednesday, the House Oversight Committee released 20,000 documents from Epstein’s estate, a number of which directly reference president Donald Trump. The cache of documents contain messages from Epstein, where the sex offender says he knows “how dirty Donald is,” and that the president had spent hours in Epstein’s own home with one of his victims. In one message from Epstein to author Michael Wolff, Epstein writes: “Of course he knew about the girls.” The White House has dismissed the revelations as nothing but a partisan attempt to smear Trump, a narrative MAGA world has been more than happy to get behind, even though the same people spent years calling for further investigations into Epstein’s associates. In February, the White House gave a dozen right-wing influencers including conservative commentator Liz Wheeler and Chaya Raichik, the woman who runs the notorious LibsofTikTok account, access to a number of Epstein-related documents. They walked out of the White House waving white binders labeled “The Epstein Files: Phase 1” and “The Most Transparent Administration in History,” though the administration later admitted many of the documents were already in the public domain. But this week, following the drop of new documentation, the influencers have been silent.
Around 1 in 12 male sheep, or rams, are gay—a phenomenon that’s been documented by scientists throughout the 21st century. Rams and female sheep, or ewes, are usually kept separate until breeding season, where rams are expected to mate with up to 50 ewes. Those that refuse and instead exhibit homosexual behaviour are typically sent to slaughter. When German farmer Michael Stücke, who is gay, found out about this, he started a sanctuary for gay sheep called Rainbow Wool. Wool from Stücke’s gay rams were used in a campy knitwear fashion show called I Wool Survive in New York City this week, hosted by dating app Grindr. The looks, designed by Michael Schmidt, who has worked with Beyonce and Taylor Swift, were inspired by classic gay archetypes, including a firefighter, a lumberjack, and a pizza delivery man. Grindr describes the event as the “world’s first truly gay fashion collection.” The collection will be touring at Pride events in 2026.
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Around 1 in 12 male sheep, or rams, are gay—a phenomenon that’s been documented by scientists throughout the 21st century. Rams and female sheep, or ewes, are usually kept separate until breeding season, where rams are expected to mate with up to 50 ewes. Those that refuse and instead exhibit homosexual behaviour are typically sent to slaughter. When German farmer Michael Stücke, who is gay, found out about this, he started a sanctuary for gay sheep called Rainbow Wool. Wool from Stücke’s gay rams were used in a campy knitwear fashion show called I Wool Survive in New York City this week, hosted by dating app Grindr. The looks, designed by Michael Schmidt, who has worked with Beyonce and Taylor Swift, were inspired by classic gay archetypes, including a firefighter, a lumberjack, and a pizza delivery man. Grindr describes the event as the “world’s first truly gay fashion collection.” The collection will be touring at Pride events in 2026.
WIRED tested samples of four types of peptides. The results show how lightly regulated the industry is, even as popularity surges.
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WIRED tested samples of four types of peptides. The results show how lightly regulated the industry is, even as popularity surges.

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