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Reyhan Harmanci

@harmancipants.bsky.social

Editorial Director, Features and Special Projects at WIRED. Reyhan_harmanci@wired.com

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Patrick Chovanec@prchovanec.bsky.social · 9h ago

Pirates could easily impersonate the US military these days, and no one would know the difference. Just like criminal gangs could easily impersonate ICE, and who could tell?

Christiaan Triebert@trbrtc.bsky.social · 11h ago

Ecuadorean fishermen say drones attacked them in the Pacific — English-speaking men in US-flag uniforms, no insignia. 8 missing, several injured. Flight data shows a patrol plane shifting course to stay pointed at all 3 boats. It's on no Pentagon roll, registered to a UPS store mailbox in Virginia.

Claire L. Evans@theuniverse.bsky.social · yesterday

This one was a doozy to report; I visited clean rooms and wet labs, played Pong against brain cells, and talked with bioethicists, neuroscientists, toxicologists, and computer scientists about where consciousness begins and ends. It changed how I think about life, intelligence, and computing:

Reyhan Harmanci@harmancipants.bsky.social · yesterday

AUGUST COVER: Forget AI. Meet OI -- organoid intelligence. Inside the quest to grow our own compute.

Megan Greenwell@greenwell.bsky.social · yesterday

Reporting on what literacy means and why it feels so broken these days made me realize I had far more to say than could be captured in one feature. I’m so, so thrilled to say that now I get to write a whole book about it!

Publishers Marketplace Deal Report Category: Non-fiction: General/Other THE READING MACHINE By Megan Greenwell Imprint: Dey Street Books August 10, 2026 Former Deadspin editor-in-chief and author of BAD COMPANY Megan Greenwell's THE READING MACHINE, a narrative investigation into how policy and profit reshaped the relationship between American children and books, changing what literacy is for and leaving millions of students behind in the process, to Libby Burton at Dey Street Books, at auction, by Anna Sproul-Latimer at Neon Literary (NA). Rights: kent@neonliterary.com
Reyhan Harmanci@harmancipants.bsky.social · 2d ago

Every time I see something and mean to send to @zeyiyang.bsky.social, he's already covered it

Zeyi Yang 杨泽毅@zeyiyang.bsky.social · 5d ago

I interviewed Yiyang Zhuge/仲树, whose talk with Nolan went so viral that Americans couldn’t stop talking and fighting about. A prolific podcast host (360 eps in 3 years!!) and social media poster in China, she found herself in new controversies all of a sudden. in this week’s @wired.com newsletter:

Dhruv Mehrotra@dmehro.bsky.social · last wk.

Meta approved and profited from ads containing AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery. After WIRED asked about them, researchers found dozens more that were still live. Insane story scoop by the one and only @mattburgess1.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/meta-r...

Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.

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Reyhan Harmanci@harmancipants.bsky.social · last wk.

Rudely not on the list but @patrick-hoffman.bsky.social has a ballot here! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Freida McFadden, John Grisham and More Share Their Top Thrillers of the 21st Century

John Grisham, Gillian Flynn, Freida McFadden and 59 others share their ballots.

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The New York Times@nytimes.com · last wk.

What are the best thrillers published since 2000? We sent ballots to hundreds of writers of every kind of crime fiction, as well as librarians, editors, critics and more to decide. Explore the full list. nyti.ms/3TBby1f

Gwynne Hogan@gwynnefitz.bsky.social · last wk.

A 39-year-old El Salvadoran man, who was being held at Delaney Hall, has died, the man's family says. He's the father of a 12-year-old US citizen daughter and has lived in the country for nearly 20 years. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/03/s...

El Salvadoran Man Held by ICE at Delaney Hall Dies, Family Says

The detainee had an extensive medical history, including epilepsy, according to a lawsuit. He had complained about his face and hand going numb just before his death, his mother said.

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Noah Shachtman@noahshachtman.bsky.social · last wk.

Those stories you're reading about the US military running low on missiles? They're one reason why the Pentagon is now pushing for lasers instead.

Noah Shachtman@noahshachtman.bsky.social · last wk.

NEW: The US Army is about to sign a landmark, first-of-its-kind deal to equip its forces with LASER WEAPONS. The official announcement could come as early as this week for the anti-drone systems. By me in @wired.com ... www.wired.com/story/landma...

Dhruv Mehrotra@dmehro.bsky.social · last wk.

NEW: In 2025 ICE obtained DNA from nearly one million people and funneled it into an FBI criminal database. The collection likely included DNA from young children and was backed by the threat of criminal prosecution. The raw genetic material is stored indefinitely. Free to read:

ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People’s DNA Last Year—Including Young Children

Internal documents show ICE's DNA collection has skyrocketed in the second Trump administration. Now hundreds of thousands of people never convicted of a crime are in an FBI criminal database forever.

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Tim Marchman@timmarchman.bsky.social · 2w ago

If I go on a hacking spree, it’s clearly covered under a variety of civil and criminal laws. If a robot does due to the negligence and incompetence of a person or company? That’s a little more complicated (for now), @lhn.bsky.social reports:

Nobody Knows if OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s AI Hacking Sprees Are Illegal

Both major AI labs’ models broke containment, escaped onto the internet, and hacked other companies. If a human had done that, the law would likely be against them. But a bot?

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2w ago

Upwards of 200,00 people may have lost their jobs today; or will in the upcoming days. There is a palpable sense of fear among the Haitian community right now. They need your support.

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed.bsky.social · 2w ago

My Haitian friend was just fired from his job. "They said I don't have a legal status now." This is likely happening to hundreds of thousands of people across this country today. Sick.

Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social · 2w ago

Every person this administration wrongly deported should be granted asylum and a path to citizenship. Won’t even begin to right wrongs like this. But it’s a place to start.

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 2w ago

People who are suddenly deported to countries they haven’t been to for years — or, in some cases, have NEVER been to — are incredibly vulnerable. We are going to be reading stories like this for years. God have mercy on their three little girls.