Michaela Neville
@micnev.bsky.social
highly disrespectful, increasingly caffeinated | social at WIRED, previously at SF Standard | opinions my own | she/her www.cmichaelaneville.com
An Instagram post about Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to wealthy communities in Marin County, CA, turned one California student newspaper into a free-speech flash point. The students say they were just doing their homework.
A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked Out
An Instagram post turned one California student newspaper into a free-speech flash point. The students say they were just doing their homework.
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We took the paywall off of our Madison Square Garden stories so everyone can read them. Here’s the story from July 9. 👇
Madison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay Celebrities
An MSG database tracked and categorized hundreds of celebs, famous Knicks superfans, and even some of Taylor Swift’s wedding guests. Labels included “LGBTQIA,” “DO NOT HOST,” and low to high “risk.”
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Congratulations to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce on getting married inside Jim Dolan’s surveillance panopticon.
The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine
Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.
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Who would have guessed the club for special boys would be obsessed with who is the most special boy
dell cameron@dell.bsky.social · 2mo agoNEW: WIRED investigates how the Thiel-world Dialog society, whose retreats are built around heavy policy discussions with Nobel laureates and military leaders, is secretly fixated on using AI to rank its members based on their wealth and instagram followings.
“The posts, which do not show time stamps of when they were created, are likely just a snapshot of what is being created by people using the Grok Imagine system, as generations do not appear to be made public by default.” www.wired.com/story/grok-i...
Grok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous Women
A WIRED investigation found dozens of “nudified” deepfake images and videos on Grok's website, including nonconsensual depictions of celebrities and at least one prominent US politician.
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blue sky used to be a community. now every ones off in their own little private rooms talking trash & posting nasty pics. Hate to be the one to say it but group chat culture has made this web site a bastard's website
im getting word that my trolls are taking advantage of their newfound ability gather in darkened chat rooms to accelerate their plans to; you guessed it, murder me . is that Responsible Use as delineated in the Terms of Service? No it is not
Love it or hate it, AI has been embraced by corporate America. You might not be able to stop your boss from demanding that you use it, but you can try to understand its promise and its limitations. As we like to say here at WIRED: AI or Die Trying!
⚠️ Elevated Fire Weather Threat through Monday for the Interior Bay Area & Central Coast. 📉 RH: 10-25% 💨 Gusts: Up to 45-50 mph Dry conditions + gusty winds = rapid fire spread possible. Use caution with outdoor equipment and secure th... https://x.com/NWSBayArea/status/2055385852876828761
a drag queen is standing in front of an orange background and asking is it me ? am i the drama ?
ALT: a drag queen is standing in front of an orange background and asking is it me ? am i the drama ?
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WIRED@wired.com · 3mo agoInterviews with current and former Palantir employees, along with internal Slack messages obtained by WIRED, suggest a workforce in turmoil. www.wired.com/story/palant...
I’m a Geese fan, but I’m not surprised by this. There’s only so many worshipful TikToks you can watch before you begin to suspect that not every post is genuine, or (in this case) even made by a real person.
WIRED@wired.com · 4mo agoWhen the Brooklyn band Geese shot to the heights of rock and roll fame at the end of 2025 (seemingly out of nowhere), it was labeled an “industry plant” by those who questioned its sudden ubiquity—and the increased chatter across social media. Maybe it was. www.wired.com/story/geese-...
“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears. "She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.” “'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..." azmirror.com/2026/04/10/i...
After traveling a greater distance from Earth than any humans before them, the astronauts of Artemis II have safely returned home. www.wired.com/story/artemi...
Artemis II Returns From Historic Flight Around the Moon
After traveling a greater distance from Earth than any humans before them, the astronauts of Artemis II have safely returned home.
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I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable. Earth and Moon in one NASA photo. ht @astrokatie.com
🚨ADOPTABLE DOG ALERT🚨 "Meadow" looks apprehensive, but she's in the safe arms of a Roxy's Ranch Haven rescuer. She's only 4 months old, so she's ready to settle in at a fur-ever home! Details here: roxysranchhaven.org/for-adoption/ Thanks to everyone who shared their pups over the last six years!
The @nytimes.com is reporting that Greg Bovino had plans to deport 100 million people. If accurate, that suggests he wanted to expel *the entire immigrant population and their children* (≈97.2 million people, including US citizens) from the United States! www.migrationpolicy.org/article/freq...
San Francisco shattered its all-time March temperature record Friday when the downtown weather station hit 90 degrees. It’s the first-ever 90-degree reading in March, surpassing the previous record of 87 degrees set in 2005. Read more → www.sfchronicle.com/weather/arti...
noticing that this quote is more about how everyone ~but~ homeless people are doing. and genuine question, what kind of trauma-informed training has he gone through to approach people on the street? my guess is not nearly enough sfstandard.com/2026/03/12/m...
![“We all need to be out and about and seeing what our small-business owners are going through and what our families and our children are going through,” Lurie told the San Francisco Chronicle on Wednesday (opens in new tab). “Our elders have to walk down those streets, too.
“It is my job to lean in,” he added. “If I’m not doing it, how can I expect my department heads and [SFPD] and sheriff and park rangers to interact with people that are of concern?”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ipdank7xjg552hq57tzchrrj/bafkreif5nazm4v7h4226cbynwqd5ruviwxfizhsrn25achcsv5f4tsg3bi)
