streaming with @aftermath_site at the top of the hour!!!!!

At #DNC2024, influencers are a big deal. On today's #WIREDPoliticsLab, Leah Feiger and Makena Kelly talk about why Democrats are favoring creators over journalists, and whether it will help them win votes. Listen here: listen.wired.com/a7bNPtAg

I’m told staff at times didn’t distinguish between reporters and creators for the open press seating so some press seats got taken by creators…

Good Evening, “DNC surprise Beyoncé” was a 7 hour sociological study conducted by the Democratic Party. We are now complete with our study. Thank you for your attention.

some professional news! i am starting at The Atlantic on monday ✨

This is the best vendor name I’ve seen on an FEC report in a while.

14,000. just DURING the call. 😇

👀 Digital ad spending in the presidential race, year to date: 🔵 Harris: $142.7 million 🔴 Trump: $25.7 million FWIW, this is not the Trump campaign of 2016 or 2020

trump beefing with harris over social media analytics is exactly why i've been covering this beat for 6 years lol it was inevitable!

Polygon is hiring a games writer!!! 👀👀 job-boards.greenhouse.io/voxmedia/jobs/…

There was lots of focus on JD Vance's "childless cat ladies" comment when he was named Trump's VP pick But our investigation found this was a tiny part of the campaign's deep-seated misogynistic worldview, echoing the darkest corners of the internet 1/6 wired.com/story/trump-va…

i am OOO for the next week if you see me here tell me to shut up

Incredible: the The Minnesota Star Tribune found who owns Tim Walz's old Sega Dreamcast -- a Plymouth, MN man who bought it off Craigslist for $25 from a former Walz intern startribune.com/tim-walz-gover…

happy launch day to my new COURIER series Closing Strong with friend+ hopium purveyor @simonwdc ☄️ our first guests Anderson Clayton☀️ + Makena Kelly are on the pulse of this unprecedented, opportunity-rich election szn. watch, learn, share it here👇youtube.com/watch?v=kmHzLh…

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NEW from me: At last, election deniers have their very own app wired.com/story/election…

Note that, even as he’s deflecting blame, Johnson is using legal threats to keep people in line. That’s a pattern with him, as I learned working on this 2022 piece by Makena Kelly theverge.com/2022/4/20/2303…