Michael Calore
Editorial director at @wired.com for consumer tech and culture. Kind human.
I play bass in @twindimensions.bsky.social and guitar in @nascum.bsky.social
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- Wait, Polymarket's not a dating website? huh.
- A truly dope episode of the "Sounds of the Caribbean" podcast this week. Nearly 5 hours of tunes featuring Sly Dunbar, who passed away last week. Big up Selecta Jerry especially for the riddim rides in the second half @soundsofthecaribbean.com #reggaesky www.soundsofthecaribbean.com/e/sounds-of-...
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- I did not know Dan, but this piece he wrote about Pitchfork music reviews and their place in 21st century criticism is just so fucking good. I shared it with easily a dozen people when it first published. RIP, dude. 10.0 defector.com/a-notorious-...
- Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
- Why does this feature still sound like 1989? (Try it out.) Computers are pretty good at talking these days
- did you know that if you're extra special they name gloves after you swanyamerica.com/collections/...
- Reposted by Michael CaloreNEW: Google’s “Auto Browse” AI tool includes a warning that attributes responsibility to users for the bot’s actions. “Use Gemini carefully and take control if needed,” reads a disclaimer on the demo version. “You are responsible for Gemini’s actions during tasks.” www.wired.com/story/google...
- my man @markyarm.bsky.social interviews Dave Mustaine about the final Megadeth album/tour. So good! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/a...
- Reposted by Michael CaloreBreaking: Pornhub will be blocking itself to new users in the UK as of Feb 2, claiming that the UK's age verification laws are "flawed" and don't actually protect minors. Anyone not already registered and age verified will not be able to use to site: www.wired.com/story/pornhu...
- Sly Dunbar! RIP man
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- Reposted by Michael CaloreHi, I'm Justine! I like to draw beautiful and scary things, weird/ dark fantasy stuff, mostly in gaming. I've done work for Magic the Gathering, Dungeons and Dragons, Kobold Press, Old School Essentials and many others. #portfolioday 🐲insta: tean_witch 🐲web: JustineJonesIllustration.com
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- Reposted by Michael CaloreBREAKING: Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife has made a “transformational” donation to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group. This large gift comes just months after the Trump administration shut down counseling services for queer youth. My latest for @wired.com:
- Reposted by Michael CaloreBob Weir was a beautiful musician who created a space for community to come together in joy. So many of these people followed his music and made their own homes on the road when they had nowhere else to go. He made people feel less alone, and that’s the highest compliment you can pay another human.
- Bob Weir, who was a founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78. His songwriting and rhythm guitar playing helped shape the San Francisco band’s sound as it became an American institution. trib.al/kC31x5R
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- Reposted by Michael CaloreNew from @kattenbarge.bsky.social: X influencers are using Grok to unveil Muslim women in hijabs and show them being beaten by men. Women in sarees are also being stripped: www.wired.com/story/grok-i...
- The bear sculpture in the lobby of the Wynn Las Vegas. This place always goes hard with the large-scale art!
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- Crunchy vibes
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- Some news on the "Uncanny Valley" podcast this week. After years and years as cohosts, Lauren Goode and I are turning over the mics to three new hosts: Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger, and Brian Barrett. Keeping the rotation fresh! Here's our last episode as the copilots: www.wired.com/story/uncann...
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- Happy birthday to my short king www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
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- Tell this man all your secrets
- This happened to me three times in the last 10 minutes
- Just read this New Yorker piece about “Performative Reading” on my phone in a coffee shop but since nobody physically around me knows I was reading the New Yorker I am posting it here www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
- The holiday tradition is BACK
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- Bamboo is a remarkable plant; it can bend and bend without breaking under the tremendous weight of metaphor
- @strngwys.bsky.social Robbie let's get pizza
- The sneaky training method that gets you to run faster is to run with somebody who's already a little faster than you www.wired.com/story/google...
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- People just don't name their kids Ulysses anymore
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- SIDE TWO
- Byrne-in down the house
- My friends at Super Specific Vinyl make one-off and small run LPs and 7-inches using a custom lathe cut process. They're doing a fundraiser for a new lathe design, and if you kick into the Kickstarter you can get discounts on your band's next limited release www.kickstarter.com/projects/sup...
- Nouvelle Vague, watched it last night and it was absolutely delightful
- Reposted by Michael CaloreTHREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent cattle I have met on walks. You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
- All this lightning Ain't frightening to me
- 91 days until pitchers and catchers report
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- San Francisco fog so thick this morning I can barely see the surveillance cameras on the tops of all the light poles
- What a song open.spotify.com/track/1uDNr4...
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- Low Girl release debut album Is It Too Late To Freak Out?
- She should certainly never fly out of EWR www.wired.com/story/nancy-...
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