Kate Knibbs (@knibbs.bsky.social)

@knibbs.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 12:53 AM

Sky in Chicago tonight

@manishakrishnan.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 7:38 PMReposted by @knibbs.bsky.social

NEW: Staff at HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette told @adamm0rgan.bsky.social AI is infiltrating their workplaces, from generating cover art and back cover copy, to publicity materials, to rejection emails, as execs tell junior staff to "champion" the tech. www.wired.com/story/book-p...

wired.comBook Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are RevoltingWorkers at three major publishing houses tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech.

@susanrinkunas.com Oct 9, 2026, 5:46 PMReposted by @knibbs.bsky.social

NEW: An abortion provider suing the FDA for restricting the drug mifepristone obtained emails showing White House staffers meddling in statements about abortion pills.

WH made edits to a letter RFK Jr sent to red-state AGs seeking crackdown @autonomynews.co storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA

WHOLE WOMAN’S HEALTH ALLIANCE, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, et al.,
Defendants.
Case No. 3:23-cv-00019-RSB

PLAINTIFFS’ REPLY MEMORANDUM IN FURTHER SUPPORT OF
RETAINING JURISDICTION PENDING REMAND TO FDA

Defendants do not dispute that this Court has the authority to retain jurisdiction over this case pending the completion of FDA’s mifepristone review. See ECF Doc. 101 at 4–5 (citing cases). Nor do they dispute that it would be improper for FDA to disregard the statutory factors that should guide its mifepristone review in favor of political considerations. Instead, **Defendants disparage Plaintiffs’ concern about political interference with FDA’s review as “unfounded speculation.”** ECF Doc. 102 at 4. **Far from it — Plaintiffs have the receipts.**
Last week, in response to a FOIA request, Plaintiffs’ counsel received a production of FDA documents that included **a September 3, 2025 email from an “eop.gov” email address asking FDA and HHS for “a briefing on the status of the FDA [mifepristone] study design and proposed timelines.” Exhibit A. “EOP” stands for “Executive Office of the President” and “eop.gov” is the email address for the White House.** An HHS employee agreed the agencies would “do our best to accommodate.” Id. This document confirms that the threat of political interference with FDA’s review of the scientific evidence is very real. This Court should exercise its authority to retain...

full docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67347356/whole-womans-health-alliance-v-united-states-food-and-drug-administration/?order_by=desc

@knibbs.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 1:44 PM

ANNE CARSON www.ruv.is/frettir/menn...

ruv.isTilfinningin er klikkuð, segir nýi Nóbelsverðlaunahafinn - RÚV.isAnne Carson hlýtur Nóbelsverðlaunin í bókmenntum í ár. Anne er íslenskur ríkisborgari og búsett á Íslandi.

@ncrabbithole.com Oct 7, 2026, 12:29 PMReposted by @knibbs.bsky.social

@knibbs.bsky.social and I talked about this! www.ncrabbithole.com/podcast/the-...

ncrabbithole.comThe North Carolina Musician with a Billion Streams and No Fans<p>Mike Smith's journey took him from a string of medical clinics to the music industry and, then, to a federal crime. In this episode, Wired senior writer Kate Knibbs joins Jeremy Markovich to talk a...

@leahfeiger.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 12:50 PMReposted by @knibbs.bsky.social

Elon Musk's America PAC is quietly donating to the most consequential races of November's midterms, and @wired.com is tracking all of it - in real time.

amazing work from @dell.bsky.social, who built this, and big lifts from @hugolowell.bsky.social, @dmehro.bsky.social, and @regret.bsky.social:

wired.comElon Musk’s America PAC Is Spending Big on the Midterms. We’re Tracking It DailyTo follow Elon Musk’s America PAC money, WIRED created a live-updating tracker that highlights the trillionaire’s overall influence on November’s elections.

@knibbs.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 5:09 PM

they need to STOP playing other mommy commercials before like 11 PM.... some of us are very easily spooked... i'd like to watch goddamn sox broadcast tomorrow without encountering jessica chastain's terrifying visage...!!!!!!!!!!!!

@melodyschreiber.com Oct 6, 2026, 2:10 PMReposted by @knibbs.bsky.social

This is a great piece from @emilymullin.bsky.social. Hospitals are forced to adapt to measles -- a disease many health workers had never even seen before. www.wired.com/story/measle...

wired.comMeasles Is Forcing Hospitals to Adapt to a New NormalThe US resurgence of measles is forcing hospitals and health systems to adopt new protocols and procedures to deal with a disease they thought was in the past.

@knibbs.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 8:36 PM

Devastating article, incredible reporting. I hope that hospitals, especially in cities w/ significant Venezuelan populations, are taking notice

Sarah Zhang@sarahzhang.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 4:04 PM

Earlier this year, I heard about several kids who died after anesthesia—and others who suffered catastrophic brain damage. I wrote about one mother, and her quest to figure out what happened to her son. theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

theatlantic.comWhen Anesthesia Goes WrongA teenage boy went into surgery for a broken arm and emerged with brain damage. His mother was determined to figure out what had happened.

@dinfontay.com Oct 5, 2026, 2:28 PMReposted by @knibbs.bsky.social

such a shame "the end of history" was already taken

wired.comA Prediction Market About the Past? Sure, Why Not!As prediction markets surge in popularity, a new platform called Verifact Markets is pushing the concept even further, letting users trade on “disputed facts.”

@knibbs.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 1:52 PM

sometimes you think you've heard just about every premise for a tech startup but then a new one pops up: www.wired.com/story/a-pred...

wired.comA Prediction Market About the Past? Sure, Why Not!As prediction markets surge in popularity, a new platform called Verifact Markets is pushing the concept even further, letting users trade on “disputed facts.”

@knibbs.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 5:03 PM

the more i learn about the Oops! All Cathy east of eden adaptation, the less i want to see it? (love florence though)

@coachfinstock.bsky.social Aug 28, 2024, 6:57 PMReposted by @knibbs.bsky.social

Captain Ramius from Hunt For Red October saying "they don't know why I'm detecting with this shubmarine. And people dancing saying it's the anniversary of his wife's death and did you know he's Lithuanian?

@hammancheez.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 10:29 PMReposted by @knibbs.bsky.social

Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow

@vauhinivara.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 3:05 PMReposted by @knibbs.bsky.social

This isn't just a think piece saying they disagree with PEN America; they actually went back and examined at the data and reporting — including a key claim that a literary agent was selling far fewer books by Jewish and Israeli authors in the US — and found it lacking. Fascinating work.

Dan Sinykin@dan-sinnamon.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 1:49 PM

Working on this reported essay, just published, increasingly took over my life for the last two months. PEN America did a terrible disservice with its sloppy reporting about American Jews and Israelis in publishing in July. Josh Lambert and I tried to do better. jewishcurrents.org/what-pen-ame...

jewishcurrents.orgWhat PEN America Got Wrong About Antisemitism in PublishingMisleading anecdotes, flawed data, and oversimplified analyses are at the heart of a narrative of Jewish exclusion promoted by the free expression…

@knibbs.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 3:20 PM

agh, sorry!!

@knibbs.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 2:10 PM

just experienced a first.... an "AI agent and journalist" emailed me for comment on a story about AI agents and journalism 🤪

@knibbs.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 9:26 PM

! www.reuters.com/business/med...

reuters.comUS appeals court upholds Thomson Reuters' landmark win in AI training lawsuitA US appeals court on Tuesday upheld a ruling for information services company Thomson Reuters in its copyright dispute with former legal-research rival Ross Intelligence over Ross' alleged misuse of...

@oznezol.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 3:43 AMReposted by @knibbs.bsky.social

One step closer to justice for my dad, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.

Texas Tribune@texastribune.orgSep 28, 2026, 9:34 PM

Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.

texastribune.orgICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identifiedThe federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...

@harmancipants.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 1:44 PMReposted by @knibbs.bsky.social

🎇 @wired.com's UNCANNY VALLEY podcast is up for a Signal Award! Vote early and often here vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

vote.signalaward.comThe Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOUI just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too.