Director of Communications at Forecasting Research Institute // matt@forecastingresearch.org // Previously @wired.com‬ @newscientist.com‬https://bsky.app/profile/mattreynolds.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattreynolds.bsky.social/post/3ltmr7wmlr22mAs always, Matt made this pice 10x better – digging up new info and making everything watertight. Gonna miss working with him! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jul 2025 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:s6gqliouvpwk3dusdmtucduc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltmr7wmlr22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattreynolds.bsky.social/post/3ltm4loiat22dMy final piece for @wired.com A story of biotech and betrayal, based on thousands of court documents, depositions, testimony and interviews. Featuring an Argentine polo star, a Texas oilman and an exiled Russian billionaire. Oh, and lots and lots of cloned horses. https://www.wired.com/story/cloning-came-to-polo-things-got-uncivilized-cambiaso/10 Jul 2025 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:s6gqliouvpwk3dusdmtucduc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltm4loiat22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattreynolds.bsky.social/post/3lrpm3fguas2mSome *personal news* I'm the new Director of Communications at @Research_FRI I'll be getting the word out on how the science of forecasting can help decision-makers approach high-stake issues, such as AI, nuclear and bio risks.16 Jun 2025 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:s6gqliouvpwk3dusdmtucduc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrpm3fguas2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattreynolds.bsky.social/post/3loyf3j6tv22gI have two gift subscriptions to the London Review of Books to give away! Shout if you want one (I have run out of friends to foist them on) Am assuming you have to be UK-based12 May 2025 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:s6gqliouvpwk3dusdmtucduc/app.bsky.feed.post/3loyf3j6tv22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mattreynolds.bsky.social/post/3lltav2twfc2hI went to a blood-cleaning clinic to find out how many microplastics are lurking in my blood https://www.wired.com/story/this-startup-promises-to-clean-your-blood-of-microplastics-clarify-clinics/02 Apr 2025 11:11 +0000at://did:plc:s6gqliouvpwk3dusdmtucduc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lltav2twfc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattreynolds.bsky.social/post/3lkv7no4h7s2mNew: Mississippi's bill banning cultivated meat has now passed in law, without the governor's signature. Will come into effect on July 1 I wrote about the bill when it passed both houses two weeks ago https://www.wired.com/story/mississippi-bans-lab-grown-meat/21 Mar 2025 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:s6gqliouvpwk3dusdmtucduc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkv7no4h7s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattreynolds.bsky.social/post/3liwyprdayc2qNew: DOGE representatives have access to the National Institute of Health's finance system https://www.wired.com/story/doge-is-inside-the-national-institutes-of-health-nih/24 Feb 2025 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:s6gqliouvpwk3dusdmtucduc/app.bsky.feed.post/3liwyprdayc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattreynolds.bsky.social/post/3lioqnxgs7k23Layoffs at the US Dept of Agriculture have thrown projects into chaos, including important IRA-linked work, and many projects designed to benefit farmers https://www.wired.com/story/usda-layoffs-throw-climate-and-crop-projects-into-chaos/21 Feb 2025 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:s6gqliouvpwk3dusdmtucduc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lioqnxgs7k23https://bsky.app/profile/mattreynolds.bsky.social/post/3lihpfcaf3k2c@lindseyburbank.bsky.social Hi Lindsay – I'm a reporter at WIRED magazine. Could you follow back so we can dm?18 Feb 2025 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:s6gqliouvpwk3dusdmtucduc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lihpfcaf3k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mattreynolds.bsky.social/post/3lhvbve3sp22rNew from me and @emilymullin.bsky.social: NIH funding cut announcement draws on Heritage Foundation report attacking DEI and "the agenda of the political left" https://www.wired.com/story/nih-indirect-funding-cuts-heritage-foundation/11 Feb 2025 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:s6gqliouvpwk3dusdmtucduc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhvbve3sp22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattreynolds.bsky.social/post/3lht6hn3nv22o@alondra.bsky.social Hi Alondra – I'm a reporter at WIRED magazine. Would love to talk to you about the NIH indirect cost change – can you follow me so we can dm?10 Feb 2025 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:s6gqliouvpwk3dusdmtucduc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lht6hn3nv22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mattreynolds.bsky.social/post/3lhj7sycu4s2kReally enjoyed Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva, which is really fucking weird, but in the best way possible https://www.wired.com/story/this-weird-fleshy-novel-is-exactly-what-you-need-right-now-dengue-boy-michael-nieva/06 Feb 2025 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:s6gqliouvpwk3dusdmtucduc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhj7sycu4s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mattreynolds.bsky.social/post/3lh4idgxlgc2m"Very conservative" legislators are now much more interested in organic farming than before, one lobbyist told me https://www.wired.com/story/rfk-jrs-organic-crusade-has-sparked-a-weird-political-realignment/01 Feb 2025 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:s6gqliouvpwk3dusdmtucduc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh4idgxlgc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattreynolds.bsky.social/post/3lfsgf3ktrs2iI've seen lots of photos of houses that survived the LA fires while others burned—but rebuilding should be about making whole communities more defensible against wildfire. And that means having some tough conversations about where to build, and whether to build at all https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-build-a-fire-resistant-neighborhood/15 Jan 2025 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:s6gqliouvpwk3dusdmtucduc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfsgf3ktrs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mattreynolds.bsky.social/post/3lfmsjf7idk27Interviewed Biden's top climate advisor, Ali Zaidi, about this admin's legacy as it prepares to hand over to Trump https://www.wired.com/story/even-trump-cant-stop-americas-green-transition-says-bidens-top-climate-advisor/13 Jan 2025 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:s6gqliouvpwk3dusdmtucduc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfmsjf7idk27https://bsky.app/profile/mattreynolds.bsky.social/post/3lcuxgcipk22cA little profile of @atinygreencell.bsky.social's work creating plants you've never seen or smelled before (and also trying to democratise science along the way) https://www.wired.com/story/meet-the-plant-hacker-creating-flowers-never-seen-or-smelled-before/09 Dec 2024 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:s6gqliouvpwk3dusdmtucduc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcuxgcipk22chttps://bsky.app/profile/mattreynolds.bsky.social/post/3lcd3mtjwkc2hStem cell treatments favoured by anti-ageing evangelist Bryan Johnson start at $16,500, but the donors who provide the key ingredient are paid just $200 Each donor provides enough cells to be used in millions of dollars worth of treatments. https://www.wired.com/story/stem-cells-cost-rich-16500-donors-get-paid-200-cellcolabs-sweden/02 Dec 2024 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:s6gqliouvpwk3dusdmtucduc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcd3mtjwkc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattreynolds.bsky.social/post/3lbcooylzok2yLab-grown foie gras just launched in Singapore, but for an industry many hope will replace factory farming, going all-in on luxury is a bit controversial https://www.wired.com/story/you-can-now-buy-lab-grown-foie-gras-vow-cultivated-meat/19 Nov 2024 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:s6gqliouvpwk3dusdmtucduc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbcooylzok2y