Wired USA - 12.2019

RE: “THE TELLTALE

HEART”

I’m left feeling that Karen and Tony
deserve justice and closure. I’m not a
“true crime” fan, but something about
this story haunts me. The data says,
and therefore it’s true. Scary thought.
—Stephen V. Smith (@StephenVSmith),
via Twitter

I hope this story inspires further inves-
tigation so that a motive is uncovered
and Adele can finally learn the truth.
—Linda Grady, via [email protected]

The blood evidence seems about suf-
ficient to give anyone closure who
actually wants it, unless they would
rather believe Karen calmly had pizza
with Tony after she’d been attacked.
But cognitive dissonance is a real
thing. —David S. Lewis (@DavidSLewis83),
via Twitter

I was very shocked and offended to
see that you printed the term “little
man syndrome” in your reporting on
Tony Aiello. [Eds: A sentence in the
article reads, “People who’d known
him for decades said that he’d always
had ‘little man syndrome.’ ”] As a 5' 2"
man I have faced multiple challenges,
including discrimination and harass-

Readers share their theories,

shock, and New Jersey pride:

CASE CLOSED

In October, Lauren Smiley recounted the murder of a

woman whose Fitbit data made her 90-year-old step-

father the chief suspect. (The stepfather, Tony Aiello,

died while awaiting trial shortly after we went to press.)

Also, Brendan I. Koerner chronicled how pigeons, rats,

and other critters have evolved to thrive in cities, which

might show humans how to adapt to climate change.

And in September, Jason Parham plunged into the trans-

fixing world of influencers who bare it all on OnlyFans.

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RE: “STREET LIFE”

“Mutant pigeons as a

replacement for bio-

diversity? No thanks.”

—Rhys Marsh (@RhysNYC), via Twitter

ment, throughout my life, based sim-

ply on my height, something I did not

choose and can do absolutely noth-

ing about. I found it very surprising

that a publication as well regarded

as wired would find it necessary to

stoop so low. —Jonathan Sutton Fields,

via [email protected]

RE: “STREET LIFE”

One question I am surprised no one

addressed: Are scientists looking at

the possibility that microbiota (in

the gut, skin, etc.) are also responsi-

ble for some animals’ urban adapta-

tions? In other words, are we focusing

solely on DNA changes in the animals

themselves? Or are we also consid-

ering the possibility that their sym-

biotic microbes may also be rapidly

evolving and bestowing the ability to

survive in certain landscapes? In par-

ticular, I’m thinking of the doughnut-

eating pigeon. —Pete Braden, via mail

@wired.com

An interesting article about #urban-

evolution, leading off with a very flat-

tering description of #NewJersey :-)

—Chloé Schmidt (@chloology), via Twitter

RE: “GETTING TO KNOW

YOU”

Fascinated by this long read on the

growing fluidity between social

media and sex work via apps. I espe-

cially appreciate the reflection on his

own experience as a consumer: the

rush of power (in anonymity) and

vulnerability (in compulsive desire).

—Carina del Valle Schorske (@Fluent-

Mundo), via Twitter

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