Kevin Nguyen
@knguyen.bsky.social
features editor at the verge. author of ‘new waves’ and ‘mỹ documents’ https://knguyen.org
Well this is true I suppose. trump can’t be bought; he is subscription based. You have to keep bribing him forever www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising Operation
Meredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out the president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects.
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Issue 02 of diaCRITICS is here! diaCRITICS 02 explores the theme of alienation—the profound sense of isolation, estrangement, or disconnection from society. Read it here: diacritics.org/issue/diacri...
being a billionaire and on the internet all day is crazy to me. if i had even five million dollars, you would not find me online whatsoever.
my instagram algo is feeding me very funny odyssey memes and truly terrible odyssey takes
discovered a secret in the Avengers Doomsday trailer: it’s for losers 🙂
BAY AREA! I will be at Books Inc Alameda in two weeks (Wednesday, August 5th) for a book event and I would love to see you there. Please RSVP so they know to expect you!
s.e. smith at books inc. alameda
Meet s.e. smith joining us to share their new book All My Dead Cats and Other Losses: Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning
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Have YOU lost a farm in stardew valley/animal crossing? Tell me your tale of woe (for a story) email in bio, DMs open, share widely please and thank you
It’s not about the burritos. This year’s spread of Cyclospora – better known as the ‘explosive diarrhea parasite’ – is a symptom of federal budget cuts and a scary vision of how America deals with a health crisis in the future. Read more from @gabydvj.bsky.social: buff.ly/3ZYSuUK
strong overlap between people who love AI and people who have no idea how to cook
thanks to gal gadot, any time i click a vertical video of someone talking directly to the camera, i expect them to start singing "imagine"
a brief 3-hour window when no sports are on, wherein i will attempt to do my job
I wrote about Partiful, the event invites app, and the cloud over it that the company can’t seem to shake: Its founders background working for Palantir. Gift link: www.theverge.com/report/96063...
What is Partiful selling?
A Palantir-shaped shadow follows the event planning app.
theverge.com
Iga Swiatek’s record at majors is 0-1 since Taylor Swift got married
Amazing that after all these years, Djokovic’s game is still evolving (dropping a random third set instead of first set)
zlatan taught me it’s okay to shit on people a bit more talented than me, and to really shit on people who are definitely less talented than me
JOKER: Not so fast, Bat-JERK! My LAUGHBangs will leave you BLIND as a BAT! BLUESKY BATMAN: Oof. Many people suffer from reduced vision. Not funny. JOKER: It's like, it's a pun. It's just wordplay. BLUESKY BATMAN: Sorry if I'm not in the mood for "jokes" while SCOTUS shreds our constitutional rights
As if renting in NYC wasn't already a nightmare
AI is cursing renters with the promise of impossible homes
You can’t spell ‘apartment listing’ without AI.
theverge.com
all winners of the FIFA Peace Prize should be forced to drink Michelob Ultras
NEW: Inside the fight over Claude Mythos 5. The Trump administration torpedoed Anthropic's newest, most powerful model. Sources told me the AI lab & other industry leaders spent the weekend trying to explain that Fable 5 wasn’t *too* powerful. Gift link: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Inside the fight over Claude Mythos 5
According to sources, Anthropic is in “uncharted territory.”
theverge.com
“Just as American life changed dramatically after the events of Sept. 11, so, too, did the video games we play.”
Ultima@ultimashadow.bsky.social · 2mo agoI personally loved Electronic Gaming Monthly saying that 9/11 was the 4th most important event to happen in 2001 for gaming.
Craziest stat for me The Knicks had the #1, #3, and #5 biggest comeback wins in NBA Finals history In the same Finals
