Richard Lawler
@rjcc.bsky.social
News @TheVerge.com etc. This is the part where I tell you not to follow me and also that this is a Sandra Oh stan account.
On the role Adam Silver and the NBA will play in determining the Blazers’ future in Portland, whether Tom Dundon wants to keep them here or not www.rosegardenreport.com/why-adam-sil...
Why Adam Silver Won't Let Tom Dundon Move the Trail Blazers
City and county lawmakers are preparing to vote on their portions of a Moda Center funding package.
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Wow, google earth turning off the easy deepfake generator is only the second biggest walkback today www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...
FIFA scraps World Cup private investment plans as Infantino fights for his future (Gift Article)
Gianni Infantino's plans to sell stakes in the World Cup and other FIFA tournaments were met with strong backlash.
nytimes.com
It was always obvious that LeBron would go to the 76ers after the Lakers if you knew where to look. www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
Xbox gamer Strive4G8ness23 signs a two-year, $8 million deal with the 76ers.
How could anyone have known that LeBron James would choose Philadelphia as his next NBA team? Well, there were signs. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/lebron-ph...
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WNBA's future is bright, but will Cathy Engelbert be there to lead it? www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...
WNBA's future is bright, but will Cathy Engelbert be there to lead it?
Stakeholders around the league question whether Engelbert is the right person to lead the WNBA into the future.
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Post new cba wnba all star weekend is a time www.twitch.tv/studbudz?sr=a
The designer of the just-launched Lego Donkey Kong set tells me: 🛢️How its endless barrel loop works 🏰What Nintendo asked him to tweak 🍄That Miyamoto is reportedly pleased www.theverge.com/gadgets/9696...
Think it’s very funny that Blomkamp made an AI movie about penny-pinching ghouls turning people into weaponized zombies without their consent
Neill Blomkamp’s new zombie AI ‘film’ is just slop warmed over
“Samsung’s wider Z Fold 8 feels just right.” It’s that time of the year where I’m tempted to switch to Android again www.theverge.com/tech/968663/...
Samsung’s wider Z Fold 8 feels just right
But $1,900 is a hell of a lot for a phone with no telephoto camera.
theverge.com
The latest Galaxy Unpacked featured a redesigned Galaxy Z Fold 8, a new ‘Ultra’ foldable, and refreshed Galaxy watches.
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026: The 6 biggest announcements
A redesigned wide Z Fold 8 and a new ‘Ultra’ Fold.
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Breaking: Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier is listed as PROBABLE for tomorrow's game vs. the Seattle Storm, making her on track to make her 2026 season debut
Watching people who don't watch sports react to sports would be interesting but. People who watch sports regularly already had "not knowing what we're talking about at all" completely covered
Ending the week on The Vergecast, @reckless.bsky.social and I get into Apple v. OpenAI, the ups and downs of Siri AI, OnePlus bailing on the US, and Nilay's truly deranged emoji strategy www.theverge.com/podcast/9672...
Apple’s plot to crush OpenAI
On The Vergecast: Lawsuits, chatbots, and the cracking face emoji.
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Join my group "Beat Rjcc regularly" on GeoSports! Use code: UKSFPR geosports.app//groups?join...
GeoSports — Daily sports geography game
5 questions a day. 60–90 seconds. Tap where it happened on the globe.
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16.3 million CDs were sold in the first half of 2026 in the US, a 16 percent increase year-over-year.
Why are people buying so many CDs?
Collectors, affordable prices, and big K-pop albums.
theverge.com
Went on the Vergecast to talk Suno, the nature of art, and The Goofy Movie (of course).
Today’s Vergecast: The problem with Suno and AI music. AI-generated music is suddenly everywhere. On social media, music streaming services, and elsewhere, stuff made on Suno is becoming unavoidable. The Verge‘s Terrence O’Brien... https://www.theverge.com/podcast/965581/suno-ai-music-vergecast
Wait, the guy who said anti racist college policies were actually bad might not have been right about phones? www.wsj.com/articles/har...
Hard Truths About Race on Campus
After recent protests, universities are scrambling to expand diversity programs that will only heighten tensions. There are better paths to racial justice in higher education
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Psychologist Peter Gray argues that school stress, not smartphone use, is the main driver of the teen mental health crisis, challenging Jonathan Haidt's thesis (Kaitlyn Tiffany/The Atlantic) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Apple sues OpenAI for allegedly stealing hardware secrets
Apple sues OpenAI for allegedly stealing hardware secrets
Apple claims they stole trade secrets to benefit OpenAI.
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I've seen enough (three minutes of summer league play), Peterson and Boozer are future mvps and hall of fame locks
Farewell, DeMar. What a bad idea bringing you in was, but you did your job.
DeMar DeRozan is not a good starter for the Kings at all and hasn’t really been at any point. Separately, he’s the guy I’m least mad at here. His awful fit was the beginning of the end, but it’s a tiger changing stripes thing. He’s been doing his thing well throughout.
Oh so dispatch is an interactive anime with a strategy mini game in between the episodes. Y'all could've just said that? It's fun enough, but people who put puzzles in games that aren't puzzle games should be put in jail, and most of the story makes no sense at all by the end.
Oh so dispatch is an interactive anime with a strategy mini game in between the episodes. Y'all could've just said that? It's fun enough, but people who put puzzles in games that aren't puzzle games should be put in jail, and most of the story makes no sense at all by the end.
🚨NEW POD ALERT🚨 @stevejones20.bsky.social & I are BYKE w more Dunker Spot! We had FUN: -Jaylen/PG trade thoughts -Kawhi is BYKE -Lakers making moves -I got mad about Rhyne Howard again -Our All-Star reserve picks Tap in! NBA: youtu.be/Hm14xAt2OJo?... WNBA: youtu.be/Zgc62pznuao?...
Brad could not handle one more day of jaylen asking if he saw the new ted talk, and he had to take whatever he could get. I understand making the trade under those circumstances