James Vincent
@jjvincent.bsky.social
journalist and writer. author of BEYOND MEASURE, a history of measurement; a New Yorker, Economist, Times book of the year. former senior editor at The Verge. buy my book here: https://linktr.ee/BeyondMeasureBook. website: jamesvincent.info
i had so much fun chatting to @parismarx.com about the humanoid robot hype and my recent reporting. definitely go give it a listen!! bsky.app/profile/tech...
Videos of humanoid robots are everywhere — but are they really about to take off?
This week @jjvincent.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to separate reality from hype and provide insight into what’s driving interest in humanoid robots.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/316_...
This week @jjvincent.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to separate reality from hype and provide insight into what’s driving interest in humanoid robots.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/316_...
February 19, 2026 at 4:07 PM
i had so much fun chatting to @parismarx.com about the humanoid robot hype and my recent reporting. definitely go give it a listen!! bsky.app/profile/tech...
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Elon Musk’s Optimus robot has propelled a whole industry around humanoid robotics, but that doesn’t mean they’re going to be everywhere anytime soon. Really great to get @jjvincent.bsky.social’s insights on how the technology is evolving!
Videos of humanoid robots are everywhere — but are they really about to take off?
This week @jjvincent.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to separate reality from hype and provide insight into what’s driving interest in humanoid robots.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/316_...
This week @jjvincent.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to separate reality from hype and provide insight into what’s driving interest in humanoid robots.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/316_...
February 19, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Elon Musk’s Optimus robot has propelled a whole industry around humanoid robotics, but that doesn’t mean they’re going to be everywhere anytime soon. Really great to get @jjvincent.bsky.social’s insights on how the technology is evolving!
i choose to believe its owner threw it tearfully into the river after being teased relentlessly by his peers
February 16, 2026 at 6:38 PM
i choose to believe its owner threw it tearfully into the river after being teased relentlessly by his peers
another favourite scientific headline, following confirmation of Einstein's general theory of relativity by observations of the 1919 solar eclipse. "Stars not where they seemed or were calculated to be, but nobody need worry" is a beautiful sentiment. i would have that on a t-shirt
February 16, 2026 at 10:04 AM
another favourite scientific headline, following confirmation of Einstein's general theory of relativity by observations of the 1919 solar eclipse. "Stars not where they seemed or were calculated to be, but nobody need worry" is a beautiful sentiment. i would have that on a t-shirt
was at the bottom of a heavy barbell squat this morning when I had a sudden brilliant vision of my ligaments and tendons snapping like rubber bands sending my limbs scattering across the gym floor like an I Ching reading. amazing what the mind comes up with at moments of stress
February 13, 2026 at 1:18 PM
was at the bottom of a heavy barbell squat this morning when I had a sudden brilliant vision of my ligaments and tendons snapping like rubber bands sending my limbs scattering across the gym floor like an I Ching reading. amazing what the mind comes up with at moments of stress
a poem for the feed: 1400 by Albert Goldbarth
February 12, 2026 at 8:12 PM
a poem for the feed: 1400 by Albert Goldbarth
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coding assistance lets you fast-track important projects that improve your life, such as reformatting every single site you read into the old vbulletin 3.x default template
February 10, 2026 at 2:05 PM
coding assistance lets you fast-track important projects that improve your life, such as reformatting every single site you read into the old vbulletin 3.x default template
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In 1943, musician Woody Guthrie placed a message on his guitar: "This machine kills fascists."
I am part of a group that's shipped half a million free 3D-printed whistles to defend against ICE — 200,000 of them in the first week of February alone.
This is the story of the "Whistle Crew."
I am part of a group that's shipped half a million free 3D-printed whistles to defend against ICE — 200,000 of them in the first week of February alone.
This is the story of the "Whistle Crew."
This whistle fights fascists
I print whistles now. You can too.
www.theverge.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:38 PM
In 1943, musician Woody Guthrie placed a message on his guitar: "This machine kills fascists."
I am part of a group that's shipped half a million free 3D-printed whistles to defend against ICE — 200,000 of them in the first week of February alone.
This is the story of the "Whistle Crew."
I am part of a group that's shipped half a million free 3D-printed whistles to defend against ICE — 200,000 of them in the first week of February alone.
This is the story of the "Whistle Crew."
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starting to feel like there's a direct relationship between the growing obsession with lifestyle hygeine (no drinking, no caffeine, no sex, obsessive working out and looksmaxxing) and the inability to meaningful moral stands on issues of actual import
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
February 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
starting to feel like there's a direct relationship between the growing obsession with lifestyle hygeine (no drinking, no caffeine, no sex, obsessive working out and looksmaxxing) and the inability to meaningful moral stands on issues of actual import
man, i'm not seven years old but i have a real strong desire to own this giraffe lamp from ikea ikea.com/us/en/p/grejsimojs-led-decorative-light-floor-giraffe-yellow-battery-operated-00602039/
February 9, 2026 at 12:22 PM
man, i'm not seven years old but i have a real strong desire to own this giraffe lamp from ikea ikea.com/us/en/p/grejsimojs-led-decorative-light-floor-giraffe-yellow-battery-operated-00602039/
fascinating that this guy seems incapable of imagining the concept of “civil society.” The expose doesn’t matter because it got too few views; his content was fine because it didn’t get taken down by TikTok. He has no awareness of obligations or powers outside the platform bsky.app/profile/jim....
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
February 9, 2026 at 9:54 AM
fascinating that this guy seems incapable of imagining the concept of “civil society.” The expose doesn’t matter because it got too few views; his content was fine because it didn’t get taken down by TikTok. He has no awareness of obligations or powers outside the platform bsky.app/profile/jim....
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The drone on a luge run is awesome
February 8, 2026 at 5:45 PM
The drone on a luge run is awesome
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i was just watching these with friends a couple nights ago, erik is so funny. i also think about this one comment pretty often
February 6, 2026 at 7:24 AM
i was just watching these with friends a couple nights ago, erik is so funny. i also think about this one comment pretty often
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Great piece. Important reporting. Gift link: wapo.st/4kpCBGc
February 4, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Great piece. Important reporting. Gift link: wapo.st/4kpCBGc
The trend of people searching the Epstein files for topics or individuals of particular interest to them is fascinating. We must all look for some glimpse of ourselves in this vast scandal; a sort of paranoid instinct to see what part of OUR world is touched by this oil spill of corruption
February 4, 2026 at 2:49 PM
The trend of people searching the Epstein files for topics or individuals of particular interest to them is fascinating. We must all look for some glimpse of ourselves in this vast scandal; a sort of paranoid instinct to see what part of OUR world is touched by this oil spill of corruption
sometimes out of the blue I remember this headline (about the origin of covid) and repeat it to myself like a mantra. I don't know why, it just feels like a line of poetry, like anne carson
February 4, 2026 at 11:14 AM
sometimes out of the blue I remember this headline (about the origin of covid) and repeat it to myself like a mantra. I don't know why, it just feels like a line of poetry, like anne carson
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February 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM
wonderful piece on the life of a smoker — and the process of quitting — by @johnphipps.bsky.social thepointmag.com/examined-lif...
February 2, 2026 at 12:02 PM
wonderful piece on the life of a smoker — and the process of quitting — by @johnphipps.bsky.social thepointmag.com/examined-lif...
laughed aloud at this wonderful quotation from james clerk maxwell, describing the vast power of his electromagnetic theory — unifying for the first time the mechanics of light, electricity and magnetism — which connects the powers of distant stars with .... tulse hill, london
February 1, 2026 at 2:37 PM
laughed aloud at this wonderful quotation from james clerk maxwell, describing the vast power of his electromagnetic theory — unifying for the first time the mechanics of light, electricity and magnetism — which connects the powers of distant stars with .... tulse hill, london
"Each week someone will bring something new, and everyone will inject it" - great piece on the "Chinese peptides" craze in SV. sounds like a total fad (ppl are just buying off-brand GLP-1 or dosing amounts too small to be viable) with great social signaling potential
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/b...
‘Chinese Peptides’ Are the Latest Biohacking Trend in the Tech World
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:22 PM
"Each week someone will bring something new, and everyone will inject it" - great piece on the "Chinese peptides" craze in SV. sounds like a total fad (ppl are just buying off-brand GLP-1 or dosing amounts too small to be viable) with great social signaling potential
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/b...
wee bit of breakfast roll indulgence for you - square sausage and fried egg on a well fired roll. from the shoap in Angel, very much recommend
January 29, 2026 at 12:24 PM
wee bit of breakfast roll indulgence for you - square sausage and fried egg on a well fired roll. from the shoap in Angel, very much recommend
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The Surprising Physics behind Mommy
January 26, 2026 at 12:51 PM
The Surprising Physics behind Mommy
i do love it when you're looking at archive news coverage and old conventions of stacked headlines overwhelm contemporary norms. (this from the New York Times in 1929; "the Efficient Scientist" is also a fabulous second mention.)
January 26, 2026 at 11:02 AM
i do love it when you're looking at archive news coverage and old conventions of stacked headlines overwhelm contemporary norms. (this from the New York Times in 1929; "the Efficient Scientist" is also a fabulous second mention.)
i start most mornings with a swim now, and when i come home and put my wet trunks on the radiator, the water rises to the surface like a sheen of dew. as they're drying i pick them up to smell them - and there's something about the scent of chlorine and warm polyester that is familiar and comforting
January 26, 2026 at 10:53 AM
i start most mornings with a swim now, and when i come home and put my wet trunks on the radiator, the water rises to the surface like a sheen of dew. as they're drying i pick them up to smell them - and there's something about the scent of chlorine and warm polyester that is familiar and comforting