Kate Cox
@kcoxdc.bsky.social
Now: Running Decoder @ The Verge. Earlier: editor/reporter for Protocol, Ars Technica, CQ Roll Call, Consumerist, and Kotaku; decades of other writing strewn across the internet. Boston-born, now DC-dwelling. She/her.
Sitting here, in the Discourse Wake of the Super Bowl show, and reflecting that when I was a little kid, Sesame Street literally taught me the Spanish words it was most important for me to know. ("Peligro" especially.)
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Sitting here, in the Discourse Wake of the Super Bowl show, and reflecting that when I was a little kid, Sesame Street literally taught me the Spanish words it was most important for me to know. ("Peligro" especially.)
We asked the Ring CEO pretty directly about this on the show late last year.
www.theverge.com/podcast/8220...
www.theverge.com/podcast/8220...
February 10, 2026 at 3:28 PM
We asked the Ring CEO pretty directly about this on the show late last year.
www.theverge.com/podcast/8220...
www.theverge.com/podcast/8220...
Look I knew this timeline was being run by dadaists but "former Tumblr CEO in charge of the Washington Post" was really not a combination of words past me saw coming
Memos: Will Lewis has stepped down as WaPo publisher and CEO; former Tumblr CEO Jeff D'Onofrio, who joined WaPo last June as CFO, is acting publisher and CEO (New York Times)
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Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
February 7, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Look I knew this timeline was being run by dadaists but "former Tumblr CEO in charge of the Washington Post" was really not a combination of words past me saw coming
So I realize this is a niche, DC-area problem to have, but my biggest issue with the entire composers segment in the opening ceremonies was, I go to Nats games and...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preside...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preside...
Presidents Race - Wikipedia
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February 7, 2026 at 9:29 PM
So I realize this is a niche, DC-area problem to have, but my biggest issue with the entire composers segment in the opening ceremonies was, I go to Nats games and...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preside...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preside...
After a lot of Olympics in my life one thing always remains true: team USA needs a new designer, our uniforms are always boring AF
February 7, 2026 at 12:45 AM
After a lot of Olympics in my life one thing always remains true: team USA needs a new designer, our uniforms are always boring AF
I still have that edition of 1984 in my basement; I bought it in, I think, 1998.
(I don't still have that edition of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, I left it at my parents' house when I moved out.)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
(I don't still have that edition of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, I left it at my parents' house when I moved out.)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket
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February 6, 2026 at 5:44 PM
I still have that edition of 1984 in my basement; I bought it in, I think, 1998.
(I don't still have that edition of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, I left it at my parents' house when I moved out.)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
(I don't still have that edition of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, I left it at my parents' house when I moved out.)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
Took me until about 9:15 this morning to work out why the taco place and the empanada place and a couple other local places have been sending me so many "cater your event with us" emails this week
Anyway I'll be selling Girl Scout cookies at a supermarket during the super bowl lolol
Anyway I'll be selling Girl Scout cookies at a supermarket during the super bowl lolol
February 6, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Took me until about 9:15 this morning to work out why the taco place and the empanada place and a couple other local places have been sending me so many "cater your event with us" emails this week
Anyway I'll be selling Girl Scout cookies at a supermarket during the super bowl lolol
Anyway I'll be selling Girl Scout cookies at a supermarket during the super bowl lolol
No thank you, I am tired of this and would like to file a complaint with, uh, I guess Demeter or Skaði or Cailleach or whoever
Arctic front, strongest of season, to barrel in late Friday, bringing snow showers then fierce winds + brutal cold over weekend. Air sourced from Siberia; extreme cold watch, wind chills as low as minus-10; wind gusts up to 50 mph.
More details here: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
More details here: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
February 5, 2026 at 8:06 PM
No thank you, I am tired of this and would like to file a complaint with, uh, I guess Demeter or Skaði or Cailleach or whoever
Spouse and up both recently upgraded with 4000-series cards off ebay and it is starting to seem like that was the smartest possible move
Nvidia’s RTX 50-series Super refresh is delayed, and the RTX 60-series might miss 2027
Nvidia’s RTX 50-series Super refresh is delayed, and the RTX 60-series might miss 2027
The RAM shortage strikes again.
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February 5, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Spouse and up both recently upgraded with 4000-series cards off ebay and it is starting to seem like that was the smartest possible move
We have just watched The Muppet Show (the new one) and tonally it's as perfect as it could be but it's actually kinda weird seeing 4K Muppets haha, my brain kept expecting that grainy late 70s 4:3
February 5, 2026 at 12:03 AM
We have just watched The Muppet Show (the new one) and tonally it's as perfect as it could be but it's actually kinda weird seeing 4K Muppets haha, my brain kept expecting that grainy late 70s 4:3
Continuing to feel really heartsick and heartbroken about my whole industry today and thinking of a piece my friend @emilylhauser.bsky.social wrote at the highest peak of covid about how basically, we're all just constantly swimming in, but not allowed to really process, massive amounts of grief.
February 4, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Continuing to feel really heartsick and heartbroken about my whole industry today and thinking of a piece my friend @emilylhauser.bsky.social wrote at the highest peak of covid about how basically, we're all just constantly swimming in, but not allowed to really process, massive amounts of grief.
I am very much a cities person and I learned to find a lot to love about this deeply weird one when I moved here 18 (?!) years ago but it's hard not to feel like a lot of those things are being squeezed out. The paper, the symphony, the sprawling culture, the jobs... Not fun times.
February 4, 2026 at 1:59 PM
I am very much a cities person and I learned to find a lot to love about this deeply weird one when I moved here 18 (?!) years ago but it's hard not to feel like a lot of those things are being squeezed out. The paper, the symphony, the sprawling culture, the jobs... Not fun times.
Not gonna lie, having school cancelled for 6 consecutive days and also not receiving mail, not being able to go out, etc etc definitely started to give me some of that 2020 feeling back. But. BUT! Today they are finally BACK AT SCHOOL hallelujah
February 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Not gonna lie, having school cancelled for 6 consecutive days and also not receiving mail, not being able to go out, etc etc definitely started to give me some of that 2020 feeling back. But. BUT! Today they are finally BACK AT SCHOOL hallelujah
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A little guide to organizing secure Signal group chats... just in case you find yourself needing to securely organize a Signal group chat for your community. Gift link! tinyurl.com/bdx5affn
A community organizer’s guide to Signal group chats
Key privacy settings and best practices.
tinyurl.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:59 PM
A little guide to organizing secure Signal group chats... just in case you find yourself needing to securely organize a Signal group chat for your community. Gift link! tinyurl.com/bdx5affn
lol never ever once thought my MFA thesis about David Lynch would be relevant to Stardew Valley but: yes, this
"Even in The Straight Story, which was not very avant-garde, it was his most wholesome, straightforward movie, but you could kind of still feel the David Lynch essence in it."
"Even in The Straight Story, which was not very avant-garde, it was his most wholesome, straightforward movie, but you could kind of still feel the David Lynch essence in it."
Stardew Valley Turns 10: The Big ConcernedApe Interview - IGN
We sat down with Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone for a lengthy interview not about the game's beginnings, but about its journey over the last 10 years, and its future.
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February 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
lol never ever once thought my MFA thesis about David Lynch would be relevant to Stardew Valley but: yes, this
"Even in The Straight Story, which was not very avant-garde, it was his most wholesome, straightforward movie, but you could kind of still feel the David Lynch essence in it."
"Even in The Straight Story, which was not very avant-garde, it was his most wholesome, straightforward movie, but you could kind of still feel the David Lynch essence in it."
Overheard from the kitchen:
7yo: I mean, we just sit around. We're couch potatoes!
12yo: no, *I* do my chores. *you're* a couch potato.
7yo: I love that!
7yo: I mean, we just sit around. We're couch potatoes!
12yo: no, *I* do my chores. *you're* a couch potato.
7yo: I love that!
February 2, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Overheard from the kitchen:
7yo: I mean, we just sit around. We're couch potatoes!
12yo: no, *I* do my chores. *you're* a couch potato.
7yo: I love that!
7yo: I mean, we just sit around. We're couch potatoes!
12yo: no, *I* do my chores. *you're* a couch potato.
7yo: I love that!
Made it meaningfully out of the house for the first time in a week and was shocked how bad all the roads still are. Absolutely wild how much ice there is / was.
(Rescheduled the piano movers *again* after discovering the hard way that mom's parking lot is pure glass lol, ouch)
(Rescheduled the piano movers *again* after discovering the hard way that mom's parking lot is pure glass lol, ouch)
January 31, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Made it meaningfully out of the house for the first time in a week and was shocked how bad all the roads still are. Absolutely wild how much ice there is / was.
(Rescheduled the piano movers *again* after discovering the hard way that mom's parking lot is pure glass lol, ouch)
(Rescheduled the piano movers *again* after discovering the hard way that mom's parking lot is pure glass lol, ouch)
Now trying to remember what some of my classes were called...
1. Modern Boston
2. Mongol and Turk Empires
3. Chinese 110/120
4. Fencing I
5. Crime on Film
1. Modern Boston
2. Mongol and Turk Empires
3. Chinese 110/120
4. Fencing I
5. Crime on Film
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Marine Biology (we got to go out on a boat!)
2. The History of the Holocaust
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Eastern Religions
5. The French Revolution
1. Marine Biology (we got to go out on a boat!)
2. The History of the Holocaust
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Eastern Religions
5. The French Revolution
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Origins of Nazism
2. Dante’s Divine Comedy
3. Behavioral Ecology & Conservation Biology
4. Principles of Evolution
5. Thinking and Speaking About Thinking and Speaking
1. Origins of Nazism
2. Dante’s Divine Comedy
3. Behavioral Ecology & Conservation Biology
4. Principles of Evolution
5. Thinking and Speaking About Thinking and Speaking
January 31, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Now trying to remember what some of my classes were called...
1. Modern Boston
2. Mongol and Turk Empires
3. Chinese 110/120
4. Fencing I
5. Crime on Film
1. Modern Boston
2. Mongol and Turk Empires
3. Chinese 110/120
4. Fencing I
5. Crime on Film
Any time I have to start my day before sunrise I end up sitting around at like 8:00am wondering where the rest of the world went and why is it so quiet and why isn't anyone responding to my messages oh right
January 30, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Any time I have to start my day before sunrise I end up sitting around at like 8:00am wondering where the rest of the world went and why is it so quiet and why isn't anyone responding to my messages oh right
I'm sure it's a coincidence that the first 15 minutes all week I've been able to do deep focus are also the first 15 minutes *in* a full week where I've been alone in the house, finally.
January 29, 2026 at 9:32 PM
I'm sure it's a coincidence that the first 15 minutes all week I've been able to do deep focus are also the first 15 minutes *in* a full week where I've been alone in the house, finally.
What could possibly go wrong with one of the biggest US space contractors also being the same company that's functionally running a nudify app
Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI might merge into one company
Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI might merge into one company
Another company could live under xAI.
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January 29, 2026 at 7:51 PM
What could possibly go wrong with one of the biggest US space contractors also being the same company that's functionally running a nudify app
I understand *why* every small business I've interacted with this month needs / wants me to write a review, but I now have a taller stack of yelp and google reviews to work on than I do performance reviews at my job. ugh.
January 29, 2026 at 1:52 PM
I understand *why* every small business I've interacted with this month needs / wants me to write a review, but I now have a taller stack of yelp and google reviews to work on than I do performance reviews at my job. ugh.
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We're officially fundraising for laid-off Vox workers. Please share and donate if you can!
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Donate to Support Laid-off Vox Media Workers, organized by Victoria Song
On Friday, January 16, 2026, the Vox Media Union received news from management about … Victoria Song needs your support for Support Laid-off Vox Media Workers
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January 28, 2026 at 6:04 PM
We're officially fundraising for laid-off Vox workers. Please share and donate if you can!
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I have been thinking about this piece a lot lately as we keep transitioning into a more and more video-forward internet, and as we keep getting more and more "the kids don't read" pieces. (Amazed and thrilled it has not succumbed to linkrot.)
reactormag.com/most-citizen...
reactormag.com/most-citizen...
Most Citizens of the Star Wars Galaxy are Probably Totally Illiterate - Reactor
Not once in any Star Wars movie does someone pick up a book or newspaper, magazine, literary journal, or chapbook handmade by an aspiring Jawa poet. If something is read by someone in Star Wars, it’s ...
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January 28, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I have been thinking about this piece a lot lately as we keep transitioning into a more and more video-forward internet, and as we keep getting more and more "the kids don't read" pieces. (Amazed and thrilled it has not succumbed to linkrot.)
reactormag.com/most-citizen...
reactormag.com/most-citizen...