Kevin Nguyen
@knguyen.bsky.social
features editor at the verge. author of ‘new waves’ and ‘mỹ documents’ https://knguyen.org
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Grok began 2026 as it began 2025: under fire for its AI-generated images.
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Grok is undressing children — can the law stop it?
Sexualized AI images violate consent and boundaries, but legal consequences can be elusive.
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January 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Grok began 2026 as it began 2025: under fire for its AI-generated images.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 8PM: Can't wait for the first Franklin Park Reading Series event of 2026, a paperback celebration for @justintaylor.bsky.social's novel Reboot, w/special guests @knguyen.bsky.social @ellomelissa.bsky.social Heather McCalden & Ali Kriegsman! #Free shorturl.at/yTq9W
January 2, 2026 at 6:19 PM
MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 8PM: Can't wait for the first Franklin Park Reading Series event of 2026, a paperback celebration for @justintaylor.bsky.social's novel Reboot, w/special guests @knguyen.bsky.social @ellomelissa.bsky.social Heather McCalden & Ali Kriegsman! #Free shorturl.at/yTq9W
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I had lunch with Mr. Wonderful www.vulture.com/article/how-...
Kevin O’Leary Wants to Be an Immortal Villain
The Marty Supreme star and reality-TV heel sees Mr. Wonderful as a means to a greater end.
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January 2, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I had lunch with Mr. Wonderful www.vulture.com/article/how-...
i know it’s silly to take the Post seriously, but does this line of attack ever even work? the right has embraced the world’s richest people??
January 1, 2026 at 7:36 PM
i know it’s silly to take the Post seriously, but does this line of attack ever even work? the right has embraced the world’s richest people??
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The first episode of Critical Darlings, the podcast @rilaws.bsky.social and I are hosting as part of the Blank Check Cinematic Universe, is live! JOIN US overcast.fm/+ABLIFo_rhLw
January 1, 2026 at 4:52 PM
The first episode of Critical Darlings, the podcast @rilaws.bsky.social and I are hosting as part of the Blank Check Cinematic Universe, is live! JOIN US overcast.fm/+ABLIFo_rhLw
Kinda funny that independents read the least. Doing your own research eh buddy?
4/ The median American read 2 books in 2025. The *average* was quite a bit higher — but that's driven by the minority of heavy readers pulling up the mean:
December 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Kinda funny that independents read the least. Doing your own research eh buddy?
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all meaning has collapsed in our post-literate society and i wrote a bunch of useless, useless words about it. read it if you, like me, are one of a diminishing minority who still reads www.theverge.com/policy/84960...
The year politics became brainrot
You don’t bring a persuasive argument to a gunfight.
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December 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
all meaning has collapsed in our post-literate society and i wrote a bunch of useless, useless words about it. read it if you, like me, are one of a diminishing minority who still reads www.theverge.com/policy/84960...
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I have a new piece in the latest @nymag.com about the crisis at Mubi www.vulture.com/article/mubi...
Who Is Mubi For?
The art-house movie streamer had a cultlike following. Then it started to expand.
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December 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I have a new piece in the latest @nymag.com about the crisis at Mubi www.vulture.com/article/mubi...
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Took some time away from one of my favorite things this year. Here’s a short podcast episode about it. Maybe you’ll find it helpful.
Ending the year with a brief bonus episode — a reflection on games media consumption and reaffirmations. www.ybutton.online/episodes/res...
Y-Button | Reset: Awestuck
On this special epsiode of Y-Button, host Kyle Starr takes a moment to reflect on his relationship with games and games related media in a time of life changes, growing responsibilitites, and futur...
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December 31, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Took some time away from one of my favorite things this year. Here’s a short podcast episode about it. Maybe you’ll find it helpful.
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⭐Monday, January 12, 8pm⭐: We're launching the Franklin Park Reading Series 2026 season with a star-studded lineup-- @justintaylor.bsky.social, @knguyen.bsky.social, @ellomelissa.bsky.social, Heather McCalden, and Ali Kriegsman! Book raffle, drink specials, #free admission! shorturl.at/yTq9W
December 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
⭐Monday, January 12, 8pm⭐: We're launching the Franklin Park Reading Series 2026 season with a star-studded lineup-- @justintaylor.bsky.social, @knguyen.bsky.social, @ellomelissa.bsky.social, Heather McCalden, and Ali Kriegsman! Book raffle, drink specials, #free admission! shorturl.at/yTq9W
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that time of year when i look at BAM showtimes and i’ve already seen everything 😓
December 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
that time of year when i look at BAM showtimes and i’ve already seen everything 😓
You guys are gonna love this movie
In No Other Choice, the real job killer is this guy
An interview with director Park Chan-wook.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
You guys are gonna love this movie
deeply funny that the central idea behind the Avatar movies is “there are 4 elements”
December 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
deeply funny that the central idea behind the Avatar movies is “there are 4 elements”
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Wikipedia is under attack — from accusations of bias, from AI scrapers, from Elon Musk — but the encyclopedia’s founder believes that transparency is the key to survival.
Read @joshdzieza.bsky.social's interview with Jimmy Wales: www.theverge.com/tech/846184/...
Read @joshdzieza.bsky.social's interview with Jimmy Wales: www.theverge.com/tech/846184/...
December 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Wikipedia is under attack — from accusations of bias, from AI scrapers, from Elon Musk — but the encyclopedia’s founder believes that transparency is the key to survival.
Read @joshdzieza.bsky.social's interview with Jimmy Wales: www.theverge.com/tech/846184/...
Read @joshdzieza.bsky.social's interview with Jimmy Wales: www.theverge.com/tech/846184/...
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Earlier this month, a study went viral — a social listening firm said it had traced "inauthentic" social media activity that helped to spread narratives that Taylor Swift was using Nazi symbolism. Then all hell broke loose.
I tried to get to the bottom of it: www.theverge.com/report/84572...
I tried to get to the bottom of it: www.theverge.com/report/84572...
A vague study on Nazi bots created chaos in the Taylor Swift fan universe
A sloppy report has triggered a new wave of viral discourse.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Earlier this month, a study went viral — a social listening firm said it had traced "inauthentic" social media activity that helped to spread narratives that Taylor Swift was using Nazi symbolism. Then all hell broke loose.
I tried to get to the bottom of it: www.theverge.com/report/84572...
I tried to get to the bottom of it: www.theverge.com/report/84572...
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first big longform feature at the verge is live!
an honor to work with @joshdzieza.bsky.social as always. thanks to our editor, the profoundly brilliant @knguyen.bsky.social. art by the wonderful @kristenradtke.bsky.social. www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
an honor to work with @joshdzieza.bsky.social as always. thanks to our editor, the profoundly brilliant @knguyen.bsky.social. art by the wonderful @kristenradtke.bsky.social. www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Who’s making the most money in AI? It’s not who you think
The fastest growing companies in the world aren’t AI companies, but the startups that supply them with warm bodies.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
first big longform feature at the verge is live!
an honor to work with @joshdzieza.bsky.social as always. thanks to our editor, the profoundly brilliant @knguyen.bsky.social. art by the wonderful @kristenradtke.bsky.social. www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
an honor to work with @joshdzieza.bsky.social as always. thanks to our editor, the profoundly brilliant @knguyen.bsky.social. art by the wonderful @kristenradtke.bsky.social. www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
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AI companies are spending billions hiring humans to produce training data. @haydenfield.bsky.social and I wrote about the explosion in new vendors and what it means for the future of AI development.
Who’s making the most money in AI? It’s not who you think
The fastest growing companies in the world aren’t AI companies, but the startups that supply them with warm bodies.
www.theverge.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
AI companies are spending billions hiring humans to produce training data. @haydenfield.bsky.social and I wrote about the explosion in new vendors and what it means for the future of AI development.
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Feeding the machine
Who’s making the most money in AI? It’s not who you think
The fastest growing companies in the world aren’t AI companies, but the startups that supply them with warm bodies.
buff.ly
December 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Feeding the machine
The 30-minute unbroken tracking shot in Resurrection is the most breathtaking thing I saw in a movie this year
How Bi Gan pulled off the most technically impressive movie scene of the year
The director of Resurrection talks about the purpose and power of the long, unbroken tracking shot.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The 30-minute unbroken tracking shot in Resurrection is the most breathtaking thing I saw in a movie this year
you need to test a playlist a minimum of three listens before sending to a friend
December 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
you need to test a playlist a minimum of three listens before sending to a friend
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Delighted this piece is now live on @theverge.com: I've spent months investigating how a supposed war against the "censorship-industrial complex" has been used by the US right to wage war against misinformation research – and free speech itself – across the world. Please do give it a read.
The disinformation wars are here
How Joe Biden’s administration caved to the right in the battle for truth.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Delighted this piece is now live on @theverge.com: I've spent months investigating how a supposed war against the "censorship-industrial complex" has been used by the US right to wage war against misinformation research – and free speech itself – across the world. Please do give it a read.
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404 Media is making a print zine! About the surveillance technologies used by ICE. 16 pages, riso printed. Shipping early January. Features reworked versions of our best reporting and a few new things. We're very excited! And hope to do more if people like it:
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
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404 Media Is Making a Zine
We are publishing a risograph-printed zine about the surveillance technologies used by ICE.
www.404media.co
December 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
404 Media is making a print zine! About the surveillance technologies used by ICE. 16 pages, riso printed. Shipping early January. Features reworked versions of our best reporting and a few new things. We're very excited! And hope to do more if people like it:
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
If you're paywall sensitive, you can read Mia's terrific feature today for free! (But not tomorrow!)
Our first free story is from @miasato.bsky.social:
We have never been so aware of all the things there are to purchase, and the frictionlessness of shopping apps disguised as social media has created an army of voracious buyers. What has this abundance done to us?
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We have never been so aware of all the things there are to purchase, and the frictionlessness of shopping apps disguised as social media has created an army of voracious buyers. What has this abundance done to us?
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
December 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
If you're paywall sensitive, you can read Mia's terrific feature today for free! (But not tomorrow!)
OpenAI thinks the critical coverage of OpenAI is… a conspiracy lol ok
December 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
OpenAI thinks the critical coverage of OpenAI is… a conspiracy lol ok