Michael Crider
@michaelcrider.bsky.social
News, reviews, and short-form videos for PCWorld.
Formerly Android Police, Review Geek, How-To Geek, Digital Trends.
Opinions are my own.
I have a personal website, almost never updated: thegumshoe.com
I write fiction: http://amazon.com/author/crider
Formerly Android Police, Review Geek, How-To Geek, Digital Trends.
Opinions are my own.
I have a personal website, almost never updated: thegumshoe.com
I write fiction: http://amazon.com/author/crider
Good job, peasants, great revolting.
(I'm being entirely serious here. I want my ReVanced and a handful of other power user apps that will never be on the Play Store.)
(I'm being entirely serious here. I want my ReVanced and a handful of other power user apps that will never be on the Play Store.)
Google to allow Android users with high pain tolerance to sideload unverified apps
Google to allow Android users with high pain tolerance to sideload unverified apps
Promises some easing of rules that knobble indie devs, eventually
Google has decided to loosen some of its recently introduced rules regarding registration of Android developers and their apps, but isn’t rushing to deliver the modest changes it plans.…
dlvr.it
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Good job, peasants, great revolting.
(I'm being entirely serious here. I want my ReVanced and a handful of other power user apps that will never be on the Play Store.)
(I'm being entirely serious here. I want my ReVanced and a handful of other power user apps that will never be on the Play Store.)
All my love, and money, to the first person who sells me a skin/shell for the Steam Machine 2.0 that looks like a purple GameCube.
November 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
All my love, and money, to the first person who sells me a skin/shell for the Steam Machine 2.0 that looks like a purple GameCube.
Wow. So Valve isn't just coming for PC gaming. It's coming for gaming, period.
November 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Wow. So Valve isn't just coming for PC gaming. It's coming for gaming, period.
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all reviews should have scores, and by that i mean bespoke music
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
all reviews should have scores, and by that i mean bespoke music
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I for one love to not be able to watch football because the $3.5 trillion company can’t get along with the $201 billion company
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I for one love to not be able to watch football because the $3.5 trillion company can’t get along with the $201 billion company
More than 64oz (a bit under two liters) in 5 hours. But not much more.
Ask me how I know.
Ask me how I know.
how much coffee lethal for human
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
More than 64oz (a bit under two liters) in 5 hours. But not much more.
Ask me how I know.
Ask me how I know.
I work in an industry where I could be laid off at any time. In a state where my employer can drop me like trash with no severance. Soon I'll have zero options for affordable treatment if I get sick or injured.
At that point I might as well just fuckin' die. All so the oligarchs can get a tax cut.
At that point I might as well just fuckin' die. All so the oligarchs can get a tax cut.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I work in an industry where I could be laid off at any time. In a state where my employer can drop me like trash with no severance. Soon I'll have zero options for affordable treatment if I get sick or injured.
At that point I might as well just fuckin' die. All so the oligarchs can get a tax cut.
At that point I might as well just fuckin' die. All so the oligarchs can get a tax cut.
I am devastated that marketers seem to have adopted the "creamy" description from mechanical keyboard influencers.
Please don't make me read or write about creamy keyboards.
Please.
Please don't make me read or write about creamy keyboards.
Please.
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I am devastated that marketers seem to have adopted the "creamy" description from mechanical keyboard influencers.
Please don't make me read or write about creamy keyboards.
Please.
Please don't make me read or write about creamy keyboards.
Please.
If you walk into a rake in the Fortnite Simpsons season, it smacks you in the face.
That's the first time I've genuinely guffawed at any of this stuff. And it's older than Looney Tunes.
That's the first time I've genuinely guffawed at any of this stuff. And it's older than Looney Tunes.
November 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
If you walk into a rake in the Fortnite Simpsons season, it smacks you in the face.
That's the first time I've genuinely guffawed at any of this stuff. And it's older than Looney Tunes.
That's the first time I've genuinely guffawed at any of this stuff. And it's older than Looney Tunes.
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When Bashir told Garak about the boy who cried wolf.
August 30, 2024 at 7:10 PM
When Bashir told Garak about the boy who cried wolf.
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Been rewatching DS9 and my main takeaway is that I would listen to Avery Brooks read car maintenance instructions for hours.
Also, if the Dominion invaded that planet where everyone is holographic, they coulda titled that episode "Jem'Hadar and the Holograms"
Also, if the Dominion invaded that planet where everyone is holographic, they coulda titled that episode "Jem'Hadar and the Holograms"
November 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Been rewatching DS9 and my main takeaway is that I would listen to Avery Brooks read car maintenance instructions for hours.
Also, if the Dominion invaded that planet where everyone is holographic, they coulda titled that episode "Jem'Hadar and the Holograms"
Also, if the Dominion invaded that planet where everyone is holographic, they coulda titled that episode "Jem'Hadar and the Holograms"
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This kit gives the AlphaSmart Neo2 more of a portable typewriter-like design #Alphasmart, #AlphasmartNeo2, #MicroJournal, #PortableTypewriter, #UnKyuLee, #WordProcessor, #Writerdeck
This kit gives the AlphaSmart Neo2 more of a portable typewriter-like design
The AlphaSmart Neo2 is a portable word processor that was released nearly two decades ago as a device that provides a distraction-free writing experience without all the extra stuff that comes with a full-fledged laptop computer. With a small greyscale LCD display, a full-sized keyboard, and compact design, it continues to have fans. But that doesn't mean it couldn't be improved.
liliputing.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This kit gives the AlphaSmart Neo2 more of a portable typewriter-like design #Alphasmart, #AlphasmartNeo2, #MicroJournal, #PortableTypewriter, #UnKyuLee, #WordProcessor, #Writerdeck
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if you woke up tomorrow and everyone had rent, food, and healthcare paid for them, you would wake up the day after to an absolute explosion in new organizations, endeavors, and passion projects that we would've previously called businesses
they just wouldn't generate wealth for a few rich assholes
they just wouldn't generate wealth for a few rich assholes
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
if you woke up tomorrow and everyone had rent, food, and healthcare paid for them, you would wake up the day after to an absolute explosion in new organizations, endeavors, and passion projects that we would've previously called businesses
they just wouldn't generate wealth for a few rich assholes
they just wouldn't generate wealth for a few rich assholes
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November 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Like they say in Silicon Valley, "Move fast and build a car that sexually propositions children."
Tesla chatbot Grok asks her 12 yo son for nudes www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpvfSkr/
A Toronto mom says her 12-year-old son asked Tesla’s AI chatbot, Grok, which soccer player is better: Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi. After some back and forth, she says the chatbot asked her son, ...
TikTok video by CBC News
www.tiktok.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Like they say in Silicon Valley, "Move fast and build a car that sexually propositions children."
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in case you need any more evidence that the torture-people-for-mass-entertainment man sucks
MrBeast Is Opening A Theme Park In Saudi Arabia This Month
MrBeast Is Opening A Theme Park In Saudi Arabia This Month
Beast Land is being marketed as the 'Ultimate MrBeast Experience' and will be a part of Riyadh Season
kotaku.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
in case you need any more evidence that the torture-people-for-mass-entertainment man sucks
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While Mamdani was out talking to real New Yorkers, Cuomo's campaign kept posting AI slop that deepfaked him into an NYC he didn't seem to have much interest in -- and it made him a toxic laughingstock
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Andrew Cuomo's Extensive Use of AI Made His Campaign a Toxic Joke
Andrew Cuomo's campaign embraced AI — and it made him a toxic laughingstock, while Zohran Mamdani cruised to victory.
futurism.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
While Mamdani was out talking to real New Yorkers, Cuomo's campaign kept posting AI slop that deepfaked him into an NYC he didn't seem to have much interest in -- and it made him a toxic laughingstock
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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In a world where fossil fuels didn't exist, they'd be invented in fantasy as a fictional trope
oh yeah, of course the dominion of the evil sorceress powers their machines with black sludge that is literally made from death and decay, what else would they use?
oh yeah, of course the dominion of the evil sorceress powers their machines with black sludge that is literally made from death and decay, what else would they use?
November 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
In a world where fossil fuels didn't exist, they'd be invented in fantasy as a fictional trope
oh yeah, of course the dominion of the evil sorceress powers their machines with black sludge that is literally made from death and decay, what else would they use?
oh yeah, of course the dominion of the evil sorceress powers their machines with black sludge that is literally made from death and decay, what else would they use?
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Now we get to see who ignores the "be a genuine, authentic person with tangible beliefs" and "don't throw trans people under the bus" lessons, here, and jumps instead to "make fun videos" because that's easier than legacy Dems changing tired old habits.
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Now we get to see who ignores the "be a genuine, authentic person with tangible beliefs" and "don't throw trans people under the bus" lessons, here, and jumps instead to "make fun videos" because that's easier than legacy Dems changing tired old habits.
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i owe so many video game designers an apology
November 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
i owe so many video game designers an apology
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I'm not a Christian, and haven't been one for a long time, but i've always found these words and what they're supposed to mean to be the fundamental core of Christianity, even over and above the Sermon on the Mount, and I truly don't understand people who miss this.
November 8, 2024 at 6:30 PM
I'm not a Christian, and haven't been one for a long time, but i've always found these words and what they're supposed to mean to be the fundamental core of Christianity, even over and above the Sermon on the Mount, and I truly don't understand people who miss this.
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It’s basically Deep Space Nine.
Hello welcome to bluesky. We have every kind of anti-government radical left of center, and also, baseball
November 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
It’s basically Deep Space Nine.
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fuck rockstar
BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings
Union says 30 and 40 people were terminated. Rockstar Games’ parent company cites ‘gross misconduct’
www.bloomberg.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
fuck rockstar