Nick Hide
@nickhide.bsky.social
Managing copy editor at the website CNET dot com. Englishman in Virginia. Dad of twins. Indoorsman. Serial monogamer, currently: ARC Raiders
“the subliterate zoomer killers are not at the fringe of society, but are the epitome of it”
this is the most enlightening, substantial, frankly chilling analysis of where we are now that I’ve read
this is the most enlightening, substantial, frankly chilling analysis of where we are now that I’ve read
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.
www.theverge.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“the subliterate zoomer killers are not at the fringe of society, but are the epitome of it”
this is the most enlightening, substantial, frankly chilling analysis of where we are now that I’ve read
this is the most enlightening, substantial, frankly chilling analysis of where we are now that I’ve read
excellent year-ender on how we resist AI "art" by Katelyn Chedraoui at @cnet.com
The Only Way to Stop AI 'Art' in 2026 Is to Make It Uncool
Commentary: AI image and video generation took over 2025. We need some big changes to avoid an AI slop-filled future in 2026.
www.cnet.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
excellent year-ender on how we resist AI "art" by Katelyn Chedraoui at @cnet.com
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Okay, I think I finally understand what's happening. Silicon Valley has been invaded by @stephenking.bsky.social's Tommyknockers.
Also, this just in -> the latest bizarre AI fever dream is AI-controlled trivets, staplers, and coffee cups on wheels. So we'll be chased around by inanimate wheeled objects clamoring for our attention.
![Real news story headline: "Robot Coffee Cups? Self-Driving Trivets? AI Researchers Made It Happen. [sub-title] Scientists found a way to animate everyday objects and predict your next move, so your stapler is always nearby when you need it."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wstpte2vzb4ra2iqtnw2d2ef/bafkreibbhk46utcdzm3qb2u2muehbhrndu6x47k5a4v64ef44xdpbgh42u@jpeg)
December 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Okay, I think I finally understand what's happening. Silicon Valley has been invaded by @stephenking.bsky.social's Tommyknockers.
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knowing about the limitations of forensic evidence is specifically why I was booted from a criminal jury by the prosecutor with a peremptory challenge two weeks ago
(she was doing her job correctly & the defendant was well represented, I have no reason to believe that specific trial will be unfair)
(she was doing her job correctly & the defendant was well represented, I have no reason to believe that specific trial will be unfair)
Reminder that years ago it was found out that the FBI straight up made up a whole bunch of fake forensic sciences, plural. People have gone to jail and been executed due to literally pseudoscience.
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
The FBI Faked an Entire Field of Forensic Science
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December 30, 2025 at 3:34 AM
knowing about the limitations of forensic evidence is specifically why I was booted from a criminal jury by the prosecutor with a peremptory challenge two weeks ago
(she was doing her job correctly & the defendant was well represented, I have no reason to believe that specific trial will be unfair)
(she was doing her job correctly & the defendant was well represented, I have no reason to believe that specific trial will be unfair)
from your pen to god’s ears, Robert Reich 🙏
Americans are waking up. A grand reckoning awaits us | Robert Reich
I’d like to believe that the horrific darkness of this past year is a necessary prelude to a brighter and saner future
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
from your pen to god’s ears, Robert Reich 🙏
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The most important post on Bluesky today
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The most important post on Bluesky today
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BRB starting a company called Tertiary Syphilis.
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:36 AM
BRB starting a company called Tertiary Syphilis.
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the greatest thing about the invention of cannons that the way you build a fort to defend against cannons is really pretty
December 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
the greatest thing about the invention of cannons that the way you build a fort to defend against cannons is really pretty
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LeMonde said, not on our watch
December 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
LeMonde said, not on our watch
We were doing writing tips the other day, right? Just thought of a good one -- stop it with the fucking synonyms. If you're writing about, say, Paul McCartney, you can just say "McCartney" every time, not "the ex-Beatle", "the former Wings frontman", "the left-handed bassist" etc.
December 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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New, by @lorenzofb.bsky.social and me: We just published TechCrunch's annual jealousy list of cybersecurity stories that we *didn’t* publish but wish we had. This is the very best cybersecuirty reporting from our friends at competing publications.
techcrunch.com/2025/12/26/t...
techcrunch.com/2025/12/26/t...
These are the cybersecurity stories we were jealous of in 2025 | TechCrunch
The very best reporting and investigative journalism from our friends at other publications.
techcrunch.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
New, by @lorenzofb.bsky.social and me: We just published TechCrunch's annual jealousy list of cybersecurity stories that we *didn’t* publish but wish we had. This is the very best cybersecuirty reporting from our friends at competing publications.
techcrunch.com/2025/12/26/t...
techcrunch.com/2025/12/26/t...
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Imagine it being easier to just pay the 8 billion dollars and it won't affect you in the slightest. Man what have we done lol
Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying www.france24.com/en/americas/... @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying
Mark Zuckerberg and current and former Meta executives agreed on Thursday to settle a $8 billion shareholder lawsuit alleging the company’s directors failed to prevent billions of dollars in fines and...
www.france24.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Imagine it being easier to just pay the 8 billion dollars and it won't affect you in the slightest. Man what have we done lol
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"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
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One of my favorite presents ever—my dad found and framed this pic of my mother @sunminkimes.bsky.social at a Seattle courthouse after she passed her US citizenship test in 1981. Like so many of the people who come here to start a new life, she is the best of us—the bravest, strongest person I know.
December 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
One of my favorite presents ever—my dad found and framed this pic of my mother @sunminkimes.bsky.social at a Seattle courthouse after she passed her US citizenship test in 1981. Like so many of the people who come here to start a new life, she is the best of us—the bravest, strongest person I know.
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Frankly, I have always wondered why more campaigns didn't do this. Constituent services are such an important part of good politics.
🧵 Our mutual aid hub has been a HUGE draw for our immense volunteer base, many of whom have never wanted to be involved politics before now.
This model isn’t just about the immediate impacts: It’s about showing our values, building a community, and reaching voters — without selling our soul!
This model isn’t just about the immediate impacts: It’s about showing our values, building a community, and reaching voters — without selling our soul!
Turning campaigns into mutual aid hubs isn’t good for campaigns or mutual aid! Your campaign manager should be entirely too busy to schlep around 5600 tampons!
December 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Frankly, I have always wondered why more campaigns didn't do this. Constituent services are such an important part of good politics.
shout out to the bald lounge singer in this restaurant who just changed the lyrics of The Zutons’ Valerie to “and I miss *my* ginger hair and the way you like to dress” 🧑🦲
December 27, 2025 at 2:27 AM
shout out to the bald lounge singer in this restaurant who just changed the lyrics of The Zutons’ Valerie to “and I miss *my* ginger hair and the way you like to dress” 🧑🦲
Lovely tribute by Martin Scorsese to Rob Reiner 🎁
Opinion | Martin Scorsese: ‘Rob Reiner Was My Friend’
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Lovely tribute by Martin Scorsese to Rob Reiner 🎁
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Every Democrat running for office needs to promise investigations and full prosecutions from top to bottom, remove its funding bloat then break up the agency and distribute its core remaining useful functions across other agencies.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Every Democrat running for office needs to promise investigations and full prosecutions from top to bottom, remove its funding bloat then break up the agency and distribute its core remaining useful functions across other agencies.
I worked at a supermarket as a teenager so it took a long time before I could appreciate any Christmas music. This one broke the curse 🔔 ❄️
December 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I worked at a supermarket as a teenager so it took a long time before I could appreciate any Christmas music. This one broke the curse 🔔 ❄️
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Bari Weiss’ two accomplishments so far are hosting an interview that she desperately wanted people to watch (but they didn’t) and trying to spike a news story that she desperately wanted nobody to watch (but they did)
December 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Bari Weiss’ two accomplishments so far are hosting an interview that she desperately wanted people to watch (but they didn’t) and trying to spike a news story that she desperately wanted nobody to watch (but they did)
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Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025
www.gofundme.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
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‘60 Minutes’ Report Was Pulled Off the Air. Now It’s on the Internet.
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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What did Alan Rickman have against Christmas?
December 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
What did Alan Rickman have against Christmas?
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I had a really fascinating conversation at Mass yesterday with someone who was in town visiting family for the holidays. she’s a DOJ attorney in another large city on the civil side and she told me the criminal side is just emptied out. so many people quitting rather than take part in shit like this
🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday appealed a federal judge’s dismissal of its criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D). www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Seeks to Revive Dismissed Cases Against Former FBI Chief Comey, New York AG James
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I had a really fascinating conversation at Mass yesterday with someone who was in town visiting family for the holidays. she’s a DOJ attorney in another large city on the civil side and she told me the criminal side is just emptied out. so many people quitting rather than take part in shit like this
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Canadian tv networks once again serving as a valuable, inadvertent bulwark against US censorship
December 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Canadian tv networks once again serving as a valuable, inadvertent bulwark against US censorship