nilay patel
@reckless.bsky.social
Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
A little ridiculous that HomeKit doesn’t support toggling lights on and off with a single button so you have to write silly little shortcuts
December 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A little ridiculous that HomeKit doesn’t support toggling lights on and off with a single button so you have to write silly little shortcuts
Netflix NFL broadcasts are produced by CBS but with Netflix goofiness on top which is very much Samsung truly believing the people demand Bixby
December 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Netflix NFL broadcasts are produced by CBS but with Netflix goofiness on top which is very much Samsung truly believing the people demand Bixby
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After that podcast episode, listen to @reckless.bsky.social interview Stack Overflow CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar about how they evolved the community to respond to AI. That all began just as I was stepping down from the board, but it has been fascinating to watch. youtu.be/0Km9YTMGIhk
Stack Overflow CEO says ChatGPT was a "Code Red" | Decoder
YouTube video by Decoder with Nilay Patel
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December 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
After that podcast episode, listen to @reckless.bsky.social interview Stack Overflow CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar about how they evolved the community to respond to AI. That all began just as I was stepping down from the board, but it has been fascinating to watch. youtu.be/0Km9YTMGIhk
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kavanaugh not beating the allegations that he’s a dumbass
Brett Kavanaugh (September 2025): The facts and how they relate to the law don’t matter. Assume ICE and other federal forces always act with integrity, always respect rights, and consistently impose minimal burden.
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Kavanaugh in a footnote in today's opinion says "the officers must not make interior immigration stops or arrests based on race or ethnicity."
December 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
kavanaugh not beating the allegations that he’s a dumbass
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It's been quite the year in Washington! www.theverge.com/policy/84583...
The year the government broke
Hundreds of thousands of workers left the federal workforce this year.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It's been quite the year in Washington! www.theverge.com/policy/84583...
AI ran into a brick wall trying to control smart home devices this year, which feels like the canary in the coal mine for a lot of things. Excellent @jp2e.bsky.social dive into why and what comes next www.theverge.com/tech/845958/...
December 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
AI ran into a brick wall trying to control smart home devices this year, which feels like the canary in the coal mine for a lot of things. Excellent @jp2e.bsky.social dive into why and what comes next www.theverge.com/tech/845958/...
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For our final Vergecast of 2025, it's the Holiday Spec-tacular: 90 deeply wonky minutes on RAM with @reckless.bsky.social and @seanhollister.bsky.social www.theverge.com/podcast/8495...
The Vergecast RAM Holiday Spec-tacular
On The Vergecast: it’s a memory deep dive.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
For our final Vergecast of 2025, it's the Holiday Spec-tacular: 90 deeply wonky minutes on RAM with @reckless.bsky.social and @seanhollister.bsky.social www.theverge.com/podcast/8495...
Bari Weiss had no understanding of 230 and it will soon be painfully obvious that she has no understanding of what DMCA takedowns actually accomplish
December 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Bari Weiss had no understanding of 230 and it will soon be painfully obvious that she has no understanding of what DMCA takedowns actually accomplish
Nothing will inspire renewed confidence in American aviation like hastily making planes at the behest of the mad king
Trump: "We're also going to be talking about buybacks. They spend so much money on buybacks. They want to buy back their stock. I don't want them to buy back their stock. I want them to put the money in plant and equipment so they can build these planes fast, rapidly, like, immediately."
December 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Nothing will inspire renewed confidence in American aviation like hastily making planes at the behest of the mad king
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Very well done. I could nitpick as I usually do but Elizabeth got all the important stuff right and didn't sensationalize anything. Worth your time to read!
read CHIPWRECKED here www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
December 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Very well done. I could nitpick as I usually do but Elizabeth got all the important stuff right and didn't sensationalize anything. Worth your time to read!
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read CHIPWRECKED here www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
December 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
read CHIPWRECKED here www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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This is the kind of hard-hitting journalism and journalistic integrity that makes me proud to be a Verge subscriber. Thank you @reckless.bsky.social.
December 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This is the kind of hard-hitting journalism and journalistic integrity that makes me proud to be a Verge subscriber. Thank you @reckless.bsky.social.
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The Verge is the best. Subscribe today!
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December 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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I love The Verge
December 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I love The Verge
Free stories box on theverge.com is sharp today
December 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Free stories box on theverge.com is sharp today
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We pulled this one out of the paywall for today, because, well
From October 2025: “I might invoke Edward R. Murrow, but they remember him. They don’t have any goodwill toward you. They don’t know who you are at all. And they are not going to defend you when you screw up.”
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Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed
Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?
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December 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We pulled this one out of the paywall for today, because, well
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crisis averted -- we asked chatgpt and grok and now have both sides of the story, direct from the chips. have learned mechahitler is involved
December 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
crisis averted -- we asked chatgpt and grok and now have both sides of the story, direct from the chips. have learned mechahitler is involved
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Why I pay for a @theverge.com subscription — tech journalism with an editorial standard and social purpose.
Sometimes the no comment is the entire story ;) www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
December 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Why I pay for a @theverge.com subscription — tech journalism with an editorial standard and social purpose.
Sometimes the no comment is the entire story ;) www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
December 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Sometimes the no comment is the entire story ;) www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
CHIPWRECKED yes I headlined a @lopatto.bsky.social banger after my kid forced me to watch an Alvin and the Chipmunks movie no regrets www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Chipwrecked: Can Nvidia avoid the crash?
What happens if the GPU-backed loans go south?
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December 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
CHIPWRECKED yes I headlined a @lopatto.bsky.social banger after my kid forced me to watch an Alvin and the Chipmunks movie no regrets www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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Sometimes the no comment is the entire story!
One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Sometimes the no comment is the entire story!
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as foretold by the prophesy
![Managing requires certain kinds of soft skills, ones I am not confident you possess. They weren’t necessary in your cushy Wall Street Journal op-ed job, or your cushier New York Times op-ed job. They were barely required at the publication you invented, The Free Press. So now you’re the head honcho at CBS News. [highlighted text] Let’s say you decide to skip levels to directly edit a 60 Minutes story. It doesn’t even have to be a controversial story to make all hell break loose — because you have neither the credibility nor the relationships required to take this kind of work on. And what’s more, you’ve got a news division composed exclusively of ambitious piranhas below you — not your handpicked cronies, like Tyler “I wish to see Hollywood virgins” Cowen. These people have decades in television, and you have a newsletter and a history of throwing your colleagues under the bus. [end of highlight]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j3tpb4iabrq3ukfaui6eymwf/bafkreiblgfxjkl4p7yos56wttujnqclubnwegqcdc7g74pdovoe24kzonu@jpeg)
December 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
as foretold by the prophesy
Dance like no one’s watching (or has a memory longer than two minutes)
HASSETT: If the Supreme Court doesn't find with us, refunds would go to whoever cut the check for the tariff
BRENNAN: Doesn't the administration claim it was the country that paid that?
HASSETT: Uhh --
BRENNAN: Doesn't the administration claim it was the country that paid that?
HASSETT: Uhh --
December 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Dance like no one’s watching (or has a memory longer than two minutes)
Packers lose. America is so doomed
December 21, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Packers lose. America is so doomed