Richard Lawler
@rjcc.bsky.social
News @TheVerge.com etc.
This is the part where I tell you not to follow me and also that this is a Sandra Oh stan account.
This is the part where I tell you not to follow me and also that this is a Sandra Oh stan account.
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Mark Zuckerberg is all-in on AI as the new social media
Mark Zuckerberg is all-in on AI as the new social media
In: AI. Out: the metaverse.
buff.ly
January 28, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Mark Zuckerberg is all-in on AI as the new social media
Wait, what happened at the game awards?
January 28, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Wait, what happened at the game awards?
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As the US military began launching strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean last year, a young Trinidadian man who was in Venezuela for work was searching for a way home, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.
Families of two men believed to have been killed in military strike on boat sue US government over ‘unlawful’ attacks | CNN Politics
As the US military began launching strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean last year, a young Trinidadian man who was in Venezuela for work was searching for a way home, according to a lawsuit ...
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:01 PM
As the US military began launching strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean last year, a young Trinidadian man who was in Venezuela for work was searching for a way home, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.
No, TikTok has not banned the word "Epstein" in DMs since the US investors took over. Its messaging system bans many words if you send them by themselves, including "Epstein" and "test."
If you use it in a sentence like any normal person would, it is not banned. www.theverge.com/news/868362/...
If you use it in a sentence like any normal person would, it is not banned. www.theverge.com/news/868362/...
Is New TikTok banning the word “Epstein” in DMs? Not really.
Despite claims floating around social media, the truth is a bit more complicated, not least by the fact that TikTok in the US is still largely down, about a day and a half after its data center power ...
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:43 AM
No, TikTok has not banned the word "Epstein" in DMs since the US investors took over. Its messaging system bans many words if you send them by themselves, including "Epstein" and "test."
If you use it in a sentence like any normal person would, it is not banned. www.theverge.com/news/868362/...
If you use it in a sentence like any normal person would, it is not banned. www.theverge.com/news/868362/...
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Such a cool laptop/tablet/dual-screen thing, and Intel's priciest Panther Lake is... good? Very good?!
@superantonio64.bsky.social with a double-headed review: www.theverge.com/tech/867548/... www.theverge.com/tech/867214/...
@superantonio64.bsky.social with a double-headed review: www.theverge.com/tech/867548/... www.theverge.com/tech/867214/...
Asus Zenbook Duo (2026) review: twice as nice — for a price
Dual screens done so right.
www.theverge.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Such a cool laptop/tablet/dual-screen thing, and Intel's priciest Panther Lake is... good? Very good?!
@superantonio64.bsky.social with a double-headed review: www.theverge.com/tech/867548/... www.theverge.com/tech/867214/...
@superantonio64.bsky.social with a double-headed review: www.theverge.com/tech/867548/... www.theverge.com/tech/867214/...
TikTok USA is broken
Your videos aren't being censored because they're about ICE -- most videos uploaded in the US over the last day or so just aren't being published at all, and from inside the US, I can't see new videos posted by people outside the US.
www.theverge.com/news/867625/...
Your videos aren't being censored because they're about ICE -- most videos uploaded in the US over the last day or so just aren't being published at all, and from inside the US, I can't see new videos posted by people outside the US.
www.theverge.com/news/867625/...
TikTok USA is broken
No, it isn’t just you.
www.theverge.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:21 PM
TikTok USA is broken
Your videos aren't being censored because they're about ICE -- most videos uploaded in the US over the last day or so just aren't being published at all, and from inside the US, I can't see new videos posted by people outside the US.
www.theverge.com/news/867625/...
Your videos aren't being censored because they're about ICE -- most videos uploaded in the US over the last day or so just aren't being published at all, and from inside the US, I can't see new videos posted by people outside the US.
www.theverge.com/news/867625/...
From what i can tell... Most new posts about anything, ICE related or not, haven't been showing up for the last day and a half, and there are intermittent errors with basically every feature on TikTok
www.theverge.com/news/867435/...
www.theverge.com/news/867435/...
January 26, 2026 at 5:47 AM
From what i can tell... Most new posts about anything, ICE related or not, haven't been showing up for the last day and a half, and there are intermittent errors with basically every feature on TikTok
www.theverge.com/news/867435/...
www.theverge.com/news/867435/...
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People at taken to Whipple are released into the cold in whatever they were wearing without their phones and IDs. Volunteers meet them at release (or find them left in parks and the woods) get them a burner, warm clothes, food, a ride home, etc
(GFM in next post)
www.instagram.com/reel/DTzJde9...
(GFM in next post)
www.instagram.com/reel/DTzJde9...
January 26, 2026 at 1:39 AM
People at taken to Whipple are released into the cold in whatever they were wearing without their phones and IDs. Volunteers meet them at release (or find them left in parks and the woods) get them a burner, warm clothes, food, a ride home, etc
(GFM in next post)
www.instagram.com/reel/DTzJde9...
(GFM in next post)
www.instagram.com/reel/DTzJde9...
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“It was the green smoke: hexachloroethane, a chemical irritant they’ve been using. When those canisters go off, they pop and bang, kind of like a firework. Dozens of canisters were going off.“ On the ground in Minneapolis today -> www.theverge.com/policy/86741...
January 25, 2026 at 2:25 AM
“It was the green smoke: hexachloroethane, a chemical irritant they’ve been using. When those canisters go off, they pop and bang, kind of like a firework. Dozens of canisters were going off.“ On the ground in Minneapolis today -> www.theverge.com/policy/86741...
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Drone delivery is a reality but, as is so often the case, the future is not yet widely distributed. I made a run down to suburban Dallas to get an inside look at what Zipline is serving. Spoiler alert: it was the hottest, freshest burrito I've ever had delivered.
www.theverge.com/tech/864601/...
www.theverge.com/tech/864601/...
Burritos from Heaven: Are drones the future of delivery? | The Verge
Zipline’s airborne delivery service is making fans in Texas, with more locales coming soon.
www.theverge.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Drone delivery is a reality but, as is so often the case, the future is not yet widely distributed. I made a run down to suburban Dallas to get an inside look at what Zipline is serving. Spoiler alert: it was the hottest, freshest burrito I've ever had delivered.
www.theverge.com/tech/864601/...
www.theverge.com/tech/864601/...
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What a Sony and TCL partnership means for the future of TVs www.theverge.com/tech/864745/...
A Sony and TCL partnership doesn’t mean the end of Sony TVs
We don’t have to panic just yet.
www.theverge.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:10 PM
What a Sony and TCL partnership means for the future of TVs www.theverge.com/tech/864745/...
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Not Ms. Frizzle!
Cam Brink with the block and the talk... And Paige is like GIRL GET THE BASKETBALL 😂😂😂
#WBB #UnrivaledBasketball
#WBB #UnrivaledBasketball
January 20, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Not Ms. Frizzle!
It's very nice
Attendance looks bad for the Pistons on TV some nights, when the reality is that between 10% and 25% of the crowd is in the concourse unless it's down to the wire in the 4th. LCA has the most hospitable concourse in the league lol
January 20, 2026 at 2:07 AM
It's very nice
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Fuck Twitter, but also look at all this stupid shit I collected from looking at Twitter all day.
January 19, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Fuck Twitter, but also look at all this stupid shit I collected from looking at Twitter all day.
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At the midway point, the Pistons are 30-10 overall and off to their second-best start in franchise history.
I broke down three key stats that explain their dominance. www.freep.com/story/sports...
I broke down three key stats that explain their dominance. www.freep.com/story/sports...
These 3 stats show why Detroit Pistons have a championship feel
This season is just the second in franchise history in which the Detroit Pistons have won 30 of their first 40 games, thanks to some impressive stats.
www.freep.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:55 PM
At the midway point, the Pistons are 30-10 overall and off to their second-best start in franchise history.
I broke down three key stats that explain their dominance. www.freep.com/story/sports...
I broke down three key stats that explain their dominance. www.freep.com/story/sports...
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*checks nba schedule* I'm not saying people should gamble, but historically speaking, cooper, duncan, and lauri are in line for big games tomorrow.
Whatever you do with that info is your choice
Whatever you do with that info is your choice
January 19, 2026 at 3:14 AM
*checks nba schedule* I'm not saying people should gamble, but historically speaking, cooper, duncan, and lauri are in line for big games tomorrow.
Whatever you do with that info is your choice
Whatever you do with that info is your choice
"i don't know what passkeys are and no one can explain them"
I am pretty sure that's not true, and I also think that one company told a weird lie that made everything about them more confusing.
I am pretty sure that's not true, and I also think that one company told a weird lie that made everything about them more confusing.
It's "remember this device" based on the same method you already use to login to the device.
That should cover it?
That should cover it?
January 19, 2026 at 2:26 AM
"i don't know what passkeys are and no one can explain them"
I am pretty sure that's not true, and I also think that one company told a weird lie that made everything about them more confusing.
I am pretty sure that's not true, and I also think that one company told a weird lie that made everything about them more confusing.
Not that anyone asked, but onlyfans has the best passkey implementation. Best buy close second.
It’s been a year and I use them but I have absolutely no idea what a passkey is. Half the time login fails with them and I have to do something else that works (like a password). I refuse to understand more. I’m tired of computers and don’t care. This is what it’s like for every non-nerd, isn’t it?
January 19, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Not that anyone asked, but onlyfans has the best passkey implementation. Best buy close second.
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There are still people who don’t know what the problem with substack is. There are also far too many people who think them publishing there doesn’t help substack get away with it more easily
I’ve had a Substack scraper running for a couple of years now (starting when I read Katz’s Atlantic article in November 2023). Every once in a while I check in on it, and the Nazi situation over there is very much not getting better.
I wish I could feel comfortable reading and sharing people's substacks, as there are really passionate people posting articles that are in my wheelhouse. But, I've not seen anything to say that they're combating their nazi bar status, only being fine with it and seeing them as 'thought leaders'.
January 18, 2026 at 12:00 AM
There are still people who don’t know what the problem with substack is. There are also far too many people who think them publishing there doesn’t help substack get away with it more easily
Ding
ICE raids are not the first time this was made explicit. I think people downplay how much Jim Crow was not just about controlling Black people but it was also about controlling white people. If you thought racism was dumb and acted that way you could end up with a bomb in your home
Just keep coming back to the fact that keeping people in a constant state of terror is a form of mass disablement and essential to the eugenic project that is the United States.
January 17, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Ding
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ash ticks every box: great reporter and writer, great colleague, great person, great ff8 appreciator
Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch!
www.ashparrish.com
www.ashparrish.com
Ash Parrish
www.ashparrish.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:27 PM
ash ticks every box: great reporter and writer, great colleague, great person, great ff8 appreciator
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You should hire Ash. Please capitalize on our mistake letting her go. She's an absolute force, she's funny, she's right, and she knows what makes games tick.
Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch!
www.ashparrish.com
www.ashparrish.com
Ash Parrish
www.ashparrish.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:44 PM
You should hire Ash. Please capitalize on our mistake letting her go. She's an absolute force, she's funny, she's right, and she knows what makes games tick.
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Hire. Ash. Now.
Our huge loss of her voice at The Verge can be to your massive benefit. She’s the best at what she does and she always welcomed my non-stop prattling about nerdy Gunpla shit.
Our huge loss of her voice at The Verge can be to your massive benefit. She’s the best at what she does and she always welcomed my non-stop prattling about nerdy Gunpla shit.
Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch!
www.ashparrish.com
www.ashparrish.com
Ash Parrish
www.ashparrish.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Hire. Ash. Now.
Our huge loss of her voice at The Verge can be to your massive benefit. She’s the best at what she does and she always welcomed my non-stop prattling about nerdy Gunpla shit.
Our huge loss of her voice at The Verge can be to your massive benefit. She’s the best at what she does and she always welcomed my non-stop prattling about nerdy Gunpla shit.
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People keep bringing up the accents for how you know people are not outside agitators. They don't even have to open their mouth. I saw how you boldly walked on that sidewalk thinking it was just damp. You ain't with us.
January 16, 2026 at 5:44 PM
People keep bringing up the accents for how you know people are not outside agitators. They don't even have to open their mouth. I saw how you boldly walked on that sidewalk thinking it was just damp. You ain't with us.
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Verizon’s wireless network is down for many people nationwide
Verizon’s wireless network is down for many people nationwide
It’s not just your phone.
buff.ly
January 14, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Verizon’s wireless network is down for many people nationwide