Terrence O'Brien
@terrenceobrien.bsky.social
Verge weekend editor. MusicTech contributor. Former Engadget, Wired & Switched. Musician. Serial hobbyist.
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Everyone in my life is tired of me talking about this movie.
You need to watch the intensely surreal cult classic Possession
You need to watch the intensely surreal cult classic Possession
It features three of the most unhinged performances in cinema history, and I mean that as a compliment.
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February 15, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Everyone in my life is tired of me talking about this movie.
"7,000 of them, all around the world... He could remotely control them, and look and listen through their live camera feeds... He could watch them map out each room of a house, generating a complete 2D floor plan. He could use any robot’s IP address to find its rough location."
The DJI Romo robovac had security so poor, this man remotely accessed thousands of them
The DJI Romo robovac had security so poor, this man remotely accessed thousands of them
DJI may have fixed it now.
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February 14, 2026 at 1:25 PM
"7,000 of them, all around the world... He could remotely control them, and look and listen through their live camera feeds... He could watch them map out each room of a house, generating a complete 2D floor plan. He could use any robot’s IP address to find its rough location."
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One amazing way to keep Amelia’s fight against Batten Disease going is to vote for the BDSRA in the Project for Awesome 2026. Voting ends on Wednesday, Feb. 18.
Just head to: projectforawesome.com/videos/proje...
Just head to: projectforawesome.com/videos/proje...
February 13, 2026 at 6:27 PM
One amazing way to keep Amelia’s fight against Batten Disease going is to vote for the BDSRA in the Project for Awesome 2026. Voting ends on Wednesday, Feb. 18.
Just head to: projectforawesome.com/videos/proje...
Just head to: projectforawesome.com/videos/proje...
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If you’re a journalist or community organizer and haven’t shifted away from Google yet, this is a good reminder that it’s probably a good time to start!
Set up that Proton mail account, explore Crypt Pad or Outline for docs. Take 1 small step towards privacy today techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...
Set up that Proton mail account, explore Crypt Pad or Outline for docs. Take 1 small step towards privacy today techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...
Google sent personal and financial information of student journalist to ICE | TechCrunch
The tech giant handed over the personal information of a journalist and student who attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024. This is the latest example of ICE using its controversial subpoena power...
techcrunch.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:20 PM
If you’re a journalist or community organizer and haven’t shifted away from Google yet, this is a good reminder that it’s probably a good time to start!
Set up that Proton mail account, explore Crypt Pad or Outline for docs. Take 1 small step towards privacy today techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...
Set up that Proton mail account, explore Crypt Pad or Outline for docs. Take 1 small step towards privacy today techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...
This is some cowardly shit form the IOC
Breaking News: A Ukrainian athlete at the Winter Olympics was barred from competing over plans to wear a helmet honoring countrymen killed in the war with Russia.
Ukrainian Olympian Is Disqualified Over Helmet With Images of War Dead
Olympic officials had told Vladyslav Heraskevych that the helmet, featuring images of people killed in the war with Russia, violated the Games’ ban on political speech.
nyti.ms
February 12, 2026 at 1:07 PM
This is some cowardly shit form the IOC
Hell of a bundle over at itch.io raising money for Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
February 12, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Hell of a bundle over at itch.io raising money for Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
This is the nerdiest solution to having too much music gear, and I love it. @jonwayne.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/games/875519...
www.theverge.com/games/875519...
Super Beatmaker is the roguelike TTRPG for music making I need in my life.
The world of affordable plugins, sample library subscriptions, and a particularly virulent case of GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) has me making less music, not more. YouTuber and producer Jon Makes B...
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February 8, 2026 at 11:28 PM
This is the nerdiest solution to having too much music gear, and I love it. @jonwayne.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/games/875519...
www.theverge.com/games/875519...
I know we're only five weeks deep, but my favorite record of 2026 so far.
You need to listen to the new Mandy, Indiana record: URGH
You need to listen to the new Mandy, Indiana record: URGH
Vicious, dancey, and utterly captivating.
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February 8, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I know we're only five weeks deep, but my favorite record of 2026 so far.
When your OS says, "We're sorry, but we're not sure what the error is," it's hard to take it seriously.
I went back to Linux and it was a mistake
I went back to Linux and it was a mistake
I need an OS, not another hobby.
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February 7, 2026 at 7:49 PM
When your OS says, "We're sorry, but we're not sure what the error is," it's hard to take it seriously.
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Before The Washington Post layoffs came down, a group of wealthy D.C. locals approached CEO Will Lewis with a proposal.
@passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday @status.news column: www.status.news/p/washington...
@passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday @status.news column: www.status.news/p/washington...
February 7, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Before The Washington Post layoffs came down, a group of wealthy D.C. locals approached CEO Will Lewis with a proposal.
@passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday @status.news column: www.status.news/p/washington...
@passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday @status.news column: www.status.news/p/washington...
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"It’s hard not to read these files and come to the conclusion that Epstein helped engineer the ultimate elite impunity — in which our society has been totally destroyed so the richest and most powerful men in the world can do whatever they want."
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: bit.ly/4kF9C1j
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: bit.ly/4kF9C1j
February 6, 2026 at 4:13 PM
"It’s hard not to read these files and come to the conclusion that Epstein helped engineer the ultimate elite impunity — in which our society has been totally destroyed so the richest and most powerful men in the world can do whatever they want."
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: bit.ly/4kF9C1j
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: bit.ly/4kF9C1j
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We are warfighters, not woke, now get your asses in those theater seats and learn how to pick dresses for formal balls.
MAGA-aligned military commanders are pressuring enlisted service members to go to the Melania movie and bring their families. Troops at 8 different bases have complained. www.businessinsider.com/us-military-...
February 7, 2026 at 3:05 PM
We are warfighters, not woke, now get your asses in those theater seats and learn how to pick dresses for formal balls.
Unsurprisingly, the new Mandy, Indiana record is incredible. mandyindiana.bandcamp.com/album/urgh
URGH, by Mandy, Indiana
10 track album
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February 6, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Unsurprisingly, the new Mandy, Indiana record is incredible. mandyindiana.bandcamp.com/album/urgh
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TRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trump‘s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer.
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
February 6, 2026 at 4:20 AM
TRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trump‘s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer.
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
A little back of the napkin math suggests that Bezos' personal fortune could keep WaPo running for hundreds of years while also making the paper completely free.
Breaking News: The Washington Post began sweeping layoffs that were slated to shrink the scope of the publication.
Washington Post Begins Sweeping Layoffs
The layoffs are slated to shrink the newsroom by hundreds of journalists, cutting into The Post’s local, international and sports coverage.
nyti.ms
February 4, 2026 at 2:26 PM
A little back of the napkin math suggests that Bezos' personal fortune could keep WaPo running for hundreds of years while also making the paper completely free.
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They just blindly shot through the fucking door.
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Photographic evidence from the shooting scene of a Venezuelan man by federal agents last month in Minneapolis supports the account of witnesses there – and appears to undercut the narrative provided by federal officials." www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Live: Judge orders release of suspects in alleged shovel attack on agent
Department of Homeland Security says agent fired in self-defense after being attacked with a snow shovel and broom.
www.startribune.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:25 PM
They just blindly shot through the fucking door.
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
This is an absolute must watch.
It's one of the smartest things about AI & music I've encountered.
It's one of the smartest things about AI & music I've encountered.
February 3, 2026 at 5:02 AM
This is an absolute must watch.
It's one of the smartest things about AI & music I've encountered.
It's one of the smartest things about AI & music I've encountered.
Whenever NYC gets hit with a big snowstorm, I like the wander the oddly quiet streets after dark and listen to M83's Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts.
You need to listen to M83’s icy post-rock record Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
You need to listen to M83’s icy post-rock record Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
Before M83 made ‘80s-inspired saxophone-laden pop, the band had more in common with bands like Mogwai.
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February 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Whenever NYC gets hit with a big snowstorm, I like the wander the oddly quiet streets after dark and listen to M83's Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts.
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Can confirm. Nothing has changed on the ground. ICE still attacking people, kidnapping, all that stuff—and the city is still out protecting and helping neighbors
Absolutely surreal to continue to hear about drawdowns and lowered temperatures and things calming down in Minneapolis when, as far as I can tell, literally nothing has changed on the ground
January 31, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Can confirm. Nothing has changed on the ground. ICE still attacking people, kidnapping, all that stuff—and the city is still out protecting and helping neighbors
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sarah: i want to write a buying guide
me: about what
sarah: 😈
me: about what
sarah: 😈
me, emotionally writing an essay on the use of force by federal agents: ok but what if i packaged this in the most insane way possible www.theverge.com/policy/86857...
Best gas masks
“How did these people go out and get gas masks?” AG Bondi asked.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:02 PM
sarah: i want to write a buying guide
me: about what
sarah: 😈
me: about what
sarah: 😈
I'm teaching a free workshop in April where you'll make a simple cassette tape loop. It's gonna be a blast. More info: makerparkradio.nyc/soniqlabs/
January 29, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I'm teaching a free workshop in April where you'll make a simple cassette tape loop. It's gonna be a blast. More info: makerparkradio.nyc/soniqlabs/
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"If we have to hunt you down, the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice. And we will do so under the Constitution and laws of the United States."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
Philly DA vows to prosecute ‘wannabe Nazi' ICE agents who violate the law
YouTube video by NBC10 Philadelphia
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January 29, 2026 at 3:50 AM
"If we have to hunt you down, the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice. And we will do so under the Constitution and laws of the United States."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
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We're officially fundraising for laid-off Vox workers. Please share and donate if you can!
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Donate to Support Laid-off Vox Media Workers, organized by Victoria Song
On Friday, January 16, 2026, the Vox Media Union received news from management about … Victoria Song needs your support for Support Laid-off Vox Media Workers
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January 28, 2026 at 6:04 PM
We're officially fundraising for laid-off Vox workers. Please share and donate if you can!
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In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this:
January 28, 2026 at 1:44 AM
In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this: