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The return of the trans underground

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The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

"If queer and trans folks are going to survive, we’ll need to once again embrace the underground, and learn when to be visible and when to shut the fuck up."

Read more from @janus.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

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The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 1d

Hello~ i wrote something for @theverge.com about the surreal horror of online transness in a fascist surveillance state.

it’s time to change tactics and make ourselves less legible to this machinery of death — but *without* sacrificing our connection and community.

The internet once helped trans people connect and organize. Now it’s a dangerous liability. What comes next?

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Marina Galperina @mfortki.bsky.social · 6d

It's finally (not) jacket weather (at the office)

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 8d

just going to speak this into the world: I would LOVE to be a fly on the wall for her first meeting with standards and practices. if you know anything, I'm very easy to reach xo

Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 8d

please read my memo www.theverge.com/business/793...

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?

What happened to hoverboards? | Version History

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 10d

I’m so proud of this show we made, and I cannot overstate the extent to which it would not have been any good (or even existed at all) without Travis

Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 10d

Working on this show was one of the most fun, collaborative experiences I’ve had as a producer. Psyched that we finally get to share, please look forward to new eps every Sunday! youtu.be/fjXXDGx5Ggg?...

YouTube video by The Verge

youtu.be

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Marina Galperina @mfortki.bsky.social · 14d

anyway, the watermark should be much bigger

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Marina Galperina @mfortki.bsky.social · 14d

pushing worldcoin ahead of deepfakeocalypse is like giving us a weird umbrella like "you're gonna need this later trust me" and then dropping a piano on us

Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 14d

Earlier this week, I watched OpenAI CEO Sam Altman drink from a gigantic mango juice box & remark aloud about how it was half his size. The catch: None of it was real.

But the most concerning part is that I couldn’t tell the deepfake from reality.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

OpenAI made a TikTok for deepfakes, and it’s getting hard to tell what’s real

We’ll see how this goes…

Federal judge dismisses half of the charges against Tim Burke

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 16d

If you know someone who has money and really loves the First Amendment you can help us ensure this ruling sticks: https://timburkelegalfund.org/

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 16d

First Amendment victory for @bubbaprog.xyz www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...

U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle ruled that the law used to indict the Tampa media figure violates the First Amendment.

www.tampabay.com

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Marina Galperina @mfortki.bsky.social · 16d

Please explain this

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Marina Galperina @mfortki.bsky.social · 16d

"A lot of gen AI supporters see it as a tool that’s 'democratizing' art by lowering traditional barriers to entry like 'learning how to draw,' 'learning how to play an instrument,' or 'learning how to write a story.'"

@charlespulliam.bsky.social in The Stepback newsletter this week

How generative AI boosters are trying to break into Hollywood

AI startups are coming for the entertainment industry.

Makoto Koji has been surprised by how the community has taken to some of her made-up words.

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Marina Galperina @mfortki.bsky.social · 16d

The one where @jaypeters.net talks to Makoto Koji

The Verge @theverge.com · 17d

How the voice of Silksong’s Hornet brought her to life through gibberish

I’ve got a bone to pick with ‘getting credit’ from your fitness tracker

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Marina Galperina @mfortki.bsky.social · 19d

It's actually quite mentally unsound how I'm used to getting "credit" for all of my rabid workout routine. @vicmsong.bsky.social mules it over on this week's The Optimizer:

The only ‘tracker’ that matters is your body — and it never misses a workout.

Suno’s v5 music generator is technically impressive, but undone by the soulless perfection of its AI vocalists.

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Marina Galperina @mfortki.bsky.social · 19d

"Model v5 might understand that a particular lyric should be sad, but it has no actual emotional connection to the words, because it’s a pile of code, not an artist."

The Verge @theverge.com · 19d

Suno’s upgraded AI music generator is technically impressive, but still soulless

Sinclair joins the Trump administration’s much-criticized attempt to link Tylenol use during pregnancy to autism

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 19d

for years when academics warned about the problems with letting media consolidate at the hands of one of two companies people yawned, now every day there's another vivid example of why they were right

www.mediamatters.org

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 20d

Just in: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flmd.424438/gov.uscourts.flmd.424438.217.0.pdf

ORDER: Defendant Timothy Burke's 125 Third Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED. Counts Eight through
Fourteen of the 1 Indictment are DISMISSED without prejudice. Signed by Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle on
9/25/2025. (SUR) (Entered: 09/25/2025)

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 20d

I need people who complain about film critics to decide if we love everything or hate everything. Gets tiresome to argue both

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Marina Galperina @mfortki.bsky.social · 20d

Oh, and the tracks are not labelled AI obviously bsky.app/profile/lizp...

liz pelly @lizpelly.bsky.social · 20d

i think tracks made fully using gen AI should be clearly labeled in ways that actually serve the avg user -
giving labels/distributors the ability to opt-in to submit metadata disclosing use of AI to be added to credits is a start but still far away from what’s needed
musically.com/2025/09/25/s...

Spotify reveals its latest measures to handle AI music, spam and deepfakes

What are streaming services going to do about the explosion of fully AI-generated music being uploaded to their platforms?

musically.com

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 20d

Saw some pushback at calling Silksong sadistic but I meant it in a sexual way if that makes you feel any better.

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Marina Galperina @mfortki.bsky.social · 20d

Reminds me of this from May
www.theverge.com/policy/66210...

"Trump didn’t invent scams, but his administration’s dismantling of every institution that protects consumers will allow them to flourish."

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Marina Galperina @mfortki.bsky.social · 20d

"When asked about the possibility of copyright infringement, Jones’ manager, Murphy, directed the question to their lawyer, who declined The Verge’s request for comment."

The Verge @theverge.com · 20d

What happens when an AI-generated artist gets a record deal? A copyright mess

‘Why am I paying you for this, if you have no claim in the copyright?’

Sony, Microsoft, and the future of game consoles.

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · Apr 22

Chotiner: You've written a lot about the band Weezer over the years.
Me: That's right.
Chotiner: And The Blue Album is their best work as you've said.
Me: 100%. Always has been.
Chotiner: In 1996 in a letter to your high school girlfriend you wrote...
Me: Can we go off the record real quick?

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Marina Galperina @mfortki.bsky.social · 22d

Subscribe to @theverge.com and opt-in for The Stepback newsletter for more takes from a different writer week-to-week. In your inbox every Sunday at 8am. www.theverge.com/the-stepback...

Sean Hollister @seanhollister.bsky.social · 23d

Everything we thought we knew about game consoles is changing, and faster than ever before.

My take: "The box will continue to be the tip of the spear, but it’s no longer the point."

www.theverge.com/column/78130...

How much does the box matter?

Google is now offering new ways to customize the sources that show up in your search results pages and your Discover newsfeed.

Marina Galperina @mfortki.bsky.social · 22d

Nudge nudge

The Verge @theverge.com · 22d

How to make sure The Verge shows up in your Google search results

The key was to imagine the future as it was conceived back in the 70s.

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Charles PM @charlespulliam.bsky.social · 22d

Ahead of Alien: Earth’s season one finale tonight, I sat down with production designer Andy Nicholson to talk about spaceships, European automotive interior design, and the humble portable television

The Verge @theverge.com · 22d

Alien: Earth’s beefy tablets were inspired by Sony’s classic Watchman