Kate Cox
@kcoxdc.bsky.social
Now: Running Decoder @ The Verge. Earlier: editor/reporter for Protocol, Ars Technica, CQ Roll Call, Consumerist, and Kotaku; decades of other writing strewn across the internet. Boston-born, now DC-dwelling. She/her.
Obvs December is the season to find my inbox (and my postal mail box) full of pleas for donations and some I will give to if I can but I find the ones from *hospitals* that charged me or my late mother thousands of dollars for provided care to be the absolute most galling.
December 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Obvs December is the season to find my inbox (and my postal mail box) full of pleas for donations and some I will give to if I can but I find the ones from *hospitals* that charged me or my late mother thousands of dollars for provided care to be the absolute most galling.
I have a bottle of Star Trek "romulan ale" that is actually bright blue rye. The only thing I can really mix it with is eggnog, so I drink it mostly in December. I joked to a friend this was blue milk.
"No," she said, "You made the Star Wars Christmas Special."
And I think it with every damn sip.
"No," she said, "You made the Star Wars Christmas Special."
And I think it with every damn sip.
December 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I have a bottle of Star Trek "romulan ale" that is actually bright blue rye. The only thing I can really mix it with is eggnog, so I drink it mostly in December. I joked to a friend this was blue milk.
"No," she said, "You made the Star Wars Christmas Special."
And I think it with every damn sip.
"No," she said, "You made the Star Wars Christmas Special."
And I think it with every damn sip.
I spent Friday and Sunday in airports wrangling delayed flights and family travel and racked up several thousand steps in each one lolol, I don't think the airport needs *more* running around
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I spent Friday and Sunday in airports wrangling delayed flights and family travel and racked up several thousand steps in each one lolol, I don't think the airport needs *more* running around
Two for two this weekend on flights delayed badly enough that they take off later than they were supposed to land 🙃
December 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Two for two this weekend on flights delayed badly enough that they take off later than they were supposed to land 🙃
I am not a short person, especially for a woman, but sharing a bus with an entire college men's basketball team definitely, definitely made me feel smol lol
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I am not a short person, especially for a woman, but sharing a bus with an entire college men's basketball team definitely, definitely made me feel smol lol
Ah, the future: where the airline's app can suddenly completely break randomly for me four hours before my flight boards
December 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Ah, the future: where the airline's app can suddenly completely break randomly for me four hours before my flight boards
The total collapse of the media world I grew up with was slow and steady until it was all at once, and all at once is happening in 2025.
December 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The total collapse of the media world I grew up with was slow and steady until it was all at once, and all at once is happening in 2025.
That feeling when you watch the snow fall and think: Damn, I forgot to check if we still have sidewalk salt
December 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
That feeling when you watch the snow fall and think: Damn, I forgot to check if we still have sidewalk salt
Hey Bluesky! I'm off work this week to deal with some memorial stuff, but I'd love if when I went back to work next week the Decoder inbox was full of questions for @reckless.bsky.social to answer in our EOY special! decoder @ theverge dot com.
December 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Hey Bluesky! I'm off work this week to deal with some memorial stuff, but I'd love if when I went back to work next week the Decoder inbox was full of questions for @reckless.bsky.social to answer in our EOY special! decoder @ theverge dot com.
Could not find my phone for a solid 10 minutes this morning. Finally booted up my PC and went to Find My... .
I could not find my phone because it was under the cat. Thank you, Guybrush, for your contribution to my morning.
I could not find my phone because it was under the cat. Thank you, Guybrush, for your contribution to my morning.
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Could not find my phone for a solid 10 minutes this morning. Finally booted up my PC and went to Find My... .
I could not find my phone because it was under the cat. Thank you, Guybrush, for your contribution to my morning.
I could not find my phone because it was under the cat. Thank you, Guybrush, for your contribution to my morning.
Guybrush is *very* thankful for Thanksgiving turkey.
November 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Guybrush is *very* thankful for Thanksgiving turkey.
The Macy's Thanksgiving parade is this perfect blend of pop culture that was already old when I was young, pop culture I've never heard of because I'm *not* young, and marching bands that never get enough spotlight for how cold and tired all those kids -- band nerds, my true people -- are lol
November 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Macy's Thanksgiving parade is this perfect blend of pop culture that was already old when I was young, pop culture I've never heard of because I'm *not* young, and marching bands that never get enough spotlight for how cold and tired all those kids -- band nerds, my true people -- are lol
Bet you can't guess what's on the 12yo's mind this week 😂
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Bet you can't guess what's on the 12yo's mind this week 😂
The 7yo has found and is obsessed with some game on his tablet that uses the first strain of "The Maple Leaf Rag" on infinite repeat as its entire soundtrack and while I recognize Scott Joplin was an American genius what if I literally never hear any ragtime again
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The 7yo has found and is obsessed with some game on his tablet that uses the first strain of "The Maple Leaf Rag" on infinite repeat as its entire soundtrack and while I recognize Scott Joplin was an American genius what if I literally never hear any ragtime again
My colleagues have a lot of great tips and ideas but man... I am so glad we don't travel for Thanksgiving anymore, and I just get to be in my own house with people I like.
Our favorite ways to survive Thanksgiving
Our favorite ways to survive Thanksgiving
Do Thanksgiving right.
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
My colleagues have a lot of great tips and ideas but man... I am so glad we don't travel for Thanksgiving anymore, and I just get to be in my own house with people I like.
This is going around a lot today and, man... the last six months of my mom's life were absolutely *miserable* for me in a way they did not have to be, in a society that valued help and care. But the sandwich generation thing is real and is absolutely, miserably awful.
Every person I know who is roughly my age is dealing with something like this right now www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | ‘We Had No Idea What Was Coming’: Caring for My Aging Father
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This is going around a lot today and, man... the last six months of my mom's life were absolutely *miserable* for me in a way they did not have to be, in a society that valued help and care. But the sandwich generation thing is real and is absolutely, miserably awful.
In 2025 I've decided I'm defining AAA games as anything that makes me compile shaders long enough to go get a drink
November 23, 2025 at 1:42 AM
In 2025 I've decided I'm defining AAA games as anything that makes me compile shaders long enough to go get a drink
Taking 7th graders to see stuff is weird because it's a mix of kid and adult tickets depending who's already turned 13 haha.
(Yes, taking elder kid and her BFF to see Wicked Thanksgiving weekend.)
(Yes, taking elder kid and her BFF to see Wicked Thanksgiving weekend.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Taking 7th graders to see stuff is weird because it's a mix of kid and adult tickets depending who's already turned 13 haha.
(Yes, taking elder kid and her BFF to see Wicked Thanksgiving weekend.)
(Yes, taking elder kid and her BFF to see Wicked Thanksgiving weekend.)
This is almost literally what one of my best friends said last week except she used a different first word, lolol
Screw it, I’m installing Linux
Screw it, I’m installing Linux
It’s the year of Linux on my desktop.
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This is almost literally what one of my best friends said last week except she used a different first word, lolol
Probate is trash, nobody should ever have any stuff anywhere or interactions with any businesses, let's all live under a rock like bugs
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Probate is trash, nobody should ever have any stuff anywhere or interactions with any businesses, let's all live under a rock like bugs
lolsob, love to see in the Internet Archive the day the staff found out Protocol was going to shut down, because every story I just went looking for has a TON of snapshots from that day.
(Almost exactly three years ago, apparently. Pour one out...)
(Almost exactly three years ago, apparently. Pour one out...)
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
lolsob, love to see in the Internet Archive the day the staff found out Protocol was going to shut down, because every story I just went looking for has a TON of snapshots from that day.
(Almost exactly three years ago, apparently. Pour one out...)
(Almost exactly three years ago, apparently. Pour one out...)
Reposted by Kate Cox
I hate the days when I have to know what cloud providers host all the different services I need to be able to do my job
October 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I hate the days when I have to know what cloud providers host all the different services I need to be able to do my job
Current status: Looked a pill keeper on the counter and thought, "Oh, shit, [kid] hasn't been taking their meds this week?!" because only Monday was empty
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November 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Current status: Looked a pill keeper on the counter and thought, "Oh, shit, [kid] hasn't been taking their meds this week?!" because only Monday was empty
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November 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
There are blocks I won't go jogging down because it's just a wall of Ring cameras right up against the street with no setback and I do not need everyone and their grandmother recording me struggling at sunrise.
www.theverge.com/podcast/8220...
www.theverge.com/podcast/8220...
November 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
There are blocks I won't go jogging down because it's just a wall of Ring cameras right up against the street with no setback and I do not need everyone and their grandmother recording me struggling at sunrise.
www.theverge.com/podcast/8220...
www.theverge.com/podcast/8220...