nilay patel
@reckless.bsky.social
Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
I mean X is suing the labels, there is no way anyone is playing ball on licensing www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/elon-musks-x...
Elon Musk’s X sues music publishers, alleges industry ‘collusion’
X’s lawsuit points to successful licensing agreements between the NMPA plus Roblox and Twitch as evidence of an alleged ‘extortionate scheme’
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:37 AM
I mean X is suing the labels, there is no way anyone is playing ball on licensing www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/elon-musks-x...
We’re all looking for the guy who did this
February 9, 2026 at 9:20 PM
We’re all looking for the guy who did this
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OpenAI’s supposedly ‘leaked’ Super Bowl ad with ear buds and a shiny orb was a hoax
OpenAI’s supposedly ‘leaked’ Super Bowl ad with ear buds and a shiny orb was a hoax
Keeping it real fake.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 AM
OpenAI’s supposedly ‘leaked’ Super Bowl ad with ear buds and a shiny orb was a hoax
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in the final timeout, the Super Bowl commercials Voltron into a mega-ad for sweeping regulatory oversight of tech, healthcare, and finance
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 AM
in the final timeout, the Super Bowl commercials Voltron into a mega-ad for sweeping regulatory oversight of tech, healthcare, and finance
I’ve been to bigger weddings
February 9, 2026 at 2:21 AM
I’ve been to bigger weddings
this is such a tiny room lol
February 9, 2026 at 2:04 AM
this is such a tiny room lol
I mean, he used Linux as his daily for 13 years. This is a much larger series from quite a few people on our staff www.theverge.com/tech/823337/...
Screw it, I’m installing Linux
It’s the year of Linux on my desktop.
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February 8, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I mean, he used Linux as his daily for 13 years. This is a much larger series from quite a few people on our staff www.theverge.com/tech/823337/...
Fine. I will be the CEO of the Washington Post
February 7, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Fine. I will be the CEO of the Washington Post
It’s not a viable market product in a market where big tech platforms control distribution and tip the scales towards an endless supply of teenagers working free.
Every media company should be chasing the open social web to break that control wide open and reshape the market
Every media company should be chasing the open social web to break that control wide open and reshape the market
High-quality journalism is not a viable market product. If you want consistent high-quality journalism, you need some kind of subsidy.
ANY billionaire could set up the WaPo as a high-quality journalism outlet, accept that it's not going to make money, & simply subsidize it. Nothing stopping them.
ANY billionaire could set up the WaPo as a high-quality journalism outlet, accept that it's not going to make money, & simply subsidize it. Nothing stopping them.
February 7, 2026 at 8:30 PM
It’s not a viable market product in a market where big tech platforms control distribution and tip the scales towards an endless supply of teenagers working free.
Every media company should be chasing the open social web to break that control wide open and reshape the market
Every media company should be chasing the open social web to break that control wide open and reshape the market
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BREAKING NEWS: ELON MUSK TO FOCUS ON MARSHMALLOW FARM INSTEAD OF GUMDROP CITY
www.wsj.com/science/spac...
www.wsj.com/science/spac...
SpaceX Delays Mars Plans To Focus on Moon
Elon Musk’s rocket company had aimed to reach the red planet in 2026
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:31 PM
BREAKING NEWS: ELON MUSK TO FOCUS ON MARSHMALLOW FARM INSTEAD OF GUMDROP CITY
www.wsj.com/science/spac...
www.wsj.com/science/spac...
BREAKING GADGET NEWS www.theverge.com/gadgets/8751...
This is the Trump Phone
And it’s releasing - maybe - next month.
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February 6, 2026 at 9:33 PM
BREAKING GADGET NEWS www.theverge.com/gadgets/8751...
It is perpetually baffling how stupid legacy publications think their audiences are
February 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM
It is perpetually baffling how stupid legacy publications think their audiences are
There there drink your measles milk
February 6, 2026 at 3:30 PM
There there drink your measles milk
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I wrote about the Epstein files (gift link) www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...
How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo
The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.
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February 6, 2026 at 3:09 PM
I wrote about the Epstein files (gift link) www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...
Turning the entire popular media ecosystem into QVC has resulted in enormous profit margins for spinach powder whose own published studies show no discernible effects
February 6, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Turning the entire popular media ecosystem into QVC has resulted in enormous profit margins for spinach powder whose own published studies show no discernible effects
One of the reasons I think brand deals are so weird and icky is that like the entire creator economy is propped up by AG1 and no one can say the obvious thing: it’s nonsense! @vicmsong.bsky.social dives in (gift link!) www.theverge.com/column/87469...
AG1 is a lot less science-y than it sounds
“Clinically backed” isn’t the endorsement you think it is.
www.theverge.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:22 PM
One of the reasons I think brand deals are so weird and icky is that like the entire creator economy is propped up by AG1 and no one can say the obvious thing: it’s nonsense! @vicmsong.bsky.social dives in (gift link!) www.theverge.com/column/87469...
Insanity
"Health officials in New Mexico are warning against consuming raw dairy products after a newborn baby in the state died from a listeria infection that they say was likely contracted when the baby's mother drank raw milk during pregnancy."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New Mexico warns against consuming raw milk after newborn dies from listeria
While the New Mexico Department of Health said it can't pinpoint the baby's exact cause of death, officials believe it could have been linked to the mother's drinking raw milk during pregnancy.
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Insanity
It is INCREDIBLE how often this idea comes up! I think a lot of people think the point of an interview is to impress the subject? I get it but also the oldest trick in the book is to just play dumb
February 6, 2026 at 3:50 AM
It is INCREDIBLE how often this idea comes up! I think a lot of people think the point of an interview is to impress the subject? I get it but also the oldest trick in the book is to just play dumb
Gotta name them my friend
February 5, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Gotta name them my friend
We have two air handlers so we’d need two, I think?
February 5, 2026 at 5:07 AM
We have two air handlers so we’d need two, I think?
There’s a confusingly high number of people rooting for media training out there!
February 5, 2026 at 5:06 AM
There’s a confusingly high number of people rooting for media training out there!
Did you pay for our work yet or just scraping it with AI
February 5, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Did you pay for our work yet or just scraping it with AI
Anyway tune in on Monday to see how the TikTok audience reacts to me asking the CEO of a massively global 300,000 person conglomerate what he’s gonna do when NATO collapses!
February 5, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Anyway tune in on Monday to see how the TikTok audience reacts to me asking the CEO of a massively global 300,000 person conglomerate what he’s gonna do when NATO collapses!