Victoria Song
@vicmsong.bsky.social
Senior reviewer and author of the Optimizer newsletter for The Verge. I write about wearables, health tech, and other gadgets. Previously: Gizmodo, PCMag, Yomiuri Shimbun.
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Grand poobah of the penguin brigade.
Signal: @vicmsong.14
Grand poobah of the penguin brigade.
I spent my Black Friday/Cyber Monday shift shitposting some deals but I am most proud of this one of the black Apple Watch Ultra 2:
www.theverge.com/gadgets/8334...
www.theverge.com/gadgets/8334...
November 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I spent my Black Friday/Cyber Monday shift shitposting some deals but I am most proud of this one of the black Apple Watch Ultra 2:
www.theverge.com/gadgets/8334...
www.theverge.com/gadgets/8334...
My cousin's 11-yo gave me her Stranger Things S5 review at Thanksgiving.
*El is a pick-me and why does she talk like a caveman still
*Dustin is, like, so emo
*Jancy, b/c Nancy is ok but too ew for Steve who is cute
*Hopper needs therapy
*Mike is mid and should die
Then she said 67.
*El is a pick-me and why does she talk like a caveman still
*Dustin is, like, so emo
*Jancy, b/c Nancy is ok but too ew for Steve who is cute
*Hopper needs therapy
*Mike is mid and should die
Then she said 67.
November 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
My cousin's 11-yo gave me her Stranger Things S5 review at Thanksgiving.
*El is a pick-me and why does she talk like a caveman still
*Dustin is, like, so emo
*Jancy, b/c Nancy is ok but too ew for Steve who is cute
*Hopper needs therapy
*Mike is mid and should die
Then she said 67.
*El is a pick-me and why does she talk like a caveman still
*Dustin is, like, so emo
*Jancy, b/c Nancy is ok but too ew for Steve who is cute
*Hopper needs therapy
*Mike is mid and should die
Then she said 67.
This week on Optimizer, I talk about how a year of testing over the counter CGMs off and on almost wrecked my relationship with food.
OTC CGMs are powerful tools but I’ve personally struggled with increased food anxiety — especially around holidays.
www.theverge.com/column/83093...
OTC CGMs are powerful tools but I’ve personally struggled with increased food anxiety — especially around holidays.
www.theverge.com/column/83093...
The dark side of optimizing your metabolism
CGMs are ultimately a tool — one that can be used for good or abused.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This week on Optimizer, I talk about how a year of testing over the counter CGMs off and on almost wrecked my relationship with food.
OTC CGMs are powerful tools but I’ve personally struggled with increased food anxiety — especially around holidays.
www.theverge.com/column/83093...
OTC CGMs are powerful tools but I’ve personally struggled with increased food anxiety — especially around holidays.
www.theverge.com/column/83093...
The way public transit shits itself whenever it rains.
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The way public transit shits itself whenever it rains.
I've made an executive decision for the entire industry.
After CES 2026, all companies are banned from pitching and launching new smart glasses for a period of 1 year. The exception is you're allowed if it's been previously announced in 2025. Please file appeals to The Board of Wearable Reviewers.
After CES 2026, all companies are banned from pitching and launching new smart glasses for a period of 1 year. The exception is you're allowed if it's been previously announced in 2025. Please file appeals to The Board of Wearable Reviewers.
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I've made an executive decision for the entire industry.
After CES 2026, all companies are banned from pitching and launching new smart glasses for a period of 1 year. The exception is you're allowed if it's been previously announced in 2025. Please file appeals to The Board of Wearable Reviewers.
After CES 2026, all companies are banned from pitching and launching new smart glasses for a period of 1 year. The exception is you're allowed if it's been previously announced in 2025. Please file appeals to The Board of Wearable Reviewers.
Good news for fitness and running nerds. Zombies, Run! has been bought back by co-creator and author @naomialderman.bsky.social.
"Zombies, Run! has been a community effort since the first Kickstarter, and we’ll keep it shambling on together," she tells The Verge.
www.theverge.com/gadgets/8275...
"Zombies, Run! has been a community effort since the first Kickstarter, and we’ll keep it shambling on together," she tells The Verge.
www.theverge.com/gadgets/8275...
Zombies, Run! isn’t headed for the grave after all
Good news, Runners Five.
www.theverge.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Good news for fitness and running nerds. Zombies, Run! has been bought back by co-creator and author @naomialderman.bsky.social.
"Zombies, Run! has been a community effort since the first Kickstarter, and we’ll keep it shambling on together," she tells The Verge.
www.theverge.com/gadgets/8275...
"Zombies, Run! has been a community effort since the first Kickstarter, and we’ll keep it shambling on together," she tells The Verge.
www.theverge.com/gadgets/8275...
What timeline is this
Put it in The Louvre of US political history. The look on Mamdani's face is priceless.
November 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
What timeline is this
Busy day today.
November 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Busy day today.
Me, after reading The Blog.
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Me, after reading The Blog.
Had a fun time recording this yesterday 💕
New Podcast Episode:
This Week in Tech: Furry Little Potatoes
Smart Glasses & Everyday "Surveillance"
with @leolaporte.me, @vicmsong.bsky.social, @filmgirl.bsky.social
This Week in Tech: Furry Little Potatoes
Smart Glasses & Everyday "Surveillance"
with @leolaporte.me, @vicmsong.bsky.social, @filmgirl.bsky.social
Furry Little Potatoes | TWiT.TV
Meta’s Ray-Ban Display glasses steal the spotlight on a Rome trip, triggering debates about privacy, wearable tech etiquette, and the uncomfortable power of recording the
twit.tv
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Had a fun time recording this yesterday 💕
Looked at a few photos of myself circa 2016-2018.
Have been grappling with whether: 1) I simply had eyebrow blindness or 2) if it was fine then and some BS new phone wizardry now is what's making me look like Asian Eugene Levy in those photos.
Either way, never skipping a brow appointment again.
Have been grappling with whether: 1) I simply had eyebrow blindness or 2) if it was fine then and some BS new phone wizardry now is what's making me look like Asian Eugene Levy in those photos.
Either way, never skipping a brow appointment again.
November 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Looked at a few photos of myself circa 2016-2018.
Have been grappling with whether: 1) I simply had eyebrow blindness or 2) if it was fine then and some BS new phone wizardry now is what's making me look like Asian Eugene Levy in those photos.
Either way, never skipping a brow appointment again.
Have been grappling with whether: 1) I simply had eyebrow blindness or 2) if it was fine then and some BS new phone wizardry now is what's making me look like Asian Eugene Levy in those photos.
Either way, never skipping a brow appointment again.
Was wondering why Carol’s conversations with the hive mind in Pluribus gave me both trauma and Déjà vu.
In tonight’s episode I realized because it’s the same as every conversation I’ve ever had with an AI.
In tonight’s episode I realized because it’s the same as every conversation I’ve ever had with an AI.
November 15, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Was wondering why Carol’s conversations with the hive mind in Pluribus gave me both trauma and Déjà vu.
In tonight’s episode I realized because it’s the same as every conversation I’ve ever had with an AI.
In tonight’s episode I realized because it’s the same as every conversation I’ve ever had with an AI.
What are we doing
The spiritual successor to the iPod Sock, Apple's new iPhone Pocket, is sold out across the US, in both sizes, and all colors despite its high cost.
Costly iPhone Pocket sells out nearly immediately
The spiritual successor to the iPod Sock, Apple's new iPhone Pocket, is sold out across the US, in both sizes, and all colors despite its high cost.
appleinsider.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
What are we doing
This week on Optimizer...
Counting Renaissance butts in Rome with the Meta Ray-Ban Display
Counting Renaissance butts in Rome with the Meta Ray-Ban Display
The best smart glasses are the ones you feel free to take off.
buff.ly
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This week on Optimizer...
Reposted by Victoria Song
"Everyone who wants a VR headset already has one.” @vicmsong.bsky.social dives deep in to the reality of who, exactly is buying all these new VR headsets www.theverge.com/tech/820416/...
Who is buying VR and XR headsets anyway?
Who are the people shelling out thousands for such a niche gadget?
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November 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"Everyone who wants a VR headset already has one.” @vicmsong.bsky.social dives deep in to the reality of who, exactly is buying all these new VR headsets www.theverge.com/tech/820416/...
The last three months have been a humbling reminder that I’m getting old and I can’t push through physical exhaustion the way I could in my teens and 20s.
It’s been 11 days of being crusty, dusty, dehydrated and hacking up my lungs and I am so over it.
It’s been 11 days of being crusty, dusty, dehydrated and hacking up my lungs and I am so over it.
November 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The last three months have been a humbling reminder that I’m getting old and I can’t push through physical exhaustion the way I could in my teens and 20s.
It’s been 11 days of being crusty, dusty, dehydrated and hacking up my lungs and I am so over it.
It’s been 11 days of being crusty, dusty, dehydrated and hacking up my lungs and I am so over it.
Ciao, ragazzi. Vacation is over so that means Optimizer is back this week... and I talk about using translation tech during said vacation.
www.theverge.com/column/81568...
www.theverge.com/column/81568...
Lost in AI translation
AI translation was no match for my extroverted in-laws.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Ciao, ragazzi. Vacation is over so that means Optimizer is back this week... and I talk about using translation tech during said vacation.
www.theverge.com/column/81568...
www.theverge.com/column/81568...
Curious to hear from folks who are actually buying XR headsets like the M5 Vision Pro and Galaxy XR. Who are you and why is this a product category that speaks to you?
Hit me up on signal at @ vicmsong.14, dms, or my email at [email protected]
Hit me up on signal at @ vicmsong.14, dms, or my email at [email protected]
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November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Curious to hear from folks who are actually buying XR headsets like the M5 Vision Pro and Galaxy XR. Who are you and why is this a product category that speaks to you?
Hit me up on signal at @ vicmsong.14, dms, or my email at [email protected]
Hit me up on signal at @ vicmsong.14, dms, or my email at [email protected]
Reposted by Victoria Song
why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections?
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
July 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections?
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
Apparently I don’t gotta lose it tomorrow 🤗
I swear to god if the blue lady loses in Jersey and Mamdani isn't mayor when I wake up tomorrow I'm going to lose it.
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Apparently I don’t gotta lose it tomorrow 🤗
I swear to god if the blue lady loses in Jersey and Mamdani isn't mayor when I wake up tomorrow I'm going to lose it.
November 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I swear to god if the blue lady loses in Jersey and Mamdani isn't mayor when I wake up tomorrow I'm going to lose it.
I also need Zohran to win because I dunno what this Mikie Sherill lady in Jersey is about but I do know the gubernatorial margin is way too thin and my mailbox is full of compelling mailers about why she sucks.
If Mamdani wins, I solemnly swear I will do my best to squat in one of the vacated apartments left by the fleeing millionaires that priced me out of my hometown two years ago.
November 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I also need Zohran to win because I dunno what this Mikie Sherill lady in Jersey is about but I do know the gubernatorial margin is way too thin and my mailbox is full of compelling mailers about why she sucks.
If Mamdani wins, I solemnly swear I will do my best to squat in one of the vacated apartments left by the fleeing millionaires that priced me out of my hometown two years ago.
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
If Mamdani wins, I solemnly swear I will do my best to squat in one of the vacated apartments left by the fleeing millionaires that priced me out of my hometown two years ago.
Love to go on vacation and immediately get sick upon returning home.
November 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Love to go on vacation and immediately get sick upon returning home.
Victoria is on vacation so here is Lady Jabroni to review the Oakley Meta Vanguard.
www.theverge.com/tech/802020/...
www.theverge.com/tech/802020/...
October 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Victoria is on vacation so here is Lady Jabroni to review the Oakley Meta Vanguard.
www.theverge.com/tech/802020/...
www.theverge.com/tech/802020/...