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.
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...
Took the 7yo to school and then was confused why my house didn't smell like coffee when I got home, since the pot should have started while I was out.
Welp.
Sure is a Monday, I guess.
Welp.
Sure is a Monday, I guess.
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Took the 7yo to school and then was confused why my house didn't smell like coffee when I got home, since the pot should have started while I was out.
Welp.
Sure is a Monday, I guess.
Welp.
Sure is a Monday, I guess.
Oh my god, I just discovered that YouTube automatically *sticks AI learning modules* at the bottom of this one, presumably because it has the keywords "AI" and "education" in the title and description.
November 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Oh my god, I just discovered that YouTube automatically *sticks AI learning modules* at the bottom of this one, presumably because it has the keywords "AI" and "education" in the title and description.
Lol, and coincidentally, of all the episodes to hit tonight...
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Lol, and coincidentally, of all the episodes to hit tonight...
This is my new favorite menu in any game ever, bless them from the heart of my queasy, queasy soul
October 31, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This is my new favorite menu in any game ever, bless them from the heart of my queasy, queasy soul
The 12yo wanted to make a brookie and now I'm nearly as annoyed as she is that we have to wait until after dinner to eat it, haha.
(Not because I valorize not spoiling your dinner, but because if you cut into it too soon it collapses.)
(Not because I valorize not spoiling your dinner, but because if you cut into it too soon it collapses.)
October 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The 12yo wanted to make a brookie and now I'm nearly as annoyed as she is that we have to wait until after dinner to eat it, haha.
(Not because I valorize not spoiling your dinner, but because if you cut into it too soon it collapses.)
(Not because I valorize not spoiling your dinner, but because if you cut into it too soon it collapses.)
12yo: I meant to tell you about [French teacher] today
Me: Oh?
12yo: She was poking me with a baguette
Me: ...
12yo: She was dressed up for picture day, really weird. Like she had this black and white striped shirt, and --
Me: *rapidly googles image* Like this?
12yo: YES! Exactly!!
The image:
Me: Oh?
12yo: She was poking me with a baguette
Me: ...
12yo: She was dressed up for picture day, really weird. Like she had this black and white striped shirt, and --
Me: *rapidly googles image* Like this?
12yo: YES! Exactly!!
The image:
September 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
12yo: I meant to tell you about [French teacher] today
Me: Oh?
12yo: She was poking me with a baguette
Me: ...
12yo: She was dressed up for picture day, really weird. Like she had this black and white striped shirt, and --
Me: *rapidly googles image* Like this?
12yo: YES! Exactly!!
The image:
Me: Oh?
12yo: She was poking me with a baguette
Me: ...
12yo: She was dressed up for picture day, really weird. Like she had this black and white striped shirt, and --
Me: *rapidly googles image* Like this?
12yo: YES! Exactly!!
The image:
Yes, AI is definitely solving customer service.
(The human understood that Sept 17 was more than three days ago and was able to help me in less than five minutes though haha, all credit to them.)
(The human understood that Sept 17 was more than three days ago and was able to help me in less than five minutes though haha, all credit to them.)
September 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Yes, AI is definitely solving customer service.
(The human understood that Sept 17 was more than three days ago and was able to help me in less than five minutes though haha, all credit to them.)
(The human understood that Sept 17 was more than three days ago and was able to help me in less than five minutes though haha, all credit to them.)
We just did the same with our fuzzbutt for a surgery he had earlier this month. He loathed it but less than he would have loathed a cone, haha
September 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We just did the same with our fuzzbutt for a surgery he had earlier this month. He loathed it but less than he would have loathed a cone, haha
Ending the summer the way we began it, on a beautiful Sunday.
September 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ending the summer the way we began it, on a beautiful Sunday.
Guybrush is unhelpful in this regard.
(He had a minor surgery last week but he's fine. Supposed to come out of the tiger onesie tomorrow. It was better than the cone of shame.)
(He had a minor surgery last week but he's fine. Supposed to come out of the tiger onesie tomorrow. It was better than the cone of shame.)
September 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Guybrush is unhelpful in this regard.
(He had a minor surgery last week but he's fine. Supposed to come out of the tiger onesie tomorrow. It was better than the cone of shame.)
(He had a minor surgery last week but he's fine. Supposed to come out of the tiger onesie tomorrow. It was better than the cone of shame.)
Lolol guess what I'm staring at in this mall department store
August 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Lolol guess what I'm staring at in this mall department store
I don't usually jump on these but I was super curious about mine lol.
The funny thing is, I have not ever actually played any Half-Life. That was my extremely-recently-ex-boyfriend trying to get me into all the Orange Box haha.
(Pirates was a re-purchase, I had the 2004 disc too.)
The funny thing is, I have not ever actually played any Half-Life. That was my extremely-recently-ex-boyfriend trying to get me into all the Orange Box haha.
(Pirates was a re-purchase, I had the 2004 disc too.)
August 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I don't usually jump on these but I was super curious about mine lol.
The funny thing is, I have not ever actually played any Half-Life. That was my extremely-recently-ex-boyfriend trying to get me into all the Orange Box haha.
(Pirates was a re-purchase, I had the 2004 disc too.)
The funny thing is, I have not ever actually played any Half-Life. That was my extremely-recently-ex-boyfriend trying to get me into all the Orange Box haha.
(Pirates was a re-purchase, I had the 2004 disc too.)
My kids think this is one of the silliest days of the year.
August 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
My kids think this is one of the silliest days of the year.
This came across my path early this year and has stuck with me ever since, the hump of compelling mediocrity
August 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This came across my path early this year and has stuck with me ever since, the hump of compelling mediocrity
Definitely an actual airport lounge and not at all a Wile E Coyote-level trap for frequent fliers
July 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Definitely an actual airport lounge and not at all a Wile E Coyote-level trap for frequent fliers
We went out to dinner tonight with an old friend and her family and, look, when the menu said the chocolate mousse torte was served in a pot I did not expect this lol
(It was delicious though)
(It was delicious though)
July 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
We went out to dinner tonight with an old friend and her family and, look, when the menu said the chocolate mousse torte was served in a pot I did not expect this lol
(It was delicious though)
(It was delicious though)
the entire reason
I have kept using Notepad for 30+ years, well into the 21st century
is that it STRIPS formatting.
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I have kept using Notepad for 30+ years, well into the 21st century
is that it STRIPS formatting.
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July 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
the entire reason
I have kept using Notepad for 30+ years, well into the 21st century
is that it STRIPS formatting.
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I have kept using Notepad for 30+ years, well into the 21st century
is that it STRIPS formatting.
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But also here is a funny thing that can happen when you are trying to work from an advance copy lol
May 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
But also here is a funny thing that can happen when you are trying to work from an advance copy lol
The entire forest of signs in the median, summarized
April 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The entire forest of signs in the median, summarized