Amy McCarthy
@aemccarthy.bsky.social
food, culture, & music journalist. texan by way of louisiana. formerly a reporter at eater, currently pondering a life of crime. WGA East member forever. she/her. // email: [email protected].
my chatbot psychosis is that people won’t stop using them for very dumb reasons and it’s making me lose my goddamn mind
It’s also time to start wondering if some of these reporters are a little cooked by the bots themselves. Reporters aren’t inured to chatbot psychosis. In fact, some of them may have drank too much of the kool aid from sources selling them stuff. We’re in a new world of stupid. Adjust your credulity.
January 16, 2026 at 9:21 PM
my chatbot psychosis is that people won’t stop using them for very dumb reasons and it’s making me lose my goddamn mind
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Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch!
www.ashparrish.com
www.ashparrish.com
Ash Parrish
www.ashparrish.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch!
www.ashparrish.com
www.ashparrish.com
lol for the first time in a decade, Vox Media layoffs cannot hurt me
January 16, 2026 at 6:49 PM
lol for the first time in a decade, Vox Media layoffs cannot hurt me
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RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
![You’ve got super fans pausing and zooming in on individuals frames of your documentary. One allegedly shows one of the Duffers with a ChatGPT tab open on their computer. In your presence, what did they use ChatGPT for?
I mean, are we even sure they had ChatGPT open?
I’m personally not, but the internet seems sure.
Well, there’s a lot of chatter where [social media users] are like, “We don’t really know, but we’re assuming.” But to me it’s like, doesn’t everybody have it open, to just do quick research?
I do.
How can you possibly write a storyline with 19 characters and use ChatGPT, I don’t even understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7t2urmt3i33jl6tjgiolio6g/bafkreidw2tmcr2ayq74oqmjm5pn2tdox6hlxnpqevhuqqj6oa7nsslx3oi@jpeg)
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
inject the beautiful people of Minneapolis cussing out these bitchmade ICE goons with their delightful midwestern accents straight into my veins
January 11, 2026 at 12:40 AM
inject the beautiful people of Minneapolis cussing out these bitchmade ICE goons with their delightful midwestern accents straight into my veins
making an AI image of a dead woman you do not know is absolute freak behavior (derogatory)
January 8, 2026 at 5:29 AM
making an AI image of a dead woman you do not know is absolute freak behavior (derogatory)
posting screenshots from outlets doing on-the-ground journalism without posting the links to those articles is rude and bullshit, quit doing that
January 8, 2026 at 12:34 AM
posting screenshots from outlets doing on-the-ground journalism without posting the links to those articles is rude and bullshit, quit doing that
in what fucking universe would you not try to speed your car away from a gun-wielding masked goon??? in america in 2026 no less
January 8, 2026 at 12:11 AM
in what fucking universe would you not try to speed your car away from a gun-wielding masked goon??? in america in 2026 no less
sad that ai has ruined even doomscrolling. what am i supposed to do now?? read a book?? go outside???
January 4, 2026 at 11:07 PM
sad that ai has ruined even doomscrolling. what am i supposed to do now?? read a book?? go outside???
I am watching this MAGA housewives thing on Netflix and BOY there are some *feats* of plastic surgery on this here program
January 3, 2026 at 12:03 AM
I am watching this MAGA housewives thing on Netflix and BOY there are some *feats* of plastic surgery on this here program
GUNS UP (in the texas tech way)
January 1, 2026 at 5:08 PM
GUNS UP (in the texas tech way)
lord jesus deliver me from the food photos i took 14 years ago popping up in my digital memories
December 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
lord jesus deliver me from the food photos i took 14 years ago popping up in my digital memories
what am *I* doing right now?? oh nothing just lowballing ur uncle for vintage stereo equipment on Facebook marketplace
December 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
what am *I* doing right now?? oh nothing just lowballing ur uncle for vintage stereo equipment on Facebook marketplace
My absolute favorite christmas tradition is nigh: the midnight Waffle House trip after a long winter’s nap and a gummy
December 26, 2025 at 4:53 AM
My absolute favorite christmas tradition is nigh: the midnight Waffle House trip after a long winter’s nap and a gummy
wish I had known in college that I could’ve just written “i 💜 god” on all of the homework I hastily slapped together and either gotten an A or at the very least had the professor fired when they failed to appreciate my work
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
wish I had known in college that I could’ve just written “i 💜 god” on all of the homework I hastily slapped together and either gotten an A or at the very least had the professor fired when they failed to appreciate my work
I would fight god for a Diet Coke right now but probably not get dressed to go to the store to get my own in case you’re wondering where I’m mentally at
December 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I would fight god for a Diet Coke right now but probably not get dressed to go to the store to get my own in case you’re wondering where I’m mentally at
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Ken Paxton has launched a snitch line to gather reports of supposed violations of Texas' transphobic bathroom policing law. Please do not abuse this snitch line. Please do not fill it with faff and nonsense. Please do not attach huge, unwieldy and irrelevant documentation to any reports.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Ken Paxton has launched a snitch line to gather reports of supposed violations of Texas' transphobic bathroom policing law. Please do not abuse this snitch line. Please do not fill it with faff and nonsense. Please do not attach huge, unwieldy and irrelevant documentation to any reports.
also as this era is making abundantly clear: not all of us are good at making videos! there are so many bad videos now and why do they need to exist???
Every few years there's a bunch of "pivot to video" discourse about how creatives should all start making videos instead of doing text-based work. And every few years we discover again that the supposed "popularity" of video is based on fake audience numbers created by the video platforms.
December 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
also as this era is making abundantly clear: not all of us are good at making videos! there are so many bad videos now and why do they need to exist???
love to spend hours of my life unwinding the consequences of a single typo fed into the maw of the american healthcare system
December 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
love to spend hours of my life unwinding the consequences of a single typo fed into the maw of the american healthcare system
I’m sure it’s a great reflection on society that every movie right now is just 2 hours and 30 minutes of pure amygdala crushing anxiety
December 15, 2025 at 5:35 AM
I’m sure it’s a great reflection on society that every movie right now is just 2 hours and 30 minutes of pure amygdala crushing anxiety
good thing I opened the bad news machine, that has certainly improved my sunday dread
December 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
good thing I opened the bad news machine, that has certainly improved my sunday dread
uniting my southern and Irish heritages today by making a dinner of various vegetables cooked all day on the stove
December 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
uniting my southern and Irish heritages today by making a dinner of various vegetables cooked all day on the stove
I hit my yearly reading goal which means I can now proceed to rot my brain with bravo like the good lord intended
December 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I hit my yearly reading goal which means I can now proceed to rot my brain with bravo like the good lord intended
would someone please for the love of god get ryan lizza an editor, are there simply no editors left on this earth???
December 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
would someone please for the love of god get ryan lizza an editor, are there simply no editors left on this earth???
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential