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Cameron Faulkner
@cameronfaulkner.bsky.social
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Commerce editor at @theverge.com, formerly at Polygon

portfolio and more about me > https://cameronfaulkner.wordpress.com/
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joshuadysart.bsky.social
Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
culturecrave.co Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 2d
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'

• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War

• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind

• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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jaypeters.net
Google’s new world AI model tool let me generate a bunch of Nintendo-inspired games. Including one featuring Link with a paraglider! Gift link: www.theverge.com/news/869726/...
January 29, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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voxmediaunion.bsky.social
We're officially fundraising for laid-off Vox workers. Please share and donate if you can!

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Donate to Support Laid-off Vox Media Workers, organized by Victoria Song
On Friday, January 16, 2026, the Vox Media Union received news from management about … Victoria Song needs your support for Support Laid-off Vox Media Workers
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January 28, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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kristenradtke.bsky.social
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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therafischwartz.bsky.social
No no, i'm not evil, i'm just stupid!
lebassett.bsky.social Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 5d
Rep. Tom Suozzi(D-NY), getting raked over the coals for his vote for more ICE funding, says in a campaign email that he didn’t understand what he was doing
A Statement From Tom — 1/26/26 "I failed to view the DHS funding vote as a referendum on the illegal and immoral conduct of ICE in Minneapolis. I hear the anger from many of my constituents, and I take responsibility for that. I have long been critical of ICE's unlawful behavior and I must do a better job demonstrating that. The senseless and tragic murder of Alex Pretti underscores what happens when untrained federal agents operate without accountability. President Trump must immediately end "Operation Metro Surge" and ICE's occupation of Minneapolis that has sown chaos, led to tragedy, and undermined experienced local law enforcement." —Congressman Tom Suozzi (NY-3)
January 26, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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sesmith.lol
‘The people are being charged with keeping the peace, asked to stand firm against the federal agents who are disrupting it. This is a sick form of double taxation — your paycheck gets docked so that a guy in a mask can beat you up while you try to calm him down.’
January 26, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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itsthebrandi.bsky.social
People at taken to Whipple are released into the cold in whatever they were wearing without their phones and IDs. Volunteers meet them at release (or find them left in parks and the woods) get them a burner, warm clothes, food, a ride home, etc

(GFM in next post)

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January 26, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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tomwarren.co.uk
Microsoft has confirmed it will hand over BitLocker encryption recovery keys to the FBI. You definitely should not be accepting Microsoft’s default of storing BitLocker keys in the cloud when signing into Windows with an MS account www.theverge.com/news/867244/...
Microsoft handed the government encryption keys for customer data
Microsoft complied with a warrant to hand over BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI, and privacy advocates are worried.
www.theverge.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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rob-sheridan.com
A national general strike is needed not just to protest the violence, but to acknowledge the absurdity that we’re all just supposed to carry on with our stupid little daily lives amidst the ambient terrorism of an unchecked state militia executing innocent people in the streets of our country.
January 24, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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maxnesterak.bsky.social
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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minnmax.com
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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January 21, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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markharris.bsky.social
We have an entire class of Democratic "leadership" that has been told that it's dangerous and extreme to say this, and that does not understand that what Democrats want is for their leaders to articulate what they believe and why they believe it. That should not be as big an ask as it apparently is.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 5:04 PM
cameronfaulkner.bsky.social
"what games are you playing now" is a softball question that sends him spiraling lol
apzonerunner.com Alex Donaldson @apzonerunner.com · 12d
"What's your favourite Beatles album, then?"
"Tough one! I think I'd have to say... The Best of The Beatles"
January 20, 2026 at 1:40 PM
cameronfaulkner.bsky.social
Gift link www.theverge.com/policy/86419...
It’s worse than it looks in Minneapolis
But locals are organizing to keep each other safe from ICE agents.
www.theverge.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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meo.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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kendrawrites.com
From an optics perspective... the protesters being the ones waving the US flag while Bovino et al looks like every awful nazi inspired movie we've ever seen... hats off to Minnesotans.
victinibcn.bsky.social Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 14d
Greg Bovino was seen earlier today at the Minneapolis ICE facility dressed in a very nazi-inspired outfit. They don’t even hide anymore.
January 17, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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voxmediaunion.bsky.social
Another year, another round of layoffs at Vox Media. In solidarity with our laid-off colleagues, here is our full statement:
Today, Friday, January 16, 2026, the Vox Media Union received news from management about more layoffs at the company: three in-unit workers from PopSugar, two from The Verge, and three from Eater — not including a number of out-of-unit employees — some of whom were on parental and other types of company-approved leave. Beyond this, the company announced that it will no longer have a centralized Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI+) team, redistributing that work across the People team and leadership, and keeping Employee Resource Groups as simply Slack spaces without formal lead roles or any standalone budgets. There is almost no further room to be shocked at these developments, as the company has laid off workers at an average of once per quarter in the last year, but we continue to be disgusted by the fact that leadership seems to have developed no real learning or commitment to workforce sustainability and retention. Those at the top remain safe in their positions while mercilessly cutting off those who work day in and day out (and then some) to make sure that essential, business-critical work is done. Our indispensable colleagues are now in extra vulnerable positions, having to navigate workplace bureaucracy alongside a volatile job market and relentless threats to the integrity of journalism as a whole. This union is proud to have rallied in multiple rounds of contract bargaining to ensure more equitable worker rights and protections in the face of management incompetence. As always, we, along with our Guild reps, will continue to demand that members are treated fairly in the aftermath of layoffs. Details on how you can support laid-off workers at Vox Media will be forthcoming. Please follow the Vox Media Union on Instagram (@voxmediaunion) and Bluesky (@voxunion.bsky.social). Solidarity forever. The Vox Media Union Committees Writers Guild of America East, AFL-CIO
January 16, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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adashtra.bsky.social
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
Ash Parrish
www.ashparrish.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
cameronfaulkner.bsky.social
I'm guessing most restaurants respond to Google Maps reviews fairly promptly. Table 87 acknowledged mine (not that it really needed to) after NINE YEARS
January 15, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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mayor.nyc.gov
Last week, we announced a plan to make child care universal. Today, applications are open for pre-K & 3-K. If your child is turning 3 or 4, apply now for the fall at: myschools.nyc
January 14, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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designroom.site
Our next big project is live! @lewisgordon.bsky.social spent the past few months tracking down nine people who worked on DICE's innovative 2008 parkour runner.
Mirror's Edge: An oral history
17 years on from its release, DICE's first-person parkour thriller is a cult classic. We spoke to nine people who worked on it about how the revelatory game came to be.
www.designroom.site
January 13, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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wario64.bsky.social
Godzilla Minus Zero releasing in theaters (North America) on November 6, 2026
January 10, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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attackerman.bsky.social
Every single one of them, cowards wearing plate carriers when facing people holding nothing more than snowballs.
nantanreikan.bsky.social Doug Aoki @nantanreikan.bsky.social · 22d
Minneapolis, after the murder of Renee Nicole Good.
January 10, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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mothership.blog
It's time to board the Mothership.
www.youtube.com/shorts/iEw90...
Board the Mothership.
YouTube video by Mothership Media LLC
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January 9, 2026 at 4:59 PM