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.
I was, I think, six years old my parents showed me Monty Python and the Holy Grail and, like... that could have ... maybe ... kept a while lolol
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I was, I think, six years old my parents showed me Monty Python and the Holy Grail and, like... that could have ... maybe ... kept a while lolol
Friend I say with love: that's not even your dorkiest hobby, your dorkiest hobby is also MY dorkiest hobby and is shared by an audience of five lolol. At least there are millions of other people around the world who are also into Warhammer 40K lolol
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Friend I say with love: that's not even your dorkiest hobby, your dorkiest hobby is also MY dorkiest hobby and is shared by an audience of five lolol. At least there are millions of other people around the world who are also into Warhammer 40K lolol
Yeah, nobody gives a shit when I post about cool orchestral music or wind ensemble concerts or whatever but I don't care, that's for me and maybe someone out there who is tired of fascism will stumble across it and enjoy 12 bars of peace
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Yeah, nobody gives a shit when I post about cool orchestral music or wind ensemble concerts or whatever but I don't care, that's for me and maybe someone out there who is tired of fascism will stumble across it and enjoy 12 bars of peace
My colleagues have a lot of great tips and ideas but man... I am so glad we don't travel for Thanksgiving anymore, and I just get to be in my own house with people I like.
Our favorite ways to survive Thanksgiving
Our favorite ways to survive Thanksgiving
Do Thanksgiving right.
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
My colleagues have a lot of great tips and ideas but man... I am so glad we don't travel for Thanksgiving anymore, and I just get to be in my own house with people I like.
The thing that finally mostly cured me of this is, alas, definitely NOT a universal solution lol, because it is: having kids. I will *never* be cool to them, so I may as well be my absolutely weird self in all ways and model self-acceptance for them while I'm at it, haha.
Also my hobbies are fun
Also my hobbies are fun
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The thing that finally mostly cured me of this is, alas, definitely NOT a universal solution lol, because it is: having kids. I will *never* be cool to them, so I may as well be my absolutely weird self in all ways and model self-acceptance for them while I'm at it, haha.
Also my hobbies are fun
Also my hobbies are fun
The Star Trek fans have accepted multiple Kirks and Spocks in the past 15 years, the Star Wars fans would also survive
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The Star Trek fans have accepted multiple Kirks and Spocks in the past 15 years, the Star Wars fans would also survive
I remember so, so clearly the major exams I had at 4pm on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and also on Christmas Eve, my first couple years of college, and I remember being... so mad about them lol
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I remember so, so clearly the major exams I had at 4pm on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and also on Christmas Eve, my first couple years of college, and I remember being... so mad about them lol
This is going around a lot today and, man... the last six months of my mom's life were absolutely *miserable* for me in a way they did not have to be, in a society that valued help and care. But the sandwich generation thing is real and is absolutely, miserably awful.
Every person I know who is roughly my age is dealing with something like this right now www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | ‘We Had No Idea What Was Coming’: Caring for My Aging Father
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This is going around a lot today and, man... the last six months of my mom's life were absolutely *miserable* for me in a way they did not have to be, in a society that valued help and care. But the sandwich generation thing is real and is absolutely, miserably awful.
I am delighted to learn, at this late hour, that it was not just me
November 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I am delighted to learn, at this late hour, that it was not just me
Trust me when I tell you (both you and Carli lol) that it was an unsleepable pile, measured in feet, not inches, with a highly unstable slope
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Trust me when I tell you (both you and Carli lol) that it was an unsleepable pile, measured in feet, not inches, with a highly unstable slope
There was an era when I was in high school where I cleaned my room by putting everything on the bed "for sorting" and then just didn't for a month or two, I grabbed a sleeping bag and slept in the corner instead, and at 15 this is fine and at 35 or 45 it is NOT FINE
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There was an era when I was in high school where I cleaned my room by putting everything on the bed "for sorting" and then just didn't for a month or two, I grabbed a sleeping bag and slept in the corner instead, and at 15 this is fine and at 35 or 45 it is NOT FINE
In 2025 I've decided I'm defining AAA games as anything that makes me compile shaders long enough to go get a drink
November 23, 2025 at 1:42 AM
In 2025 I've decided I'm defining AAA games as anything that makes me compile shaders long enough to go get a drink
Gotta use 'em. A lot. And then some more. And then extra for the irregular ones.
Relatedly I talk aloud to my cat in both French and Spanish quite a lot every day lolol
Relatedly I talk aloud to my cat in both French and Spanish quite a lot every day lolol
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Gotta use 'em. A lot. And then some more. And then extra for the irregular ones.
Relatedly I talk aloud to my cat in both French and Spanish quite a lot every day lolol
Relatedly I talk aloud to my cat in both French and Spanish quite a lot every day lolol
Pointed out to my 7th grade daughter recently that I can absolutely still remember a bunch of 6th grade French class instruction because of this kind of litany, and that she WILL in fact have to do these things and also sing facts, and she can hate it all she wants but it will WORK lol
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Pointed out to my 7th grade daughter recently that I can absolutely still remember a bunch of 6th grade French class instruction because of this kind of litany, and that she WILL in fact have to do these things and also sing facts, and she can hate it all she wants but it will WORK lol
ooooooh, THAT one. Yeah, I remember, it was cheap and looked cozy lol.
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
ooooooh, THAT one. Yeah, I remember, it was cheap and looked cozy lol.
Wait, sorry, we bought you a sex cardigan at the outlet mall? I feel like there is a movie still I am not seeing lolol
(I'm seeing the movie 11/28 with the teens)
(I'm seeing the movie 11/28 with the teens)
November 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Wait, sorry, we bought you a sex cardigan at the outlet mall? I feel like there is a movie still I am not seeing lolol
(I'm seeing the movie 11/28 with the teens)
(I'm seeing the movie 11/28 with the teens)
That was the one that made me say "oh, damn, okay, he's actually an *actor*" when it was new
November 21, 2025 at 3:16 AM
That was the one that made me say "oh, damn, okay, he's actually an *actor*" when it was new
Yeah! And I've discovered both some real gems and some real trash that way, hahaha
November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Yeah! And I've discovered both some real gems and some real trash that way, hahaha
This is kind of how I read books, haha. I stock up on my kindle on cheap sales / free books / bundles / whatever (plus some actual intentional purchases haha) and I just turn the wifi on like once a month and download everything and then grab at random off the "pile" when I finish one, no idea what
November 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This is kind of how I read books, haha. I stock up on my kindle on cheap sales / free books / bundles / whatever (plus some actual intentional purchases haha) and I just turn the wifi on like once a month and download everything and then grab at random off the "pile" when I finish one, no idea what
Yeah. Kids need to understand, use, and become fluent in digital tools -- but they also really need to learn how to operate *without* them, too.
November 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Yeah. Kids need to understand, use, and become fluent in digital tools -- but they also really need to learn how to operate *without* them, too.
Yeah and there are very often deals at Costco of $100 in gift cards for $75 so we stock up early hehe.
Enjoy the movie!
Enjoy the movie!
November 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Yeah and there are very often deals at Costco of $100 in gift cards for $75 so we stock up early hehe.
Enjoy the movie!
Enjoy the movie!
I will say, as a parent in a district that's 1:1 devices K-12 (iPads K-8, laptops on high school) -- paper books and tactile tools still VERY important for the younger kids and could probably be helpful in middle school more often, too.
November 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I will say, as a parent in a district that's 1:1 devices K-12 (iPads K-8, laptops on high school) -- paper books and tactile tools still VERY important for the younger kids and could probably be helpful in middle school more often, too.
Alamo hehe, my kids are spoiled by milkshakes and endless popcorn 😆
November 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Alamo hehe, my kids are spoiled by milkshakes and endless popcorn 😆
I just absolutely lost track that it was opening THIS weekend lol and the good theater sold out.
November 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I just absolutely lost track that it was opening THIS weekend lol and the good theater sold out.
Taking 7th graders to see stuff is weird because it's a mix of kid and adult tickets depending who's already turned 13 haha.
(Yes, taking elder kid and her BFF to see Wicked Thanksgiving weekend.)
(Yes, taking elder kid and her BFF to see Wicked Thanksgiving weekend.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Taking 7th graders to see stuff is weird because it's a mix of kid and adult tickets depending who's already turned 13 haha.
(Yes, taking elder kid and her BFF to see Wicked Thanksgiving weekend.)
(Yes, taking elder kid and her BFF to see Wicked Thanksgiving weekend.)