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.
Reposted by Kate Cox
the whole POINT of this fucking place is people don't have their cell phones on during the movie. what are we doing here
Sorry Alamo, but this is bullshit. Protecting the moviegoing experience is to enforce *zero* phone usage, not making it the ONLY option.
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
Alamo Drafthouse Goes Mobile, Getting Rid of Pen-and-Paper Food Orders to ‘Protect the Moviegoing Experience’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Alamo Drafthouse is switching to mobile ordering for food and drinks to "protect the moviegoing experience."
variety.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
the whole POINT of this fucking place is people don't have their cell phones on during the movie. what are we doing here
When I say this feels like the goals of 2010, I mean that in the absolute most laudatory, complimentary way possible and I'm so glad I'm in a position to subscribe.
hi! i'm co-founding a new gaming website with my former polygon colleague @zoehhannah.com. it's called mothership.blog. i made it for someone like me... the kind of website i always wished we had in our space. watch the video to learn more :D
It's time to board the Mothership.
www.youtube.com/shorts/iEw90...
www.youtube.com/shorts/iEw90...
January 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
When I say this feels like the goals of 2010, I mean that in the absolute most laudatory, complimentary way possible and I'm so glad I'm in a position to subscribe.
Reposted by Kate Cox
Sometimes I think about all those videos from high covid of people all banging pots or cheering or whatever at the same time, and I wonder if maybe we should just organize a unified "stand on the roof and scream incoherently" moment.
March 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Sometimes I think about all those videos from high covid of people all banging pots or cheering or whatever at the same time, and I wonder if maybe we should just organize a unified "stand on the roof and scream incoherently" moment.
On the up side, the estate cleanout company I hired for my mother's house was very thorough and did a great job emptying the place out.
On the down side, I probably should have specified that they should leave the toilet paper, paper towels, and trash bags 🙃
On the down side, I probably should have specified that they should leave the toilet paper, paper towels, and trash bags 🙃
January 8, 2026 at 2:42 PM
On the up side, the estate cleanout company I hired for my mother's house was very thorough and did a great job emptying the place out.
On the down side, I probably should have specified that they should leave the toilet paper, paper towels, and trash bags 🙃
On the down side, I probably should have specified that they should leave the toilet paper, paper towels, and trash bags 🙃
The time has come for the family to introduce the 7yo to the classic texts. (About five years after we introduced our *first* 7yo to it, haha; she is now helping steer and solve.)
January 7, 2026 at 11:42 PM
The time has come for the family to introduce the 7yo to the classic texts. (About five years after we introduced our *first* 7yo to it, haha; she is now helping steer and solve.)
Just once today I would like for any service, platform, or app I open *not* to immediately prompt me with some AI-based report-generating tool that I do not need and that will not benefit me in any way.
January 7, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Just once today I would like for any service, platform, or app I open *not* to immediately prompt me with some AI-based report-generating tool that I do not need and that will not benefit me in any way.
Every year I feel like CES is the most gendered, no-girls-allowed week in tech. There's always something. Or lots of somethings.
January 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Every year I feel like CES is the most gendered, no-girls-allowed week in tech. There's always something. Or lots of somethings.
Both the 12yo and the 7yo have their respective BFFs over right now. The 7yo and his friend are playing Minecraft on the Playstation in the living room. The 12yo and her friend appear to be playing Minecraft on the Switch in the basement.
Welp.
Welp.
January 3, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Both the 12yo and the 7yo have their respective BFFs over right now. The 7yo and his friend are playing Minecraft on the Playstation in the living room. The 12yo and her friend appear to be playing Minecraft on the Switch in the basement.
Welp.
Welp.
It's been like a year now where every time I have to spend a day doing completely ordinary things -- washing dishes, feeding kids, all the tasks that make life go -- feels rude.
January 3, 2026 at 5:19 PM
It's been like a year now where every time I have to spend a day doing completely ordinary things -- washing dishes, feeding kids, all the tasks that make life go -- feels rude.
Look, GOG, I can recognize that this is *objectively* true, but was it really necessary to come at me like that? What'd I ever do to you
January 2, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Look, GOG, I can recognize that this is *objectively* true, but was it really necessary to come at me like that? What'd I ever do to you
Doing some start-of-year digital cleanout and it's *amazing* how many of my texts are me communicating with someone in my phone as "[Name] [Kid's Mom]" with the other mom and me asking in turn, "My kid said [x], just wanted to check if that's actually okay with you"
January 2, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Doing some start-of-year digital cleanout and it's *amazing* how many of my texts are me communicating with someone in my phone as "[Name] [Kid's Mom]" with the other mom and me asking in turn, "My kid said [x], just wanted to check if that's actually okay with you"
Amazing, when the module at the top of search results exhorts me to contact a business that closed permanently *ten years ago*
January 2, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Amazing, when the module at the top of search results exhorts me to contact a business that closed permanently *ten years ago*
Watching Star Trek VI (with two unwilling kids) today and man, not knowing about Chernobyl or the USSR or the end of the Soviet Union really changes your understanding of the film I guess lol
(I was about my elder kid's current age when it came out in theaters.)
(I was about my elder kid's current age when it came out in theaters.)
January 1, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Watching Star Trek VI (with two unwilling kids) today and man, not knowing about Chernobyl or the USSR or the end of the Soviet Union really changes your understanding of the film I guess lol
(I was about my elder kid's current age when it came out in theaters.)
(I was about my elder kid's current age when it came out in theaters.)
Here is what I have to say about 2025:
Good f*ing riddance
Good f*ing riddance
December 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Here is what I have to say about 2025:
Good f*ing riddance
Good f*ing riddance
I am finally playing DOS2, after not getting around to it for a long time, and from the vantage point of v late 2025: boy oh boy can I see where the quality of life improvements for BG3 are
December 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I am finally playing DOS2, after not getting around to it for a long time, and from the vantage point of v late 2025: boy oh boy can I see where the quality of life improvements for BG3 are
Husband and I began playing Split Fiction recently, because decent couch co-op games are still somewhat novel, and while the writing is not the sharpest, I have to admit, the farting-flying-pig level was inspired.
December 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Husband and I began playing Split Fiction recently, because decent couch co-op games are still somewhat novel, and while the writing is not the sharpest, I have to admit, the farting-flying-pig level was inspired.
We just threw away my old, battered keyboard. It served me well for well over a decade but is toast. Not even really in donating condition.
So @macindc.bsky.social picked it up and looked at me and said: "Any last words?"
And I of course had to answer: "Press F to pay respects."
So @macindc.bsky.social picked it up and looked at me and said: "Any last words?"
And I of course had to answer: "Press F to pay respects."
December 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
We just threw away my old, battered keyboard. It served me well for well over a decade but is toast. Not even really in donating condition.
So @macindc.bsky.social picked it up and looked at me and said: "Any last words?"
And I of course had to answer: "Press F to pay respects."
So @macindc.bsky.social picked it up and looked at me and said: "Any last words?"
And I of course had to answer: "Press F to pay respects."
Because I am what I am, November/December/January are Dragon Age replay season. And again, because me, I take screenshots and play with photo mode and think too much about details.
And so, detail: What the heck is the thing on the right that looks like a tiny sweater??
And so, detail: What the heck is the thing on the right that looks like a tiny sweater??
December 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Because I am what I am, November/December/January are Dragon Age replay season. And again, because me, I take screenshots and play with photo mode and think too much about details.
And so, detail: What the heck is the thing on the right that looks like a tiny sweater??
And so, detail: What the heck is the thing on the right that looks like a tiny sweater??
12yo: WHAT THE HECK, did you just call me a 'stupidy-pants'??
7yo: No, I said you're ACTING like a stupidy-pants
12yo: ON CHRISTMAS?
Ah, the dulcet tones of a holiday morning.
7yo: No, I said you're ACTING like a stupidy-pants
12yo: ON CHRISTMAS?
Ah, the dulcet tones of a holiday morning.
December 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
12yo: WHAT THE HECK, did you just call me a 'stupidy-pants'??
7yo: No, I said you're ACTING like a stupidy-pants
12yo: ON CHRISTMAS?
Ah, the dulcet tones of a holiday morning.
7yo: No, I said you're ACTING like a stupidy-pants
12yo: ON CHRISTMAS?
Ah, the dulcet tones of a holiday morning.
In Discworld, Terry Pratchett invented the deity Anoia, goddess of Things Stuck in Drawers, and every single time I have to open the utensil drawer my children have filled with crazy straws, I am willing to admit I spare a small invocation to Anoia in my mind, that it will close again properly.
December 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
In Discworld, Terry Pratchett invented the deity Anoia, goddess of Things Stuck in Drawers, and every single time I have to open the utensil drawer my children have filled with crazy straws, I am willing to admit I spare a small invocation to Anoia in my mind, that it will close again properly.
Probate is such a racket, it's *amazing* how much I've paid in filing fees alone (not even taxes) for inventory lists that amount to "one house, one car, nothing else of value"
December 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Probate is such a racket, it's *amazing* how much I've paid in filing fees alone (not even taxes) for inventory lists that amount to "one house, one car, nothing else of value"
Tooth Fairy Logistics LLC is having some *real* delivery pipeline problems in this house, as the 7yo stays up very late reading but the grown-ups are exhausted and need to go to bed early.
December 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Tooth Fairy Logistics LLC is having some *real* delivery pipeline problems in this house, as the 7yo stays up very late reading but the grown-ups are exhausted and need to go to bed early.
I do a LOT of different things at work; "producer" is at least 12 jobs in a trenchcoat and I never know what a day will hold.
The scariest thing I do every single year, however, is look Nilay dead in the eye on camera and make fun of his show to his face.
(Worth it.)
The scariest thing I do every single year, however, is look Nilay dead in the eye on camera and make fun of his show to his face.
(Worth it.)
‘It’s all chaos and panic’
We turn the tables on Nilay and make him answer the questions on Decoder for once.
www.theverge.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I do a LOT of different things at work; "producer" is at least 12 jobs in a trenchcoat and I never know what a day will hold.
The scariest thing I do every single year, however, is look Nilay dead in the eye on camera and make fun of his show to his face.
(Worth it.)
The scariest thing I do every single year, however, is look Nilay dead in the eye on camera and make fun of his show to his face.
(Worth it.)
My kids now stay up later many nights than I do so I've been having to cram all the holiday gift wrapping in while they're at school (which also lets out too early) and it feels like I have an entire extra job this week because of it haha
December 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
My kids now stay up later many nights than I do so I've been having to cram all the holiday gift wrapping in while they're at school (which also lets out too early) and it feels like I have an entire extra job this week because of it haha
I feel like this gap is where all the rancid vibes live. Who likes the feeling of distrusting and babysitting their own tools?
Wild stat from the CEO of Stack Overflow on Decoder this week -- 80 percent of its users use AI tools, but only 29 percent actually trust AI. This gap is the biggest story in AI, imo. Dug into it quite a bit www.theverge.com/podcast/8440...
Stack Overflow users don’t trust AI. They’re using it anyway
Stack Overflow CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar on running the most popular developer forum in a post-ChatGPT world.
www.theverge.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I feel like this gap is where all the rancid vibes live. Who likes the feeling of distrusting and babysitting their own tools?