Patrick Klepek
@patrickklepek.bsky.social
editor @ Remap // editor @ Crossplay // pr: [email protected] and [email protected] // tips: [email protected] // signal: 224-707-1561
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AI slop used to be obvious. We'd make fun of it. Now, we’re increasingly running into situations where no one—me, my wife, my 5yo, my 9yo—are 100-percent sure one way or the other. It’s scary and only getting worse. New fear unlocked at @crossplayblog.bsky.social www.crossplay.news/p/my-kids-ca...
My Kids Can’t Avoid AI Slop Anymore
AI videos used to be obviously fake. We made fun of them. That's no longer true, and it's scary.
www.crossplay.news
January 22, 2026 at 7:40 PM
AI slop used to be obvious. We'd make fun of it. Now, we’re increasingly running into situations where no one—me, my wife, my 5yo, my 9yo—are 100-percent sure one way or the other. It’s scary and only getting worse. New fear unlocked at @crossplayblog.bsky.social www.crossplay.news/p/my-kids-ca...
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Preparing to enter the world of RV There Yet? once again with @cado.bsky.social, @patrickklepek.bsky.social, @robzacny.bsky.social, and @danika.bsky.social!
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/remapradio // YouTube: youtube.com/live/h0cm8iC...
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/remapradio // YouTube: youtube.com/live/h0cm8iC...
January 22, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Preparing to enter the world of RV There Yet? once again with @cado.bsky.social, @patrickklepek.bsky.social, @robzacny.bsky.social, and @danika.bsky.social!
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/remapradio // YouTube: youtube.com/live/h0cm8iC...
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/remapradio // YouTube: youtube.com/live/h0cm8iC...
AI slop used to be obvious. We'd make fun of it. Now, we’re increasingly running into situations where no one—me, my wife, my 5yo, my 9yo—are 100-percent sure one way or the other. It’s scary and only getting worse. New fear unlocked at @crossplayblog.bsky.social www.crossplay.news/p/my-kids-ca...
My Kids Can’t Avoid AI Slop Anymore
AI videos used to be obviously fake. We made fun of them. That's no longer true, and it's scary.
www.crossplay.news
January 22, 2026 at 7:40 PM
AI slop used to be obvious. We'd make fun of it. Now, we’re increasingly running into situations where no one—me, my wife, my 5yo, my 9yo—are 100-percent sure one way or the other. It’s scary and only getting worse. New fear unlocked at @crossplayblog.bsky.social www.crossplay.news/p/my-kids-ca...
Repeatedly having an issue on my Mac Mini where spotlight is endlessly indexing and eating up machine resources, eventually causing the computer to beachball for seconds at a time. Killing the process does not fix it; it comes back later. Any ideas?
January 22, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Repeatedly having an issue on my Mac Mini where spotlight is endlessly indexing and eating up machine resources, eventually causing the computer to beachball for seconds at a time. Killing the process does not fix it; it comes back later. Any ideas?
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Just saw on KARE 11 that this boy was sent to a detainment facility in Texas and that his family didn't know his whereabouts for almost 24 hours.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Just saw on KARE 11 that this boy was sent to a detainment facility in Texas and that his family didn't know his whereabouts for almost 24 hours.
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A Minnesota high school student was nabbed by ICE agents as she was trying to pick up food for her family after work. She was violently dragged from her car and lost her shoes. So, barefoot in the middle of winter, she was put into the back of an unmarked car in a small town (Willmar).
January 21, 2026 at 10:49 PM
A Minnesota high school student was nabbed by ICE agents as she was trying to pick up food for her family after work. She was violently dragged from her car and lost her shoes. So, barefoot in the middle of winter, she was put into the back of an unmarked car in a small town (Willmar).
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An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:18 PM
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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Minneapolis is MinnMax's home and it's being torn apart by ICE agents with no regard for our rights. ICE is harassing/abducting people of color on a daily basis.
Please donate to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota to help provide free legal representation to those in need. bit.ly/minnmaxgives
Please donate to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota to help provide free legal representation to those in need. bit.ly/minnmaxgives
January 21, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Minneapolis is MinnMax's home and it's being torn apart by ICE agents with no regard for our rights. ICE is harassing/abducting people of color on a daily basis.
Please donate to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota to help provide free legal representation to those in need. bit.ly/minnmaxgives
Please donate to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota to help provide free legal representation to those in need. bit.ly/minnmaxgives
One of the most common themes at @crossplayblog.bsky.social involves millennial parents who grew up without their parents worrying about screens but *became* parents who overly worry about screens—and then realizing it's not something to panic over www.crossplay.news/p/why-we-cha...
We Wanted to Be Serious About Screen Time. We Changed Our Minds—And Everyone Was Fine
Everyone wants to be the "responsible" parent who follows all the "guidelines." Then, reality sets in. Or, more accurately, a cuddly tanuki by the name of Tom Nook.
www.crossplay.news
January 21, 2026 at 3:12 PM
One of the most common themes at @crossplayblog.bsky.social involves millennial parents who grew up without their parents worrying about screens but *became* parents who overly worry about screens—and then realizing it's not something to panic over www.crossplay.news/p/why-we-cha...
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It's time to hop in our big boy sweat pants and engage, once again, in the world of Baby Steps. The question this time: can we kick a soccer ball? Come hang with @patrickklepek.bsky.social and @cado.bsky.social
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/remapradio
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2rN...
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/remapradio
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2rN...
January 20, 2026 at 8:03 PM
It's time to hop in our big boy sweat pants and engage, once again, in the world of Baby Steps. The question this time: can we kick a soccer ball? Come hang with @patrickklepek.bsky.social and @cado.bsky.social
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/remapradio
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2rN...
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/remapradio
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2rN...
Any parents have any experience with kid-focused debit card services like Greenlight? A monthly fee seems silly for a card service and an app but wondering if there’s something I’m missing.
January 18, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Any parents have any experience with kid-focused debit card services like Greenlight? A monthly fee seems silly for a card service and an app but wondering if there’s something I’m missing.
Big Hops is a new and neat 3D platformer but losing two hours of play to a crash is pretty deflating. 😔
January 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Big Hops is a new and neat 3D platformer but losing two hours of play to a crash is pretty deflating. 😔
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Inverse's Gaming section is being shut down as the company "divests" from gaming content. I'm out of a job along with my wonderful co-writers. I've put my heart and soul into this job for four years. Gonna need to take time to process, but I'm now completely open for work - and boy do I need it.
January 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Inverse's Gaming section is being shut down as the company "divests" from gaming content. I'm out of a job along with my wonderful co-writers. I've put my heart and soul into this job for four years. Gonna need to take time to process, but I'm now completely open for work - and boy do I need it.
Sports is a glimpse into the irrational and what it means to be human. I wrote about the mixture of faith and ironic detachment that comes with being invested in team. The idea of "hey, maybe it's our year." An idea often easier to say about a sports team than yourself remapradio.com/articles/why...
Why Do We Do This to Ourselves?
Sports is a glimpse into the irrational and what it means to be human.
remapradio.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Sports is a glimpse into the irrational and what it means to be human. I wrote about the mixture of faith and ironic detachment that comes with being invested in team. The idea of "hey, maybe it's our year." An idea often easier to say about a sports team than yourself remapradio.com/articles/why...
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after flying back from Vegas last week, I was just laid off from Inverse today. I'm open to connecting over email at [email protected] and I'm definitely still in the writing and editing space. Expect a more in-depth explanation coming soon in my Updater newsletter. shannonliao.substack.com
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January 16, 2026 at 4:05 PM
after flying back from Vegas last week, I was just laid off from Inverse today. I'm open to connecting over email at [email protected] and I'm definitely still in the writing and editing space. Expect a more in-depth explanation coming soon in my Updater newsletter. shannonliao.substack.com
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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
If you can put on an "adult face" and trick Roblox's AI, is it really doing much? It depends. At @crossplayblog.bsky.social, my report from the front lines of Roblox's messy new age requirements and the tensions it's causing at home with parents and kids www.crossplay.news/p/new-chat-r...
How Parents and Kids Are Dealing With Roblox's Messy New Age Requirements
If you can put on an "adult face" and trick Roblox's AI, is it really doing much? It depends.
www.crossplay.news
January 15, 2026 at 8:27 PM
If you can put on an "adult face" and trick Roblox's AI, is it really doing much? It depends. At @crossplayblog.bsky.social, my report from the front lines of Roblox's messy new age requirements and the tensions it's causing at home with parents and kids www.crossplay.news/p/new-chat-r...
I'm going to the Bears game this weekend, but I can't figure out if I'd be allowed to bring a Zoom field mic into an NFL stadium this weekend. It looks professional, I guess, but it's small and doesn't record video. The policies are all about fancy cameras. Anyone tried?
January 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I'm going to the Bears game this weekend, but I can't figure out if I'd be allowed to bring a Zoom field mic into an NFL stadium this weekend. It looks professional, I guess, but it's small and doesn't record video. The policies are all about fancy cameras. Anyone tried?
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It's been a minute. Maybe we're forgotten how to walk? Put one foot in front of the other? It's time to rediscover feet with @patrickklepek.bsky.social and @cado.bsky.social as they venture back into the world of Baby Steps:
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/remapradio
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7CW...
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/remapradio
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7CW...
January 13, 2026 at 7:40 PM
It's been a minute. Maybe we're forgotten how to walk? Put one foot in front of the other? It's time to rediscover feet with @patrickklepek.bsky.social and @cado.bsky.social as they venture back into the world of Baby Steps:
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/remapradio
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7CW...
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/remapradio
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7CW...
Parents, have your kids brought up Roblox's recent changes locking out access to chat without showing their ID or getting proper parental controls flipped on? Lemme know your thoughts/experiences in DM, replies here, or [email protected]
January 13, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Parents, have your kids brought up Roblox's recent changes locking out access to chat without showing their ID or getting proper parental controls flipped on? Lemme know your thoughts/experiences in DM, replies here, or [email protected]
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Halfway in, it looked over. It took a pep talk from Patrick’s brother, calling in Patrick’s dad to cash in some chips from heaven, and Rob’s partner buying thousands of dollars of useless medical equipment to turn things around. A one-of-a-kind Sports! is here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Sports! — Team of Destiny
Podcast Episode · Remap Radio · 01/13/2026 · 1h 54m
podcasts.apple.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Halfway in, it looked over. It took a pep talk from Patrick’s brother, calling in Patrick’s dad to cash in some chips from heaven, and Rob’s partner buying thousands of dollars of useless medical equipment to turn things around. A one-of-a-kind Sports! is here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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What's it like to have thousands of ICE agents in your city? We share stories from Minneapolis in this special public version of Bonus Pod. youtu.be/OY6ZPb2NHO8
January 13, 2026 at 4:16 PM
What's it like to have thousands of ICE agents in your city? We share stories from Minneapolis in this special public version of Bonus Pod. youtu.be/OY6ZPb2NHO8
Really, really enjoyed the season premiere of The Pitt. Not sure I've watched a show feel this confident heading into its second season in a minute. Chatted about this and more, including a weird not-so-great second season of Fallout so far, on Decoding TV podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Ep. 94 - 'The Pitt' Season 2 Has So Much Confidence (feat. Sarah Marrs)
Podcast Episode · Decoding TV · 01/09/2026 · 2h 15m
podcasts.apple.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Really, really enjoyed the season premiere of The Pitt. Not sure I've watched a show feel this confident heading into its second season in a minute. Chatted about this and more, including a weird not-so-great second season of Fallout so far, on Decoding TV podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...