Scott Stein 🥑
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Intertwixt 19: Metaverse Drift
A week bookended by disappointment in Vision Pro and Meta Quest. Live sports experiments, fitness fumbles.
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Intertwixt 19: my week of Vision Pro and Meta Quest disappointments, starting with immersive NBA games and the ending with the death of Supernatural intertwixt.beehiiv.com/p/intertwixt...
He doesn’t need to think of peace but he took someone else’s peace prize and you know what I’m going food shopping
January 19, 2026 at 7:34 PM
He doesn’t need to think of peace but he took someone else’s peace prize and you know what I’m going food shopping
Did we ever get over this hump? No not really www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...
Virtually alone: Why watching live events in VR feels so strange
Commentary: Virtual reality might be the future of beaming into live events, but its role in the present is still experimental at best: the Democratic debate was a perfect example of how isolating it ...
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January 19, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Did we ever get over this hump? No not really www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...
ShopRite has a sale on a 4K TV
January 19, 2026 at 5:30 PM
ShopRite has a sale on a 4K TV
Three of the four possible Super Bowl matchups are rematches of games from the last 15 years.
This world sucks.
This world sucks.
January 19, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Three of the four possible Super Bowl matchups are rematches of games from the last 15 years.
This world sucks.
This world sucks.
Intertwixt 19: my week of Vision Pro and Meta Quest disappointments, starting with immersive NBA games and the ending with the death of Supernatural intertwixt.beehiiv.com/p/intertwixt...
Intertwixt 19: Metaverse Drift
A week bookended by disappointment in Vision Pro and Meta Quest. Live sports experiments, fitness fumbles.
intertwixt.beehiiv.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Intertwixt 19: my week of Vision Pro and Meta Quest disappointments, starting with immersive NBA games and the ending with the death of Supernatural intertwixt.beehiiv.com/p/intertwixt...
Rams coach looks stunned
January 19, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Rams coach looks stunned
Why…did the Texans punt?
January 18, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Why…did the Texans punt?
The AFC is so boring
January 18, 2026 at 10:58 PM
The AFC is so boring
This is just a bad game, sorry
January 18, 2026 at 10:18 PM
This is just a bad game, sorry
If it’s Patriots-Broncos I’m not even going to watch the game
January 18, 2026 at 9:50 PM
If it’s Patriots-Broncos I’m not even going to watch the game
Chiefs Patriots Chiefs Patriots Chiefs Patriots Chiefs Patriots stop
January 18, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Chiefs Patriots Chiefs Patriots Chiefs Patriots Chiefs Patriots stop
Sunday playoffs, snow, Intertwixt
January 18, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Sunday playoffs, snow, Intertwixt
Call the game off, the 49ers are being murdered
January 18, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Call the game off, the 49ers are being murdered
Somebody check on Tony Romo
January 18, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Somebody check on Tony Romo
Tony Romo in confused dog mode
January 18, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Tony Romo in confused dog mode
Josh Allen in full Sam Darnold mode
January 17, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Josh Allen in full Sam Darnold mode
Josh Allen oooooooooooofffff lol
January 17, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Josh Allen oooooooooooofffff lol
Did you like that Josh Allen fart, Tony Romo
January 17, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Did you like that Josh Allen fart, Tony Romo
Ah, the old throw the ball backward play
January 17, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Ah, the old throw the ball backward play
I’m sorry I’ve been a bad friend
January 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM
I’m sorry I’ve been a bad friend
Continuing to read The Antidote, which is so steeped in ruin that it feels like my antidote
January 17, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Continuing to read The Antidote, which is so steeped in ruin that it feels like my antidote
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More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
January 17, 2026 at 5:36 PM
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
Pretty sure the world’s going to bypass doing deals with the US, and when they figure out the system well enough, well, that’s it www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...
Trump Announces 10 Percent Tariff on European Countries in Standoff Over Greenland
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January 17, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Pretty sure the world’s going to bypass doing deals with the US, and when they figure out the system well enough, well, that’s it www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...
Still never spoken on a panel at CES. Why? I have absolutely no idea.
January 17, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Still never spoken on a panel at CES. Why? I have absolutely no idea.
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404 Media has obtained material that explains how surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. One tool can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or…
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January 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM
404 Media has obtained material that explains how surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. One tool can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...