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Kate Cox

@kcoxdc.bsky.social

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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.

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Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 1h

all day, every day

Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 1h

I literally met my spouse on AOL forums, back in ye day, and was able to do my entire pivot-to-journalism careerwise because of Early Twitter connections. The internet can be great when you let it.

Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 2h

One of these days I'm going to see a flyover alert *before* I wonder why the hell I just heard fighter jets

Gracipher @gracipher.bsky.social · 2h

[AlertDC] The U.S. Military will conduct an aircraft flyover in the National Capital Region (NCR) over Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at 11:07AM. This replaces the previously announced flyover time of 11:10AM.

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Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 2h

...

all I'm gonna say is that we did *this* last year and I am definitely not CNN.

Intuit asked us to delete part of this Decoder episode

Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi claims it’s not accurate the company lobbies against free tax filing.

www.theverge.com

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Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 2h

...CNN did *what*?

Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 1d

(that said, most of why I play supergiant games is for the score so I'm happy hahahahaha)

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Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 1d

for me it just has a couple too many systems haha, it did the thing sequels often do and added too much to an otherwise elegant system. maybe it'll click for me if I can ever beat chronos lolol but I really only have time for 1, maybe 2 runs a day so it's slow going.

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Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 1d

It's, you know. Fine! I'm having mostly fun. Sometimes it's satisfying. But it's absolutely not that grab-you-by-the-throat, Just One More Run!!! hook for me the first game was.

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Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 1d

Every October, with each terrifyingly loud thump on the roof or on the neighbors' car, I want to track down the person who planted a black walnut tree on the property line 30+ years ago and ask them what the entire hell they were thinking.

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Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 1d

My college roommate in '99 loved Hampsterdance but would not believe me that the sped-up song they danced to was from Disney's Robin Hood and we had a surprisingly large fight over it.

Internet Archive @archive.org · 1d

🐹 Before viral videos on TikTok or YouTube, there was Hampsterdance.

Full of dancing hamster GIFs & a sped-up tune, it became one of the internet’s first viral hits.

You can still dance to it on the #WaybackMachine ➡️ web.archive.org/web/19991222...

#Wayback1T

🧵

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Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 1d

Spite has carried me forward for the last 40+ years and, universe willing, for another 40+ as well

Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 1d

I am so glad my whole family already had ours for 2025 and already pre-emptively so, so tired for dealing with anything in fall '26.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention accepted a controversial recommendation from outside vaccine advisers to tighten guidelines for the COVID vaccine.

The CDC says people must consult a health professional before COVID shot

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention accepted a controversial recommendation from outside vaccine advisers to tighten guidelines for the COVID vaccine.

n.pr

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Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 1d

This is kind of why one of my favorite things to talk about is the category I think of as "ambitious failures." Games that commit to a thing and really try with it and ultimately fall flat are interesting because of the *internal* tension, where a thing is and isn't.

Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 2d

Having seen the sheer amount of absolute misinformation fed to my (liberal!) mother since she died in July and I took over her accounts, I am in fact worried about what once-authoritative outlets start telling all her friends.

Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 3d

The 12yo wanted to make a brookie and now I'm nearly as annoyed as she is that we have to wait until after dinner to eat it, haha.

(Not because I valorize not spoiling your dinner, but because if you cut into it too soon it collapses.)

A glass 13x9x2 pan full of layered brownie and chocolate chip cookie sitting on a stovetop that admittedly needs some cleaning, shhhh

Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 3d

("bestest" was a typo but meh, I'll stand by it lol)

Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 3d

I love a brunch but man, only from a place that's actually equipped for really reals to do actual brunch. (And I will happily go to the bestest greasy spoon with century-old Formica tables lol)

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Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 4d

We're only a few episodes away from finishing the family (re)watch of Steven Universe! Elder Kid and husband watched it together when I was out (for rehearsals etc) when she was younger but once Younger Kid got old enough we started doing it as a full family.

Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 4d

Our kid does not love this journey haha. There have been years where she was into it but now that she's in 7th grade she doesn't want to do *anything* we like. So it's gotten bumpier.

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Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 4d

Unfortunately this in-order go has included all the video games that were developed along the way and good god some of them are VERY BAD

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Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 4d

(yes we did wait a couple years after finishing most of the series before doing the ENT finale lolol)

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Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 4d

in-universe. husband and I did ENT solo, brought in Elder Child for some select TOS and TNG (and DS9) as she got bigger, now overlapping DS9 and VOY

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Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 4d

(She is a fantastic character. I hate her so much.)

Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 4d

Our family (re-)watch is up to the DS9 S5 finale and so the 12yo often gets treated to me going OFF about Kai Winn and real world presentations of self-righteous evil

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Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 4d

I'm kind of sitting here tilting my head all simple-dog like figuring out what mispronunciation of "ocarina" is floating around. ("Atelier" I'll absolutely give you because French, haha.)