Travis Larchuk

Travis Larchuk

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We’re excited to share that The Vergecast, Decoder, and Version History all took home Gold at the Signal Awards in their respective categories! Thank you to everyone who voted. Listen to the shows wherever you get your podcasts or watch on YouTube.

This man has the performative masculinity and cognitive dissonance of a billionaire

Mike Bloom@amikebloomtype.bsky.social

#Survivor 51's Rob Antonson explains what went into him suddenly deciding to leave the game due to an apparent injury, and his reaction to how both his tribemates and the fandom have responded: parade.com/tv/rob-anton...

I hope Galactic Racer updates with more dialogue. I know Hades spoiled everyone, but it feels so odd to hear the same lines over and over and for my opponents to always be surprised when I win

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Artificial Intelligence and Creative Writing: A Policy of Sorts. I've posted versions before, but I update this each term following conversations with students. Here's my Fall '26 edition. In no way definitive! Learning as I go.

Datapad was such a fun idea, and I loved running around Batuu doing missions. That being said, it also occurred to me I was paying a lot of money to be at a theme park looking at my smartphone.

Hastin@hastin.net

A full in-browser offline archive of the Batuu experiences, stories, transmissions, and experiences of Star Wars: Datapad has been uploaded to the Internet Archive: archive.org/details/pdp_...

Hey friends: Whether you think the current AI freakout is a nothing burger, the most important story in the history of humanity, or something in-between (or maybe you don't even know what to think) we want to hear from you. Write us at vergecast@theverge.com, call 866-VERGE-11, or hit me up here.

theverge.comThe Vergecast hotline is ready for your AI questions.AI doomerism broke containment last week with an Anthropic researcher’s proclamation that there’s a >10% chance AI could kill all humans within the decade. The Vergecast is recording an all-AI hotline...

no shit

The New York Times@nytimes.com

The contractor that renovated the Reflecting Pool has told the Trump administration the pool’s new blue liner peeled and tore because of “human oversight” and a flawed plan that involved layering two incompatible chemicals, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times. nyti.ms/4iYQqwj