Marina Galperina
senior tech editor, the verge
- Reposted by Marina GalperinaTear gas (which should not be used on children) (which was not justified in use against any of those people) (which should be illegal in general) should be skipped on the ground. They're launching it into the air. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
- Reposted by Marina Galperinapersonally I think we should all take another, much closer look at every single scientist who benefited from epstein money :)
- From 2019: Jeffrey Epstein liked to describe himself as a “science philanthropist,” and academics liked to take his money. As more of Epstein’s enablers are uncovered, it’s worth asking why it was so easy for him to infiltrate science in the first place. Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social:
- Reposted by Marina GalperinaHere’s a story I’ve been working on for a few weeks. Over 50 Supernatural fans reached out to share how a VR fitness game changed their lives — and they had choice words about how Mark Zuckerberg and Meta killed the one thing that brought them together. (Gift link) tinyurl.com/4yaftn2s
- Reposted by Marina GalperinaThe violent occupation of Minneapolis started with a vlog. I've wanted to find a framework to describe Nick Shirley & others like him: "Influencer" is too quaint. "Journalist" is obviously wrong. I landed on "slopagandist." Gift link (open in a web browser) www.theverge.com/news/869824/...
- Reposted by Marina Galperiname, emotionally writing an essay on the use of force by federal agents: ok but what if i packaged this in the most insane way possible www.theverge.com/policy/86857...
- wait I've seen this one variety.com/2026/film/ne...
- Reposted by Marina GalperinaI wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
- I have a new appreciation for beautiful gadgets but I will never buy something that costs as much as a car and doesn't weigh as much as a car
- Reposted by Marina GalperinaI wrote about California's attempt to stop ICE from masking, and what the legal uncertainty of the ban says about the health of our democracy (e.g., bad things) www.theverge.com/policy/86720...
- Reposted by Marina GalperinaI talked to one of the r/MassiveCock posters who decided to bring anti-ICE conversations to the subreddit. "... Nothing in life should feel ‘normal’ when these sorts of things are happening in our country. Even porn and sex," he said. Gift link (obviously): tinyurl.com/mr3nua5k
- A keyboard for your phone on a magnetic power bank that you can easily attach/detach, an extensively customizable Xbox controller, and some robots that didn't fall over.
- Reposted by Marina GalperinaComments on this story devolving into whether The Verge is allowed to write about politics….
- 1) "oh no our ai is so powerful" 2) I can't imagine reposting weird fake garbage instead of literally anything from my actual life
- Reposted by Marina Galperinano better epitaph for this year, too, than “as crass and consequential as a Pokémon deportation meme”
- CES should be a week later
- Reposted by Marina GalperinaIn this week’s Optimizer, I buy an experimental “GLP-3” drug off the gray market after five minutes on TikTok. The Wellness Wild West is unregulated and people are turning themselves into guinea pigs with unapproved weight loss drugs. www.theverge.com/column/84640...
- 'Resurrection' really came together for me with that 30-minute shot, which Bi Gan really makes you wait for ... @knguyen.bsky.social talked to the director about the oner.
- You guys made @charlespulliam.bsky.social mad about AI again
- The gang turns @charlieharding.bsky.social's country song sample into AI Limp Bizkit with Suno (00:50:30) www.theverge.com/podcast/8434...
- For more on AI's threat to the Nashville demo musicians: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
- Reposted by Marina GalperinaBy the way, my story is free to read for everyone today, no subscription required, as part of a new feature The Verge introduced :-)
- Reposted by Marina Galperina"You study how that liquid comes out of the hose normally. But then sometimes you have to manipulate the opening on the hose to make the liquid look like it’s actually coming out of someone’s mouth." Read our interview with the special effects foreman who unexpectedly went viral:
- And next week we do it all over again
- This week on Optimizer, I talk about how health tech companies now want to measure your urine, blood, sweat, and even hormones. HIPAA is grossly underprepared. Welcome to the wellness surveillance state. We'll take your blood and urine, please :) www.theverge.com/column/83887...
- Last Sunday on The Stepback, @steviebonifield.bsky.social opened up a whole world of GeoCities revivalists for me. The kids are anti-social media, anti-AI, anti-algorithms, and pro-coding.
- Reposted by Marina GalperinaBig @tinanguyen.bsky.social scoop - the Trump MAGA / tech coalition continues to fracture as the hard right pushes back against David Sacks and his attempt to preempt state AI laws. Caught in the middle: Vance. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
- Reposted by Marina GalperinaI will be at CES... and I want to know what gadgets I absolutely must see *and touch* and quite possibly *film* for @theverge.com and my Today I'm Toying With video series! Does your gadget seem like a fit? Don't pitch me text: DM me photos or a video clip! www.theverge.com/gadgets/7128...
- I don't know if this parade of misplaced confidence makes me want to Finally Write That Book or never write again
- 'Cause you know Vee'd test a million bots If she could just show you They suck
- Reposted by Marina GalperinaOur legal process depends upon litigants citing valid legal authority to support the claims they advance. At present, LLMs are degrading this information ecosystem in ways that mirror the damage being done in schools. Join me won't you for a short thread illustrating the breadth of the problem?
- Suno is taking over Nashville's writing rooms. “You tell it the genre and it totally does the whole thing, it’s insane.” The tech is ubiquitous, “from entry-level songwriters to the top dogs” use it. Check out the story for audio samples. From @charlieharding.bsky.social:
- Reposted by Marina Galperinathe AI journalism revolution continues to go great, thanks for asking
- “No one I’ve spoken to about AGI has flat out said, ‘that’s impossible, you’re a heretic, get away from me.’” John-Clark Levin and a group dubbed "AI Avengers" not only believe in AGI doomsday scenarios, they really want Pope Leo to say something about it. From @theroberthart.bsky.social:
- Reposted by Marina GalperinaGreat story and also the recipe sites vs robots thing has been happening for years, except in the age of SEO it was humans trying to get robots’ attention, sometimes at the expense of accuracy. Another example is the “don’t smash a burger to hold in the juices” myth www.theverge.com/c/23998379/g...
- Possibly the coolest internship ngl
- "LLMs are simply tools that emulate the communicative function of language, not the separate and distinct cognitive process of thinking and reasoning, no matter how many data centers we build."
- "As you grow up, you're more involved in society. I think it's a thing."
- Reposted by Marina GalperinaLeave it to Sean Duffy to make a critical safety milestone — the introduction of a female crash test dummy — grossly transphobic and weird
- Another Leica post, another @superantonio64.bsky.social attempt to convince me that sauntering around with the equivalent of a used Prius around my neck is somehow "ok" and "cool" even www.theverge.com/news/824295/...
- Reposted by Marina Galperinathe verge's reviews program has always been the heart of the site and one reason we jealously protect it and refuse to do brand deals is so we can just say the products are bad www.theverge.com/report/82215...
- Reposted by Marina GalperinaNew from me: The same tactics marketers use to get you to find their toothbrushes or photography business on Google were also used by Jeffrey Epstein & co. to try to launder his reputation online. SEO to try to cover up the most infamous pedophile ring. www.theverge.com/report/82231...
- Reposted by Marina GalperinaI'm in the verse today talking about reverse engineering the kinect 15 years ago, alongside @theowatson.bsky.social, @memoakten.bsky.social , and @adafruit.com! Thanks for covering this @geoffreybunting.bsky.social! Lots of fun memories.
- There is no "vibe shift" when this keep happening
- SCOTUS has granted a stay in Trump v. Orr, the trans passport case, meaning that the government will be able to once again deny gender marker changes to trans passport applicants. This is a terrible decision with horrifying consequences for trans folks. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
- I just don't believe there are 1,000,000 people in the world who want a "robot"
- Reposted by Marina GalperinaHappy birthday to the Microsoft Kinect, a device I dearly hope to never write about again. For @theverge.com, I recounted the history of its hacking and the echoes of an older, now unreachable, internet that resound in its story. Also, AI, because… 2025.
- Trumpoware
- "Captured and Bound By My CEO" anyone? Hollywood is investing in stupid microdramas -- short and cheaply made scene clips, sold separately. Binging will cost you way more than a feature, but you get points, so you can binge a little more, if you're into that kind of thing. @jank0.bsky.social:
- Reposted by Marina GalperinaNew incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
- Grokipedia misgenders Chelsea Manning, cites a "race science" journal, and redirects DOGE searches to the Shiba Inu meme
- Bill Gates 😘 AI
- $3500 to look like this
- Reposted by Marina Galperinaanother thing I don’t understand about people who want LLMs to “write” for them—how can you then feel smug about a thing you wrote? Coming up with a good idea better than your nemeses?? That’s the best part!
- Reposted by Marina GalperinaWhen your Chotiner interview is going great
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- doppelgänger slop is here
- subscribe to The Stepback www.theverge.com/the-stepback...
- Reposted by Marina Galperinawrote about the return of the Glasshole and luxury surveillance in the age of fascism for @theverge.com ft. @hypervisible.blacksky.app and @esquiring.bsky.social 👓🚫
- Reposted by Marina Galperinathe political right and center have spent the past half-decade trying to defang public shaming as a tactic because it's one of the last options non-billionaires have left to stop deeply antisocial stuff like this
- Reposted by Marina Galperinaimpossible to overstate the degree to which we are being governed by people whose formative politics is gamergate, but DHS posting Halo memes to recruit for ICE is pretty close.
- “It’s meaningless to talk about ‘clinical-grade’ in the same space as trying to pretend not to provide a clinical tool."
- halloween couples costume: monday 6am embargo and friday night news drop
- Reposted by Marina Galperinahey friends — if you haven't seen, The Verge is running a series on the future of being trans on the internet. it's got a bunch of very cool stories from talented writers! you should check it out www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
- Many commenters have been asking for this... and you don't have to use Spotify.
- Reposted by Marina Galperina"If queer and trans folks are going to survive, we’ll need to once again embrace the underground, and learn when to be visible and when to shut the fuck up." Read more from @janus.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
- Reposted by Marina GalperinaHello~ i wrote something for @theverge.com about the surreal horror of online transness in a fascist surveillance state. it’s time to change tactics and make ourselves less legible to this machinery of death — but *without* sacrificing our connection and community.
- It's finally (not) jacket weather (at the office)
- Reposted by Marina Galperinajust going to speak this into the world: I would LOVE to be a fly on the wall for her first meeting with standards and practices. if you know anything, I'm very easy to reach xo
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- pushing worldcoin ahead of deepfakeocalypse is like giving us a weird umbrella like "you're gonna need this later trust me" and then dropping a piano on us
- Earlier this week, I watched OpenAI CEO Sam Altman drink from a gigantic mango juice box & remark aloud about how it was half his size. The catch: None of it was real. But the most concerning part is that I couldn’t tell the deepfake from reality. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
- anyway, the watermark should be much bigger
- Reposted by Marina GalperinaIf you know someone who has money and really loves the First Amendment you can help us ensure this ruling sticks: timburkelegalfund.org
- "A lot of gen AI supporters see it as a tool that’s 'democratizing' art by lowering traditional barriers to entry like 'learning how to draw,' 'learning how to play an instrument,' or 'learning how to write a story.'" @charlespulliam.bsky.social in The Stepback newsletter this week
- The one where @jaypeters.net talks to Makoto Koji
- It's actually quite mentally unsound how I'm used to getting "credit" for all of my rabid workout routine. @vicmsong.bsky.social mules it over on this week's The Optimizer:
- "Model v5 might understand that a particular lyric should be sad, but it has no actual emotional connection to the words, because it’s a pile of code, not an artist."
- Reposted by Marina Galperinafor years when academics warned about the problems with letting media consolidate at the hands of one of two companies people yawned, now every day there's another vivid example of why they were right
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- Reposted by Marina GalperinaI need people who complain about film critics to decide if we love everything or hate everything. Gets tiresome to argue both
- "When asked about the possibility of copyright infringement, Jones’ manager, Murphy, directed the question to their lawyer, who declined The Verge’s request for comment."
- Oh, and the tracks are not labelled AI obviously bsky.app/profile/lizp...
- Reposted by Marina GalperinaSaw some pushback at calling Silksong sadistic but I meant it in a sexual way if that makes you feel any better.
- Reminds me of this from May www.theverge.com/policy/66210... "Trump didn’t invent scams, but his administration’s dismantling of every institution that protects consumers will allow them to flourish."
- Reposted by Marina GalperinaChotiner: You've written a lot about the band Weezer over the years. Me: That's right. Chotiner: And The Blue Album is their best work as you've said. Me: 100%. Always has been. Chotiner: In 1996 in a letter to your high school girlfriend you wrote... Me: Can we go off the record real quick?
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- Everything we thought we knew about game consoles is changing, and faster than ever before. My take: "The box will continue to be the tip of the spear, but it’s no longer the point." www.theverge.com/column/78130...
- Nudge nudge
