Kevin Nguyen

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features editor at the verge. author of ‘new waves’

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very exciting to see @knguyen.bsky.social write at length about a theory he's been talking about for years: how game of thrones broke media www.theverge.com/24181763/gam...

What Game of Thrones did to the mediawww.theverge.com “It becomes a snake eating its own tail. It really does homogenize media.”

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I loved tinyletter. RIP www.theverge.com/24085737/tin...

TinyLetter had a big momentwww.theverge.com A golden era for newsletters in the pre-Substack days.

An ode to TinyLetter, which shuts down today

TinyLetter had a big momentwww.theverge.com A golden era for newsletters in the pre-Substack days.

quick q for a story: i’m looking for examples of writers who went from tinyletter to substack to not-substack-anymore. (just names are fine!)

i am simply too hot to be scammed out of $50k

stanley quencher, qu’est-ce que c’est fa fa fa faaaaaa

our kids won't realize we're regurgitating old memes

hmm starting to feel like there are too many people on letterboxd now……

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Tabs is officially (mostly) off Substack! Getting paid subscriptions migrated over is the last remaining thing, so if you paid for Tabs on Substack just hang tight, I got you. But if you didn't subscribe before but wanted to, now's your opportunity! www.todayintabs.com

Today in Tabswww.todayintabs.com Your favorite newsletter's favorite newsletter.

finally, i have something in common with mandy moore

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How does this unsupported casual claim get past an editor. How. Wildly embarrassing www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/u...

naming my first child Emerald Fennell, just to see what tf happens

me and my friends logging onto the new bluesky

[zack de la rocha voice] santa claus is coming to town… MOTHERFUCKER!!!!

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The best arthouse movies of 2023www.theverge.com The very good small movies and where to watch them.

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"By the end of the film’s runtime, I’d developed a theory of the Sphere. A Sphere theory. A Spheory." www.theverge.com/tech/2400823...

Pondering the biggest orbwww.theverge.com The Sphere is many things — but mostly, it’s just pixels.

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after 2018 people kept trying to get comment from me or book me on shows on the subject of "cancel culture" and "cancellation" and now, five years later, when no one* remembers who I am or what I did, I have something to say on the matter www.theverge.com/c/features/2...

Goodbye to all that harassmentwww.theverge.com Sarah Jeong reflects on the coordinated right-wing campaign to cancel her.

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This is what Twitter was. I don’t think anyone will ever be able to tell it better than @sarahjeong.bsky.social www.theverge.com/c/features/2...

Goodbye to all that harassmentwww.theverge.com Sarah Jeong reflects on the coordinated right-wing campaign to cancel her.

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This Verge package on Twitter is so fantastic and beautifully designed, it's a must read www.theverge.com/c/23972308/t...

The year Twitter died: a special series from The Vergewww.theverge.com The platform was a news accelerator, a tool of mass harassment, and an infinite joke machine.

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rip 🕯️ www.theverge.com/c/23972308/t...

The year Twitter died: a special series from The Vergewww.theverge.com The platform was a news accelerator, a tool of mass harassment, and an infinite joke machine.

i’m glad you clarified which stage of capitalism you meant

so you’re telling me there are two lipas

Sasquatch, Godzilla, King Kong, Loch Ness, goblin, ghoul, a zombie with no conscience. It all happens on X.

What a terrific idea!

The inaugural Comics Advocacy Group Mini Grant is open! This application will close on 12pm EST on January 15th, 2024. 🔗https://comicsadvocacygroup.org

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Do you live in the United States? Do you make comics? Then you qualify for one of our $500 inaugural CAG Mini Grants! We hope you apply!

The inaugural Comics Advocacy Group Mini Grant is open! This application will close on 12pm EST on January 15th, 2024. 🔗https://comicsadvocacygroup.org

Incredible story, told with such restraint

What Happens to a School Shooter’s Sister?www.newyorker.com Jennifer Gonnerman speaks to Kristin Kinkel, whose brother, Kip, killed their parents and opened fire at their high school. Today, Kristin is close with Kip—and still reckoning with his crimes.

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Just a reminder that if you have any food writing you're proud of that came out in 2023--and that includes a newsletter or weird little blog--to submit it to the Best American Food Writing! Full submission guidelines here media.sailthru.com/composer/ima...