Kevin Nguyen

i went invisigal. you and i… we are different

so good. did you go invisigal or BB?

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moments of weakness

“showing my whole ass” is an interesting growth strategy for a substack

This viral AI pen didn’t help me cheat Don’t fall for the YouTube videos of ‘AI smart pens’ helping students cheat on paper tests. We tried one and it sucks. by Elissa Welle Photography by Amelia Holowaty Krales

the 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...

Setting the House on Fire: Lauren Michele Jackson on Nettie Jones’ Fish Tales Podcast Episode · Reading Writers · 11/12/2025 · 56m

Stop whatever you're doing and START procrastinating...by listening to the latest Reading Writers. It's a really fun one, with the scintillating Lauren Michele Jackson. Expect talk of dirtbag women protagonists, Alexander the Great, and hot cheetahs. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

omg yes dream combo. furious that i am about to listen to a “podcast” but would die for lauren/nettie

thanks for coming! i really enjoyed walking around Richmond (also shoutout for being very pleasantly walkable) and had some good meals

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Excited to say that the beautiful Guardian Long Read Magazine is out now, ft. work by @mrkocnnll.bsky.social, @imogenwk.bsky.social, @jackgoulder.bsky.social, @tessairini.bsky.social, @hettieobrien.bsky.social + many other brilliant writers. Order your copy here guardianbookshop.com/long-read-50...

How to find music you will love without the algorithm To find music you will love, stop letting the algorithm take the reins and start listening with intention.

How to find music you will love without the algorithm

One Meeting After Another

'Mỹ Documents' Is One of the 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Here's why it made the list

There's a nice writeup too ☺️

The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Discover the novels, memoirs, biographies, and more that entertained and enlightened us

Mỹ Documents is one of TIME's best books of the year 💚

hmm only one of these bands is great

best tv character of 2025 is the eyeball monster from alien earth

New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009

the best part of materialists is that all of the past lives haters emerged

god this is 100% right about Past Lives

exactly how i feel

A strong refutation of the criticism that Mamdani was just good at social media. Sure, there were TikToks, but he spent most of his time on the streets of New York meeting people.

we can visit him in Turkey

now we know what liz submitted in music league

do you think eminem got more or less fan mail after “stan”

So, yes. Bugonia is an absolute stunner of a film that perfectly captures what makes this new dark age of angry men, anti-intellectualism, and "doing your own research" feel so profoundly doomed. My review:

Federal Workers Are Barely Making It Through the Government Shutdown The US government shut down 30 days ago. WIRED spoke with more than a dozen federal workers who have struggled to pay bills, worked side gigs, and relied on free food programs to get by.

NEW: Almost a month into the government shutdown, and some federal workers are barely making it through.

One fed, who spoke with @telliotter.bsky.social, is out tens of thousands of dollars waiting to be reimbursed for their husband's cancer care.

More here:

www.wired.com/story/federa...

lol we’re doomed

Coalition Launches Historic $50 Million Initiative to Bolster Nonprofit Literary Arts New fund is dedicated to strengthening the field, advancing support for creative writers and ensuring their contributions to American literature for generations to come.

Good to have these foundations step up for literary arts.

Privacy laws can’t keep up with ‘luxury surveillance’ “It’s not clear to me that a small red light would be sufficient notification in some states for someone to consent to being recorded.”

wrote 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 👓🚫