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Mia Sato

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reporter at @theverge.com, and things of that nature. i cover social media/tech companies and life online. contact me securely on signal: @miasato.11.

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i also made fresh garlic and ginger paste 😩

01.03.2026 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

one thing about me is i’m going to use a hangover day to make a meal that takes 8 hours every time πŸ™‚β€β†•οΈ

01.03.2026 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i’m making daal for the first time and i’ve been standing over the stove for like 6 hours but i just know heaven awaits me

01.03.2026 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh my god Zohran’s team did the DROP DEAD parody apnews.com/article/dona...

27.02.2026 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Washington Post's description of the bodycam video of his arrest last year, and the translation of Mr. Shah Alam's comments, is gutting. Remember, he was entirely blind in one eye and could only see three feet in the other, and he spoke virtually no English.

He spent a year in jail for this.

27.02.2026 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3953    πŸ” 1776    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 115
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Columbia President with NEW details:

5 DHS agents entered a residency with no warrant.

They said they were police looking for a missing kid.
Security camera even captures them showing pictures of the "kid."

A campus officer asked for a warrant & their boss.

They ignored him & took the student.

27.02.2026 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4362    πŸ” 1800    πŸ’¬ 130    πŸ“Œ 213
The main function of slop is to take something from you: your time, your attention, your trust. It is passive in that it requires nothing from viewers but to sit back and consume it. Slop is boring, repetitive, and often inexpensive to make β€” the natural evolution of an internet built for scale and ruthless optimization. Before his pivot to conservative politics, Shirley was making slop for babies: YouTube videos with titles like β€œ16 YEAR OLD FLIES TO NEW YORK WITHOUT TELLING PARENTS” and β€œGiving My Teachers $1,000 for Christmas! *emotional*”

The main function of slop is to take something from you: your time, your attention, your trust. It is passive in that it requires nothing from viewers but to sit back and consume it. Slop is boring, repetitive, and often inexpensive to make β€” the natural evolution of an internet built for scale and ruthless optimization. Before his pivot to conservative politics, Shirley was making slop for babies: YouTube videos with titles like β€œ16 YEAR OLD FLIES TO NEW YORK WITHOUT TELLING PARENTS” and β€œGiving My Teachers $1,000 for Christmas! *emotional*”

Tyler Oliveira’s early Youtube content, including pranks and β€œchallenges” like β€œattempting to get everything 100% off at stores”

Tyler Oliveira’s early Youtube content, including pranks and β€œchallenges” like β€œattempting to get everything 100% off at stores”

Nick Shirley’s early slop content (left) vs this other guy, Tyler Oliveira’s early slop content (right)

26.02.2026 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

www.theverge.com/news/869824/...

26.02.2026 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kansas informs trans residents their driver’s licenses become invalid on Thursday Some transgender Kansans said they had received the letters from the Department of Revenue. Others hadn’t by Wednesday evening.

β€œβ€˜The persecution is the point,’ said Rep. Abi Boatman, a Wichita Democrat and the only transgender member of the Legislature, who received the [Kansas Dept of Revenue] notice on Wednesday.” To underscore that: a Kansas state legislator is among those whose driver’s license will be voided. (🎁 link:)

26.02.2026 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3122    πŸ” 1486    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 157
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Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo. A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week.

Here's a story about his death www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...

25.02.2026 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2443    πŸ” 1164    πŸ’¬ 164    πŸ“Œ 350
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Kalshi reveals insider trading case against editor for MrBeast With prediction markets booming, so have concerns about insider trading. Now, Kalshi has disclosed its first public actions against accounts suspected of trading on confidential information.

NEW: A video editor working for MrBeast is accused of trading on insider information on Kalshi, which has fined, suspended and reported the editor to federal regulators in the first public instance of the platform disclosing an insider trading investigation

www.npr.org/2026/02/25/n...

25.02.2026 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 178    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 28

Need it so bad!!!!!!

25.02.2026 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sure did and all i could think of was this hat!!

25.02.2026 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hello I am fleeing the American century of humiliation Collection. Good Shirts is your hub for all good shirts.

sold out but maybe there will be increased demand πŸ˜” thegoodshirts.com/collections/...

25.02.2026 02:33 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
Hat embroidered with β€œhello, i am fleeing the American century of humillation. Can you show me where to buy Mountain Dew Baja Blast?”

Hat embroidered with β€œhello, i am fleeing the American century of humillation. Can you show me where to buy Mountain Dew Baja Blast?”

25.02.2026 02:29 β€” πŸ‘ 9050    πŸ” 1757    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 61

Clavicular and others like him are being seeded by human bot farms that then get sucked up into a machine run by billionaires. β€œThe algorithm” actually feels like a quaint concept with him β€” it was actually just brute forced via X

23.02.2026 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Internet that Made Clavicular "a crazy thing is happening", sponsored by Stake

Media & anyone culture-adjacent should read this and consider if they’re getting got by whatever new trend suddenly bubbles up into mainstream consciousness. It’s also an argument for ditching X, which creates right wing mirages that everyone ends up chasing
www.couldabeenatthe.club/p/the-intern...

23.02.2026 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 148    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

they both should get to hunt the people being weird about them for sport

21.02.2026 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

when i saw white ppl were saying it i was fully radicalized to this take

21.02.2026 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Norman Rockwell painting freedom of speech

Norman Rockwell painting freedom of speech

the term β€œwasian” is bad and must be stopped

21.02.2026 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2

mixed alt girl with ADHD with high screen time. she is america, to me!

21.02.2026 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

alysa liu skating to stateside by pinkpantheress feat. zara larsson for the olympic gala means a lot to me and 12 other people

21.02.2026 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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SCOTUS rules Trump’s tariffs are illegal β€” but the fight is far from over In a press briefing, Trump railed against the court and plaintiffs.

New: The SCOTUS ruling on Trump's tariffs are a blow to his agenda, but we're all still living in the trade nightmare of Trump's making, with consumers footing the bill.

"Many people will view this as a payoff to companies at their expense." - @kedseconomist.com

www.theverge.com/policy/88222...

20.02.2026 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Not only that but companies that kept quiet while this was all happening to stay on Trump's good side will probably now lawyer up to get their money back. The economists tried to warn us!

20.02.2026 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Japanese American Citizens League of Chicago, which made my trip possible, stood vigil today outside of the Broadview ICE facility. The call to action: Be the allies today that Japanese American families needed during WWII.

www.instagram.com/p/DU9HMtgFXN...

20.02.2026 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

My family wasn’t incarcerated during WWII bc we weren’t yet in the US. This trip means so much to me because I shared it with a truly diverse community of other Japanese Americans. From people who are 5th generation to children of immigrants to adoptees to mixed race JAs. I’m endlessly grateful.

20.02.2026 03:09 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
A recreation of a basketball hoop at Manzanar, with the Sierra Nevada mountains in the background

A recreation of a basketball hoop at Manzanar, with the Sierra Nevada mountains in the background

A park ranger holding up a photo of gardens at Manzanar during WWII, up against where the gardens would have been

A park ranger holding up a photo of gardens at Manzanar during WWII, up against where the gardens would have been

A view from camp, with huge, snowy mountains overlooking Manzanar

A view from camp, with huge, snowy mountains overlooking Manzanar

The Manzanar monument to those that died at camp, just beyond the camp grounds. Barbed wire is in the foreground of the photo.

The Manzanar monument to those that died at camp, just beyond the camp grounds. Barbed wire is in the foreground of the photo.

In 2019 I had the incredible opportunity to visit Manzanar concentration camp with other young Japanese Americans. Feb 19th marks the day FDR issued orders removing and imprisoning 120,000 Japanese Americans, and my trip is especially top of mind today. I took these photosβ€”more details in alt text.

20.02.2026 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 438    πŸ” 126    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

Please stop making new kinds of car door handles!!!!!

19.02.2026 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Prince Andrew's Arrest Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter

Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

19.02.2026 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 33785    πŸ” 7835    πŸ’¬ 1933    πŸ“Œ 786

woke up mad as hell at those damn monkeys bullying the little one with the stuffed animal

17.02.2026 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0