Mia Sato

Mia Sato

@miasato.bsky.social

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.

44,437 Followers 481 Following 1,130 Posts Joined Apr 2023
17 hours ago
The Verge headline “Windows 95 chime composer Brian Eno denounces Microsoft for its ties to Israeli government”

Thinking about the funniest headline i’ve ever written and wondering when I’ll get to listen to Windows 95 chime composer Brian Eno’s album Here Come the Warm Jets

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Does anyone know why brian eno’s earlier solo albums are not on streaming platforms anymore 😭

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this is why you can’t be doing weeks of marketing and television broadcasts calling people “the dream team” and “the quad god”

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😭

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What Tucker Carlson’s ‘fire’ lefty merch tells us about the modern influencer economy. “What are the moral repercussions of buying dope merch from an ontological enemy?”

I wrote about Tucker Carlson's dirtbag left "NY Commie" and "I ❤️ NICOTINE" merch, the Right's efforts to infiltrate your feeds, and the dream of the modern influencer — to move from content to shelf-stable goods.

☭ Gift link ☭

www.theverge.com/tech/892140/...

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F*ck Tucker Hat Tucker doesnt deserve these designs so we appropriated them. 5-panel cap Seamless Front Panel with Full Buckram 4 Sewn Eyelets Matching Visor Color Pro Stitch on Crown 6 Rows Stitching on Visor Matchi...

thanks! and good news, someone made knockoffs www.meansworkwear.com/collections/...

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But back to Tucker Carlson’s dirtbag left-y merchandise. His press team did not respond to The Verge’s questions about the designs or whether they’ve seen a meaningful boost in sales. It is knowing and ironic, but plays to both sides — the “NY Commie” hat appeals to both the person who earnestly believes New York City has fallen to radicals and a Brooklyn DSA member. It does not matter, really, whether Carlson has sold any of these hats to the latter, only that they noticed and found it funny, and sent it to group chats where the response was something along the lines of, “Someone cooked here.” Like when political figures pivot to new talking points or content topics, the merch is a way for Carlson to ingratiate himself with corners of the internet where he would otherwise be unwelcome. By poking at the audience’s impulses of conspicuous consumption, Carlson is working to normalize his presence for a new segment of the public. The message reached the intended audience — you don’t even have to watch his videos.

"Someone cooked here."
Yes, they tried and succeeded to get you to perform free marketing for Tucker Carlson's online store.

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What Tucker Carlson’s ‘fire’ lefty merch tells us about the modern influencer economy. “What are the moral repercussions of buying dope merch from an ontological enemy?”

I wrote about Tucker Carlson's dirtbag left "NY Commie" and "I ❤️ NICOTINE" merch, the Right's efforts to infiltrate your feeds, and the dream of the modern influencer — to move from content to shelf-stable goods.

☭ Gift link ☭

www.theverge.com/tech/892140/...

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Waking up to another WBC controversy… Team USA needs to hire Shohei Ohtani’s media training team

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What Do You Do and What Do You Make? Conversations with AI engineers, fashion Substackers, and weed clerks about what they brought in last year.

I want to make my extended friend group do this

nymag.com/intelligence...

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4 days ago

at the club until 5 in the morning, come home and there is baseball on all day… i love the WBC

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🫩🫩🫩🫩

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Like what do you mean you’re bringing your whole ass bike into the store on a weekend afternoon? You are The Penguin

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The Brooklyn Court St Trader Joe’s is a normal grocery store to the Joker

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Before he faced Aaron Judge, Joseph Contreras had to finish his high school classwork The 17-year-old Team Brazil righty, son of former MLB pitcher Jose Contreras, got out of a huge jam against Team USA's star-studded lineup.

A 17-year-old got Aaron Judge to ground into a bases-loaded double play on Friday night. First, he had to finish his social studies homework. Math homework kept him busy on Thursday. Meet Joseph Contreras, José's son and the youngest player in WBC history - www.nytimes.com/athletic/709...

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Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protestor A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the ...

New from 404 Media: Proton Mail, the privacy-focused email service, gave authorities data that let the FBI unmask an anonymous 'Stop Cop City' protester. It was payment data linked to the anonymous email account. From that, FBI ID'd them, then tracked their movements www.404media.co/proton-mail-...

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Kristi Noem may i interest you in a hat!

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Bettors wagered $54 million on Khamenei’s death. Now they’re not getting paid. Kalshi, a prediction market site, has sparked outrage after freezing $54 million in bets on the death of Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, citing a rule against profiting from death.

New: I talked to the traders who bet Khamenei would die.

One, an Israeli ex-pat, would've won $63,000 before Kalshi froze the bet: “I was booking my trip to Courchevel.”

“American commercial immorality on steroids," @chrismurphyct.bsky.social told me

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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wow so awesome! congrats!!

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Well… I made a TikTok about my story and the platform is now using it to hawk wireless mics 😶‍🌫️ Too perfect lol

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Instagram and TikTok are using your content to sell junk “Shop the look” buttons were added without creators’ consent

Last month, an influencer with 1M+ followers realized that Instagram was adding shoppable links to her content without her consent. A similar feature exists on TikTok. I wrote about the creator economy's final form, where all of us are subsumed by social commerce.

www.theverge.com/tech/887692/...

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i also made fresh garlic and ginger paste 😩

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one thing about me is i’m going to use a hangover day to make a meal that takes 8 hours every time 🙂‍↕️

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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

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

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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.

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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.

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2 weeks ago
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 — 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 “16 YEAR OLD FLIES TO NEW YORK WITHOUT TELLING PARENTS” and “Giving My Teachers $1,000 for Christmas! *emotional*” Tyler Oliveira’s early Youtube content, including pranks and “challenges” like “attempting 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)

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

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