Andrew J. Hawkins

Oooh yes! Join @davidpierce.xyz @andyjayhawk.bsky.social @seanokane.bsky.social for a whole hour chatting hoverboards! I have such fond memories of riding these magical feeling things, then quickly pivoting to stories about hoverboard fires and recalls.

Hello! Are you a freelance journalist in the Bay Area? Have you covered e-bikes and EVs? If so, please reach out to me at andrew-dot-hawkins-at-theverge-dot-com. I have a possible assignment for you!

Everything is terrorism in Trump’s America But don’t call that fascism. That would be bad.

Let's be clear: Trump's attacks on "antifa" are an attack on America. www.theverge.com/policy/79051...

Why your next car should be an electric cargo bike Rewiring cities for more human-centric transportation

This is my love letter to my favorite product: electric cargo bikes www.theverge.com/transportati...

HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED

They turned cattle ranches into tropical forest — then climate change hit “This is what gives me hope.”

Not surprising, because it's a really beautiful story www.theverge.com/24137380/for...

The 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now Covering Climate Now is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards. Our awards program, now in its fifth year, honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the c...

Wow @justcalma.bsky.social just won a Covering Climate Now award for her story on forest restoration in Costa Rica! So deserved coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...

Civil War (2024, dir. Alex Garland)

like honestly, wtf is this shit?

Yes, Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension was government censorship Brendan Carr’s contempt for the First Amendment is going strong.

proud to work at a publication rejects the grotesque urge to frame what's happening as a "win" for Trump, and simply calls this what it is: government censorship www.theverge.com/policy/78114...

Can Luigi Mangione get too big to jail? A morning in court with Luigi Mangione

New: My report from the Luigi Mangione hearing today in NYC.

The crowds were smaller, more contained, and it was less of a circus. What does it mean for the case that attention seems to live and die by the social media firestorm that reignites each time?
www.theverge.com/report/77935...

The hunger strike to end AI Protesters are spending their days outside Anthropic in San Francisco and Google DeepMind in London.

Great piece by @haydenfield.bsky.social about the hunger strike to stop artificial general intelligence www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

A Verge headline reads "The right wing is creating a society of snitches" by Elizabeth Lopatto. An illustration shows an ominous doorway brimming with red light, inside are lots of phone and message app icons with notifications on

The Trump administration is using Charlie Kirk’s death as a way to weaponize citizens against each other, its chilling effect suppressing free speech on the left.

Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/77897...

Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work

If you value the work we do at The Verge, please consider subscribing so we can keep doing it. It's $4/month right now, which is a really great deal!

Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer scratched bullets with a Helldivers combo and a furry sex meme The suspected shooter left a hodgepodge of extremely online taunts.

New from @tinanguyen.bsky.social and me: Charlie Kirk's shooter left behind bullet casings with a furry sex meme and a bunch of Helldivers video game references. Subreddits for Helldivers immediately picked up on it.

www.theverge.com/politics/777...

Wikipedia is under attack — and how it can survive The site’s volunteers face threats from Trump, billionaires, and AI.

I wrote about how Wikipedia became the factual foundation of the web and why it's under attack

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Tech companies ‘be on alert,’ NAACP says with new guiding principles for data centers The civil rights group is already fighting Elon Musk’s data center in Memphis.

Big Tech is on a giant data center construction splurge, and @justcalma.bsky.social has the scoop about how the NAACP is creating a playbook for communities to ensure their health and well-being are being protected. www.theverge.com/exclusive/77...

Tesla's fourth 'Master Plan' reads like LLM-generated nonsense | TechCrunch Even Elon Musk agrees it was too generic.

Two smart dudes I count as friends, @andyjayhawk.bsky.social and@seanokane.bsky.social, land on the same conclusion about Tesla's Master Plan 4: it sure reads like AI barfed it up

techcrunch.com/2025/09/02/t...

www.theverge.com/tesla/769009...

seriously, you need to read this

What is the correct amount of pro-Palestine content? The origins of the TikTok ban.

"When seen through the lens of information-nationalism, the TikTok ban makes perfect sense." @sarahjeong.bsky.social coming in white-hot with an essential read into the role Palestine played in the TikTok ban. www.theverge.com/features/761...

People over profits. It’s gross that our colleagues at Eater busted their butts for the big 20th anniversary package, which Vox will trumpet as their success, and then lay off everyone who made it possible.

I’m so tired of seeing this man.

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We got you something. Today we’re debuting three newsletter offerings just for our distinguished, venerated subscribers.

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Yes, the rumors are true. I'm now a newsletter writer. Or at least a newsletter contributor. The first issue of The Verge's brand new Stepback newsletter goes live August 10th, featuring a cool piece by yours truly. Please subscribe. www.theverge.com/the-stepback...

How Trump’s war on clean energy is making AI a bigger polluter Trump aims to “drill, baby, drill” to power AI.

AI is a huge energy hog, and under Donald Trump its on track to become pollution nightmare www.theverge.com/climate-chan...

The group is aiming for a big turnout this weekend at the diner. Tesla fans have been waiting years for its opening, and it's sure to be an interesting clash between Elon fans and the LA's increasingly radical protest community

I spoke to organizer Joel Lava, who said that while the protests have diminished slightly since Elon Musk stepped away from DOGE, the group is buoyed by Tesla's awful earnings reports.

Anti-Elon Musk protesters are coming for Tesla’s new diner “I think our simple message is Tesla funds fascism.”

Tesla protesters are gearing up to target the company's newly opened retro-futuristic diner in LA www.theverge.com/news/711701/...

Uber to invest in Lucid and Nuro in massive robotaxi deal Uber is ravenous for robotaxi deals.

“In terms of the scale and the hard commitments and the meat behind it, it is by far the biggest partnership deal that Uber has announced or done.” www.theverge.com/news/708479/...