Andrew J. Hawkins

great headline by @justcalma.bsky.social

Why college students prefer News Daddy over The New York Times Zoomers get all their news from TikTok — and refuse to go elsewhere

If reading about college students using AI to cheat made you feel crazy, wait till you hear about where they get their news

Leave it to Sean Duffy to make a critical safety milestone — the introduction of a female crash test dummy — grossly transphobic and weird

Tesla's Optimus robot appears to have loose panel during Tesla's shareholder meeting

Sweet ride to the polls @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social welcome to the Bunch fam!!!!!

#bunchfam #cargobike #omg #nyc

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Waymo driverless car strikes bicyclist in San Francisco, causes minor injuries Tensions in San Francisco around robotaxis are high.

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What would be the New Yorkiest response to this bullshit?

I don't disagree with you! I just feel its more impactful to organize large groups of people around boycotts and political action than shame individual people about their consumer decisions.

I also think its tacky to buy a truck from a Nazi, but I'm not totally sold on directly equating consumer decisions with political affiliation

Spit On, Sworn At, and Undeterred: What It’s Like to Own a Cybertruck “We were the targets.” WIRED spoke to seven Tesla Cybertruck owners about their most controversial purchase and why they’re proud to drive it.

i'm glad all these people are enjoying their $100K electric truck, but I don't think they deserve to be called Nazis when "tacky" would have sufficed. (Except the J6er) www.wired.com/story/owning...

The future of being trans on the internet The internet has long been a source of information and support for transgender people. Now, trans rights and the internet itself are in a moment of crisis. What happens next?

Proud to work for a publication that amplifies trans voices while recognizing the extraordinary danger inherent in being trans online. While other publications doubles down on biased, inaccurate coverage, The Verge recognizes that trans rights are human rights. www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

The future of being trans on the internet The internet has long been a source of information and support for transgender people. Now, trans rights and the internet itself are in a moment of crisis. What happens next?

hey friends — if you haven't seen, The Verge is running a series on the future of being trans on the internet. it's got a bunch of very cool stories from talented writers! you should check it out www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

The single pancake on the side clinched it — this is an elite diner order.

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...

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