Ryan Whitwam

I maybe collected that much Halloween candy in my entire childhood. Inflation is real!

No prob. I'll remove the inaccurate description. Feel free to reach out via email in the future. Contact info is on the site.

I adopted a puppy that weighed 10 lbs. To my surprise, he's 20 pounds just a few months later. At this rate, I believe he will be large enough to take on Godzilla around the middle of 2027.

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

The most unrealistic thing about Marvel movies isn't the superhero stuff. It's that people would be whispering "Hail Hydra" instead of shouting it while waving Hydra flags. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Make an Android version before Google gets around to finalizing dev verification.

Even the inside of this thing 👀👀👀

I started assembling this for the Ars article the other day, and now it's done. Mode65 with copper plate and base, featuring GMK Copper R2 keycaps. The accents contain 10% real copper because why not I guess.

You should care more about the stabilizers in your mechanical keyboard—here’s why Don’t know what a keyboard stabilizer is? You’re about to find out.

You really should. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

Australia may have to choose between a Chinese TikTok and one owned by Trump’s billionaire backers Expert raises concerns about what US TikTok deal could mean for News Corp’s ‘worrying dominance’ in Australian media

Teaming up with Republicans to pass the TikTok ban might end up being one of the Democratic Party's biggest blunders. They just handed MAGA an amazing propaganda tool. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Remarkable last words:

Audience member: Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?

Kirk: Too many

Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years?

Kirk: Counting or not counting gang members?

And I'm sure it's a complete coincidence that Trump is going to bat for Google today. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

Should Google maybe just not appeal this case? May not make sense to spend the money on an appeal when the remedies are so modest.

The founders intended to own people as property, so who gives a shit really?

What... what is this signage telling me to do?

Iiiinteresting...

Got a picture?

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 review: Quantum leap Samsung’s new flagship foldable is a huge improvement over last year’s model.

For the first time, this feels like a foldable phone you'd want to carry around, but whether or not you can justify the $1,999 price tag is another matter entirely.

🧵CONDE NAST SQUID GAMES: Today Conde Nast
held a company-wide meeting. Nearly a week in advance, our members submitted a list of questions about the future of the company, RTO policies, and enforcement and staffing; we received no answers.

The "Pizza Chef" in Death Stranding 2 is an Asian man who lives in Australia and dresses like Mario. Makes sense.

I got a keyboard made of forged carbon fiber, which is neat. I got a carbon fiber splinter assembling it, which is not as neat.

A mess of its own making: Google nerfs second Pixel phone battery this year People don’t upgrade phones every year anymore—longevity matters.

If anyone out there has a Pixel 6a hit by the battery downgrade, please let me know how bad it is.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

Sure.

I just turned on a PC that's been off since February. Windows 11 has been updating and restarting for, no joke, over an hour now. It's sometimes hard to believe this is how a major operating system works in this, the year of our lord two-thousand and twenty-five.

Incontrovertibly.

Andor proves that The Force is the worst part of Star Wars.

Boop65 reassembled with 62g Zealios and Zeal stabilizers. Keycaps are GMK Nautilus. I love the yellow e-coating on this board.