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Kevin Cortez

@kevincortez.huffpost.com
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🇹🇭 x 🇵🇷 📍 DC Writer, editor, content creator. Talks games, comics, and products, mostly. lnk.bio/kevincortez Deputy Shopping Editor @huffpost.com. Member of @wgaeast.bsky.social. Contributor at @mothership.blog.

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WIRED @wired.com · 13h
From outrage over Nolan Wells’ death to analysis of HBO Max’s “Lanterns,” Threads has transformed into a vital artery of the Black social media ecosystem. www.wired.com/story/thread...
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Black Twitter Is Thriving—on Threads
From outrage over Nolan Wells’ death to analysis of HBO Max’s “Lanterns,” Threads has transformed into a vital artery of the Black social media ecosystem.
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Kevin Cortez @kevincortez.huffpost.com · 28/09/2026
I've started an invite-only Substack called Stuff That I Like. It's a place for all the things I don't have time to make videos about or that I wouldn't cover at HuffPost. This includes games, manga, music, tech, products, things I'm working on, etc. It's free. stuffthatilike.substack.com
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Stuff That I Like | Kevin Cortez | Substack
Stuff That I Like is an invite-only email list for material goods and good materials. Click to read Stuff That I Like, by Kevin Cortez, a Substack publication.
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Kevin Cortez @kevincortez.huffpost.com · 28/09/2026
I've started an invite-only Substack called Stuff That I Like. It's a place for all the things I don't have time to make videos about or that I wouldn't cover at HuffPost. This includes games, manga, music, tech, products, things I'm working on, etc. It's free. stuffthatilike.substack.com
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Stuff That I Like | Kevin Cortez | Substack
Stuff That I Like is an invite-only email list for material goods and good materials. Click to read Stuff That I Like, by Kevin Cortez, a Substack publication.
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Kevin Cortez @kevincortez.huffpost.com · 25/09/2026
SPX may be over, but I've finally gotten around to looking at footage from the big ol' comics weekend. Here's a convo between Tinguu and Ryan Holmberg about 'The Cannibals', out now via @fieldmouse.press. This was part of a pre-SPX event at @fantomcomics.bsky.social! youtu.be/1lnRKVezxzA?...
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Ryan Holmberg and Tinguu Talk Art, Inspiration, and His New Book "The Cannibals"
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There’s a “pro-data center party” taking place in D.C. right now, with a generative AI photo booth, AI themed cocktails
People standing near the bar The generative AI Photo Booth A speaker talking about AI A DJ performs
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Mothership @mothership.blog · 25/09/2026
Answers here:
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Ask Us Anything: Mothership Answers Reader Questions
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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 25/09/2026
The @bostonglobe lesbian bar story pulled in "several thousand" new subscribers in around 72 hours, per a spokesperson this AM. buff.ly/Sktaj7o
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The Boston Globe’s Western Mass lesbian bar story pulled in “several thousand” new subscribers in about 72 hours
Annalisa Quinn's story published Tuesday in The Boston Globe Magazine — "A Western Mass. lesbian bar required KN-95 masks. When it changed the rules, all hell broke loose" — is, in this reporter's…
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Kevin Cortez @kevincortez.huffpost.com · 25/09/2026
SPX may be over, but I've finally gotten around to looking at footage from the big ol' comics weekend. Here's a convo between Tinguu and Ryan Holmberg about 'The Cannibals', out now via @fieldmouse.press. This was part of a pre-SPX event at @fantomcomics.bsky.social! youtu.be/1lnRKVezxzA?...
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Ryan Holmberg and Tinguu Talk Art, Inspiration, and His New Book "The Cannibals"
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
if you’re not here tomorrow you’re missing out on history. dc trans punk scene put together the first show at the sylvan theater next to washington monument since fugazi played there in 1995. headlined by glitterer (ex title fight). all free, benefiting our neighborhood.
September 26 
BENEFIT AT SYLVAN
Glitterer
Posición Unida
Somebody’s Daughter
FREE SHOW!
RECOMMENDED $10-$20 DONATION
AT THE
SYLVAN THEATER4-7 PM
(next to the Washington Monument)
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Emily | No Small Games @aspecificegg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This chat with @kevincortez.huffpost.com was filled with hehe’s and haha’s and thoughtful takes 💜
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Kate | No Small Games 💫 @katerblossom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’m so glad I finally got to play Wax Heads and discuss it with two amazing friends! @kevincortez.huffpost.com was a fantastic guest and y’all will love hearing from him 🎧 💜 🫶🏼
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No Small Games @nosmallgames.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Our fall season has officially begun! We're kicking off with a wonderful guest, the amazing @kevincortez.huffpost.com, and a delightful game... Wax Heads!! You can listen to our deep dive into this record store sim wherever you get your pods 🎧 nosmallgames.com/2026/09/ep-7...
Graphic announcing that the No Small Games episode covering Wax Heads is now live! It features screenshots from the game, including various cartoony looking characters and a wide shot of a girl standing in a record store, looking at her phone.
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Sherry Turkle @sturkle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I really enjoyed my conversation with @samleecole.bsky.social @404media.co. We talked about how my earlier work prepared me for writing Artificial Intimacy. How artificial companions deskill us in our capacity for human connection, and we got to the crucial question: How can we find our way back?
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No Small Games @nosmallgames.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Please give @kevincortez.huffpost.com a warm welcome to NSG!! Kevin is the HuffPost Shopping Editor, a contributor to Mothership, & content creator who curates recommendations for a wide variety of fun product types. We had an incredibly fun chat about Wax Heads, which you'll get to hear tomorrow!!
Graphic announcing the special guest for the this episode of No Small Games, Kevin Cortez. Features a photo of Kevin alongside the arcade machine logo for No Small Games
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Kevin Cortez @kevincortez.huffpost.com · 23/09/2026
I don't talk about my job much, but one of the more significant changes by AI in shopping is the sheer amount of ChatGPT-generated user reviews popping up on Amazon. Just the same string of "exactly what I needed" and "I don't typically write reviews" practically everywhere, for ANY product.
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No Small Games @nosmallgames.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This Thursday we kick off our fall season with a game about the power of music, community, and sticking it to the man: Wax Heads!! 🍂🎵 Our special guest @kevincortez.huffpost.com joined us to usher in fall with a delightful chat about this quirky and charming game!
Graphic announcing the upcoming episode of No Small Games, featuring the Wax Heads logo
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Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Even though the Halo franchise has been gutted for failing to meet unrealistic expectations, at least Bungie, the original creators of Halo, have also been separately gutted for failing to meet unrealistic expectations
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Jessica Cogswell 🌸 @jessicogs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Game journos have an anti-Xbox bias!!!” Actually no, Microsoft is just a heinously evil and reckless company
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Kevin Cortez @kevincortez.huffpost.com · 22/09/2026
the weather tells me it's spooky season so I'll be reading the Kitaro manga for a few months
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i’m just ken @shepardcdr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Now that EA's been acquired by the Saudi PIF, sources tell Kotaku company execs are swearing its new "partners" won't make creative decisions, but queer fans who found belonging in Dragon Age, Apex Legends, and The Sims are mourning that their favorite games have gone somewhere they can't follow.
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EA Tells Devs Its Saudi Arabia Owners Won’t Make Creative Decisions, Queer Fans Don’t Buy It - Kotaku
BioWare, Sims, and Apex Legends fans found belonging in games they feel they can no longer support
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Gumby Screens @gumbyscreens.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Frame #4289 from E54 Rip Van Prickle
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Small Press Expo @smallpressexpo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
SPX getting a shoutout all the way from Taiwan! Big thanks to @fantomcomics.bsky.social for making it all happen!
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Five Taiwanese comic artists showcase work at US expo - Taipei Times
Five Taiwanese comic artists this weekend displayed their works at the Small Press Expo (SPX) at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Maryland.The artists — A ee mi, Rio (里約), Ding...
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No Small Games @nosmallgames.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Get your comfiest sweaters and hot cocoa ready, autumn is approaching!! 🍂🍵 We've got a great combo of creepy and cozy titles lined up for our fall season, along with iconic guests @robinbombus.bsky.social and @kevincortez.huffpost.com!
No Small Games fall season lineup graphic, displaying the dates, games and guests for the upcoming season of the podcast. The episodes are:
Sept 24 - Wax Heads, feat. Kevin Cortez
Oct 08 - Sovereign Tower, feat. Robin Bea
Oct 22 - Project Songbird
Nov 05 - Creature Kitchen
Nov 19 - Forbidden Solitaire
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 14/09/2026
We're The Flytrap, a worker-owned, intersectional, and expansive feminist media group. We publish cultural criticism of the feminist variety. We believe a better internet is possible, and our guiding principle is: fuck the algorithm. Now, it's time for our annual subscription drive!
A bright pink graphic that says FUND FEMINIST MEDIA, with a  drawing of a venus flytrap in the middle, wearing sunglasses and roaring in the middle of a yellow heart.
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 14/09/2026
Macklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran tour after ‘free Palestine’ speech
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Macklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran tour after ‘free Palestine’ speech
The rapper was opening for Sheeran on the US leg of his tour
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John Madden @mathletesfoot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
ape attack survivor
@pissvortex

Tried to flex this on a first date but the waitress
took it and asked what it was and why it said
"pissvortex" on it. I explained that it's called X
Money and she said they don't take that but
when I tried to explain she just kept laughing. I
told her just to try it so she did but it declined
which made her laugh harder. WTF @elonmusk
@Support

Follow

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@pissvortex

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Axios @axios.com · 14/09/2026
JUST IN: President Trump says a strong, smart president is the only "guardrail" AI needs
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Trump says a strong, smart president is the only "guardrail" AI needs
It's the third time is as many days that Trump has pushed back against calls for AI safety regulations.
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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...
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Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’
‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.
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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Hooters Remembers 9/11
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Noah Hurowitz @noahhurowitz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
BREAKING: Tonight, a United Airlines flight from Newark to Tel Aviv is set to carry onboard 5 cargo shipments destined for the weapons giant Elbit Systems. Past shipments by United — on passenger flights! — have included parts for fighter jets and tanks theintercept.com/2026/09/09/u...
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United Airlines Ships War Materiel to Israel Aboard Passenger Flights
Unfriendly skies: On United, checked bags might ride next to tank parts bound for Israel. Direct flights to Israel are set to resume tonight.
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 09/09/2026
After years of company stalling, Blizzard workers win mega-contract that applies to all unionized teams aftermath.site/blizzard-union...
the famous orc statue outside blizzard's HQ in irvine, california
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Kevin Cortez @kevincortez.huffpost.com · 09/09/2026
Bootlegs that currently have me in a chokehold. I need all the Ridge Racer merch oh my godddd.
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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“I feel like it’s really easy for people to hear these stories and go, ‘Oh, that's so sad,’ and then go on with their lives and not think about the fact that this was a person,” Megan said. “A silly, funny, kind person who is dead now.” www.404media.co/austin-gordo...
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'Tell Everyone:' A Man Died by Suicide After Talking to ChatGPT. His Former Partner Wants to Warn the World About AI
After allegedly becoming emotionally reliant on ChatGPT, Austin died at 40 years old, leaving behind family and friends who loved him. Megan wants everyone to know what happened.
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Kevin Cortez @kevincortez.huffpost.com · 09/09/2026
Going to SPX this weekend and I'm absolutely hype about it.
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
An Anthropic researcher resigned, citing concerns about the destructive potential of AI systems and the conduct of the top companies working on the technology. "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade," he said. www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
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‘Gambling With Our Lives’: Anthropic Researcher Resigns, Sounds The Alarm About AI Safety
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Kevin Cortez @kevincortez.huffpost.com · 08/09/2026
Climate change.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 05/09/2026
Not The Onion.
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Kevin Cortez @kevincortez.huffpost.com · 05/09/2026
Just uploaded this full interview between @ill-iterate.com and Ryan Holmberg at @fantomcomics.bsky.social from… *checks notes* July 11. Great stuff here about Gengoroh Tagame, gay erotic manga, and translation workflows. SUCH an interesting conversation to watch!!! youtu.be/H1cZsmdoYNA?...
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Anne Ishii in Conversation with Ryan Holmberg | Gay Manga, Gengoroh Tagame & Translating Japanese
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Kevin Cortez @kevincortez.huffpost.com · 04/09/2026
The plural of vinyl is vinyl. The plural of vinyl is vinyl. The plural of vinyl is vinyl. The plural of vinyl is vinyl. The plural of vinyl is vinyl. The plural of vinyl is vinyl. The plural of vinyl is vinyl. The plural of vinyl is vinyl. The plural of vinyl is vinyl. The plural of vinyl is vinyl.
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Monica Torres @monicatorrr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I talked to consumer boycott researchers about why MapQuest's stand is working and what it would take for this moment to be a movement: www.huffpost.com/entry/mapque...
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The Real Reason The MapQuest 'Lake America' Boycott Is So Effective
How “I use the app that didn’t cave” became a successful form of protest, according to boycott experts.
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Zoë Hannah is bisexual @zoehhannah.com · 03/09/2026
this personal essay from Max Murphy is so honest about the weight we put into media that helps us grieve
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I don't know if I want to meet Laufey
After playing God of War in the wake of my mother's death, I'm not sure I'm ready to move forward
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Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈 @midimyers.com · 02/09/2026
editing this story convinced me to install the game immediately after, and i was NOT disappointed. you won't be either! but read the story first if you need convincing.......
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HuffPost Union @huffpostunion.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The HuffPost union is still raising money for our talented colleagues affected by the latest round of job cuts. If you can donate, please do. If you can’t, sharing this helps too! ❤️ Solidarity forever. ✊ www.gofundme.com/f/support-hu...
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Donate to Support HuffPost Workers Impacted By Job Cuts, organized by HuffPost Union
This month, as part of a wider BuzzFeed reorganization under new owners… HuffPost Union needs your support for Support HuffPost Workers Impacted By Job Cuts
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HuffPost Union @huffpostunion.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
If possible, please consider donating to the talented reporters, editors and designers impacted by this decision. Solidarity forever ✊ www.gofundme.com/f/support-hu...
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Donate to Support HuffPost Workers Impacted By Job Cuts, organized by HuffPost Union
This month, as part of a wider BuzzFeed reorganization under new owners… HuffPost Union needs your support for Support HuffPost Workers Impacted By Job Cuts
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Kevin Cortez @kevincortez.huffpost.com · 01/09/2026
If you can afford it, please consider donating to our most recently laid-off HuffPost colleagues!
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The Verge @theverge.com · 01/09/2026
Right after a YouTuber became GoPro’s biggest shareholder, the company got sold. www.theverge.com/news/987494/...
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GoPro has been acquired and is getting into ‘defense, government, robotics and aerospace’
Right after a YouTuber became GoPro’s biggest shareholder, the company got sold.
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Seth T. Hahne @sethhahne.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Haha this is fun
Sluggo, but he's a skeleton. on fire. with a studded leather jacket. on a bike. with fire tires. and he's Sluggost Rider.
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Emily | No Small Games @aspecificegg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
So delighted that @katerblossom.bsky.social got to join in for this incredibly fun chat on Pew Pew Bang!! That's my platonic wife, right there!!! 🤩
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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 31/08/2026
The new Pew Pew Bang with @katerblossom.bsky.social is now live! And the crew is finally addressing how vulnerable it is to like things in public. Watch The Ultimate Guide For New Gamers here or listen in your audio feed: youtu.be/IG_HJ4qQcNc
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