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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Some shows I help make got nominated for Signal Awards! If you like Vergecast or Version History, or even if you don't, please vote for us!!! Vergecast -> vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting... Version History -> vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
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The Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOU
I just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too.
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Our best minds are on making sure AI mascots are caked up
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
tag yourself
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wasn’t expecting an Ask Me Another jump scare this morning
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
why yes, I did make an eevee reference in today's vergecast description
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Today’s Vergecast: Googlebooks are coming for your Mac
We tried out the new Googlebooks, which are essentially Chromebooks evolved with an Android elemental stone. They’re made by Dell, Lenovo, HP, Acer, and Asus (not Google), but all have the new Googleb...
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hey Apple, I give you permission to just pick a way to save bookmarks in iOS Safari and keep it the same for a while
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Artificial Intelligence and Creative Writing: A Policy of Sorts. I've posted versions before, but I update this each term following conversations with students. Here's my Fall '26 edition. In no way definitive! Learning as I go.
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This is a course for those interested in writing not as means to an end but as an end in itself. Recently... I read a story in New York magazine titled, “Everyone is Cheating Their Way Through College,” by James D. Walsh....
I didn’t think AI would be a temptation for creative writing students. “Everyone is Cheating Their Way Through College” persuaded me that for many students of all sorts it’s not a temptation but a condition. You sleep in a bed, you wear clothes, you don’t scream at teachers. Just the way it is. Maybe AI is becoming that, too, part of “just the way it is.” Maybe it is that already. 
	My mind raced through ideas about how to “beat” AI. The article dismantled them. Then I thought, “That’s not my job.” I’m a writer and a teacher. I’m not a cop. If you want to work with me on writing, we can do that. If you want to cheat, you have the ability to do that, too, and the truth is, I probably can’t stop you.... Per Dartmouth’s policy: “Students may not use GenAI tools for submitted coursework unless expressly permitted.” I do not permit it....
I’m interested in working with students for whom writing feels, somehow, good. Even if sometimes it’s painful. Who seek that feeling anyway. A feeling of being, of alertness. Of purpose; of intention. Of practice.
This is a course for those who are interested in using writing to experience some variation of this feeling. Sometimes it comes in a moment of clarity, sometimes in the making of a lyrical juxtaposition. There are so many more emotional, intellectual, and spiritual possibilities that arise from the act of shaping language... There is no paycheck, or even a finished book held in hand for the first time, that has ever brought me as much complicated pleasure as the arrangement of words. Maybe you’re like this, too. Or maybe you want to be. If so, I designed this course with someone like you in mind.
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If AI could go ahead and cure cancer already that would be great
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Datapad was such a fun idea, and I loved running around Batuu doing missions. That being said, it also occurred to me I was paying a lot of money to be at a theme park looking at my smartphone.
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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 14/09/2026
Send The Vergecast your AI questions! Personally I will be calling to scream uninterrupted for nine minutes www.theverge.com/podcast/9950...
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The Vergecast hotline is ready for your AI questions.
AI doomerism broke containment last week with an Anthropic researcher’s proclamation that there’s a >10% chance AI could kill all humans within the decade. The Vergecast is recording an all-AI hotline...
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hey friends: Whether you think the current AI freakout is a nothing burger, the most important story in the history of humanity, or something in-between (or maybe you don't even know what to think) we want to hear from you. Write us at vergecast@theverge.com, call 866-VERGE-11, or hit me up here.
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The Vergecast hotline is ready for your AI questions.
AI doomerism broke containment last week with an Anthropic researcher’s proclamation that there’s a >10% chance AI could kill all humans within the decade. The Vergecast is recording an all-AI hotline...
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Clippy has been replaced by MechaHitler
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Microsoft adds Grok to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Microsoft added SpaceXAI’s Grok models to its Foundry service last year, and now it’s expanding the access to Copilot itself. Grok models can now be used in Word, Excel and PowerPoint from the model p...
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
AI researchers going on about AI killing everyone as if every book, movie and TV show ever made about AI hasn’t already made this point
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
no shit
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Any iPhone can fold if you’re strong enough
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you actually use the case your over-ear headphones came with please get in touch. I’m not working on anything I just genuinely want to know if you exist
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
So do I root for the guys who don’t give a fuck or the guys who do give a fuck but are doing it anyway
theverge.com
Worried Anthropic researchers warn that AI ‘could kill all humans’
A departing researcher says AI companies are ‘gambling with our lives’ by racing to develop self-improving AI.
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
And it all starts with my identity theft tale of woe. Tune in!!!
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The Verge @theverge.com · 04/09/2026
Non-destructive editing, better clip management, and a new look bring the app into the modern age. www.theverge.com/tech/990658/...
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Audacity 4 is a complete revamp of the ‘world’s most popular’ audio editor
Audacity is now much more like a modern DAW.
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I’ll say it: I hope Devens wins the blockbuster tonight
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Floored by the reception to yesterday’s Vergecast. @davidimel.com and @vicmsong.bsky.social were inspired by @lopatto.bsky.social’s amazing piece to have a conversation about what it means to be human and give a shit (my words). Edited beautifully by producer Josh Cajas.
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What the AI overlords get wrong about being alive | The Vergecast
YouTube video by The Verge
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Aside from all the other reasons why this is stupid, if you’re really going to do this it should be Canada : Lake Ontario :: America : Lake NEW YORK
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Pluribus
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I love how every enduring trading card game from the 1990s is forever stuck with a card back design from the 1990s
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Update
thehill.com
Freedom Fuel gas stations sold stolen fuel, lawsuit claims
Freedom Fuel gas stations, which the Trump administration promoted last month, sold fuel that its supplier never paid for, a lawsuit filed earlier this month claims. The suit, which attorneys for M…
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
GTA VI looks like it will be another installment in the Grand Theft Auto series
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 28/08/2026
I wish Rockstar cared about people as much as it does GTA VI NPCs aftermath.site/gta-6-netflix-...
gta vi npcs milling about on a beach, all of them unique, and one of them uniquely interested in another's ass
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I can’t wait to buy some huge crystals
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I have so many follow up questions
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At Least 20 Soldiers Choose Reenlistment After U.S. Army Offers Time Off for GTA 6 Launch
At least 20 soldiers have chosen to reenlist after a United States Army base in Fort Stewart, Georgia, began offering time off for the launch of Grand Theft Auto 6.
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Great news
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Why on earth is anyone bothering to attack Bluesky
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I can’t wait for Amazon’s AI to give me health advice about the four humours
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I still haven’t seen this but I’m dying to know whether he hails Mary
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
If you call me without texting first I will 100% think someone died
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
It’s insane how far you have to scroll for a picture of the politician in this New York Times story about how hot this politician is
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
No pressure but if you guys don't watch this one I'm never putting myself on the podcast again
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
SpaceX livestream
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Iconic Moon Face from Classic Film
ALT: Iconic Moon Face from Classic Film
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Have the people making the dangerous AI models considered they could stop making dangerous AI models
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
My review of The Odyssey? You oughta see it!
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
If you happen to be at Comic-Con today… check out the screening of the Galactic Starcruiser documentary “Halcyon Daze” tonight to see yours truly opine on one of the best experiences of my life
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
so when do I get my tornado watch
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Three NCIS series!?!? How is there this much Navy crime to investigate
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
In Europe they mostly play Grand Theft Manual
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
There is no violin tiny enough
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Somehow this is even crazier than all of the crazy shit that’s happened already
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
How’s that corruption working out for ya
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
former olympian charged with sabotaging reflecting pool with fireworks detritus
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Siri wake me up when we break the fireworks world record or whatever
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Being an American means being free to question your government with no fear of repercussions, and to never question your employer for fear of losing your health insurance
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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
How about we give Kenzie a break
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