Kristen Radtke

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The laid-off lawyers and PhDs training AI to steal their careers Experienced white-collar workers are now part of a miserable gig economy.

New feature design for a @theverge.com @joshdzieza.bsky.social banger, including a dark mode toggle because I am very nice: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

comic panel, a man and a woman sit next to moving boxes. he says "have you seen this?" and she says "wait... what?"

A pair of hands hold a phone in landscape mode, looking at a viral video of a woman filming a workout video as tanks roll by in the background speech bubbles: "She was just filming a workout video." "STOP." "And there's THE COUP right behind her!"

American journalist Danny Fenster was in Myanmar during the 2021 coup. Though at first he watched history unfold on his phone, he would soon be pulled into the other side of the glass.

Read the full comic "Notes from a Burmese Prison"
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

Comic: Wandering Souls The sounds that still haunt us, even 50 years after the Vietnam War.

WANDERING SOULS, a comic by Matt Huynh, edited by @knguyen.bsky.social, art directed by moi, and painstakingly built by @macaree.bsky.social www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

Luigi Mangione’s hearing was the hottest ticket in New York Hundreds gathered for a ‘Free Luigi’ protest.

THE LONG WAIT FOR A GLIMPSE OF LUIGI, drawn by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social and commissioned by @sarahjeong.bsky.social www.theverge.com/law/617946/l...

How the creator economy destroyed the internet A series about the devil’s bargain between the people who make things on the internet, the platforms that distribute them, and the way we consume content

HOW THE CREATOR ECONOMY DESTROYED THE INTERNET, designed by me, built by @macaree.bsky.social, featuring art by Ryan Haskins, Olga Khaletskaya, and Cath Virginia 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?

THE FUTURE OF BEING TRANS ON THE INTERNET, designed by @cathvirginia.bsky.social and built by @macaree.bsky.social, featuring type by Sasha Cherepanov and animation by Taehee Yoonseul www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

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

WIKIPEDIA IS RESILIENT BECAUSE IT IS BORING, designed by @cathvirginia.bsky.social and built by @macaree.bsky.social www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

American War A special series from The Verge that confronts the legacy and mythmaking of the Vietnam War, 50 years after the fall of Saigon.

www.theverge.com/cs/features/... AMERICAN WAR, designed by me, illustrated by Tran Nguyen

One million percent psyched that ASMEs and the National Magazine Awards honored @theverge.com art team's work with FIVE nominations. SO proud of our scrappy little team and stuff we made. Threading the eye candy: asme.memberclicks.net/national-mag...

I think the coolest thing we do at The Verge is publish comics. This one is brilliant (and behind the scenes, an absolute beast of engineering)

I'm so sorry for all of us ❤️

Yes

Yes

Me too 💔

❤️❤️❤️

the paywall is down on this now, thank you for reading

I grew up with Alex Pretti The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

Verge headline: It doesn't matter if Alex Pretty had a gun by Sarah Jeong Photo by Steven Garcia depicts several masked law enforcement agents soaked in red light at night

"Why is it so normal for law enforcement — those who are supposed to be keepers of law and order — to kill Americans? And why is the only question at the end of the day how much their victims deserved to die?"

Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86745...

On the ground in Minneapolis after the killing of Alex Pretti Photographer Steven Garcia followed peaceful protestors as they withstood being teargassed by ICE agents.

The day of the second killing

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Content Goblins Zine It’s your last chance to own Content Goblins, The Verge’s limited-edition anthology of stories about “content” and the people who make it. Disguised as The Verge Guide to SEO, pull back the cover to f...

It’s your last chance to own Content Goblins, The Verge’s limited-edition anthology of features, commentary, art, and more — all about “content” and the people who make it. It's available now for a limited time, only while supplies last.

(psst subscribers, check your email for a special discount)

would be great to give credit to @haydenfield.bsky.social and @theverge.com for this!

relatable

Who’s making the most money in AI? It’s not who you think The fastest growing companies in the world aren’t AI companies, but the startups that supply them with warm bodies.

New feature design for a great one by @joshdzieza.bsky.social and @haydenfield.bsky.social www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

Oh it somehow got even more boring than the beige from last year www.theverge.com/24316196/pan...

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

@cathvirginia.bsky.social always delivers

Ty beloved editor!

How to watch a baby A digital comic by Kristen Radtke.

Very cool that @kristenradtke.bsky.social won an Online Journalism Award for excellence in visual storytelling for her comic about motherhood and surveillance awards.journalists.org/entries/how-...