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Writer and editor. bylines at New York Times, Vulture, IGN, Esquire, Scientific American and more. ex-WaPo and CNN shannonliao.substack.com for bespoke games journalism delivered to your inbox

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I’m deciding to do this organically, by the way. I didn’t see ads, or it popped up on my feed. I saw one chef diss another chef on Chef And My Fridge by saying he only looked good enough to be on “I’m Solo,” and I realized this was a show about average-looking people that I had to see

07.03.2026 00:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

they even include a few uncles. and the uncles boss all the guys around and the guys worship their uncles into doing silly things like clapping profusely and standing up whenever a stranger joins them

07.03.2026 00:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

seriously and that they can get away with being devoid of personality. or is it the editing? I haven’t followed them enough to see whether it was just Netflix editing that made them look so vapid

07.03.2026 00:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

started watching the Korean reality show I’m Solo, and it’s great counterprogramming to Single’s Inferno, just about average looking nerds who are kinda funny and neurodivergent instead of hot airheads chasing social media clout

06.03.2026 20:49 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 1

I just got this because my sewing classmate was like, you’ll want the heavy duty for materials like denim and leather in the future! so far it works well, and is a lot easier to figure out than the industrial style machines at art school.

no major issues yet!

06.03.2026 19:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I’m trying to be humble outside but someone asked me how I get my consulting clients and I said they just find me, and he said, oooh whoa you’re so famous, and I’m like damn, what’s a safer answer I should’ve given here

06.03.2026 02:31 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

absolutely agree! it’d go a long way towards sustainability

05.03.2026 14:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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just learned how to use a sewing machine. this is a good reminder: you gotta start somewhere and start trying

05.03.2026 03:56 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

also if you can’t afford to support at the moment, feel free to write to me and I can gift this story to you

04.03.2026 17:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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paid newsletter went out this morning where I dissect what happened to digital media through the lens of my last gig. more here: shannonliao.substack.com/p/so-what-th...

04.03.2026 15:33 👍 18 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

sounds like they don’t know

27.02.2026 18:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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obligatory tagine pic:

27.02.2026 17:39 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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started using my Dutch oven for the first time to make a tagine and it reminded me I still haven’t finished that game…

27.02.2026 17:32 👍 28 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

browsing the internet is so exhausting now, having to keep on your "is this fake" questioning hat for fear of being taken in

25.02.2026 18:43 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I knoww but it’s so cute

23.02.2026 21:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Love Through A Prism!

23.02.2026 19:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I have watched it and you’re right!

23.02.2026 04:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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at this rate, I don’t even watch tv lately, it’s just some nice background vibes

22.02.2026 22:57 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

my partner: mario tennis is shockingly more accurate than prince of tennis

21.02.2026 02:42 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

ok you gotta elaborate

20.02.2026 03:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

i actually liked wuthering heights and thought jacob elordi was the perfect heathcliff, ama

19.02.2026 02:34 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

ok thanks for this! I guess I just wasn’t looking for that tension. I sort of ship the dad with his neighbor Dallas

19.02.2026 02:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

ah I’m only in the beginning episodes of season 2 so that may be why I didn’t notice anything yet…

19.02.2026 01:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

all of the blueberries at the store?!

19.02.2026 01:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

omg lol I didn’t interpret it that way

19.02.2026 01:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

it's a bit wild to me how when you go to the grocery store there's only like one box of extremely sweet blueberries and the rest of them are like horribly sour

19.02.2026 01:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

started watching Suburgatory on Netflix and the comedy just hits a little closer to home than I was expecting haha I know a lot of people from westchester haha

16.02.2026 02:44 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

evening and they’re still on it outside. on a mission for love

15.02.2026 02:51 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

saw so many guys holding flowers and some sweet treats walking around in nyc before 9am on a saturday, we love love

14.02.2026 17:44 👍 23 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

couldn’t make it out to DICE this year but I’m eyeing a trip in 2027 👀

11.02.2026 18:27 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0