Why You Can’t Stop Reading About Daylight Saving Time
It was 15:37 (GMT) on a Thursday afternoon when we officially ran out of ideas. The request from the editors had been bouncing around for a couple of weeks: We …
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The Five Nights at Freddy’s movie, explained
You might not think a story about a bunch of terrifying animatronic pizza joint robots who routinely kill children would make for a hot-ticket movie, but Five Nights at Freddy’s …
All I want from the internet is Homer Simpson singing ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
In a recent New Yorker essay, Kyle Chayka poses a dread-inducing question: When was the last time you had fun on the internet? For his example of pure online fun, …
How to Make an AI ’90s Yearbook Photo Like You’ve Seen on TikTok
You’ve seen the trend on TikTok or Instagram: Your friends, family, and favorite influencers sharing yearbook photos from the ‘90s. Only it’s not really photos of them—it’s an AI-generated set …
How to Be Extremely Online and Influence People
Lauren: Our guest this week is Taylor Lorenz. Taylor is a prominent technology journalist at The Washington Post, and she’s the author of a new book called Extremely Online: The …
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Temporarily Removed UAW’s Twitter Verification Following Strike
Photo: Nathan Howard / Stringer (Getty Images) If you haven’t already heard, the United Auto Workers union is officially on strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis. Currently, only three …
Why Is Everyone Asking Men About the Roman Empire?
If the question hasn’t hit your For You page or Twitter feed (or group chat) yet, it will: How often do you think about the Roman Empire? The provenance of …
Everyone Is a Girl Online
“What do you mean my actions have consequences? I’m literally just a girl.” This year, your feed has likely been blessed by the avatars of machinic girlhood: angels, bimbos, and …
‘Talk to Me’ Is Horror Made by and for the Internet Generation
Kids are going to do stupid stuff. But what does being terminally online do to IRL relationships when the entire internet is in the palm of your hand? In that …