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Election meme hits and duds – we’ve graded some of the best (and worst) of the campaign so far
Memes are the currency of the election campaign online. Here’s a report card on the Labor, Liberal and Greens efforts, from the good to the tone-deaf.
4chan Is Dead. Its Toxic Legacy Is Everywhere
It’s likely that there will never be a site like 4chan again. But everything now—from X and YouTube to global politics—seems ...
How an L.A. grocery store's unofficial Instagram blew up — and no it's not Erewhon
What started as a bit has turned the Los Feliz Albertsons into the focus of a beloved neighborhood meme account. How earnest ...
In the most delicious irony imaginable, the notorious early 2000s 'You wouldn't steal a car' anti-piracy campaign may have used an 'illegal' font
There's an infamous anti-piracy advertisement from back in 2004 that online oldsters will immediately recognize: "You ...
Trump signs executive orders targeting colleges. Here’s how Wednesday unfolded.
Among the orders signed Wednesday include calling for sharper scrutiny of colleges’ financial ties with foreign donors and ...
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When Gen Z meets China: walking, talking and rethinking the world
In a world where people are frequently confronted with familiar perspectives, a group of Generation Z students from Europe ...
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The Paranoid Fantasies Of ‘October 8’
What you need to understand about the Zionist propaganda project October 8 (originally titled October H8te) is that calling it a film at all is generous.
The ‘Mount Rushmore of ___’ meme is everywhere, and it’s tearing fandoms apart
Everyone online is carving their own Mount Rushmore, from R&B legends to anime icons, one Photoshop edit or AI prompt at a ...