What Do Female Incels Really Want?
Online, groups of women have started using the rhetoric of the incel movement. But to what end?
The Crypto Crash Feels Amazing
It could have been me. I’m glad it wasn’t me.
Why the Internet Hates Amber Heard
Notes on the paranoid style in online fandom
Steelmaking Cannot Go On This Way
Roughly a tenth of global carbon emissions comes from the steel industry. Doing something about that is easier said than done.
What Did Medieval Peasants Know?
The internet has become strangely nostalgic for life in the Middle Ages.
Please Ignore My Last 577 Tweets
I’m not selling NFTs.
The Truth About Slushies Must Come Out
Every slushie is different. Every slushie is the same.
Shadowbanning Is Big Tech’s Big Problem
Social-media companies deny quietly suppressing content, but many users still believe it happens. The result is a lack of trust in the internet.
Why Hunter Biden’s Laptop Will Never Go Away
Could anything that happens with this laptop bring us closure?
Elon Musk Already Showed Us How He’ll Run Twitter
For a hint at how Twitter will fare under its new owner, consider how he operates his other enterprises.
The Elon Musk Placebo Effect
Even if Twitter’s new owner changes nothing about the site, it will still feel different.
The Puzzle That Will Outlast the World
One move down, 1,298,074,214,633,706,907,132,624,082,305,022 to go.
Doxxing Means Whatever You Want It To
The word once defined a category of behaviors. Now it expresses an emotion.
I Went Surfing in an Office Park
Artificial wave pools have gone mainstream—and they’re changing surf culture as we know it.
The Many, Many Beautiful Cartoon Women of Web3
Is everyone finally welcome in the crypto community—or is this just non-fungible tokenism?
Will Elon Musk Go Full Future-of-Civilization on Twitter?
Of all the things Musk says are good for humanity, this one is not like the others.
Elon Musk, Baloney King
The world’s richest man has invented a new way to disregard the truth.
Happy Tax Season, Crypto Bros
For everyone who bet big on last year’s NFT boom, Uncle Sam’s bill is coming due.
The Price of Privacy
Who gets to keep a secret in a hyperconnected world?
Of Course Elon Musk Wanted Twitter
The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla—and the richest person in the world—is obsessed with his version of free speech.
TikTok Has a Problem
Why is the app so focused on abusive “investigations,” and is there any way to make it stop?
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