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Forspoken star is ubothered by all the memes
Ella Balinska, voice actress of Frey in Forspoken, has seen the discourse surrounding the game and, unlike her character who would probably tell some of…
‘Menswear Guy’ Marks a Shift in Twitter’s Main Characters
“I don’t want to bother people,” says Derek Guy, the menswear writer from California behind the @dieworkwear Twitter account, which in recent weeks has been…
The Case Against Hopewashing
Did you imagine the thing being better? You probably did. This was the main experiment in the studies conducted by Adam Mastroianni, a postdoc at Columbia…
Instagram Is a Site of Protest for the Chinese Diaspora
Northern Square was not the only account reviving the lo-fi, nostalgic aesthetic from China’s more hopeful and democratic past. Pages like …
The Uncanny Valley of Twitter’s 2022 Trends
When it comes to explaining the internet, tech writer Brian Feldman has a singular approach. He’s spent significant time investigating the roots of that one…
Virality! What Is It Good For?
Who could’ve guessed that after three pandemic years’ worth of bad PR, the concept of “virality” would enjoy an unexpected glow-up? Twitter’s precipitous…
FIFA 2022 World Cup: The Verge guide to this year’s tech, memes and more
It is, once again, time for the biggest sporting spectacle on earth: the 2022 FIFA World Cup is set to kick off Sunday when host nation Qatar takes on…
The Art of Hitting Disinformation Where It Lives
But beyond documenting and archiving and debunking disinformation, what can be done? How do we respond to this emergent property, an artistic movement born…
The Funny, Sad History of the Best Halloween Memes Ever
Halloween has remained fairly consistent for decades. Chocolates, cobwebs, carvings, and heated debates on the relative deliciousness of candy corn stand as…