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Remembering Brooke Eby

Mixed signals: Nextdoor villains and the holiday you've never heard of

The internet functions as an unpredictable, often uncontrollable landscape where digital personas frequently collide with physical reality. Amy Brown’s experience in El Cerrito, California, illustrates this friction, as her aggressive online commentary regarding a local library tax sparked real-world backlash from neig...

The Haruhi problem

Keeping the Lights on at a Video Game Cafe in Southern Yemen

Ear rumblers assemble!

Encore: Owl pursuits

Emily Kwong takes us to science camp

The Artemis II mission and the discovery of the Akiri civilization in the Amazon reveal how modern technology and human imagination intersect to reshape historical and contemporary narratives. Public fascination with the Artemis II crew has manifested in extensive fan fiction, reflecting a desire to humanize astronauts...

'Turn Bluetooth off, or we're turning around.'

A United Airlines flight from Newark to Palma was forced to return to its origin after a passenger’s Bluetooth device, ironically named "BOMB," triggered a security alert. As the flight crew struggled to identify the source of the signal, passengers turned to Reddit to share information and speculate on the cause, effe...

Fruit of the Loom: Horn of Lies

The internet is a perpetual stew

Teach us how to Dougie

The Lost Loophole

How to Dim the Sun, from Marketplace's How We Survive

Socials for Sale

Encore: Adrián and the Whale

Comfort maxing on the interwebs

Back to the Backrooms!

Endless Thread on OnlyFans

Leave a message after the beep

Living without a smartphone for 51 days reveals the profound impact of constant digital connectivity on modern social interactions. Jeremy Rellosa, an associate editor at New York Magazine, replaces his iPhone with a landline to escape the overwhelming influx of group chats and social media noise. This experiment highl...

The Church of Speedrun!