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One of YouTube's biggest channels is opening a massive production studio
+ Sexypedia returns, a Twitch streamer who’s been live for 3 years, robots quitting their jobs, and the Empire State Building is hiring someone to do…
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The majority of news influencers are conservative men, study finds
The latest Pew Research report on news content creators paints a damning picture of our skewed information ecosystem
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Is Spotify the new YouTube?
+ BlueSky has the juice, the MAGA girlie aesthetic, NPC streamer romance, brr baskets, and drama on the Crumbl cookie subreddit
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Is the red heart emoji MAGA? ❤️
Liberal TikTok users are abandoning the emoji over fear of its political implications. It's not the first time emojis have become political.
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Meta's Threads is 'overrun' with liberal election fraud conspiracies
Thousands of users have amplified baseless claims of hacked voting machines as Democrats become more comfortable embracing denialism
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Algorithms are making political speech more extreme
+ a facial recognition boom, Jack Dorsey bans mention of Jay-Z, the Moo Deng effect, and Trump's weird system for posting online revealed
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Why Democrats won't build their own Joe Rogan
"This is not a cultural war that you can win just by doing fucking podcasts" + Meat Loaf’s wikipedia drama, eating disorder Twitter turns on Trump, DDG…
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'Libbing out' is the latest irony-fueled coping mechanism
+ A new gossip blog/lit mag, Utah hair, bomb threats over P’nut, and who gets the TikTok in a divorce?
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How an IG famous squirrel became a MAGA martyr
+ Kai Cenat NPC streams, Amazon reviews as literature, teen girl stoners, and is America cool again?
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LibsofTikTok is hiring an investigative journalist to launder her hate campaigns
The role shows how Raichik is seeking to expand her enterprise and gain legitimacy as a news media figure
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Trump vs Kamala: Who's winning online?
+ The horny Dunkin spider's breakout moment, Flop Tuah, Bald Ann Dowd speaks out, and A24's new Smell-O-Vision
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The newest AI slop on Facebook exploits suburban fear
+ Clout chasing the Costcoverse, a stan account correction, Australian murder chickens, and the true story behind an iconic Vine
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A tech and online culture publication by Taylor Lorenz, featuring exclusive reporting, interviews, and insights about the online world.
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