The war between alt.tasteless and rec.pets.cats ~tech social media Article 3718 words, published May 1 1994 20 votes
Reddit releases their new content policy along with banning hundreds of subreddits, including /r/The_Donald and /r/ChapoTrapHouse ~tech social media Link 85 votes
How Hypnospace Outlaw captured the 90s internet aesthetic through creative self-sabotage ~games Article 2069 words 2 votes
Bad faith is the condition of the modern internet, and shitposting is the lingua franca of the online world ~tech internet Tweet 35 votes
Is Asia’s cosmopolitan elite so entrenched with American ‘global culture’ that it fails to see problems at home? ~life Link 6 votes
How Cooper Black became pop culture’s favorite font ~design typography advertising Video 10:21 5 votes
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Why political correctness gets more extreme ~society politics Video 20:54, published Nov 9 2019 4 votes
13% of museums worldwide may close permanently due to COVID-19, studies say ~arts Article 523 words, published May 20 2020 10 votes
What does it mean to be a ‘Karen’? Karens explain: As the meme has become more prominent online, its meaning has become confused – with real-life Karens caught in the crosshairs ~life.women Article 1309 words 13 votes
Leaving Amazon - Tim Bray (former VP) on whistleblowers, climate strikes, sexism, and racism at Amazon ~tech amazon Link 27 votes
Why are Western countries being hit harder than East Asian countries by coronavirus? ~health Article 2295 words 4 votes
Prepare for the ultimate gaslighting - "...take a deep breath, ignore the deafening noise, and think deeply about what you want to put back into your life" ~life work Article 2051 words 18 votes
In the ’60s, America’s wearable art movement reflected true counterculture ~design fashion Article 1435 words, published Jan 21 2020 4 votes
The coronavirus called America’s bluff: Like Japan in the mid-1800s, the United States now faces a crisis that disproves everything the country believes about itself ~health Article 2523 words 18 votes
A shot before last call: Capturing New Orleans’s vanishing Black bars ~food drinks Article 965 words 5 votes
The golden quarter—Some of our greatest cultural and technological achievements took place between 1945 and 1971. Why has progress stalled? ~science Article 3277 words, published Dec 3 2014 12 votes
Kirk Drift: "Womanizer" Captain Kirk and false memories of pop culture ~tv Article 14 701 words, published Apr 10 2017 16 votes
I worry for my teenage boys – the beauty standards for young men are out of control ~life.men Article 768 words 28 votes
Why do cartoon villains speak in foreign accents? ~tv Article 488 words, published Jan 4 2018 7 votes
The Muslim world’s question: ‘What happened to us?’ ~humanities.history Article 3066 words, published Jan 25 2020 5 votes
Is France still at the center of the French-language literary world? Or, to ask a broader question, is there a center at all? ~books literature Article 2726 words, published Mar 1 2011 6 votes
How Berlin's Mietskaserne tenements became coveted urban housing ~design urban planning architecture Article 7 votes
Yes, this meal is supposed to make you feel uncomfortable ~food cooking Article 4600 words, published Sep 24 2018 9 votes