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Dead members of Congress can’t stop tweeting
+ Lafufus, the new Raya, Fox News hires a YouTuber, Walton Goggins smut, the AI band topping Spotify charts, Jake Paul's $39M plantation, soft core…
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Taylor Lorenz
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Zohran did not win because of TikTok and podcasts
His victory was the culmination of years of on the ground organizing and a platform that resonated with hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers.
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ChatGPT worship and Strawberry Milk Mob
+ Mamdani mania, cutesy hackers, Bing Bong fandom, the "it" deer reducer, Palm Beach vs MAGA influencers, BeReal returns, Hinge chatbots, Hetero Awesome…
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Data mania
+ I.C.E. TV, alert fatigue, Hedi Boys, Cluely parties, bro shows, a real life adblocker, Booners, the private equity Matcha boom, AI gender gaps, and a…
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The beige-ification of Pride
+ Logan Paul's presidential plans, an AI dream recorder, robot bodegas, NBA Twitch stars, NYT's TikTok pivot, dad texts, crashing out, neo-Nazi memecoin…
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Taylor Lorenz
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Kids are protesting against I.C.E. in Roblox
+ Synthetic fame, dad tats, soft clubbing, black market Labubus, honk shoo-maxxing, grandma hobbies, layoff culture, the Zohran Mamdani Twitter effect…
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The Facebook Boomer reactor core
+ Fridge cigarettes, Ozempic penis, tornado streamers, scrollmates, ChatGPT psychosis, A24's teen YouTuber, $150k Labubu, Soros v Bezos, GameStop…
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Taylor Lorenz
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Right wing creators are dominating L.A. protest coverage
+ Kid rotting, Meta's superintelligence, hallucinationships, abandoned blogs, tragedy memes, internet roadtrips, Uber for quitting antidepressants, and…
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Why people are burning Waymos
+ Anti-ICE Labubu, menswear guy milkshake duck, All In pod's existential crisis, a reputation marketplace, SF's salad war, a BlackBerry resurgence…
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Democrats should not be kissing up to Musk
+ Vibe hacking, ChickenDog, Temugeddon, Peak Millennial, aura farming, Labubu cults, sauna raves, bedtime phone calls, panopticon chic, Type-C…
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The most famous dog on the internet
+ Darkness retreats, the Unemployed House, 'total drama island', slop rebellion, butter influencer trip, IG yearbooks, RIP #SkinnyTok, Substack…
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OnlyFans billboards are taking over
+ Sigma lions, trad wifeonomics, ChatGPT glazing, Veo 3 Tokers, AI's incel problem, a Zohran lookalike contest, Jersey Shore nails, and the fight about…
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