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AI deepfake panic is leading to bad laws
+ SylvanianDrama lawsuit, robot cannibalism, New Yorker sponcon, kitschcore, Roblox dating, Gen Z spying, Spencer Pratt vs Newsom, the most popular girl…
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Taylor Lorenz
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The Hidden Financial Market Behind Gen Z Slang
+ Granny gamers, Etsy witches, Jet2 holidays, TikTok bus spotting drama, haulification, AI slop coaches, Grok's anime gf, non-woke news, sports…
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Taylor Lorenz
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UnitedHealth got a docuseries removed from Amazon and Vimeo
+ DeportationTok, the Gen Z stare, stone carving robots, Jack Dorsey's new app, Wimbledon's AI influencer, Kick streamer turf war, Labubu rave, Freedom…
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Taylor Lorenz
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Is a YouTuber Using Copyright Lawsuits to Silence Speech?
+ MatchaTok, superfakes, Disney homeschool, a new status non dairy milk, cloud-seeding, floodlighting vs throning, trifold phones, late capitalism tats…
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Taylor Lorenz
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MechaHitler Grok Gone Wild
+ 1st meme account admin political leader, Kamala's secret Subway Take, pro-ICE snarkers, Substack boss pivots to Beehiiv, Zillow doxxing, Palantir…
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Taylor Lorenz
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Tech's newest evil main character
+ Napster returns, Soham supremacy, far-right earworms, Epstein crashouts, a Love Island upset, SYFM, L.A. Taco, and is Wakuku the next Labubu?
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Taylor Lorenz
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The weird world of ‘Diaper Diplomacy’
+ Jake the Rizzbot, Temu project 2025, IceBlock, Summerween, X's new Shitposter in Chief, 24 karat gold Labubu heist, princess treatment, Indonesian…
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Taylor Lorenz
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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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Taylor Lorenz
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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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Taylor Lorenz
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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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Taylor Lorenz
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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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A tech and online culture publication by Taylor Lorenz, featuring original reporting on how the internet is reshaping politics, business, media, and culture.
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