What are we trying to do here? It seems ridiculous to even talk about a print magazine redesign in 2024. What kind of half-mad maniacs would embark on such a strange and labor-intensive endeavor? What would be the point with tens of millions of stories, videos, songs, and various other …
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This story was originally published in the July 6, 2000 issue of Rolling Stone. I’ll ask you to picture me as a black dot in the desert, a period crawling across a straight line drawn on a vast white page, sweating literally and metaphorically, regretting everything, at ground zero in …
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When you call Fathead Threads, a Tennessee-based embroidery and apparel brand, a deep South-inflected twang is on the voicemail: “If you’re looking for Hawk Tuah hats, head to Facebook,” the voice says. The owner of the voice is Jason Poteete, who is currently in the bizarre position of serving as …
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Over the past few days, social media has been set ablaze thanks to a viral on-the-street interview with a young woman with a particular favorite sex move. The initial video, posted by creator duo Tim and Dee TV on June 11, captures a young woman, named Haliey, being asked what …
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The YouTube impresario and philanthropist MrBeast, aka Jimmy Donaldson, is not known for being outspoken about his political views. But when it comes to his best friend and collaborator Ava Kris Tyson, Donaldson has made it clear he will not tolerate right-wing transphobes going after his friend. On June 22, …
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If you’ve been playing video games on a PC at all over the last 20 years, you’re likely to be at least somewhat familiar with MOBAs. Short for “Multiplayer Online Battle Arena”, the subgenre of strategy games has long been a staple in online gaming, LAN parties, and the esports …
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Elon Musk‘s X, formerly Twitter, has aggressively gone after watchdogs reporting on the hate speech that came to saturate the platform after he bought it in 2022. The company argues that such research is to blame for major advertisers — the ones Musk famously told to “go fuck yourself” — …
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“We don’t teach our children anything,” the spiritual influencer Mami Onami proclaims in a TikTok. “Anything that they learn is in response to either their interest or their questions.” She has near-translucent blue eyes and razor-sharp cheekbones, with tattoos snaking across her neck, arms, and taut abdominal muscles; one of …
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YouTube personality and podcaster Tana Mongeau has made waves in the creator space with impromptu remarks about fellow social media star Cody Ko having sex with her during a period in which they collaborated on videos when she was 17 years old and he was 25. In a live recording …
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Richard Eagleton is ecstatic. The aspiring tech entrepreneur from Des Plaines, Illinois, has just shown off his great invention, KENN, the world’s first AI stand-up comedian, “powered by 5G for 100 percent accurate comedy.” After KENN delivers a couple of glitchy, half-baked jokes about self-checkout machines, bad dates, and being …
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