On social media, attacks on LGBTQ people aren’t always as direct as calling someone a name or threatening to hurt them — obscuring attacks in coded language, jokes, and dog whistles is a common method people use to try to get around the rules. “There are a lot of coded …
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VidCon 2024 is just six months away — and the annual internet culture convention is revealing the names of 60 creators set to descend on Anaheim, California. Rolling Stone can exclusively reveal Tuesday that authors (and VidCon co-founders) John and Hank Green, Polynesian-American singer Dinah Jane, YouTube comedian Brandon Rogers, …
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Rex Heuermann, the Long Island Serial Killer (LISK) suspect, has been charged in connection to the murder of a fourth woman. The 59-year-old returned to court on Tuesday, where he pleaded not guilty to the second-degree murder of Maureen Brainard-Barnes. The charges surrounding Brainard-Barnes mark the last of “The Gilgo …
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“Caffeinated society is a battlefield where everyone loses,” reads the headline on one of the most recent posts on r/decaf, a subreddit for those who have recently weaned themselves off their daily coffee habit. In the post, the author, who goes by u/fuhgg_, outlines how quitting caffeine is “a hero’s …
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The world may see its first-ever trillionaire within the next 10 years, the anti-poverty group Oxfam said in a report published on Monday, reflecting the increasingly large wealth divide between the few of the world’s richest people and the rest of the population below them. Oxfam’s report, titled Inequality Inc., …
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I t looks like a fireball. The Ferrari hurtles down the Vegas Strip at about 200 miles per hour, a cloud of orange sparks billowing out from underneath the car. The driver, Carlos Sainz, does what he can to bring the $15 million machine to a stop. He isn’t sure …
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Ladies and gentlemen, it appears Aaron Rodgers, who’s taken a grand total of four snaps as quarterback of the New York Jets, has lost his mind. This week, during his weekly appearance on ESPN’s The Pat McAfee Show (or if a WWE wrestler on bath salts hosted a sports program), …
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In November, Elon Musk told advertisers “Go fuck yourselves” for abandoning X (formerly Twitter) over concerns about white supremacist content and Musk’s own affinity for antisemitic conspiracy theories. The big brands seemed only too happy to comply, and these days, users will find their feeds littered with spam touting dubious …
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Not even two weeks into the new year, and it looks as though far-right agitators have honed in on the scapegoat of the season:DEI, shorthand for “diversity, equity and inclusion” initiatives and policies that can be implemented inworkplaces and educational institutions. Although long included in the litany of vilified concepts …
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A top newsletter at Substack is leaving the platform amid controversy over the company’s policies surroundingpro-Nazicontent. Platformer founder Casey Newton made the announcement on Thursday, writing that the publication “can no longer stay in good conscience.” The decision follows weeks of controversy over the issue. In December, Jonathan M. Katz …
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