Each year, the trend of the summer emerges like smoke from the Vatican. Two years ago, it was hot pink, officially heralding Barbiecore summer’s arrival. Then, 12 months later, a new plume was lime green to signify the start of Brat summer. Now, the faithful wait in sweltering temperatures to …
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The long, strange saga of viral memes distorting the appearance of J.D. Vance continues — and this time, it’s literally taking off. That’s because New York-based tech innovator James Steinberg, whose many fanciful projects include a detective agency for mundane mysteries and a crowdsourced New York City map of “public …
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House Speaker Mike Johnson wants you to know he is a very “busy” man. Too busy, in fact, to care about Donald Trump‘s blatant corruption. When confronted with legitimate concerns that Trump is using the power of the presidency to enrich himself by launching a crypto meme coin and allowing …
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From his explosive debut on the presidential election trail in 2015, Donald Trump‘s career in national politics was uniquely entwined with internet culture. The trolls of 4Chan and the ascendant alt-right embraced him as a living meme, someone whose ability to offend the mainstream and bulldoze social norms could reshape …
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President Donald Trump dismissed reports that he made billions after launching his new cryptocurrency token last week. Two days later, First Lady Melania Trump launched her cryptocurrency $MELANIA. When asked by a reporter on Tuesday if he plans to continue selling products that benefit him personally while president, Trump responded, …
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In the first verse of “I’d Rather Be Me” from the musical Mean Girls, there’s a note that’s frankly a bit too high for your average voice to sustain. It requires a clear tone and solid belt —a vocal technique that comes from using your chest voice to hit a …
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There have been countless renditions of Madonna’s 1989 hit single “Like a Prayer.” But if you open TikTok right now, chances are the one that will come up fastest is a choral version recorded for Marvel’s recent film Deadpool & Wolverine. And the Muppet that pops up with it? Well, …
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In a news photo circulated two weeks ago, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Untook turns driving a Russian-made limo in Pyongyang, North Korea. The sight of two dictators tooling around was unsettling — but also ripe for a particular type of mockery. Soon after the photo appeared, a meme began …
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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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Kabosu, the world wide web-famous Shiba Inu who straddled multiple meme eras as the face of “doge,” has as died. She was 18. Kabosu’s owner, Atsuko Sato, said her dog died — “crossed the rainbow bridge” — Friday, May 24. “She went very peacefully without suffering, as if falling asleep …
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