The Monitor
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Reddit’s ‘Celebrity Number Six’ Win Was Almost a Catastrophe—Thanks to AI
For every high-profile internet mystery that seems very grave—the Serial podcast listeners who dug deep on the case of Adnan…
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The End of ‘Brat Summer’ Doesn’t Mean What You Think
Charli XCX said it, so it must be true: Brat Summer is over. In a tweet so echoey it got…
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The Trademark Tug-of-War Over ‘Demure’ Shows a Massive Meme Power Shift
From the second the message popped up on X, it had a familiar ring. Jools Lebron, the TikTok creator who…
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How Camo Hats Became an Instant Meme
On Tuesday, when Vice President Kamala Harris picked Tim Walz to be her running mate in her bid for US…
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Welcome to the Weird Era
Y’all are weird. In a matter of days, this has become the go-to response in internet discussion. As with all…
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The Week of Brat Summer Will Go Down in Internet History
Jake Tapper looked as flummoxed as everyone else. After a week spent trying to figure out the whys and hows…
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The Trump Shooting Fueled an Online Sticker Battle
Ever since the assassination attempt on former US president Donald Trump last Saturday, the tenor online has been understandably tense.…
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RIP Redbox, a Bad Idea at the Worst Time
The crimson kiosks read “the smarter way to watch and play.” The accuracy of that statement largely depended on how…
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