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How AI slop is clogging your brain
Bizarre videos, uncanny photos, and Luigi Mangoine's likeness on Shein...? AI slop is taking over the web. It's putting money in people's pockets, and driving them offline, too.
This is AI + U. Each …
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Is “Kidz Bop: It’s the Devil” the song of the summer?
KPop Demon Hunters, or as Brittany's mom keeps mistakenly calling it "Kidz Bop: It's the Devil," is dominating the music charts. And, thank god! These bombastic bangers are a welcome reprieve after a…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
The lessons I learned from 'Alligator Alcatraz'
The Florida detention center, "Alligator Alcatraz," may close, but what can you learn from its short but impactful run?
First, the name echoes old Southern American racist tropes and adapts them for a…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce need your attention
It's official: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce posted one of the most liked Instagram photos of all time. Also, they're officially engaged.
Swift and Kelce are no strangers to the spotlight, but we sti…
Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Did Trump bet wrong? Americans are flip-flopping.
Have Americans changed their minds? Polling on immigration suggests a seismic shift in public opinion.
According to Gallup, 79% of Americans now say immigration is a good thing for the country, which …
Published on 4 months ago
"George Bush doesn't care about Black people" 20 years later
On September 2, 2005, on a telethon to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina, Kanye West went off script and said, "George Bush doesn't care about Black people." 20 years later, would those wo…
Published on 4 months ago
'Poverty porn' in the digital age
Social media is full of images of unhoused people that's either meant to make you angry or laugh. For Leah Goodridge, this content is a new form of 'poverty porn.'
'Poverty porn' used to refer to cha…
Published on 4 months ago
Inside the White House meme factory
We need to talk about the memes your tax dollars paid for. What is the federal government trying to communicate with them?
The social media accounts of the White House and the Department of Homeland S…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Cringe culture says stop. We say lean in.
Has online hate ever been this cruel?
Brendan Abernathy is a singer-songwriter who went viral earlier this year for an earnest performance of his song "married in a year." The backlash was immediate, …
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
The newest influencers? Porn stars.
Sex sells. So does outrage. That's why these sex workers are making rage bait.
In the past few months, UK and Australian-based OnlyFans creators like Bonnie Blue and Annie Knight made headlines for t…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago