Archive - Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends

The worst Christmas gift I ever gave

It was absolutely perfect. And it was way too late.

Nov 27

#726: Cozy tech and cozy grievances

Plus acknowledging my bias re: hot young Mormons

Nov 23

Fighting the cabal on your kids' behalf

The Links x "Conspiracy, She Wrote" reading guide to America’s sex trafficking panic

Nov 22

#725: Spotify slop, BookTok bros and the influencers coming out for Trump

"People lose more brand deals talking about Palestine than anything else"

Nov 17

Catharsis via Cloudflare

A visual essay on internet traffic patterns after the election

Nov 13

#724: What I’m reading about the election

Plus our usual assorted nonsense

Nov 9

#723: Social media wars and Redbox ruins

Plus, what MomTok tells us about modern womanhood

Nov 2

October 2024

#722: Everyday photos and streaming bandits

Plus the dehumanizing drudgery of TikTok hacks

Oct 27

Fortune favors the code

AI is coming for astrology and tarot. Not everyone’s okay with that. (A re-upped Links Halloween special)

Oct 23

#721: Early podcasts and conspiracy grifters

Plus: two glimpses of our surreal, post-human online future

Oct 19

"We’re not going to eradicate people believing in dumb stuff."

PolitiFact founder Bill Adair talks misinformation, political lying and election season

Oct 17

#720: Post-truth nihilism and media graves

Plus: the rise (and fall?) of the Netflix library

Oct 12

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