Archive - Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends

#699: Online astrology and accidental poets

NBC is posting through it

Apr 20

'AI beauty pageants' are not the future we wanted

Historian Margaret O'Mara talks women in tech, "woke mind viruses" and 17th-century fashion

Apr 17

#698: Synthetic memories and industry plants

Plus, proof we can still log out and look up -- if only through silly paper glasses

Apr 14

The color of the internet

What nail polish, house paint and Crayola crayons say about the shades of online existence

Apr 10

#697: PostSecrets, soft lives and tragedeighs

Reporting live from the path of totality

Apr 6

The Links guide to (in)famous internet essays

Ft. 10-day tampon, cat hair vagina, Victorian lady and others

Apr 4

March 2024

Links #696: viral essays and low-stakes online drama

Brought to you by Dayquil, coffee and my giant reading pillow

Mar 30

Performative hydration has gone too far

How did water get so entangled with "self-care" culture?

Mar 27

Links #695: Digital twins and anxiety Googles

Plus, I touch base with the man behind the OG "Shrimp Jesus" pictures

Mar 23

Actually, the internet's always been this bad

A new study considers 30 years of comments, with surprising conclusions

Mar 21

Links #694: Kategate, sharenting, and two visions for YouTube's future

"You can't post punk" is a perfect pun that will live in my brain forever

Mar 16

"This can happen to you"

Concerned moms mainstreamed trafficking myths that began with Q

Mar 14

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