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#699: Online astrology and accidental poets
NBC is posting through it
1
'AI beauty pageants' are not the future we wanted
Historian Margaret O'Mara talks women in tech, "woke mind viruses" and 17th-century fashion
2
#698: Synthetic memories and industry plants
Plus, proof we can still log out and look up -- if only through silly paper glasses
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The color of the internet
What nail polish, house paint and Crayola crayons say about the shades of online existence
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#697: PostSecrets, soft lives and tragedeighs
Reporting live from the path of totality
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The Links guide to (in)famous internet essays
Ft. 10-day tampon, cat hair vagina, Victorian lady and others
13

March 2024

Links #696: viral essays and low-stakes online drama
Brought to you by Dayquil, coffee and my giant reading pillow
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Performative hydration has gone too far
How did water get so entangled with "self-care" culture?
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Links #695: Digital twins and anxiety Googles
Plus, I touch base with the man behind the OG "Shrimp Jesus" pictures
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Actually, the internet's always been this bad
A new study considers 30 years of comments, with surprising conclusions
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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
5
"This can happen to you"
Concerned moms mainstreamed trafficking myths that began with Q
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