Links "Weekend" Edition: A very memey Christmas

HI FRIENDS. Caitlin here, reminding you that there are only two weeks until Christmas, if that's your holiday of choice. Which means you have only two weeks left to procure your Ted Cruz coloring books and technological sex toys. Yep -- it's that season when everyone publishes "gift guides" too absurd to possibly be sincere. Unless you REALLY wanted a prisoner-made handicraft or $200 hairbrush this year.

have yourself a very memey christmassss (link)

You can download this week's round-up of digital culture #longreads as ~an ebook here~, OR you can click directly into the links that strike your fancy. In either case, your regularly scheduled Links will be back Monday!
The Internet’s Loop of Action and Reaction Is Worsening (NYT) Scared, Dead, Relieved: How the Ashley Madison Hack Changed Its Victims' Lives (Fusion) The Astonishing Power of YouNow (Slate) The Strange Life of a Teen Social Media Celebrity (Rolling Stone) Bitcoin’s Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius (Wired) Why Dictionaries Have Started Sanctioning Internet Slang (WaPo) Happy reading!
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