Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends

One has to go!

Engagement bait, Yahoo boys, Spotify pop, girl dinners, right-wing grifters and distracted gorillas

Jul 17, 2023
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Links is coming to you on Monday this week, with apologies for the delay — unless you prefer it, in which case this was absolutely! an intentional schedule change.

Threads did initially look like Twitter, the late/great social network it was built to dethrone. But 12 days and a million recycled memes later, the app acts

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