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The Internet Is TikTok Now

January 16, 2025

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Beyond Doomscrolling

January 16, 2025

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Fact-Checking Was Too Good for Facebook

January 8, 2025

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How Solitude Is Rewiring American Identity

January 8, 2025

An old man holds his head watching the TV at a bar alone

He’s No Elon Musk

January 8, 2025

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The Anti-Social Century

February 2025 Issue

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We’re All Trying to Find the Guy Who Did This

January 7, 2025

Illustration of Mark Zuckerberg

Americans With Dementia Are Grieving Social Media

Talia Barrington

January 7, 2025

An elderly man sits in a chair, holding a cane and a smartphone. The screen of the smartphone is a swirling vortex.

The Pro-Eating-Disorder Internet Is Back

Kaitlyn Tiffany

December 18, 2024

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When a Shooting Spurs a Social-Media Cycle

December 12, 2024

A press conference

The 13 Best TV Shows of 2024

Sophie Gilbert, Hannah Giorgis, and Shirley Li

December 12, 2024

Miniature people standing and sitting on couches surround a TV with a pixelated screen

The ‘Mainstream Media’ Has Already Lost

January 2025 Issue

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Behind the Brain Rot

John Hendrickson

December 3, 2024

An Asian girl looks at her phone screen with a blurry light distortion around her head

A ‘Radical’ Approach to Reclaiming Your Attention

Kaitlyn Tiffany

December 2, 2024

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Would You Pay $1,000 for a Family Photo?

December 2, 2024

A painting of two children posing for a photograph taken with an old-fashioned camera

The Right Has a Bluesky Problem

November 23, 2024

The Most Coveted Screenshot in the Literary World

Jordan Michelman

November 21, 2024

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The Bluesky Bubble

November 15, 2024

Bad News

November 8, 2024

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Nobody Look at Mark Zuckerberg

Kaitlyn Tiffany

November 4, 2024

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The Gateway Pundit Is Still Pushing an Alternate Reality

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

November 2, 2024

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The Death of American Exceptionalism

October 25, 2024

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Hezbollah Waged War Against the People of My Country

October 11, 2024

Syrians in a crowd light sparklers and wave flags on the street.

Rumors on X Are Becoming the Right’s New Reality

October 11, 2024

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The Trouble With Party Invites Today

October 4, 2024

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What Conservatives Mean by ‘Freedom of Speech’

October 3, 2024

Malcolm Gladwell, Meet Mark Zuckerberg

November 2024 Issue

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The Trump Posts You Probably Aren’t Seeing

September 24, 2024

A pixelated image of Donald Trump

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What Happened to Elon Musk

September 19, 2024

Two covers of the "Elon Musk" biography by Walter Isaacson

I Really Can’t Tell If You’re Serious

Kaitlyn Tiffany

September 18, 2024

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The Biggest Change to Instagram in Years

Kaitlyn Tiffany

September 17, 2024

The Taylor Swift Way to Defuse a Troll

September 13, 2024

Photo illustration of Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, and Elon Musk

Keep Your Notes App Under Lock and Key

September 13, 2024

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Social-Media Companies’ Worst Argument

Zach Rausch, Jonathan Haidt, and Lennon Torres

September 12, 2024

An Instagram "Like" button that features a broken heart

What Tucker Carlson’s Spin on World War II Really Says

September 5, 2024

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To Play or Not to Play With Your Kid?

September 5, 2024

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