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The Luigi Mangione trial is all about narrative control
On Monday, several dozen members of the public are lined up outside 100 Centre Street in…
The Luigi Mangione legal saga
One year after the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan, his alleged shooter, Luigi…
The indie web is here to make the internet weird again
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‘Jmail’ is like Gmail, but with Jeffrey Epstein’s emails
The more than 20,000 pages of Jeffrey Epstein emails released earlier this month by the House…
Who is AI nostalgia slop even for?
There has been a recent deluge of generative AI videos featuring uncannily fresh-faced teens waxing nostalgic…
Blake Lively v. Justin Baldoni v. content creators
OnOn July 1st, Perez Hilton uploaded a YouTube video with breaking news. “Hello everybody, it is…