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A new study found films were more likely to star a man named Chris or a talking animal than a woman over 60. variety.com/2026/film/glob…

Before ChatGPT, more than 98 per cent of all English-language articles published on the internet were written by humans. By the fall of 2024, machines were writing around half. newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…

Zohran Mamdani is joining Twitch for a new series titled ‘Talk with the People.’ He will respond to questions asked by the public in his Twitch chat, aiming to create a direct line of conversation between the government and the people. (polygon.com/mayor-zohran-m…)

The Mamdani administration on Tuesday released a plan to expand the tree canopy to cover 30% of the city by 2040. The plan is the first time the city has set a target date for the goal. buff.ly/935zjhT

The web is disappearing 🕳️ According to a Pew Research Center report, 26% of pages from 2013-2023 are no longer accessible. But that’s not the whole story. In a new study published in Internet Archive's book, VANISHING CULTURE, data scientists working with the Wayback Machine have found: 16% have been restored through the Wayback Machine. 56% are preserved before they disappear. Preservation is the remedy for cultural loss. 📚 Read VANISHING CULTURE free from the Internet Archive 📖 Download & read: archive.org/details/vanish… 🛒 Purchase in print: betterworldbooks.com/product/detail… #VanishingCulture #DigitalMemory #InternetArchive #BookTwitter

⚠️EXTREME VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED: The Man Hired By The Onion To Take Over Infowars Previously Took Part In The Infamous “Celery Man” Broadcast, A Paul Rudd-Led Digital Conditioning Operation Involving “Tayne,” “Nude Tayne,” “Nude Tayne With Hat,” “Tayne’s Hat Wiggling,” And Others That No Healthy Society Would Ever Permit To Be Sequenced On Public Networks! Investigators Are DEMANDING Answers About The Repeated Summoning Of “4D3D3D3,” The Unauthorized Tube Visuals, And The Disturbing Use Of Sensual Staircase Protocols To Lull Viewers Into A False Sense Of Security Before Exposing Them To Full-Spectrum Tayne Content! WHY Did Paul Rudd Ask “Can I Get A Hat Wobble” Unless He Already Knew The Ritual Was Underway? They Told You It Was A Sketch. They Told You It Was “Absurdist Comedy.” Meanwhile The American People Were Subjected To Raw Celery-Based PsyOps, Nude Digital PORNOGRAPHY, And Paul Rudd COMMITTING ADULTERY. The Pattern Is Hiding In Plain Sight!

Why is Jon Hamm sensually dancing all over social media right now? The “Turn the Lights Off” meme, explained dailydot.com/memes/turn-the…

EXCLUSIVE: Norwegian tourist says he was barred from entering the U.S. over a JD Vance meme, interrogated for hours, then had his records falsified dailydot.com/culture/norweg…

Olympics closing ceremony turning into a Phoenix set featuring Ezra Koenig and Kavinsky? I fear the indie sleaze era really is back...

if you're not watching the olympic breakdancing right you're making a huge mistake

@KristinaLuca noooo :(

There go a nice chunk of my favorite bylines.

Get in, ladies, we're going striking. I tracked down the 24yo Texas woman whose call for a women's strike on the second anniversary of Roe falling is taking the internet by storm in my latest for @dailydot dailydot.com/news/womens-st…

this unfortunately was my first thought upon hearing the OJ news... david schwimmer's impact

Introducing 'Meme History,' a new series celebrating the best memes online dailydot.com/news/introduci…

I’m saddened to hear that @AnnaHolmes smart piece might have been a goodbye to Jezebel itself newyorker.com/culture/the-we…

every time you cough during the team meeting

@kwameopam @Suntimes congratulations!

For my latest ⁦@dailydot⁩ story, I wrote about a cool, weird online space filled with trash talking, crude, kind-hearted progressive women: The People Against Modern Farmhouse dailydot.com/news/people-ag…

@DoofyLandSRFWP where can i buy tickets?

"None of them" is NOT an acceptable answer! 😔😔😔

What Doofy RideTraction are you in line for right now?

And if a ryan gosling bus crashes into us