The Horizon series has had a rough go. Despite being one of the best new PlayStation franchises of the last decade, garnering tons of awards nominations and selling very well, it hasn’t really hit the […]
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One of the best, and worst, parts of the internet is how easily it lets us spread gossip. From celebrity feuds to Twitter main characters, any juicy story can go viral in an instant — […]
Natural Information Society: Since Time Is Gravity
When an interviewer asked Joshua Abrams how he tends to start writing a new song, he demurred: “Our process is one of continuance.” The Chicago composer and bandleader’s music, through the conduit of his ever-expanding ensemble Natural Information […]
Too Twee or Not Too Twee: Meet the People Behind the Wes Anderson TikTok Trend
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Koko Da Doll, Black Trans Sundance Star, Killed at Age 35
Koko Da Doll, the star of the Sundance hit documentary Kokomo City, was found murdered in Atlanta on Tuesday. She was 35. According to the Atlanta Police Department, on Tuesday at 10:42 pm, officers responded […]
‘A Very Specific Flavor of Sh-t’: Why Mommy Influencers Make Us Feel So Bad About Ourselves
On the internet content creator hierarchy, there’s no one more widely reviled than the momfluencer. With her flawless locks and perfectly appointed nursery in various shades of ecru, with nary an errant Lego or Cheerio […]
Impersonators Run Wild on Twitter Thanks to Sabotaged Verification System
As predicted by almost its entire user base, Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s decision to do away with its free identity-verification system on Thursday has unleashed a torrent of impersonation, misinformation, and general anarchy. By stripping […]
Everything But the Girl: Fuse
When Ben Watt was diagnosed with a rare, life-threatening autoimmune disease, he made two albums with his wife, Tracey Thorn, that wore the couple’s trauma on their sleeves: Amplified Heart arrived in 1994 and Walking Wounded two […]
MC Yallah: Yallah Beibe
MC Yallah doesn’t sweat getting lost in translation. The Kenya-born, Uganda-raised rapper shoots off high-speed rhymes in Luganda, Luo, Kiswahili, and English, sometimes keeping pace with 300 bpm singeli beats. “Even if they don’t understand, […]
Fenne Lily: Big Picture
Fenne Lily wrote her latest album amid a creative slump whose timing is no doubt familiar to many. Her work stalled out during a post-2020 malaise that The New York Times summed up in an unsurprisingly […]
Shawny Binladen: WiCKMAN STiCKMAN
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Did Elon Force His Celebrity Enemies to Look Like Twitter Blue Subscribers?
Elon Musk has finally purged the unpaid “legacy” blue checks from Twitter, a goal of his since shortly after he took control of the company and social platform in October. This, ostensibly, means that any […]