For months, Twitter CEO Elon Musk repeatedly delayed phasing out blue verification checkmarks for users not subscribed to the site’s $8 subscription tier. It became a meme for Musk’s fumbling takeover of the social media […]
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‘Am I Cringey? Yes. Do I Care? Absolutely Not’
A t first, the signs were subtle. There was the “I am cringe, but I am free” meme, and the T-shirts from Gen Z e-commerce brand OGBFF emblazoned with “Too cringe for NY, too based […]
‘Kids Were Marched Everywhere. This Was a Concentration Camp.’
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The Byrds: The Notorious Byrd Brothers
As darkness fell across the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, David Crosby decided it was time to get real about the Kennedy assassination. Over the course of his three years playing guitar with the Byrds, Crosby had fallen […]
Twitter Users With a Million Followers Are Getting ‘Paid’ Blue Checks, Like It or Not
It’s another day, and there’s another bizarre glitch in the Twitterverse. This time it involves paid Twitter Blue badges suddenly proliferating on accounts that reportedly have at least one million followers, except the account holders […]
Pearl Jam’s Give Way Is The Jack Irons Showcase We Always Needed
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How Dillon Brooks Became the NBA’s Supervillain
He appears behind tinted glasses, sporting a distressed wool jacket, no undershirt, and a massive gold chain sporting his initials, DB. He has a goatee, manicured to jut out at the chin. A reporter questions […]
‘Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores’ Delivers Everything The Series Needs To Grow
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 […]
The ‘Normal Gossip’ Guide to Spilling Tea
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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
A woman stands on a train platform, her unsmiling face framed against the sky by the open door of a rail car. In an up-close shot of a plated burger, a hand reaches for a […]