The strange tale of the Deep Fried BBQ Stuffed Chicken Pizzadilla
On the internet, someone is always profiting from your amusement
Caroline McCarthy
Monday
Wednesday
How Google’s tunnel vision cost us all
The company was so singularly obsessed with beating Facebook at its own game that it missed broader trends that were about to rattle the industry
Wednesday
Ben Sasse kind of sucks now
The Nebraska senator used to have a relatable world-weariness about him. What happened?
Thursday
Instagram is ruining tourism. Could fandom save it?
May we all travel for our own loves, rather than for the ‘likes’ of others
Saturday
Who counts as a journalist, anyway?
Many of us are still clinging to a mindset in which the ‘journalist’ is hailed as an ideal without prejudice or bias
Tuesday
The Democratic debates drinking game
Because no way are you making it through sober
Monday
The walk-off songs 2020 Democrats should be using
Less Springsteen, more Britney
Wednesday
My evening with the Yang Gang
2,500 people saw the long shot Democratic candidate speaking in New York, despite the weather
Tuesday
Spare me, Generation X: you’re not that special
Marketers hyped millennials up so that advertisers could sell us products
Wednesday
Silicon Valley loves Mayor Pete. He’s finished
The techlash strikes the Democratic primary
Wednesday
Astrology apps are the safest place for venture capitalists to invest
Have you seen what else they put their money into?
Tuesday
Pyle on: the warped logic of online cancel culture
Political positions are more nuanced than what can fit into a tweet
Wednesday
The face of digital illiteracy may not be as wrinkled as you’d think
Older people aren’t the only victims of information warfare
Tuesday
Andrew Yang is the Democrat Ron Paul…except he might actually win
Don’t underestimate the digital power of the #YangGang
Friday
A marketer’s request: Make SXSW exciting again
The festival is attempting to position itself as politically and socially relevant with initiatives like the presidential candidate interviews
Tuesday
The quiet sorrow of the Instagram blogger
Do the small untruths we tell on social media play a role in disrupting our sense of reality?
Sunday
The digital age hasn’t made society more forgiving
Internet guilt is obscenely subjective
Saturday
Deepfakes could be good news
Is it a bad thing if we learn to be wary of internet media?
Sunday
How digital media killed itself
Media companies favor competing with one another over finding what they’re best at. Their employees have paid the price
Monday
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the rise and rise of the attention candidate
It’s a powerful currency – and a hell of a drug
