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From Jack Dorsey to Gen Alpha, everyone seemingly wants to go back to the internet of a decade ago. But is it possible to reverse AI slop and brain rot? Which implies, of course, that memes lack ...

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On TikTok, some reckon that memes are less funny than they used to be, and have proposed drastic action. Hence, in 2026, TikTok memes are scheduled to change, wiping away the current slate of trends, ...

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Oh my God, OK, it’s happening! From social-media posters to the F.C.C. chair, we are all living in Michael Scott’s world. Critic’s Notebook Oh my God, OK, it’s happening! From social-media posters to ...

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Marlee Matlin has won an Oscar, and she’s appeared in countless films and television shows. Yet she, too, has faced a common Deaf dilemma: how to claim equitable access to information, when one lives ...

BTC reversed the Wednesday bounce with a drop to $121,500 early Thursday alongside flat-to-negative action in the European equity markets and persistemt strength in the U.S. dollar. Jamie Dimon, chief ...

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