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Joe Berkowitz

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Why Colbert’s cancellation is lighting a fire under every late-night host

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Astronomer CEO’s viral Coldplay moment reminds us: We’re all being watched all the time

18.07.2025 2

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Thanks to Congress and SCOTUS, the walls are closing in on student loan borrowers

18.07.2025 10

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Cuomo’s revamped campaign launch proves Mamdani-style videos don’t work without Mamdani

15.07.2025 5

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Why Sun Valley has never felt more out of step with the public mood than it does in 2025

Why Sun Valley has never felt more out of step with the public mood than it does in 2025
11.07.2025 3

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Elon Musk has ‘fixed’ Grok—to be more like him than ever

Elon Musk has ‘fixed’ Grok—to be more like him than ever
08.07.2025 40

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GOP defends Medicaid cuts in Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ with weird talking points about basement dwellers

04.07.2025 7

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Zohran Mamdani’s video explaining his victory is a perfect example of the strategy that helped him win

03.07.2025 40

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Tucker Carlson’s pivot away from MAGA has earned him unlikely praise, but is he being genuine?

01.07.2025 3

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Why Bernie Sanders’s real-time reaction to Iran bombing took over social media

25.06.2025 4

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Why has Trump started using this weirdly formal sign-off on social media posts about Iran?

25.06.2025 4

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Backlash against Mike Lee’s tasteless tweets reminds us that online cruelty has a real-world impact

18.06.2025 10

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Why Third Amendment memes are suddenly taking over social media

11.06.2025 10

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How Waymo got caught in the crossfire of Los Angeles ICE protests

10.06.2025 40

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Trump’s favorite expression: ‘I don’t know’

07.06.2025 10

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This corny ‘conservative credit card’ ad signals a very scary future for AI

06.06.2025 10

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As fresh tariffs take effect, the ‘Taco Trump’ meme turns into a weekly internet fiesta

04.06.2025 4

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Netflix is about to dominate every holiday with ‘Stranger Things’

03.06.2025 10

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Tesla can’t just hit ‘undo’ on Elon’s D.C. adventure

31.05.2025 7

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Spicy AI-generated TACO memes are taking over social media because ‘Trump always chickens out’

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What is ‘ghostworking’? Most employees say they regularly pretend to work

28.05.2025 3

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Americans are fueling a massive pope economy

25.05.2025 7

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Duolingo deletes all its TikTok videos after AI backlash—and then returns with a strange message

21.05.2025 40

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Netflix’s ‘Sesame Street’ deal is a PR coup for the ages

20.05.2025 20

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We’re in a golden age for movie trailers—and it’s messing with our heads

19.05.2025 20

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Is the era of the benevolent billionaire really over?

14.05.2025 4

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30 years ago, ‘Hackers’ and ‘The Net’ predicted the possibilities—and horrors—of internet life

11.05.2025 20

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The White House official social media account is a total cringe fest—and it’s gaining a following

06.05.2025 3

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From ‘your net worth will skyrocket’ to only ‘two dolls’: Trump’s new message of austerity

02.05.2025 8

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‘Hostile and political’: Jeff Bezos should have known Trump was always going to turn against Amazon

30.04.2025 10

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Turns out AI is really bad at picking up on social cues

29.04.2025 20

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These 9 images will define Trump’s first 100 days—and maybe his whole presidency

28.04.2025 5

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‘Thank you for your attention to this matter!’: Trump’s favorite sign-off has become a viral meme

23.04.2025 5

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The Democrats’ X account is starting to get spicy. It’s about time.

22.04.2025 10

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‘The Rehearsal’ Season 2 will make you think differently about plane crashes—and standing up to your boss

20.04.2025 20

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Your favorite podcast is now a toy—and a cruise, and a book, and a backpack

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Elon Musk claims DOGE firings will boost American manufacturing. But who will really be working in these factories?

15.04.2025 4

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What ‘Ex Machina’ got right (and wrong) about AI, 10 years later

15.04.2025 10

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‘Somebody has to pay the cost’: Business owners break down tariff drama on social media

09.04.2025 6

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‘The White Lotus’ characters would never survive Trump’s tariffs

07.04.2025 6

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Trump has an odd obsession with the word ‘groceries.’ Now his tariffs will raise the price of them

04.04.2025 10

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‘Titanic 2’? YouTube is cracking down on AI-assisted fake movie trailers that fetch millions of views

02.04.2025 10

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Kickstarter isn’t just for indie passion projects anymore

01.04.2025 7

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Elon Musk blames Tesla protests on shady payoffs—all while he makes shady payoffs in Wisconsin

01.04.2025 4

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‘Signalgate’ has turned a string of patriotic emoji into a meme that will live in infamy

26.03.2025 10

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Trump’s corporate-sponsored Easter egg roll is turning the White House into NASCAR

26.03.2025 8

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How ‘The Matrix’ helped build—and break—beleaguered production company Village Roadhouse

24.03.2025 6

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America, the brand, is becoming toxic

19.03.2025 6

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Chuck Schumer has emerged as the breakout main character of Bluesky—for the worst reasons

18.03.2025 8

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March Madness highlights Gen Z’s skyrocketing sports betting addiction

17.03.2025 5

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