Happy Friday, everyone! Just like that we made it through the second full week of 2026 and now we close it out with the 54 ...

Italian Brain Rot exploded in 2025 as a surreal, AI-fueled meme genre featuring over-the-top Italian stereotypes, exaggerated accents, operatic music, and nonsense visuals that felt intentionally ...

As we say our goodbyes to 2025, we must bid adieu to the memes that came with it. It was a surreal year on the internet — many of this year’s memes leaned heavily into the brain rot that’s come with ...

There is a global mental-health crisis among graduate students in academia. Yet, in many countries, including Brazil, where I live, official data on the topic are scarce. In this vacuum, a powerful, ...

Scrolling on your phone again? Maybe you're waiting for the turkey to finish cooking, or you're avoiding those awkward family dinner conversations. Perhaps you're looking to debunk Thanksgiving myths ...

We think of the iconicity of our favorite 21st century pop stars mostly in terms of the ways we had for long before: smash hits and blockbuster albums, classic music videos and sold-out tours, bold ...

Earlier this year, TikTokers declared the start of the Great Meme Depression of 2025. In the months since, things haven’t picked up much. As 2026 approaches, some internet users have decided to take ...

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Republican leaders used sombrero and mustache memes to mock Hakeem Jeffries. Latino groups and Jeffries denounced the images as racist and disinformation. Critics urged GOP apologies and a return to ...

"Real Time" host Bill Maher asked an internet culture researcher Friday about memes to understand how people get "inspired to kill." Memes, or "historical documents" with various interpretations, were ...

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