The Stan Accounts That Keep Posting Through Brazil’s Ban on X
When the country’s Supreme Court suspended X in Brazil, stan Twitter in the region seemed to grind to a halt. Others found ways to persevere.
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Your Dumb Memes Revived One of Butt Rock’s Biggest Bands
Read more: Your Dumb Memes Revived One of Butt Rock’s Biggest BandsSomehow, Creed shitposts have jumped from message boards to Major League Baseball. Now the band’s 25-year-old album Human Clay is selling once again—and the band is going viral all on its own.
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Lo-Fi Weather Channel Videos Are Soothing Climate Fears on YouTube
Read more: Lo-Fi Weather Channel Videos Are Soothing Climate Fears on YouTubeHours-long videos of ’80s and ’90s Weather Channel broadcasts set to vaporwave tunes are all over YouTube. They’re perfect for those moments you want to remember a time when weather was a little less scary.
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The End of ‘Brat Summer’ Doesn’t Mean What You Think
Read more: The End of ‘Brat Summer’ Doesn’t Mean What You ThinkYes, it means we’re moving into Demure Autumn or even PSL Time, but it also indicates seasons themselves are getting warped by meme culture.
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Ticket Bots Leave Oasis Fans Enraged
Read more: Ticket Bots Leave Oasis Fans EnragedThe online ticketing “fiasco” for the band’s upcoming reunion tour has led to pushback against dynamic pricing models and calls for more consumer protections.
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Martin Shkreli Made Copies of His $2 Million Wu-Tang Album—and Hid Them in ‘Safes All Around the World’
Read more: Martin Shkreli Made Copies of His $2 Million Wu-Tang Album—and Hid Them in ‘Safes All Around the World’The one-of-a-kind album is apparently now anything but.
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Twitch’s New DJ Program Has Flaws, But It’s the Best There Is
Read more: Twitch’s New DJ Program Has Flaws, But It’s the Best There IsTwitch is finally giving DJs a place to get paid for streaming their sets—and compensate the artists they spin. Its limited catalog of songs and opaque earnings plan may leave some streamers cold.
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How the ‘Slamming Door’ Sound Became Embedded in Hip-Hop History
Read more: How the ‘Slamming Door’ Sound Became Embedded in Hip-Hop HistoryIf you’ve listened to any rap or pop music made in the 21st century, you’ve heard John Lehmkuhl’s most famous creation, a thwacking metallic percussion sample named “Tribe.”
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The Week of Brat Summer Will Go Down in Internet History
Read more: The Week of Brat Summer Will Go Down in Internet HistoryAfter Charli XCX declared that Vice President Kamala Harris “IS brat,” nothing was the same.
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Eminem’s New Album Prompted Gen X to Declare a TikTok ‘War’ on Gen Z
Read more: Eminem’s New Album Prompted Gen X to Declare a TikTok ‘War’ on Gen ZThe release of Eminem’s new album The Death of Slim Shady has led to a series of viral shitposts from Gen X. Their targets, Gen Z, remain unbothered.
