internet culture
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Sonic Smut Is Flooding Trump’s New Social Network
Nary a month after the dramatic implosion of former president (and current Twitter refugee) Donald Trump’s attempted blogging career, the septuagenarian authoritarian’s “team” of grifting enablers has launched its latest attempt at a social network for folks who are just too darn patriotic for regular social media…and also for all sorts of Sonic the Hedgehog…
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This Pole-Dancing-Company-Turned-Oil-Driller Is the Latest Meme Stock
Buckle up, backseat investors and climate fiends. An oil and gas company with a sketchy history has become the target of a short squeeze, led primarily by Reddit investors who have been driving hedge funds wild this year.
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Twitter ‘Spaces’ Are Coming to a Desktop Browser Near You
Beginning Wednesday, Twitter’s Spaces will be available to peruse via desktop and mobile browsers, in addition to the iOS and Android apps that the audio-only chat rooms were previously exclusive to.
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Clubhouse Is Losing Steam
Clubhouse — the company that was making headlines just a few months back for drawing major celebrities (and Elon Musk) — seems to have reached a tipping point. In April, the app reached a grand total of 922,000 downloads, new research found, a sharp downturn after bringing in millions of new users just a month…