I wrote about Helyeh Doutaghi, a scholar who was suspended by Yale Law School after an Israeli AI-generated news website known for spreading disinfo, claimed that she was a member of a terrorist organization.
We're doing AI generated smear campaigns now
Yale University has suspended a law school scholar after an AI-generated news website claimed that she was a member of a terrorist organization
Bonafidemasks.com, which is where I get all my KN95s from is having a 25% off sale + free shipping! They have tons of colors and styles (and full N95s too). STOCK UP NOW!! 😷 Covid is raging and disabling millions, not to mention all the other airborne disease, pollution, etc. Masking is solidarity
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Viral claims about family influencers fleeing the state of California are completely false. TikToks and YouTube videos have amassed millions of views pushing this conspiracy. My article debunking it only has.... 2 shares. Journalism feels so fruitless sometimes.
No, family vloggers are not fleeing California over a child labor law
A viral TikTok conspiracy theory claims that family influencers are moving because of a new law that claims to protect child influencers. It's not ...
I just need 300 more subscribers to get to 40k on YouTube, which is 40% of the way to my ultimate goal of 100k! I spend hours every week making videos about tech and online culture. YouTube is the platform I'm most focused on this year, so SUBSCRIBE TODAY!! https://www.youtube.com/@TaylorLorenz
Ed Yong is such a real one <3
Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World
The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.
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SCOOP: Ashley St Clair sues Elon Musk for custody of new son. Musk is pictured with his latest baby in a lawsuit filed by St Clair, seeking sole custody and paternity. I obtained the filings and the first photo of Musk with his new son, who he has only met three times and who he has never once asked St Clair about.
SCOOP: Ashley St. Clair sues Elon Musk for custody of new son
The filing paints Musk as an absentee father and reveals new details about the duo's relationship.
I interviewed Julia Black about the rise of pronatalism in Silicon Valley, plus a new "boring reality" AI, Boomer panic, doom spending, war robot turned DJ, and why there’s no “alt-left pipeline" -- all in today's newsletter!!
The billionaire baby boom
+ "Boring reality" AI, Boomer panic, doom spending, war robot turned DJ, and why there’s no “alt-left pipeline"
I wrote about a private club where Gen Zs pay thousands of dollars to make “old money” content and what it says about online aesthetics, our relationship to wealth, and the political climate
A club where you pay thousands to make 'old money' content
TuxedoSociety is a club for Gen Zs looking to get together and make 'quiet luxury' style videos for TikTok and Instagram. But getting in is not cheap.
TikToks promoting "cute winter boots" leverage the TikTok algorithm's preference for product-focused content to amplify reach. "What the algorithm likes is products. It’s a way to talk about resisting the federal government in a way that will actually reach people," one creator said.
TikTok's 'cute winter boots' trend explained
As the U.S. government seeks to enact stricter controls over online speech, TikTok users are adopting more coded 'algospeak' to criticize and resis...
“The death of ‘websites’ and outlets that value true creativity and diversity in coverage — largely at the whims of ghoulish executives and private equity vulturism — has created in me a stinging grief that I cannot seem to shake.”
Ten Years In A Crumbling Industry
There’s a screenshot from TikTok that recently caused me and a group of my writer friends to lose our minds.