Why Journalists Should Take a Break from Talking to RobotsWe need a moratorium on talking to Chatbots until they stop turning banal tech into spectacle and fear mongeringFeb 21, 2023A response icon2Feb 21, 2023A response icon2
The Shelf Life of Viral Videos Has ExpiredNetflix’s ‘The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker’ lacks energy because we’ve grown tired of novelty internet storiesJan 20, 2023A response icon1Jan 20, 2023A response icon1
Why Trump’s Dinner with Nick Fuentes Requires a New Journalistic ApproachThe dinner shouldn’t have happened. The lack of condemnation is worse. The way journalists will cover it is the biggest problem.Nov 28, 2022A response icon2Nov 28, 2022A response icon2
Reflecting on a Year of Medium Writing — What I’ve LearnedThis essay marks the end of my year writing as a partner for Medium, it was a real pleasure to test new writing stylesOct 31, 2022A response icon3Oct 31, 2022A response icon3
Mitch Horowitz has Some Advice to Rebel Against the System — and It May Not Be What You ThinkIn a time when sarcasm and humiliation are standard, there are ways to resistOct 28, 2022Oct 28, 2022
Why Internet Culture Reporters are Bogeymen to Rightwing InternetIn defense of critical internet journalism and researchOct 24, 2022A response icon1Oct 24, 2022A response icon1
Memeing the Unmemeable President: Dark Brandon Takes on the RightThe Dark and Dank Brandon meme is a good distraction from a very normal presidency — but reveals a new tactic against the conservative…Oct 10, 2022Oct 10, 2022
The Long Payoff of the Ice Bucket ChallengeThe FDA approves AMX0035, the first ALS drug in five years, thanks to funding from the viral challengeSep 30, 2022A response icon19Sep 30, 2022A response icon19
Published inMomentumHow Civil Rights Groups are Pushing Back Against Amazon’s New ShowAmazon’s ‘Ring Nation’ is trying to turn personal data, racism, and harmful neighborhood surveillance into entertainmentSep 26, 2022A response icon3Sep 26, 2022A response icon3
Why Gifs Don’t Have to Be Worth Anything to Have ValueThese wonderful, looping files will be still looping long after we’re goneSep 21, 2022A response icon2Sep 21, 2022A response icon2