The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy
The satirical news site intends to turn Infowars into a parody of itself. But the court overseeing the bankruptcy put a hold on the sale pending a hearing next week.
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The Art of Not Sharing
It’s a typical Monday morning. You wake up, reach for your phone, and within seconds, you’re scrolling through an endless stream of updates. Your college roommate has a new puppy. Your aunt’s dog just died. Your coworker made homemade sourdough bread. Your second cousin just broke up
How It Went
Election day, 2024.
Shame on the Elon enablers
Media and politicians created a monster and lost control of him
Lost In The Future
Soundtrack: Post Pop Depression - Paraguay I haven't wanted to write much in the last week. Seemingly every single person on Earth with a blog has tried to drill down into what happened on November 5 — to find the people to blame, to somehow explain what could've been done differently,
How I built this site
Some guy complained this fishing game only caters to queer players, so the dev added a "straight" title - it costs $9999
In cosy fishing game Webfishing you can buy clothes and titles that celebrate your sexuality. But one player complained there was no "straight" option...
Don't call it a Substack.
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
Hey Sony, Can You Not
Sony hoovering up Japanese mega-conglomerate Kadokawa, the main shareholder of FromSoftware, is definitely an idea, but here’s another: Don’t!
Embarrassed Teslas Drivers Buying Huge Numbers of Anti-Elon Bumper Stickers
For longtime Tesla owners, Elon Musk has made their electric cars into red flags — and now, a bunch are sticker-slapping back.
Google Admits Its AI Search Feature Is a Dumpster Fire, Says It Will Scale
Google is at least partially admitting that its AI Overviews search feature is a hot mess.
The reforging of the Rock Paper Shotgun
It's often claimed by liars and fools that our website's title is a clever reference to the ancient Chinese game of sho…
Bluesky, AI, and the battle for consent on the open web