"Despite being primarily a children’s game, Roblox has evolved into a sort of emergent civic theatre for kids online." ...

Taylor Lorenz and Akela Lacy on how bots, influencers, and political actors distort real-world violence before facts emerge.

The gut-punch Black Mirror episode, “Be Right Back,” from 2013 imagines a type of ChatGPT AI that consumes a lifetime of texts, posts, and videos to rebuild a dead boyfriend. At first, the replica ...

As anti-ICE protests erupt across the U.S., young players—many not old enough to vote or march—are organizing demonstrations ...

Roblox players attending virtual protests against ICE's deportations are now being shot by "police" players while attending ...

Substack's politics category is dominated by progressive voices as "liberal thought leaders" migrate from Elon Musk's X, ...

AI worship is spreading across social media, with thousands claiming ChatGPT is a divine being sent to save humanity, ...

Taylor Lorenz has opinions about the Luigi Mangione case ... and she's dissecting what she thinks he really meant in newly revealed manifesto blurbs.

Yin yoga poses, like those in this practice from yoga teacher Taylor Lorenz, can help you start your day with peace.

Waymo is hiring a "community and public affairs specialist" after becoming an unwitting participant in Los Angeles' anti-immigration raid protests. After justice-minded rabble-rousers set fire to a ...

In the month of May we saw everything from an announcement about CNN's surprising new streaming service to quirky news like door-to-door alligators and a raccoon with a meth pipe.