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What were the 2000s?
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The Current Thing
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Elon Musk won't fix Twitter (but he won't kill it, either)
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Four questions about the "New Right"
An alliance of heterodox anti-establishment conservatives. Sound familiar?
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A "Trailercore" playlist, bowling pin animations, and a big map
Roundup 4/7/2022
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Why would Elon Musk buy 9.2% of Twitter?
The logic of social media
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Curtis Yarvin, the Metaverse, and some good internet movies
Roundup 04/03/2022
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Never send to know for whom the brain worms; it worms for thee
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