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  • The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: Uncanny Valley Makeup

    The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: Uncanny Valley Makeup

    Pop culture is like a disturbing science fiction movie this week. Young people are intentionally styling themselves as nightmarish quasi-humans, having their eyes burned at weird parties in Hong Kong, and sharing the trailer for a new Mean Girls movie. Uncanny valley makeup, explained The corner of TikTok devoted to makeup tutorials is on something…


  • There’s No Reason People Need to Call You on X/Twitter

    There’s No Reason People Need to Call You on X/Twitter

    I have plenty of ideas for useful features for X (formerly known as Twitter), but audio and video calls aren’t on my list. Unfortunately, they seem to be on Elon Musk’s, as the app now allows users to call one another for some reason. Yay? Maybe I’m just not the Tweep I used to be,…


  • Threads Is Finally Available on the Web

    Threads Is Finally Available on the Web

    Instagram’s Threads social network is finally available on the web—for some people, at least. Threads is the company’s rival to X, formerly known as Twitter. When Instagram launched Threads, it chose to prioritise launching fast over shipping as many of Twitter’s features as it could. This decision resulted in a barebones app that lacked basic…