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Posted inNews & Politics

Prime suspects

by Princess Ojiaku January 15, 2020August 18, 2021

How would anyone benefit from sending unsolicited, free Amazon packages to random addresses?

Posted inMusic

How did the ‘industry plant’ take root?

by Leor Galil March 15, 2019August 18, 2021

The ‘industry plant’ is hip-hop’s favorite conspiracy theory, used to discredit breakout successes—and it’s spreading to other genres, where it’s no more plausible.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Cuckolds unite against the alt-right

by Dan Savage November 3, 2016August 18, 2021

A special election edition

Posted inBlogs

Bud Light didn’t know when to say ‘no’

by Michael Miner April 30, 2015August 18, 2021

A slogan on a bottle of Bud Light backfires.

The Internet's Own Boy
Posted inFilm

Two new documentaries ponder the market value of knowledge

by J.R. Jones June 24, 2014August 18, 2021

Ivory Tower and The Internet’s Own Boy ponder the market value of knowledge.

David Cohen
Posted inMusic

Diode Milliampere does chiptune the hard way

by Miles Raymer April 30, 2014August 18, 2021

Chicago chiptune wizard Diode Milliampere wrings music out of obsolete hardware one command line at a time.

"Don't buy into the sexist double standards."
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Slut autoshaming

by Dan Savage November 14, 2013August 19, 2021

Dan on slut self-shaming, a misplaced cock ring, and a misleading online lesbian

X-Cube
Posted inArts & Culture

Show us your . . . X-Cube

by Summer Concepcion July 19, 2013August 19, 2021

Aspiring inventor Dane Christianson has crafted a mutant Rubik’s Cube with a 3-D printer.

Aaron Swartz
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Heroes of civil disobedience: Gandhi, Rosa Parks, Aaron Swartz?

by Deanna Isaacs March 11, 2013August 19, 2021

Aaron Swartz, rebel with a cause

Last month Chaz Allen played a Web-only vaporwave concert from his bedroom with six artists he's never met.
Posted inMusic

Vaporwave and the observer effect

by Leor Galil February 19, 2013August 19, 2021

Like many online microscenes, vaporwave turned into something else as soon as someone noticed it.

Posted inBlogs

Aaron Swartz: Death by government?

by Deanna Isaacs January 15, 2013August 18, 2021

At his funeral, the family of Internet genius and activist Aaron Swartz blames the government for his suicide.

Posted inBlogs

Frank Ocean and pop music’s online identity in 2012

by Leor Galil December 29, 2012August 19, 2021

Frank Ocean leads the charge in making the Internet and pop music safer for sincerity

Posted inBlogs

Halo 4 rolls out zero-tolerance policy for offensive speech

by Miles Raymer November 1, 2012August 19, 2021

The biggest video-game property going says good-bye to hate speech

Posted inBlogs

Fuckin’ Chicago, I love you

by Kevin Warwick October 19, 2012August 19, 2021

An ode to Chicago: A Love Story, a screen print by Johnny Sampson

Posted inBlogs

On the charts: Psy’s “Gangnam Style”

by Miles Raymer October 2, 2012August 19, 2021

An Internet meme becomes a mainstream smash

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