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  1. liveblog
    Confused Nation Keeps Refreshing As Facebook, Instagram Disappear: UpdatesThe mysterious outage appears to be ending.
    By Chas Danner
  2. halloween
    Nick Lutsko: The Sweaty, Deranged Hero of HalloweenTalking with Twitter’s low-key comedy-music mastermind.
    By Emily Palmer Heller
  3. capitol riot
    ‘The Internet’ Wanted an Insurrection, So Trump Gave It OneIf you define “the American people” as your own noisy base, then the lies they spew online represent a mandate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. the internet
    Internet Outage Hits Major Websites WorldwideSites including Amazon, CNN, the New York Times, Reddit, and the U.K. government went dark on Tuesday morning, and are still coming back online.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  5. the internet
    Yes, Jack Black’s Mom Really Did Help Save Apollo 13Sometimes the internet speaks the truth.
    By Bethy Squires
  6. end of an era
    Q: How Will We Come to Terms With the End of Yahoo Answers? A: ????The site is shutting down on May 4, and we need someone to tell us how to cope.
    By Halle Kiefer
  7. celebrity
    Just Vibe With Kyle MacLachlanOn his delightful TikTok account.
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  8. extremely online
    Reddit Presses Play on Video Ventures, Buys DubsmashThe TikTok competitor has a high user base of Black teens and women.
    By Justin Curto
  9. the internet
    Milana Vayntrub, AT&T Girl, Pleads for Online Sexual Harassment to Stop“I am not consenting to any of this. I do not want any of this.”
    By Devon Ivie
  10. tiktok
    Guessing This Won’t Become the Next TikTok TrendThe internet has responded in horror to a clip of a woman leaping into the Hudson River in NYC.
    By Hannah Gold
  11. the internet
    Wait, But I Just Got a TikTokWTF are Instagram “Reels”?
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  12. tiktok
    The Teens Have Come For Lin-Manuel MirandaThe Hamilton creator is getting mercilessly teased on TikTok.
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  13. fauci hive
    Has Your Mom Sent You This Yet?A TikTok video at the intersection of salient boomer interests.
    By Bridget Read
  14. tiktok
    Teens Are Disguising As Mask-Wearing Grandmas to Buy Booze(Or so they claim on TikTok.)
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  15. extremely online
    Everything Is Cake NowA viral video showing people cutting into household items to reveal they are in fact cake has many people questioning their grip on reality.
    By Hannah Gold
  16. tiktok
    The Trump Administration Is Considering Banning TikTokThe U.S. opened a national-security investigation into the app last year.
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  17. extremely online
    YouTube and Reddit Put Their Foot Down, Ban Far-Right ContentYouTube took down six accounts, while Reddit banned over 2,000 subreddits.
    By Justin Curto
  18. fitness
    Jane Fonda Is Bringing Back Her ’80s Workouts to TikTokGet your leotards ready.
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  19. crime
    ‘Zoombombing’ Is a Horrifying New TrendPeople are hijacking online college classes, AA meetings, and church services.
    By Bridget Read
  20. habits
    Welcome Back to the Appointment InternetSocial distancing has given rise to an older — and better — way of being online.
    By Brian Feldman
  21. skin deep
    Handwashing Tutorials Are What We Watch NowA new kind of celebrity skin-care routine.
    By Erica Smith
  22. coronavirus
    Don’t Spread Coronavirus LiesWash your hands and check your facts.
    By Bridget Read
  23. called out
    Please Log Off, the Pope BegsFor the love of God, literally.
    By Bridget Read
  24. doin it for the gram
    Why Are Celebrities Making These Weird Faces on Instagram?I can’t look away.
    By Erica Smith
  25. podcasts
    The Podcast That Best Captured the Chaos of the Internet in 2019Whether it’s impersonating Caitlyn Jenner or Gourmet Makes, Nymphowars is never boring.
    By Riley Leight
  26. extremely online
    How Baby Yoda Took Over the Internet[Sips broth.]
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  27. who were the 2010s?
    BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti on Making the World a MemeTalking the dress, the dossier, and the next pivot to video with the CEO of the company that transformed digital media over the last decade.
    By Max Read
  28. the internet
    The Best Cartoons of the Early InternetLooking back on some early internet animated classics, from Homestar Runner to Salad Fingers.
    By Ramsey Ess
  29. culture
    Dancing on My OwnWhen teens bring trauma to TikTok.
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  30. the internet
    Entire Internet Horrified by Alcoholic Tide PodsScotch belongs in glasses, not pouches.
    By Nikita Richardson
  31. instagram
    Instagram Will No Longer Promote Diet Products to MinorsIf you’re under 18, you’ll stop seeing ads for detox tea and other appetite suppressants.
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  32. influencers
    Enterprising Florida Woman Makes $100,000 a Year Off of Tongue PicsThis influencer built a lucrative brand around her uncommonly long tongue.
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  33. broken brain
    Put Me in the Fish TubeShoot me over the dam of this life.
    By Bridget Read
  34. the cut on tuesdays
    The Nightmare Started With an Email From Her ExThree stories of women coping with online harassment, on this week’s Cut podcast.
    By the Cut
  35. keanu
    Keanu Reeves Remains the Best Internet BoyfriendWhile filming the new “Bill & Ted” movie, Reeves saw a yard sign that referenced his “You’re breathtaking” meme and left a note on it.
    By Marie Lodi
  36. science of us
    I Reluctantly Love This Website About How to Live and BeA guide I didn’t realize I badly wanted.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  37. the internet
    Hasan Minhaj Wants to Mail You a Netflix DVDIf your internet provider sucks, there is a way out!
    By Bethy Squires
  38. keanu
    Keanu Reeves Thinks Your Undying Ardor for Him Is ‘Wacky’(And also “positively great.”)
    By Hannah Gold
  39. the internet
    Egg Boy Gives His First Post-Egging Interview“This egg has united people.”
    By Amanda Arnold
  40. the internet
    Why Netflix’s One Day at a Time Cancellation Feels Like a BetrayalWhen a multi-billion-dollar media company tweets like your online friend, its business decisions are bound to feel personal.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  41. the cut opinion pages
    Break Your PhoneIt’s the only way to be acceptably disconnected.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  42. science of us
    Writing a Practice Email Feels Like Looking Into a MirrorI also read stressful emails on multiple devices. Am I nuts? It’s clarifying, anyway.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  43. the internet
    In Praise of the Instagram Egg, Social Media’s Unlikeliest OptimistIt could have advertised something stupid, but its creators opted for the high road.
    By Nikita Richardson
  44. fyre festival
    A GoFundMe for the Fyre Fest Caterers Has Raised Over $160,000Time to set right what scammers have wrought.
    By Bethy Squires
  45. the internet
    #WhiteHouseDinners Is About to Become Your New Favorite Twitter HashtagIt’s a place to process the fast-food feast.
    By Chris Crowley
  46. yolks
    Kylie Jenner Versus an Egg Is the Celebrity Feud We DeserveWe did this to ourselves.
    By Chris Crowley
  47. science of us
    How Much Junk Am I Consuming Online Every Day?What is “digital nutrition” and is mine enviable?
    By Edith Zimmerman
  48. sugar sugar sugar
    Costco Now Sells 7-Pound Tubs of Nutella2019 is already good.
    By Chris Crowley
  49. the internet
    Scarlett Johansson Ruminates on All the Deepfake Porn Made From Her Image“I think it’s a useless pursuit, legally, mostly because the internet is a vast wormhole of darkness that eats itself.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  50. strong dumb take
    Shut Down the Internet for the Rest of the YearA modest proposal.
    By Gabriella Paiella
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