Christmas is almost here, and between wrapping gifts, rushing for last-minute shopping, and juggling holiday cooking, things can get a little chaotic. In the middle of all that festive madness, ...

For some, Dec. 23 may be Christmas Eve Eve. But it's also another holiday: A Festivus for the rest of us! That's right, it's the annual date in which Seinfeld fans celebrate with an aluminum pole, ...

Italian Brain Rot exploded in 2025 as a surreal, AI-fueled meme genre featuring over-the-top Italian stereotypes, exaggerated accents, operatic music, and nonsense visuals that felt intentionally ...

Why has Jon Hamm been dancing in ecstasy all over your Instagram and TikTok feeds lately? Well, it's a story that starts with an Apple TV show from earlier this year and ends with Millennial nostalgia ...

2025 gave us the hero with a hero, bloated Vance, and who could forget the Coldplay couple? (edit Valentina Di Liscia/Hyperallergic) As the year comes to an end, I’m really at a loss for where to ...

As we say our goodbyes to 2025, we must bid adieu to the memes that came with it. It was a surreal year on the internet — many of this year’s memes leaned heavily into the brain rot that’s come with ...

At least nine North Carolina children were shot this year, because of one very preventable cause: an unsecured gun. The victims span the state from the mountains to the coast, and, according to data ...

Right-wing users have tapped A.I. tools to promote President Trump’s agenda. He took notice. By Stuart A. Thompson and Tiffany Hsu Loosely organized groups of self-described right-wing trolls and ...

From Jack Dorsey to Gen Alpha, everyone seemingly wants to go back to the internet of a decade ago. But is it possible to reverse AI slop and brain rot? Which implies, of course, that memes lack ...

On TikTok, some reckon that memes are less funny than they used to be, and have proposed drastic action. Hence, in 2026, TikTok memes are scheduled to change, wiping away the current slate of trends, ...

Oh my God, OK, it’s happening! From social-media posters to the F.C.C. chair, we are all living in Michael Scott’s world. Critic’s Notebook Oh my God, OK, it’s happening! From social-media posters to ...