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The Reason Your Election Anxiety Feels Worse in 2024 - AI. It’s AI. - https://www.wired.com/story/the-reason-your-election-anxiety-feels-worse-in-2024/ #culture/digitalculture #culture/culturenews #themonitor #culture

‘Trump Was Born to Be a Teenage Girl’ Is the Sarah Cooper Schtick for the ‘Brat’ Election - Back in 2020, Sarah Cooper’s “How to Medical” lip-sync of Donald Trump’s proposed Covid-1... - https://www.wired.com/story/trump-was-born-to-be-a-teenage-girl-meme-sarah-cooper/ #culture/culturenews #themonitor #culture

The Dystopia of Watching Hurricane Milton on TikTok - As officials encouraged western Florida residents to evacuate from Hurricane Milton’s pat... - https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-during-hurricane-milton/ #culture/digitalculture #culture/culturenews #themonitor #culture

The Trolling of the 'Minecraft Movie' Trailer Isn’t Exactly What You Think - This is new—but also very old. - https://www.wired.com/story/the-trolling-of-the-minecraft-movie-trailer-isnt-exactly-what-you-think/ #culture/digitalculture #culture/videogames #culture/movies #themonitor #culture

TikTok’s Latest Trend Lets Gen Z Write the Marketing Script - Maybe it shouldn’t. - https://www.wired.com/story/tiktoks-latest-trend-lets-gen-z-write-the-marketing-script/ #culture/culturenews #themonitor #culture

Moo Deng Is More Than a Meme - As the baby pygmy hippo has gone mega-viral, the Thai zoo where she was born is hustling ... - https://www.wired.com/story/moo-deng-is-more-than-a-meme/ #culture/culturenews #themonitor #culture

Reddit’s ‘Celebrity Number Six’ Win Was Almost a Catastrophe—Thanks to AI - This week, Reddit solved the long-running Celebrity Number Six mystery, but it almost got... - https://www.wired.com/story/reddit-celebrity-number-six-ai/ #culture/digitalculture #culture/culturenews #themonitor #culture

The End of ‘Brat Summer’ Doesn’t Mean What You Think - Yes, it means we’re moving into Demure Autumn or even PSL Time, but it also indicates sea... - https://www.wired.com/story/the-end-of-brat-summer-does-not-mean-what-you-think/ #culture/digitalculture #culture/culturenews #culture/movies #culture/music #themonitor #culture

The Trademark Tug-of-War Over ‘Demure’ Shows a Massive Meme Power Shift - Going back to the days of “on fleek,” creators have had a hard time benefiting from their... - https://www.wired.com/story/jools-lebron-demure-trend-trademark/ #culture/digitalculture #culture/culturenews #themonitor #culture

The Australian Breaker Who Broke the Internet - It’s been a week since Rachael Gunn, aka Raygun, competed in the breaking competition at ... - https://www.wired.com/story/olympics-breaking-raygun-memes/ #culture/culturenews #themonitor #culture

How Camo Hats Became an Instant Meme - This week, Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz cemented their bi... - https://www.wired.com/story/camo-hats-harris-walz-instant-meme/ #culture/culturenews #themonitor #culture

The Week of Brat Summer Will Go Down in Internet History - After Charli XCX declared that Vice President Kamala Harris “IS brat,” nothing was the sa... - https://www.wired.com/story/the-week-of-brat-summer-will-go-down-in-internet-history/ #culture/digitalculture #culture/culturenews #culture/techculture #culture/music #themonitor #culture

The Trump Shooting Fueled an Online Sticker Battle - After the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump last weekend, Sticker ... - https://www.wired.com/story/the-trump-shooting-fueled-an-online-sticker-battle/ #culture/digitalculture #culture/culturenews #themonitor #culture

RIP Redbox, a Bad Idea at the Worst Time - The parent company of Redbox, the outfit that put DVD-rental kiosks in retail locations, ... - https://www.wired.com/story/rip-redbox-a-bad-idea-at-the-worst-time/ #culture/culturenews #themonitor #culture

'The Acolyte' and the Long-Awaited Death of Review-Bombing - Leslye Headland’s new Star Wars show is getting positive reviews from critics and being t... - https://www.wired.com/story/the-acolyte-and-the-long-awaited-death-of-review-bombing/ #culture/culturenews #themonitor #culture

Somehow, Concerts Are the Biggest Memes of the Summer https://www.wired.com/story/somehow-concerts-are-the-biggest-memes-of-the-summer/ #Culture/CultureNews #TheMonitor #Culture

Somehow, Concerts Are the Biggest Memes of the Summer - From Chappell Roan to Kendrick Lamar, online life is spilling onto the lighted stage, and... - https://www.wired.com/story/somehow-concerts-are-the-biggest-memes-of-the-summer/ #culture/culturenews #themonitor #culture

I'm sure I'll make additional tweaks, additional outfits for Bun-E03, and some added animation as things progress, but the initial TALKING TIME hangout screen is done!

#Art #DigitalArt #MastoArt #StreamingOverlay #BunE03 #TheMonitor

A Blatant Attempt to Generate a 'House of the Dragon' AI Overview - How many gallons of blood are there in the second season of House of the Dragon? How many... - https://www.wired.com/story/a-blatant-attempt-to-generate-a-house-of-the-dragon-ai-overview/ #culture/culturenews #themonitor #culture

A Blatant Attempt to Generate a 'House of the Dragon' AI Overview https://www.wired.com/story/a-blatant-attempt-to-generate-a-house-of-the-dragon-ai-overview/ #Culture/CultureNews #TheMonitor #Culture

No, Drake's Cover of 'Hey There Delilah' Isn't AI - Drake joined parody rapper Snowd4y for a remix of his “Hey There Delilah” cover, “Wah Gwa... - https://www.wired.com/story/drake-plain-white-ts-ai-wah-gwan-delilah/ #culture/culturenews #themonitor #culture

No, Drake's Cover of 'Hey There Delilah' Isn't AI https://www.wired.com/story/drake-plain-white-ts-ai-wah-gwan-delilah/ #Culture/CultureNews #TheMonitor #Culture

The Limits of the AI-Generated 'Eyes on Rafah' Image https://www.wired.com/story/the-limits-of-the-ai-generated-eyes-on-rafah-image/ #Culture/CultureNews #TheMonitor #Culture

The Limits of the AI-Generated 'Eyes on Rafah' Image - The “All Eyes on Rafah” image went viral on social media this week, with over 47 million ... - https://www.wired.com/story/the-limits-of-the-ai-generated-eyes-on-rafah-image/ #culture/culturenews #themonitor #culture

Scarlett Johansson’s OpenAI Feud Makes Her an Uncanny Folk Hero - Scarlett Johansson’s talents once made her the ideal person to voice an AI. Now, she’s th... - https://www.wired.com/story/scarlett-johanssons-openai-feud-makes-her-an-uncanny-folk-hero/ #culture/culturenews #themonitor #culture

Netflix Isn’t About Flicks Anymore https://www.wired.com/story/netflix-isnt-about-flicks-anymore/ #Culture/CultureNews #TheMonitor #Culture

Netflix Isn’t About Flicks Anymore - And it's not just Netflix—Max, Disney+, and even YouTube are also turning their attention... - https://www.wired.com/story/netflix-isnt-about-flicks-anymore/ #culture/culturenews #themonitor #culture

Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery Just Reinvented Cable https://www.wired.com/story/disney-and-warner-bros-discovery-just-reinvented-cable/ #Culture/CultureNews #Culture/Movies #Culture/TV #TheMonitor #Culture

Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery Just Reinvented Cable - The two companies have announced a bundle that combines, Disney+, Hulu, and Max. This is ... - https://www.wired.com/story/disney-and-warner-bros-discovery-just-reinvented-cable/ #culture/culturenews #culture/movies #culture/tv #themonitor #culture

Jerry Seinfeld, ‘Hacks,’ and the Future of Comedy in a Digital World - Jerry Seinfeld thinks “PC crap” is ruining comedy. Hacks proves him wrong. - https://www.wired.com/story/jerry-seinfeld-hacks/ #culture/culturenews #themonitor #culture