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A sampling from Kanika Batra’s first TikTok account. (TikTok/@notkanikabatra)

Kanika Batra

Mask off.

on her favorite TikToker, a star with Antisocial Personality Disorder.

I'm a diagnosed sociopath

Myha'la Herrold in Industry Season 2, 2022. (HBO) 

Myha'la Herrold in Industry Season 2 

Plus HBO's many Harpers.

helms our dispatch, recapping the latest news in digital culture. This week: Spotify Wrapped as an attention metric; Netflix loses anime titles; YouTube comments as art; and Are.na for music discovery.

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EOY lists

Aesthetics Wiki Discord

The new era of social media.

introduce their favorite Discord servers.


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How to get into Discord(s)

Lindsay Lohan Falling for Christmas

"heh" — SBF

helms our dispatch, recapping the latest news in digital culture. This week: Ticketmaster’s Swiftie-induced downfall, “Basic with Ads,” and Twitter DM etiquette with Sam Bankman-Fried.

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Ticketmaster time bomb / Lost vibes

Bobby Cannavale in 'The Watcher.'

What are ghosts compared to a steep mortgage?

on a regular theme in horror films: being trapped in a literal haunted house because you can’t afford to leave.

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Expensive haunted houses

Sconeblogging

Sconeblogging?

helms our dispatch, recapping the latest news in digital culture. This week: the influencer economy, buying stuff on TikTok, and the archived Tumblr of an FTX-adjacent figure.

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Influencer capitalism / TikTok stores / Girlboss blog

Kim Kardashian: Hollywood

A surprising take on Kim Kardashian: Hollywood.

on the unexpectedly comforting queer space within Kim Kardashian’s video game.

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Kommunity

Elrond

On a lack of zaddies.

on a hole in *The Rings of Power*: the lack of middle-aged daddies in Middle-earth.

Middle-earth crisis

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