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July 2025

How it feels to be an internet culture reporter
A story in memes.
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My favorite emoji proposals
Plus, shoppable collage app Zeen is shutting down.
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Soot wants to help you 'map your world' using AI
It's one answer to an internet increasingly defined by visuals, memes, aesthetics, mood boards, and "vibes."
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Let's go on an Internet Roadtrip
Neal Agarwal on the website as a medium.
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'The story of the future is what you will be able to do with computers'
'The Electronic Cottage,' a 1981 book by Joseph Deken, contains both practical guidance and dreamy optimism about personal computing.
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Putting the smartphone on stage
This year's Pageant of the Masters, “Gold Coast: Treasures of California," blended historical paintings with digital storytelling.
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This website-poem asks what it feels like to be visited by grief
Writer and technologist Omayeli Arenyeka made interactive website "Grief Found Me" to capture the rogue and permissionless nature of grief.
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A scroll through stampstagram
Plus, the Chuck E. Cheese website has an AI assistant called "Chuckbot." User interactions have been varied.
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July is International Zine Month
Plus, there's a new Instagram Story font.
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Daughter Zine has memes, pink aesthetics, and the feminist politics to match
A conversation with founder and editor in chief Grace Anne McKean.
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