- Take a walk
- Release the emails 🍿
- Emily in Europe
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A new study finds just 8 minutes of exposure to anorexia content on TikTok makes you hate your body, which sounds pretty damning for TikTok until you remember 1) everyone already knows TikTok is terrible, and 2) we’ve been told for decades that exposure to images of beautiful, healthy people in fitness and fashion magazines also makes us hate our bodies. Which I guess means exposure of any kind, for any amount of time, to other people makes us miserable? I’ve got to say, given the state of election discourse, I do find that compelling. But do we think perhaps the broader truth here is just a small number of teenage girls are mentally ill enough to want to hurt themselves pretty much no matter what? Idk, it probably is a safe bet to unplug for the weekend and enjoy the park. But did you really need a study to tell you that?
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Less than 24 hours after 𝕏 announced it was taking them to court, the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) disbanded its Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM). Central to 𝕏’s lawsuit: the accusation that GARM’s chief bugman Rob Rakowitz organized an advertiser boycott of the company in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act. When news of WFA putting GARM down broke, it was immediately hailed as a victory for 𝕏, but I’m not so sure this is the end of the story. In a calculated move to make a settlement more appealing, the WFA may be desperate to avoid the discovery process, which would likely do considerable brand damage to its member companies. If Elon’s smart, he won’t take the bait. He’ll force discovery, and utterly humiliate the censorious NPCs trying to control what we read (and think). Godspeed, shitposting king. I’ve got my popcorn ready.
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This summer, buoyed by a strong dollar, record numbers of American tourists jetted off to Europe in search of Disney-fied old world charm. What’ve they found? Well, in Paris, where the Olympics kicked off with a bizarre opening ceremony (for which the French, in typical fashion, only begrudgingly half-apologized), several athletes have come down with severe bacterial infections after swimming in the literal cesspit of the Seine. Meanwhile, over in Vienna, Taylor Swift fans got a taste of Europe’s famed crop of homegrown terrorists, as authorities canceled their idol’s concert after thwarting an attack planned by ISIS affiliates (“teenagers,” per NYT). Now, we sincerely hope our gals will all return home safe, sound and espadrille-free. But as for ISIS? A warning: hell hath no fury like a scorned Swiftie. Watch your back, Jihadi Joe — Emily in Europe might’ve just put a target on it.
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A Primer on the Shadowy Global Ad Cabal Quietly Trying to Throttle đť•Ź |
a house judiciary report suggests an advertising cabal organized a boycott of đť•Ź and took similar actions against other websites it deems ideologically problematic |
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How the Regime Captured Wikipedia |
inside the cultural revolution at wikipedia, which pivoted it from a decentralized database of all the world’s knowledge to a top-down social activism and advocacy machine |
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