"From the orca uprising to the Titanic disaster and rising sea levels, ocean-related stories are feeding into internet folklore – but why?"

"Downloads of audio porn apps like Quinn and Dipsea are soaring – here’s why"

"Zula Rabikowska spent 100 days travelling through former-Soviet countries meeting young people born since the fall of the Berlin Wall"

"Instagram and Facebook are considering reversing their notorious nudity ban"

"Brb, having a menty b about the cozzie livs x"

"From kink club nights to JustForFans content, Ryan Cahill lifts the lid on the armpit partialism scene"

"Almost 100 nations are developing their own centralised currency, sparking fears about rising totalitarianism – are we really one digital dollar away from living in an episode of Black Mirror? An expert weighs in"

"Cosplay commandos are posting nationalist thirst traps to mobilise the SIMPs – but why?"

"TikTok is flooded with anime face filters and companies like Lensa are transforming our selfies into virtual masterpieces using artificial intelligence – but who’s profiting from our selfies?"

"Pirated ebook site Z-Library was the bane of many authors’ and publishers’ existence, however Alison Rumitt – herself an author – isn’t celebrating its loss"

"Like a fried Oreo or Mars bar, but memes"

"Young women, non-binary and AFAB people in the UK are being denied everything from antidepressants to cluster headache medication solely because they are of ‘childbearing’ age"

"Last month, the UK quietly removed a pledge to protect abortion and sexual health rights from a multi-nation statement on gender equality – but why?"

"As the new exhibition WORLDBUILDING: Gaming and Art in the Digital Age opens, curator Hans Ulrich Obrist discusses the growing role of video games in our everyday lives"

Interpersonal economics is everything these days. Fun read by Sean Monahan💞