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2024: The Year in Technology

December 27, 2024December 27, 2024 - by Various Contributors

Conversations about social media, artificial intelligence, and the ways our screens are shaping our identities

Media

Bluesky Promised Writers Freedom. Now It’s Feeling a Lot Like Work

December 19, 2024December 19, 2024 - by Tajja Isen

With every new platform comes the expectation to punch in as a professional, curated version of ourselves

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Media

Tech Titans Should Pay to Save Canada’s Newsrooms

November 29, 2024November 29, 2024 - by Marc Edge

It’s time to take seriously the idea of using digital taxes to rebuild journalism

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Technology

How Much Porn Are We Watching? A Lot

November 8, 2024November 8, 2024 - by Elaine Craig

And we’re watching more of it in public—buses, libraries, classrooms, and offices

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Health

The Multi-Trillion-Dollar Wellness Industry Is Making Us Sick

October 21, 2024October 25, 2024 - by Jonathan N. Stea

Alternative medicine has become a scrutiny-free wonderland for anything and everything

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September/October 2024 / Society

Social Media Is Helping Bring Indigenous Languages Back from the Brink

September 30, 2024October 7, 2024 - by Michelle Cyca

Government funding is dwindling. TikTok and Instagram are filling the gap

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Society

Does Being Called “Timmy” Make Me Less Manly?

September 9, 2024September 9, 2024 - by Timothy Caulfield

Online trolls think it’s cool to attack my masculinity. But “man up” is the lamest advice ever

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Politics

Kamala Harris’s Campaign Is Only Meme Deep. Can It Be Sustained?

August 19, 2024August 19, 2024 - by Michelle Cyca

The danger in trying to engineer viral moments

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Society

Meet the Granfluencers

August 8, 2024August 8, 2024 - by Nicole Schmidt

From funeral fits to dating hacks, elderly TikTokers are slaying online

Media

Journalists Are Becoming Cogs in the Outrage Machine

July 25, 2024July 25, 2024 - by Michelle Cyca

As the industry decays, social media has become a go-to place for tips and quotes. That’s a problem

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