Ponniyin Selvan and RRR fanfiction gain popularity online as Indian stories garner interest Films and epics from India realise new outcomes and conclusions in the world of fanfiction. The Hindu · May 31, 2023
Caroline Ellison: How a young math whiz with an appetite for risk became a major player in Sam Bankman-Fried’s corrupt crypto empire After the fall of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX and the trading firm she ran, Alameda Research, the 28-year-old became an unlikely celebrity—and a public villain. Fortune · May 25, 2023
Ex-Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer admits spending $4B for Netflix—now worth over $140B—would’ve been a better ‘transformative acquisition’ than Tumblr Mayer, like Blockbuster executives, would later regret her thinking on Netflix. Fortune · May 6, 2023
OMG: Matty Healy And Taylor Swift Have Finally Been Papped Together I Need To Calm Down HUGE. Pedestrian.tv · May 4, 2023
More of the internet could disappear as load-bearing image host Imgur announces deletion of old content and NSFW images "We will be focused on removing old, unused, and inactive content that is not tied to a user account from our platform." PC Gamer · Apr 23, 2023
Reddit users’ favourite image-sharing site Imgur bans pornographic content Imgur is removing nudity, pornography, and sexually explicit content, to ‘remain a safe and fun space’ Evening Standard · Apr 21, 2023
Meet TAAHLIAH: The award-winning Glasgow DJ filling clubs around the world IT can be easy to get overwhelmed by the level of debate that takes place daily around the subject of identity. Whether it’s the questioning of a… The National (Scotland) · Apr 1, 2023
‘Corecore’: TikTok’s new anti-trend aesthetic movement The format’s roots date back to 2020, when it was originally referenced as an aesthetic on Tumblr before infecting TikTok Evening Standard · Mar 29, 2023
Cinephile hopes to turn home-made miniature film snapshots into new ‘art form’ Steve Berry has accrued thousands of followers on social media creating pop culture miniatures with millimetre-long props. The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2023
BioShock Infinite dev's advice to NSFW fan artists "would have been so much hornier" in 2023 "We’ve come a long way, baby" GamesRadar · Mar 28, 2023
Transit fans are on a quest to ride Chicago's ‘L’ in record time. It won’t be easy CHICAGO -- Daniel Buwalda and a group of friends arrived at the Linden Purple Line station before dawn on a cold, snow-covered February morning. Chicago Tribune · Mar 13, 2023
The week in audio: The Witch Trials of JK Rowling; Dear Daughter; Sisters – review The Harry Potter author talks about her struggles with fandom; Namulanta Kombo’s acclaimed World Service show returns; and Kaitlin Prest investigates sibling power struggles The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2023
Crikeycore: what is it and should Australians cringe at it? Why are young Americans nostalgic for non-existent childhoods filled with fairy bread, pass the parcel and venomous snakes? Doosie Morris explains it to Alyx Gorman The Guardian - AU · Feb 21, 2023
When Online Fandom Goes Too Far K-pop got me through my teen years, but celebrity obsessions have a dark side The Walrus · Jan 9, 2023
Salon · Dec 27, 2022 Why 2022 was the year of the mushroom From the couture runway to home kitchens, all things fungus are having a moment
Daily Mirror · Dec 27, 2022 People's minds are blown by felt tip pen hack that's a game-changer for 90s kids Many people are just discovering that there's a little-known trick to make dry felt tips work again, and all you need to do is add a little water to the pens to get the ink going once more
The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2022 How to start a blog: tips to make yours successful and profitable From the benefits of choosing a niche subject to building a community and bringing in income
Reason · Dec 2, 2022 New Movie Lists Honor Jeanne Dielman and 2001, Snub TikTok Friday A/V Club: Sight and Sound revises the film canon again.
Daily Mirror · Nov 30, 2022 Goncharov is Martin Scorsese’s 'greatest mafia movie' - but it doesn't exist In 1973 Martin Scorsese made his greatest ever mafia movie but the film has never been seen by the public as it doesn't actually exist. The acclaimed director recently joked he had actually filmed Goncharov - making fans go wild
The New Daily · Nov 28, 2022 Martin Scorsese joins in on the viral Goncharov 1973 meme Martin Scorsese has officially confirmed that he is aware of Goncharov 1973, a fake Scorsese film created by users on Tumblr.
The New Daily · Nov 25, 2022 Goncharov 1973, the greatest mafia film never made, is another internet masterpiece Millions have come together to create characters, plot lines and posters for Goncharov (1973), the best mafia movie never made.
The Guardian - AU · Nov 25, 2022 Goncharov: why has the internet invented a fake Martin Scorsese film? Thousands of Tumblr users have been making posters, soundtracks, drawings and fan fiction for a 1973 Scorsese film starring Robert De Niro – but it never existed
Bangkok Post · Nov 25, 2022 Welcome to Tumblr. Now go away. NEW YORK: Michele Catalano had mostly positive memories of Tumblr. When she joined the platform in 2009, two years after it started, it was a fledgling microblogging site with a friendly feel, she said, and a sense of community.
The New Daily · Nov 24, 2022 Five alternative platforms for Twitter expats As Twitter continues to see its user count dwindle by the minute, people are shopping around for their new digital home.
WEKU · Nov 24, 2022 Looking to leave Twitter? Here are the social networks seeing new users now Can a network like Hive Social or Mastodon foster the communities and conversations that thrived on the bird app's good days? It's too soon to know for sure, but many hope the answer is yes.