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Tagged: Internet culture
29 links tagged internet culture from 10 Things, our fortnightly pick of the best things online.
The Era of Bleh
As AI quietly writes more of our knowledge work, Aaron Horwath watches everything slide toward sameness.
In case you want to travel back to the 80s
The Weather Channel takes us back in time with a localized, nostalgic forecast that feels like a digital time machine.
Living in the Screen Space
The internet is no longer a destination we visit but an environment we inhabit, requiring a new philosophy of digital space.
Digital Vivariums
Artist Mark Dorf crafts "non-human nature" through infinite livestreams that challenge where the forest ends and the pixel begins.
itsnicethat.comInternet cultureWikipedia, human edition
On its 25th birthday, Wikipedia shifts the spotlight from platform to people, celebrating the volunteers behind the world’s shared knowledge.
creativeboom.comInternet cultureA Whimsigoth Witch Takes Over the Internet
Animator Bree O’Donnell’s dark, dreamy 3D universe channels girlhood, fantasy, and self-authored mythology. It’s unapologetically strange and magnetic.
A Year, Reassembled
Matthew Stasoff’s annual ritual of revisiting bookmarks, screenshots, and half-formed ideas. It’s messy, personal, and surprisingly insightful.
docs.google.comInternet cultureThe Style That Shaped the Streets
Two decades of street style, told by those who lived it. From Tumblr grids to TikTok cores, Highsnobiety’s oral history traces how everyday fits became fashion canon.
This Vape Pen Is Now a Web Server
In case the internet wasn’t weird enough: someone just turned a disposable vape into a functioning web server. It’s ridiculous, brilliant, and very on brand for 2025.
The Brain Rot Debate, Explained
In the latest episode of Diary of a CEO, a fiery debate between neuroscientists, designers, and skeptics takes on the most controversial claim in the field.
Echoes from the Lost Internet
What we can still learn from a Flash Website built in 2000.
We All Have ‘Archive Anxiety’ Now
As online access to information becomes increasingly restricted, even the noblest feats of preservation and archiving are being hijacked.
Immerse yourself in our unique celebration of curiosity
Over 10 years and 3000 links later we reached an exciting milestone –– and to celebrate our 300th issue of the team’s favourite links from over the years, we celebrated with an immersive microsite where you can explore, learn and find those unexpected sources of inspiration.
Drowning in slop
A thriving underground economy is clogging the internet with AI garbage — and it’s only going to get worse.
Inside the internet’s Am I the Asshole ecosystem
This article delves into Reddit’s “Am I the Asshole?” (AITA) subreddit, how it’s become a cultural phenomenon and how gossip, morality and connection are integral to human nature.
Does Gen Alpha have “brainrot”?
Not here to fuel an intergenerational spat, but this article explores Gen Alpha’s concept of brainrot, and how it actually may have created a healthy boundary between them and their technology.
link.vox.comInternet cultureA historic ruling against Google could change the internet as we know it
A shift in how big tech can expected to be properly regulated in the US.
We Need To Rewild The Internet
What do forests and the internet have in common? When we simplify complex systems, we destroy them, and the devastating consequences sometimes aren’t obvious until it’s too late.
The (unpretty) State of Culture, 2024
Ted Gioia is seeing a culture shift where tech is exploiting dopamine for profit, leading to a decline in happiness and the rise of a post-entertainment society focused on addictive distractions.
My McLuhan lecture on enshittification
An examination into the process of “enshittification”, a term coined by author Cory Doctorow about how platforms colonized the internet, why all those platforms are degrading so quickly, and why it matters.
The Stanley Water Bottle Craze, Explained
People are spending thousands of dollars on Stanley water bottles in multiple colours — you can catch people on TikTok opening cupboards to reveal huge collections. But are people yearning for multiple water drinking vessels?
The Strangely Beautiful Experience of Google Reviews
A chaotic yet wildly entertaining experience of people’s thoughts - the good, the bad and the ugly.
It's not just you. LinkedIn has gotten really weird.
From sharing intimate details about divorce to shy-bladder syndrome are we okay with more vulnerability on this “professional platform” and how much is just TMI?
Why the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymore
From AI chatbots with various “sassy” personalities to Musk’s chaotic approach to Twitter, sorry X. When did we actually last enjoy the internet?
You Probably Don’t Know What ‘Phubbing' Is, But You Do It Constantly
If you don’t know what this means, trust us, you’ve definitely done it before, but why do we do this?!
How to log off
Experts share advice on how to forge a healthier, happier relationship with your devices and the internet - a mini-guide on how to log off.
The Internet Isn’t Meant To Be So Small
The death of Google Reader matters: an exploration into why the internet shrank in size, and well unsurprisingly it’s all down to social media.
Opinion: An internet that women want? It looks like this
With a continued gender divide even online, here is how six experts envision an internet that works better for women.
The Strangely Beautiful Experience of Google Reviews
A chaotic yet wildly entertaining experience of people’s thoughts - the good, the bad and the ugly.
