The Hand-Sanitizer Hawkers Aren’t Sorry
On Craigslist, you can find Purell for 10 times its normal price.
A Chart to Explain Your Entire Worldview
A simple grid from Dungeons & Dragons has become a way to categorize people, food, fonts, Shia LaBeouf acting roles, and everything else.
You Already Live in Quarantine
Being holed up at home has never been more pleasant.
The Official Coronavirus Numbers Are Wrong, and Everyone Knows It
Because the U.S. data on coronavirus infections are so deeply flawed, the quantification of the outbreak obscures more than it illuminates.
You Can’t Buy Memes
Michael Bloomberg is here to meme. But his controversial approach seems to misunderstand internet culture.
The Gig Economy Has Never Been Tested by a Pandemic
Companies such as Uber and Instacart have transformed the urban experience, but would they hold up if the coronavirus spread across America?
Cameo Is Weirder Than Anyone Expected
Welcome to the dark, chaotic, utterly mesmerizing soul of modern celebrity.
The Hard Drive With 68 Billion Melodies
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-re, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-mi … you get the picture.
Where Everyone Goes When the Internet Breaks
Downdetector is a simple, ugly utility, which becomes a weird little life raft for displaced communities when their websites crash.
The ‘Dating Market’ Is Getting Worse
The old but newly popular notion that one’s love life can be analyzed like an economy is flawed—and it’s ruining romance.
It Doesn’t Matter If Anyone Exists or Not
What a website that generates infinite fake humans tells us about modern life
Mapping Wikipedia
An unprecedented data set shows where the encyclopedia’s editors are, where they aren’t, and why.
How the Coronavirus Revealed Authoritarianism’s Fatal Flaw
China’s use of surveillance and censorship makes it harder for Xi Jinping to know what’s going on in his own country.
Tech Experts Are Pessimistic About Their Industry
Silicon Valley has hit a midlife crisis.
How to Murder Harry Potter
In “deathfic,” writers of fan fiction find unexpected comfort in killing off their favorite popular characters.
‘Pure Poison’ for a Scholarly Career
Researchers have spent centuries failing to decipher a medieval manuscript’s baffling drawings of plants, naked women, and astrological symbols. Is it worth the effort?
The Coronavirus Is a Data Time Bomb
It will be a long time before we understand what the outbreak did to the global economy.
Tinder’s Most Notorious Men
The users who reappear after countless left swipes have become modern urban legends.
How Your Laptop Ruined Your Life
Smartphones aren’t the only killers of work-life balance.
The Ethical Folly of ‘Modern Witch-Burning’
When Mike Nayna uploaded a viral video of a hate-speech tirade, he thought he was being a Good Samaritan. Then, the narrative got out of his hands.
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