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culture and trends | tips & hot goss: daysia.tolentino@nbcuni.com | she/her | find me elsewhere 👇
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I looked into OpenAI’s new anti-cheating tool. Turns out you can just ask ChatGPT to fool it. In our tests, the AI detection tool caught none of the answers written by ChatGPT when we asked the AI to sidestep it. From me and
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Yesterday published a piece tracing ’s links to esoteric and far-right imagery. It was taken down less than 12 hours later, retracted with an editors note that called it a “conspiracy.” I talked to the writer about the piece.
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looking for culture pitches for polygon! fandom, people focused, trend, streaming, + subculture stories related to video games and blockbuster film/TV. not looking for reviews. (thread has more info and examples) send to nicole.clark@polygon.com; pay starts at $300 for reporting
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this excellent. worth noting was a zero percent chance of getting something like this published as straight “news” in 2014 or 15. Instead It would have been a piece full of police “experts” explaining how *actually what the cops did was reasonable”
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The Love Issue of This Is Why is out now! 💘💘💘 and I wrote about 's Fleishman Is In Trouble, and we've got some Valentine's Day gift ideas (it's 2 wks away ppl!!!) for u all. PLUS check out our cute playlist of fave luv songs 👼👼
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I enjoyed talking to about how language change is proceeding at a breakneck speed on Tiktok, and how this affects how we think about what others are supposed to know!
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finally wading into the mascara vs “mascara” vs #mascaragate discourse. yes, my brain hurts: nbcnews.com/news/mascara-c
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After twenty years, the ubiquitous, storied Stripperweb forum is shutting down on February 1. No one knows why. I wrote about how the community has come together to archive their collective history and attempt to track down the forum's elusive owner.
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Episode 3 of “The Last of Us” left some queer gamers shook. This week, the show focused on Bill and Frank, a gay couple mentioned only in passing in the game. One gamer described to me what the episode represented in one word: “Hope.” #TheLastOfUsHBO
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Andrew Tate spoke extensively about his business before his arrest. In archived footage, Tate described breaking a woman's jaw, moving to Romania to avoid rape prosecution, and keeping women locked inside. Deep dive from and
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Describing #CoreCore is a nearly impossible task. The TikToks — mashups of memes, viral videos, movies and TV — evoke nameless feelings in the viewer. The often nihilistic videos have unintentionally given some a sense of community. From me for :
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my latest, on why for Asian women, who contend with historical pressures from both within the community and beyond to make themselves small, Michelle Yeoh’s refusal to wrap up her acceptance speech when the exit track began to play had a deeper meaning.
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“Rick and Morty” co-creator and star Justin Roiland was charged with felony domestic violence in Orange County, California after a January 2020 incident involving a woman he was dating at the time, the criminal complaint says.
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announced the closure of its US stores yest. i spoke with laid-off employees + some experts about the decision, the apparent one-day notice given to employees, and how the fallout can further impact the brand’s reputation among gen z
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since everyone seems to do this every year and this is the first year I can (!!!) here’s some of my favorite stories I wrote this past year! Cranked out 212 stories this year which far and away is the most writing I’ve done in my career thus far, and these are some of my favs:
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