Culture Archive
Archives for October 2024


Autumn is being eaten by a deluge of AI slop.


A new book explores the world of tax havens and techno-utopias, and asks if they can be used for good.


Everything we (actually) know about Liam Payne’s death.


In the new movie, Sebastian Stan’s Trump is built of grievance and gilding.


They didn’t listen to Hurricane Milton evacuation orders. Then they posted through it.


Laraaji — ambient musician and onetime actor and comic — on laughter, surrender, and transcending the thinking mind.


Everybody’s in LA’s week-long stint is over. It still might point toward the streamer’s future — and the comedian’s.


Essayist and author Meghan O’Gieblyn on the meaning of art in the age of artificial intelligence.


Disability advocates spent a decade campaigning against the slur. Now it’s coming back.


The Menendez murders seemed inexplicable. They’re not anymore.



Millennials are less likely to get divorced than their parents. Why?

Most men are walking red flags, according to TikTok.

Divorced people deserve gifts and parties too.

