User Mag A tech and online culture publication by Taylor Lorenz, featuring original reporting on how the internet is reshaping politics, business, media, and culture.
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Ashley St Clair on trans rights, immigration, Elon and more
by Taylor Lorenz on January 14, 2026
+ Liquid content, choppelgangers, influencer lobbying, YouTube's vibecession, a $2,500 viral fleece, Gen Z's it vacation spot, China’s hottest app, the Diary of a CEO red pill pipeline, and Nigel Fara
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How ICE Makes Raids Go Viral
by Taylor Lorenz on January 8, 2026
+ Life under a Clicktatorship, shopaganda, OnlyFans visas, 365 button breakdown, the White House press briefing polymarket bets, NYTV.live, and the wildest products at CES this year
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Is anyone going to take accountability for this?
by Taylor Lorenz on January 6, 2026
+ Bo Zangeles, Terrorgram, friction-maxxing, Chinese peptides, a political influencer reality show, Tinder 4 Nazis, Trisha Paytas congressional run, the addictive world of livestream fashion auctions
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How Charlie Kirk Memes Are Radicalizing Gen Z
by Taylor Lorenz on December 17, 2025
+ Holiday hauls, digital homesteading, charm robots, a Netflix for Wikipedia, Ozempic Santa in sad beige SKIMS, Temu Amazon dupeception, IRL Hallmark jobs, and how to get your chatbot high on drugs
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Congress Is About to Break the Internet
by Taylor Lorenz on December 11, 2025
+ Chinamaxxing, vibe interviewing, a JoJo Siwa cruise, Disney x OpenAI, Operation Bluebird, Santa bones, Alan’s Universe, Próspera's implosion, and inside the dark world of crypto casinos
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A prediction market for shortform content
by Taylor Lorenz on December 9, 2025
+ TikTok's onion lady, total darkness retreats, an Apple bloodbath, looksmaxxer fraudmaxxing, Jake Paul's startup accelerator, Certified Bangers goes MIA, and tech bro etiquette school,
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Join our AMA on how 'online safety laws' like age verification censor abortion info and sex ed!
by Taylor Lorenz on December 4, 2025
+ Millennial optimism, Pentagon TikTokers, tabloids to Tumblr, Nick Fuentes clone army, Diaper Diplomacy, Somali trolling, and an incredible 445 page slide deck outlining cultural trends and insights
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None Of This is About Online Safety
by Taylor Lorenz on December 2, 2025
+ The Nepo Baby Met Gala, OpenAi's code red, Wiggles cancellation, Sabrina Carpenter vs Trump, face scans, AI holiday decor, Kimsmas, rage bait, and why Gen Z is treating cash like fake money
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The Platform Where Thousands of College Kids Can Livestream Their Dates
by Taylor Lorenz on December 1, 2025
+ Bird Game, slop evader, war prediction markets, Gen Z's Black Friday faves, Socialism AI, Luigi's day in court, horny lit girl winter, Zohran vs Dimes Sq, and fandom’s AI clout economy
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An Algorithm-Free Feed for $1,999/month
by Taylor Lorenz on November 24, 2025
+ Rizbulla, News Daddy, 9/11 for MAGA accounts, Phonk aesthetics, William Banks' latest stunt, a baguette recession, brand apologies, DOGE death, skincare Drybar, & wool of gay sheep passes woke test
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The Brands Propping Up Right Wing YouTube
by Taylor Lorenz on November 22, 2025
+ TheoBros, nation wide quarter zip meetups, family logos, advent calendar mania, Cluely's Carrie era, natsec moms, MS Now face, and a slop tax
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The MAGA Internet Meltdown Down Over Epstein w/ Brace Belden
by Taylor Lorenz on November 19, 2025
+ The Quarter Zip lifestyle, Nathan Fielder on Raya, MrBeast's theme park, Dasha Nekrasova's downfall, Labubu stocks, ChatGPT group chats, and the Charlie Kirk tribute song taking over Spotify
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The Anti-AI Grift + College Football Surveillance
by Taylor Lorenz on November 16, 2025
+ The great Kirkification Pop the Balloon dating, AI childbirth, apocalypse capitalism, Costco singles night, Vine 2.0, Trump Clinton shippers, flipping the camera, and a Ralph Lauren x-mas
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How Sydney Sweeney Lost The Culture War
by Taylor Lorenz on November 12, 2025
+ Certified Bangers, the Great Yassification, Nike’s non-binary furry, UES mama meltdown, the forehead kiss of doom and despair, human safari hunting trips, and the secret radical history of Santacon
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Right-wing influencers earn higher fees for sponsored posts than left-wing counterparts
by Taylor Lorenz on November 10, 2025
Sora strangulations, Slurmcore, Bearista breakdowns, a skincare line for 3 yr olds, fitness influencers' hotness problem, MrBeast + Dealbook, Rizzwiches, how far ChatGPT will *really* go
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Billionaires including Mark Cuban are backing a high stakes legal plot to destroy Citizens United
by Taylor Lorenz on November 3, 2025
+ 85% of top news content creators are men, Dare Market, AI podcast clones, frontal lobe breakups, AI generated Billboard hits, Curtis Silwa's babygirlification, PewDiePie vibe coding, racist TikToks
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Zohran hosted the first ever candidate press conference exclusively for content creators
by Taylor Lorenz on October 29, 2025
The event reached more than 77.3 million users across social platforms.
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Andrew Cuomo is going all in on MAGA influencers
by Taylor Lorenz on October 27, 2025
+ Ghost posts, Bestie Epstein, Gen Z's 'going out top,' Razzlekhan released, anti-facial recognition glasses, a new streamer award show, Eric Adams on Ziwe, goth girl autumn, & real estate's slop era
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Can Twitch Survive? CEO Dan Clancy at Twitchcon
by Taylor Lorenz on October 23, 2025
+ Vibe lifing, the GTA 6 twerk button, NBA ASMR, bricked smartbeds, YouTubers at the Pentagon, Musk's robot army, Sora pet videos, gooning mania, and inside MrBeast’s $100M day in court
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Livestreaming as the antidote to AI
by Taylor Lorenz on October 21, 2025
+ Long Halloween, Sora fetish content, Japan’s floptok icon, Trump vs Harry Sisson, Sombr drama, phone bans in bars, Group 7, AnthPo’s undercover stunt, and the tech right’s new Phyllis Schlafly






