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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ICE’s Plan to Monitor Social Media 24/7
by Taylor Lorenz on February 27, 2026
+ PewDiePieAI, sustainable abundance, MAGA influencers go solar, disappearing summer break, YT's newest teen sensation, giving birth on livestream, a plan to bathe entire cities in sunlight from space
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Why The Internet Is Broken
by Taylor Lorenz on February 23, 2026
+ Ai;dr, r/lanadelrey drama, total boomer luxury communism, American Girl novels, Benny Blanco livestreamer, Nicki Minaj bot farms, Slxughter, POLITICO's pink slime, and a YouTuber's fake ICE tip line
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Dumbphone Owners Have Lost Their Minds
by Taylor Lorenz on February 18, 2026
+ Burnout feminism, slop surgery, sleepcations, serftok, Meta's celeb wrangler -> OpenAI, American Girl Ozempic, chatbot cafes, Tinder voting, 13 yr old skincare CEO, how crying girls will make u rich
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They're Trying To Kill The Internet As We Know It
by Taylor Lorenz on February 9, 2026
+ Beast Banking, Clav's mogshot, a brainrot Reels slam poet, X's fake cancer cure problem, Polymarket Portal feet pics, AI Netflix, analog YouTube, Roblox ICE raids, and giving birth on Discord
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The Rise and Fall of Livestream Fail
by Taylor Lorenz on February 2, 2026
+ Moltbook mania, Minecraft protests, wellness anarchists, travelscrimping, GlamBOT controversy, Tinder for clankers, French Zohran, and escaping a Chinese Mafia crypto slavery scheme
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Can You Sue For Social Media Addiction?
by Taylor Lorenz on January 30, 2026
+ Slopagandists, WannaBeasts, r/massivecock vs ICE, America's Kill Line, peptide pushers, Boy Throb, viral armpitting, a new class of pro-Democrat dark money creators, and is Josh the new Karen?
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Why Conservatives Hate Brooklyn Beckham
by Taylor Lorenz on January 26, 2026
A Dramageddon drag show, ManyVids AI psychosis, the far right's new goth girl, 13 yr old AI founders, UpScrolled > TikTok, Rumble Shorts, IRL Heated Rivalry, and Tay Zonday takes on ICE.
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The New Satanic Panic Is Here
by Taylor Lorenz on January 23, 2026
+ Admin nights, Steal A Brainrot, GAP's AI orb, IG for fishing, influencer peptides, a16z's pro-AI creator class, and one man's journey from foreign correspondent to Uber driver in Trump’s America
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2016 Nostalgia Slop Is Taking Over
by Taylor Lorenz on January 21, 2026
+ Contentmaxxing, soft eugenics, Heated Rivarly lookalikes, a Reddit mod meltdown, AI relationship dealbreakers, IG's force friendship, Pentagon Pokémon, & how dumb phone owners have lost their minds
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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






