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      Why is the internet pitting Greta Thunberg and Malala against each other?
      https://www.vox.com/culture/467182/malala-greta-thunberg-jimmy-fallon-activism-israel-gaza
      Published: November 4, 2025 13:00
      You probably never thought you’d see Malala Yousafzai lip-syncing to a 4 Non Blondes/Nicki Minaj mash-up on TikTok with Jimmy Fallon. And yet the Nobel Peace Prize winner has spent the past couple of months churning out this sort of uncanny, “normie”…
    
  
    
      After the vibe shift, Ford ads got weird
      https://www.vox.com/culture/466618/ford-ads-marketing-trump-tariffs
      Published: November 3, 2025 11:30
      Every product sells itself with a story. The story Ford tells us is that its cars are America. Ford has described itself as the most American automaker. They make their cars in America, and have since Henry Ford developed the automobile assembly line and…
    
  
    
      Why peanut butter is back on the kids’ menu
      https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/466074/childhood-food-allergies-decline-early-peanut-feeding-study
      Published: November 3, 2025 11:00
      If, like me, you’re a parent of a young child, there’s one thing you’ve come to fear above all else. (And no, it’s not “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters played for the 10,000th time, though that’s a close second.)  It’s the humble peanut. Even if your child…
    
  
    
      The “welfare queen” stereotype is back — and it’s going viral
      https://www.vox.com/podcasts/466919/snap-benefits-shutdown-food-stamps-november
      Published: October 31, 2025 18:10
      On Saturday, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits — also known as food stamps — will run out for more than 40 million Americans. Those millions of Americans are collateral damage from what is thus far the second-longest government…
    
  
    
      The right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings. But they don’t understand it.
      https://www.vox.com/culture/466858/lord-of-the-rings-conservatives-right-republicans-elon-musk-jd-vance-peter-thiel
      Published: October 31, 2025 17:14
      Among the many humiliations of being American in the current moment is this: Members of the tech right and the conservative ruling class continually fetishize objects of nerd culture while also displaying a willful inability to grasp the very basic…
    
  
    
      The myth of the carnivore caveman
      https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/466465/hunter-gatherers-meat-myths-carnivore-paleo-maggots
      Published: October 31, 2025 10:30
      Across the far right, a paranoid prophecy has been taking hold: the belief that globalist elites want to take meat off the menu and replace it with insects. The charge has been spouted in one version or another by provocateurs like Tucker Carlson, Mike…
    
  
    
      Are you old, or do you know who Sombr is?
      https://www.vox.com/culture/466673/sombr-tik-tok-concert-controversy-explained
      Published: October 30, 2025 19:55
      An inevitable part of getting old is no longer recognizing the names of celebrities and musicians. Slowly and steadily, the more famous young and younger people get, the more their names will seem like incoherent phrases muttered by someone losing their…
    
  
    
      How pro sports gambled away the integrity of the game
      https://www.vox.com/today-explained-newsletter/466143/nba-sports-gambling-scandal-terry-rozier-chauncey-billups
      Published: October 27, 2025 11:00
      Last week, the NBA was rocked by the indictments of three current and former players, including the current coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, in connection with sports betting and rigged poker games. I with talked my colleague Bryan Walsh, who oversees…
    
  
    
      Why Taylor Swift made herself the villain
      https://www.vox.com/podcasts/466108/taylor-swift-album-life-showgirl-reviews-backlash
      Published: October 26, 2025 11:30
      Even with 38 ways to buy it, Taylor Swift’s fans aren’t living for The Life of a Showgirl.  When Swift dropped her 12th studio album earlier this month, people were already primed to hate it. As part of her rollout, she released a concerning amount of…
    
  
    
      Why every website you used to love is getting worse
      https://www.vox.com/technology/465922/enshittification-cory-doctorow-amazon-google-facebook
      Published: October 26, 2025 11:00
      TikTok and airlines have something in common with your search engine, your grocery app, and (increasingly) your car: They start out great, lock you in, and then quietly get worse while you keep using them. That very familiar decline now has a catchy name:…