Italian Brain Rot exploded in 2025 as a surreal, AI-fueled meme genre featuring over-the-top Italian stereotypes, exaggerated accents, operatic music, and nonsense visuals that felt intentionally ...

As we say our goodbyes to 2025, we must bid adieu to the memes that came with it. It was a surreal year on the internet — many of this year’s memes leaned heavily into the brain rot that’s come with ...

There is a global mental-health crisis among graduate students in academia. Yet, in many countries, including Brazil, where I live, official data on the topic are scarce. In this vacuum, a powerful, ...

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On TikTok, some reckon that memes are less funny than they used to be, and have proposed drastic action. Hence, in 2026, TikTok memes are scheduled to change, wiping away the current slate of trends, ...

Two decades of hoa hoa hoa already? On Sunday, Oct. 5, Twihards all around the world will dust off their "Twilight" dog-eared and highlighted pages ("Your scent is like a drug to me, like my own ...

Republican leaders used sombrero and mustache memes to mock Hakeem Jeffries. Latino groups and Jeffries denounced the images as racist and disinformation. Critics urged GOP apologies and a return to ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) that he should ignore the AI-doctored videos President Trump has posted picturing him in a sombrero, calling them a ...

"oMg, diD tHe wHiTE hOuSE reALLy PosT tHis?" That became one of the most common reactions across the White House’s feeds. The answer was always yes. Serving as director of digital content for ...

Carleton University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. Carleton University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Why do images of Donald Trump as a galactic emperor ...