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June 27, 2020

‘PizzaGate’ Conspiracy Theory Thrives Anew in the TikTok Era

WASHINGTON — Four minutes into a video that was posted on Instagram last month, Justin Bieber leaned into the camera and adjusted the front of his […]
June 24, 2020

It May Be Time to Dust Off Your Roller Skates

Whether you’re scrolling through TikTok or people watching at the park, it’s hard to ignore skaters gliding by this summer.
May 18, 2020

The Joy of Looking at the Lives of Strangers

ImageCredit…Illustration by Rebecca Lieberman/The New York Times The Joy of Looking at the Lives of Strangers By Scrolling through my Instagram search page is hope for […]
May 15, 2020

9 Top (and Stubborn) Design Trends

Being confined to my home for the last two months has led me to think deeply about subway tile. It neatly covers my kitchen backsplash, and […]
May 13, 2020

Tabitha Brown Is Spreading Joy and Veganism on TikTok

“You want a smoothie bowl? Well, let’s make one.” Tabitha Brown is in her kitchen, cellphone in hand, filming one of the short videos that have […]
May 7, 2020

How Hip-Hop Royalty Found a New Home on Instagram Live

If March 11 — the date the NBA suspended its season and Tom Hanks announced he’d contracted the coronavirus — was when it became clear that […]
April 26, 2020

At Home With Diplo, Livestreaming on Instagram

Around 10 p.m. on a recent Saturday night, the party really found its groove. Diplo, the D.J., songwriter, and record producer, was holding court behind a […]
April 22, 2020

Wait … Is Twitter Good Now?

ImageCredit…The New York Times We spend a lot of our days chatting with each other about things we see online, trying to make sense of it […]
April 17, 2020

5 Artists to Follow on Instagram Now

Ask me most days what I think about Instagram, and I will tell you: a scourge. The social photo platform, and the cameraphone more generally, have […]
April 16, 2020

How Does a New Yawker Tawk?

Surfacing How Does a New Yawker Tawk? The #BestNYAccent challenge on Instagram brought out the sound of an unflappable city. By For a city whose residents […]