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1,000 "Dark Brandon" signs were placed around Miami ahead of the third Republican Debate in Miami last November.

Politics & Government

Meme-ifying 2024: how some young organizers are working to get their peers engaged

11:27am January 22, 2024

by Elena Moore

Democrats are counting on young voters to come out in big numbers in 2024. And strategists say a strong online presence is a key way to keep them engaged. Which in part means, here come the memes.

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Artist Jonas Never (@never1959) applies finishing touches to his mural of Sen. Bernie Sanders in Culver City, Calif., on Jan. 24. Standing out in a crowd of glamorously dressed guests, Sanders showed up for the presidential inauguration in a heavy winter

Health & Safety

Memes about COVID-19 helped us cope with life in a pandemic, a new study finds

8:18am October 21, 2021

by Sharon Pruitt-Young

Memes could be a valuable way to help people deal with stressful situations.

Arts

'Disaster Girl,' The Stuff Of Memes, Sells For Nearly $500,000 As NFT

1:17pm April 30, 2021

by Avie Schneider

Zoë Roth was just 4 when her dad took a picture of her standing in front a burning house. That photo launched uncounted memes, and now the original copy has sold at auction as a nonfungible token.

Arts

Will Posting Memes Or Pro Wedding Pics Land You In Copyright Small Claims Court?

2:28pm March 12, 2021

by Neda Ulaby

Jeff Sedlik's Miles Davis portrait shows up all over the Internet, rarely with his permission, and there's not much he can do to protect himself. Enter the CASE Act, which sounds dull ... but isn't.

Namibian-German artist Max Siedentopf installed "Toto Forever" late last December while back home with his family in Namibia.

Music & Culture

A Sound Installation That Plays Toto's 'Africa' Is Waiting There For You In The Desert

4:28pm January 14, 2019

by Joshua Bote

The life of Toto's "Africa" has perhaps reached its logical end with Max Siedentopf's absurdist art installation "Toto Forever," which will play "Africa" in the Namib Desert "for all eternity."

"Baby Shark," a song that has inspired a worldwide dance craze, entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 32 this week.

Music & Culture

'Baby Shark' Has Crashed Into the Pop Charts. How Did It Get There?

3:32pm January 09, 2019

by Joshua Bote

The uber-viral children's song "Baby Shark" landed in the top 40 of the Billboard charts this week, years after it debuted on YouTube.

Drake's latest No. 1 hit "In My Feelings" shot to the top of the charts thanks to a viral dance challenge that had little to do with the rapper himself.

Music & Culture

Who's Entertaining Who?: How The Internet Picks Up Drake's Slack

10:53am July 20, 2018

by Sam Sanders

Drake's latest No. 1 hit "In My Feelings" shot to the top of the charts thanks to a viral dance challenge that had little to do with the rapper himself.

Andrew Knight holds a sign of Pepe the frog, an alt-right icon, during a rally in Berkeley, Calif., on April 27.

What Pepe The Frog's Death Can Teach Us About The Internet

1:23pm May 11, 2017

by Sam Sanders

His creator killed the frog in a comic strip, after the character spent much of 2016 tied to the alt-right. Pepe's sad tale is a modern parable of how awful the Internet can be.