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National

A new poll of young voters shows Harris with a commanding 31 point lead over Trump

5:25pm September 24, 2024

The poll from the Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics shows Harris well ahead among likely voters 18 to 29. It’s a promising sign for Harris, who is banking on high levels of youth support.

Minnesota Gubernatorial Candidate Rep. Tim Walz Holds Primary Night Event In St. Paul

'Midwestern Nice' and 'Fun Dad' posts abound after Tim Walz is named VP pick

3:16pm August 07, 2024

by Alana Wise

Walz's Midwestern-dad humor has endeared Harris supporters to the Minnesota governor and father of two, whose national visibility has been on the rise since Harris took over the Democratic ticket.

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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Imran Khan, Pakistan's former prime minister, during an interview in Lahore, Pakistan, on June 2.

World News

When Pakistan's politics get tough, Pakistanis respond with memes and humor

9:46am June 16, 2023

by Betsy Joles

Political humor in Pakistan has evolved over the years to evade censorship and other restrictions. After ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan's arrest in May, the internet exploded with memes and jokes.

A helicopter drops water to stop fire on Crimean Bridge connecting the Russian mainland and Crimean peninsula over the Kerch Strait on Saturday.

World News

First, a bridge strategic to Russia was attacked — then came the Ukrainian memes

10:45am October 09, 2022

by Ashley Westerman

Ukrainians celebrated the Saturday attack on a key bridge connecting the Crimean peninsula to mainland Russia by flooding social media with memes, which have become a staple of the conflict.

An image of babies doing parkour generated by DALL-E mini.

Arts

When machine learning meets surrealist art meets Reddit, you get DALL-E mini

5:01am July 05, 2022

by Kai McNamee

DALL-E is the AI image generator social media users are employing to crank out bizarre art memes that range from beautiful to horrifying.

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.

Health & Safety

Guffawing Through Face Masks: Some Turn To Gallows Humor To Cope With Pandemic

8:00am April 04, 2020

by Scott Simon

After others were aghast at her jokes, Lori Day formed a Facebook group to share dark coronavirus humor. "There are people in the group who are COVID-positive ... literally laughing from their beds."

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