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A biblically accurate guide to the 2010s (Part 2)

A biblically accurate guide to the 2010s (Part 2)

Plus a Harry Styles comeback

2010s

A biblically accurate guide to the 2010s (Part 1)

A biblically accurate guide to the 2010s (Part 1)

Plus "Heated Rivalry" is fueling the hottest club night in town

2010s

Is AI an existential threat to ragebait storytimes?

Is AI an existential threat to ragebait storytimes?

Plus Trisha Paytas wants to run for Congress

Discourse

Is 2026 gonna be like 2016?

Is 2026 gonna be like 2016?

Plus "hey so it actually only has to make sense to me for me to do it and I don’t feel like explaining it to anyone else"

2010s

Lock in those 2026 predictions now

Lock in those 2026 predictions now

Plus my songs of the year <3

Trends

Yappy Holidays!

Yappy Holidays!

Plus a peek into 2026 trends

Music

A year in memes

A year in memes

The last full Yap Year newsletter of the year!

Memes

This one's for the Throb Mob

This one's for the Throb Mob

Plus RIP Rob Reiner <3

Music

How can I get a ticket for the SS Jojo Siwa?

How can I get a ticket for the SS Jojo Siwa?

Plus a "wicked" Google easter egg

Round-Up

Do you want to live forever?

Do you want to live forever?

Plus Fyre Fest founder Billy McFarland finally put on a festival

AI

Did Spotify just call you unc?

Did Spotify just call you unc?

Plus Miley Cyrus is engaged <3

Trends

+1

MM, flip it around...

MM, flip it around...

Plus the end of the Tiny Meat Gang Podcast and just the start for Boy Throb

Trends

Forced breaks

Forced breaks

We'll be back with our regularly scheduled programming next week

Trisha Paytas fans showed up for "Beetlejuice"

Trisha Paytas fans showed up for "Beetlejuice"

Plus ongoing AI music drama on TikTok

Round-Up

On the frontlines of the art vs content battle

On the frontlines of the art vs content battle

Plus unionizing efforts at a digital media company and an animal-themed rock playlist

YouTube

+1

Lore Drop: Rolling Stone's CT Jones

Lore Drop: Rolling Stone's CT Jones

Plus a serial celebrity event crasher and an honest-to-God Vine reboot

Lore Drop

Blurred realities

Blurred realities

Plus an it girl astrology quiz (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧

AI

An AI artist is charting

An AI artist is charting

Plus ways to support recently laid off journalists

Music

The Very Online costumes that won Halloween

The Very Online costumes that won Halloween

Plus Zohran Mamdani's pre-Election Day weekend

Trends

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This influencer is getting flamed for calling condoms cringe

This influencer is getting flamed for calling condoms cringe

Plus more "Love Island USA" controversy and the wrong Bill de Blasio

Discourse

Let's talk about the "Olandria Challenge"

Let's talk about the "Olandria Challenge"

Plus a crypto criminal released early and Sabrina Carpenter's latest "Juno"

Discourse

Meet the internet's new favorite cross ship

Meet the internet's new favorite cross ship

Plus Harper's deep dive into gooners and rising pop divas

Fan Culture

Sh*tposting toward tyranny

Sh*tposting toward tyranny

Plus a Twitchcon attack and more AI disdain

Dan and Phil are here to serve PHUNT

Dan and Phil are here to serve PHUNT

Plus tributes to Liam Payne and Britney Spears speaks out

Round-Up

Welcome back, King Kylie

Welcome back, King Kylie

Plus Trisha Paytas in "Beetlejuice" and Clairo's subreddit

2010s