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Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

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Discord announced the new “Teen By Default” program, and the internet answered with the “Age Verification” meme

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‘Go back to the sewer’: Bluesky users fight to keep the worst posters on Musk’s X from joining

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Bluesky is about to get Russiagated

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