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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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Fox News host Brian Kilmeade offers a solution to the unhoused: “Just kill ’em”

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Trump’s video about Charlie Kirk is being accused of using AI. A video editor explains what’s really going on

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“We won”: Surreal TikTok videos capture Nepal’s Gen Z uprising on the ground

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“Quite worrying”: JK Rowling shares garbled “AI slop” video while lashing out at trans rights activist

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