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  1. Issue · Sep 27, 2026

    Internet Critic 007: A Year of ‘Getting Killed’ (opens the original)

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    I. AI/Internet-Induced Psychosis: A “Sign of the Times”On April 14, WIRED declared: The Fanfare Around the Band Geese Actually Was a Psyop.A viral Substack article from Eliza McLamb pointed at the connection between Geese and Chaotic Good Projects, a digital marketing company that developed UGC (User-Gene

  2. Issue · Sep 1, 2026

    Internet Critic 006: The Uber Rider Rating (opens the original)

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    Life feels more like Black Mirror than ever. Meta glasses feel oddly reminiscent of “The Entire History of You” (Season 1, Episode 3), set in a dystopian future where people receive memory implants that give them access to recordings of everything they hear, see, and do. The Beast Games reminds me of “Fifteen Million Merits” (Season 1, Episode 2), where Daniel Kaluuya’s character spends his life’s savings to appear on a game show so that he can escape indentured servitude; and although his frien

  3. Issue · Jul 26, 2026

    Internet Critic 005: The (Brief) Pharaonic Era (opens the original)

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    After writing my last Substack article, I finally bought a plane ticket to Egypt after spending seven years away. I had no idea whether or not they would win their first-ever game in a World Cup knockout round, especially after only recently winning their first game in a World Cup match ever. A part of me felt foolish, a part of me felt blinded by faith… Read more

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