Italian Brain Rot exploded in 2025 as a surreal, AI-fueled meme genre featuring over-the-top Italian stereotypes, exaggerated accents, operatic music, and nonsense visuals that felt intentionally ...

In the world of social media, anything can be turned into a meme in a matter of minutes…especially if you’re a celebrity. One Instagram story or funny moment on a red carpet can become a widespread ...

As we say our goodbyes to 2025, we must bid adieu to the memes that came with it. It was a surreal year on the internet — many of this year’s memes leaned heavily into the brain rot that’s come with ...

The latest SpongeBob meme wave arrived with an unexpected source: an Ice Spice track written for The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants. The phrase "SpongeBob big guy pants okay" spread fast ...

Right-wing users have tapped A.I. tools to promote President Trump’s agenda. He took notice. By Stuart A. Thompson and Tiffany Hsu Loosely organized groups of self-described right-wing trolls and ...

From Jack Dorsey to Gen Alpha, everyone seemingly wants to go back to the internet of a decade ago. But is it possible to reverse AI slop and brain rot? Which implies, of course, that memes lack ...

Journal Editorial Report: Paul Gigot interviews Democratic Pollster Doug Schoen. Editor’s note: In this Future View, students discuss socialism. Next week we’ll ask, “What are you thankful for this ...

LB Beistad is a writer and musician based in Nashville, TN. Her love of gaming began with her cousin introducing her to Banjo Kazooie and Jak and Daxter. It was love at first play. Since then, she has ...

If you haven’t heard by now, the Louvre—the world's busiest museum—was robbed last Sunday. But this wasn’t the stuff of an Ocean’s Eleven film or The Da Vinci Code, conducted in the middle of the ...

Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) has surged in recent times, reigniting speculation of a short squeeze in the plant-based meat maker. Short interest on BYND was over 50% of the float as of Wednesday.