Marina Galperina

Young people do hate AI. “Creatively, I get no enjoyment from using those tools. It defeats the purpose entirely for me,” 20-year-old director of A24’s horror hit Backrooms told The Australian. “To me, generative AI feels less like innovation than a symptom of a broader cultural and economic rot.” Read more about Backrooms on The Verge:

Randomized trial results of the experimental GLP-1, GIP, and glucagon drug shows that it may be too effective, while causing a whopping 11% of participants at the highest dose to drop out because of the severity of the side effects. In Optimizer, Victoria Song covered TikTok influencers pushing grey market knockoffs of “Ratatouille” and attempted to find out what was actually in them. (Please don’t buy shady “Retatrutide” from the internet.)

People seeking a mid-life career changes and work from home options flocked to a third-party, online cybersecurity course offered through NC State University. They say they were ghosted by instructors, taught “outdated information,” and laughed at by experts. The university claims the demand for non-traditional programs is “strong and growing.” Maarja Raudsepp told The News & Observer:

Critic Ben Davis rounds up the art words that helped him better process 2025. I think the term “delightmare” hits the spot:

Whether you’re still playing Hollow Knight: Silksong out of spite or not, the next patch will update cocoon locations to “prevent it spawning in inaccessible areas,” among other things. You’re still on your own with the red, bouncy flowers of anguish.

There has been some difficulty discourse around the Hollow Knight sequel. (Not getting into it!) Developer Team Cherry’s update 1.0.28470 patch includes some “slight” relief for those of us stuck battling early game bosses Moorwing and Sister Splinter. (Thank you!)

Vine was shut down eight years ago, along with its vast archive of iconic short-form video memes. Twitter owns its corpse, and Musk has been considering reviving it since 2022.