The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again

with decentralization and fragmented platforms, Anil Dash is optimistic for a revival of the personal, human web # | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 4 months ago

Internet sleuths search for a mystery pop song from a 17 second clip

Miles Klee on another low-stakes unsolved internet mystery, like Celebrity Number Six # | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 5 months ago

Rolling Stone’s oral history of School of Rock

charming inside story of making the movie from the cast and crew # | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 7 months ago

Taylor Lorenz on Julia Allison’s vilification as an early influencer

an excerpt from Extremely Online, Lorenz's upcoming book on the history of social media and internet fame # | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 7 months ago

Sinéad O’Connor dead at 56

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@rollingstone.com | 9 months ago

Imagining a Future with Surgically Inserted Earbuds and Whale Concerts – Rolling Stone

Annalee Newitz: When we imagine future tech, we usually focus on the ways it could turn humans into robotic workers, easily manipulated by surveillance capitalism. And that’s not untrue. But in this story, I wanted to suggest that there is a more subversive possibility. Modifyi … | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 10 months ago

The Iraq War Unleashed an Age of Grift. We're Still Living in It

would secure Jim Mattis ' reputation as the most celebrated Marine general of his generation came during meetings he hadn't wanted to attend. It was April 2004, a half-mile east of the Iraqi city of Fallujah, which had exploded in an insurrection that threatened to doom the Ameri … | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

“For the good of society… transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely,” far-right conservative Michael Knowles said, drawing raucous applause | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

Before 2020, there had been three federal executions in 60 years. Then Trump put 13 people to death in six months | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

The ex-president is planning his first tweets with a few months to go on his Truth Social contract | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

RIP Jeff Beck

Hall of Fame musician and former Yardbird guitarist dies following short bout with bacterial meningitis | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

Leaked Jan. 6 Committee Report Exposes Twitter's Post-Insurrection Chaos

In the immediate aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack, Twitter employees raged at their own company and its leadership, blaming them for the social media giant's inept handling of Donald Trump and other top MAGA figures' incitement to violence. "Do you want to have more blood on your h … | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

From Sinatra to SZA, from R&B to salsa to alt-rock | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

Trump's Jewish Allies Are 'Begging' Him to Condemn Kanye. He's Refusing

Republican Jewish activists, leaders, and perennial GOP donors are waging a behind-the-scenes pressure campaign to force Donald Trump into denouncing and disowning rapper Kanye West, Trump's on-and-off friend and political supporter. It's not working.(rollingstone.com) | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

Prominent Jewish and human rights leaders are circulating a letter asking the former president to distance himself from West and Nick Fuentes. A Trump advisor responds: “I’ve seen it, and I do not … | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

Musk's Beloved Twitter Polls Are Bot-Driven Bullsh!t, Ex-Employees Say

When Elon Musk wanted to bring Donald Trump's account back to Twitter, he turned to one of the platform's most familiar features to legitimize the move-a poll. A narrow 51.8 percent of his audience voted to " Reinstate former President Trump," leading the billionaire CEO to reins … | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

“Polls are more prone to manipulation than almost anything else [on Twitter]. It’s interesting, given his [Musk’s] use of polls,” Yoel Roth, the company’s former Head of Trust and Safety says… | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

From Fleetwood Mac classics to solo gems. | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

Jerry Lee Lewis has died

“The Killer” embodied rock rebellion with songs like “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” and “Great Balls of Fire,” but drew widespread outrage for marryi… | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

House GOP candidates have decided they don’t need corporate money, and big business doesn’t want to deal with the baggage — or the insurrection | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

Kanye West Wants to Build His Own Mini-City Called the ‘Yecosystem’

Two Yeezy sources say West’s plan for his own small “universe” has been in the works for years, describing it as a self-sustained enterprise that would have its own branded products and services… | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

National Archives calls out Trump for lying about George Bush storing docs

The independent agency described the former president’s claims about other presidents mishandling official documents as “false and misleading” | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

Russian Producers Obsessed with Three 6 Mafia Can’t Stop Going Viral (2021)

Kaito Shoma, Pharmacist, Lxst Cxntury, and others have been earning millions of streams on tracks heavily indebted to vintage DJ Paul productions | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

Potential Funders of Elon Musk’s Twitter Buy Are Walking Away

Two major investment firms, Apollo Global Management and Sixth Street, have reportedly ended talks to help finance the $44 billion acquisition | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

James Ball interviews Roger Waters about politics

In an explosive, wide-ranging interview, the Pink Floyd co-founder discusses his controversial views on Ukraine — and Russia, and Wikileaks, and Israel, and so much more.  | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

A ranking of the most game-changing, side-splitting, tear-jerking, mind-blowing, world-building, genre-busting programs in television history, from the medium’s inception in the early 20th century … | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

How Many Women Were Abused to Make That Tesla?

Seven women are suing the Elon Musk-led company, alleging sexual harassment | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

‘These Kids Are Dying’ – Inside the Overdose Crisis Sweeping Fort Bragg

A staggering total of 109 soldiers assigned to Fort Bragg died in 2020 and 2021. Dozens have lost their lives there to drug overdoses. Now, their families are demanding answers — and accountability… | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

Q Lazzarus, Favorite Behind ‘Goodbye Horses’ in Silence of the Lambs, Dead at 61

The artist, born Diane Luckey, had her music prominently featured in four Jonathan Demme movies — including Silence of the Lambs — but was never able to get a full-fledged music career off the grou… | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

The Trump Organization’s money man has agreed that, if called, he’ll testify against Trump’s companies | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

Geeks on the Frontlines

Inside a darkened conference room in the Miami Beach Holiday Inn, America’s most badass hackers are going to war – working their laptops between swigs of Bawls energy drinks as Bassnectar booms in the background. A black guy with a soul patch crashes a power grid in North Korea. … | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

‘Baby Al Capone’ Pulled Off a $24M Crypto Heist

Ellis Pinsky was a regular suburban teenager until he found his way into the underworld of internet hackers. In his first interview, he details the crime that nearly ruined his life | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

The Never-Ending Psychedelic Trip of Michael Pollan

With his new Netflix doc ‘How to Change Your Mind,’ the journalist and psychedelic advocate brings mind-altering — and life-changing — substances to the people | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

How the 'Justice League' Snyder Cut Was Driven by Bots and an Ad Agency

A WarnerMedia report reveals that bots and other inauthentic users bolstered the fan-led campaign for director Zack Snyder’s Justice League do-over | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

DHS, ICE buying up troves of cellphone data

Documents obtained by the ACLU suggest the federal agency has contracts with private companies to see people’s location based on cell phone records. Very cool and normal | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

The former president is planning on running for the White House — and away from the law | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

Like Father Like Son: Elon Musk’s Dad Has Secret Second Kid with Stepdaughter

 “The only thing we are on Earth for is to reproduce,” Errol said | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

Trump Bashes Elon Musk as ‘Bullshit Artist’ at Alaska Rally

The former president took aim at the billionaire for claiming he voted Republican for the first time last month. “He told me he voted for me,” Trump claimed | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

‘Disney Adults’ Became the Most Hated Group on the Internet

“People were saying Disney fans are a plague upon society,” says one expert. “That they will be the end of Western civilization” | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

Trump in recent weeks has told confidants that he sees no reason to defend the lawyer who tried to help him overturn the 2020 election, sources tell Rolling Stone | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Arrested for Unlawful Entry at U.S. Capitol

Comedian Robert Smigel among production team detained by U.S. Capitol Police for filming in Longworth House Office Building after it was closed to visitors | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

At Bay Area concert Saturday, Dylan plays American Beauty classic for first time since 2007 | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

The Satanist Neo-Nazi Plot to Murder U.S. Soldiers

A rogue G.I.’s trial exposes the depths of a murderous far-right ideology — and the FBI’s complicity in spreading hate | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

Trump officials privately mocked the Maine Republican in the run-up to Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing, predicting it’d be easy to get the pro-choice senator to vote for a seemingly anti-cho… | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

Depeche Mode Keyboardist Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher Dead at 60

Rock Hall of Fame musician co-founded the group in 1980 and remained with them for more than 40 years | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

It’s estimated that millions of Americans have developed chronic illness as a result of Covid-19 infection. For some — especially those in the gig economy — it’s made them unable to sup… | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 1 year ago

Gilbert Gottfried, Wickedly Funny Comedian with a Singular Voice, Dead at 67

The actor and stand-up died after a long battle with the heart ailment recurrent ventricular tachycardia | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 2 years ago

The Plot Against Occupy (2012)

How the government turned five stoner misfits into the world’s most hapless terrorist cell | Continue reading


@rollingstone.com | 2 years ago