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In 2004, to promote “Napoleon Dynamite,” Fox Searchlight screened the movie for free hundreds of times, built a social network from scratch, and gave away thousands of Vote for Pedro T-shirts. 21 years later, I spoke to the people behind the campaign: www.marketingbrew.com/stories/2025...
How ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ rewrote the indie movie marketing playbook
In the summer of 2004, Fox Searchlight found an audience for the film by building a social network from scratch and screening the movie for free—hundreds of times.
www.marketingbrew.com
hyphens are important ❤️
December 20, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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wrote about (eyes go black) SIX SSSEEEEVVVEEEENNNNNNNN www.theringer.com/2025/12/16/p...
The Year “6 7” Ate Parents’ Minds
The most obnoxiously catchy phrase of the year means … nothing, which is probably why it took over everything in 2025
www.theringer.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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New from me: The internet promised the democratization of information, power, and expression. Now there are vanishingly few ways to be online that don't involve being a billboard.

I wrote about the weird — and sometimes devastating — experience of being *influenced*
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Confessions of the influenced
Behind every influencer is an army of the people mired in debt and mass-produced clutter.
www.theverge.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Oh it somehow got even more boring than the beige from last year www.theverge.com/24316196/pan...
December 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
i’ve been trying to remember the name of this gingerbread-flavored ice cream sandwich brand for like 30 years and it just… came to me. i can still taste them, they were so good…
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
i can’t believe he was shamed out of continuing the bamboo metaphor
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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If reading about college students using AI to cheat made you feel crazy, wait till you hear about where they get their news
Why college students prefer News Daddy over The New York Times
Zoomers get all their news from TikTok — and refuse to go elsewhere
www.theverge.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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the post should’ve been titled “bamboozled” but other than that, no notes ❤️
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
“longshot presidential candidate” is a hell of a type
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Credit where credits due: ol boy really delivered here lmao
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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i need a food writer to go undercover at the rich person grocery store, meadow lane, that is apparently serving raw chicken tenders www.vogue.com/article/we-v...
We Visited Tribeca’s Most Anticipated Gourmet Grocery Store, Meadow Lane—Here’s What You Need to Know
Two Gen Z Vogue editors make a beeline for New york’s buzziest new grocery store—and share their thoughts.
www.vogue.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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I LOVE reading @jamesherbert.bsky.social when he writes about a young player that excites him.

This, on VJ Edgecombe, is great:

www.cbssports.com/nba/news/vj-...
Sixers rookie VJ Edgecombe has been 'better than we could have hoped'
The 20-year-old guard, picked No. 3 in the draft, is already doing it all in Philly
www.cbssports.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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what if the last sentence to run through my brain as I depart this life is "she loved his eyes, blue as the flame"
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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everyone is acting like Epstein was uniquely illiterate when that is how 99 percent of rich guys over 70 email and text
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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everyone living around light pollution and clouds right now:
November 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
had a spiritual experience this afternoon
November 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
why did the nba post a video where you can’t see anything
nba.com NBA @nba.com · Nov 11
CLUTCH THREE AT THE BUZZER TO FORCE OT!!!
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
what a night
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
heard simple plan and avril at dinner go jays
October 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
i am a single-issue voter and my single issue is that special voting stickers are really important
we did it :’)
October 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Ok the Halloween voter stickers ARE really cute
October 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM