User Mag is Taylor Lorenz's publication covering internet culture, tech, and how online platforms shape politics, business and media. Issues are mostly podcast-style interviews and original reporting with journalists, academics and authors.
Website: https://www.usermag.co
A Substack from the founder of Sublime combining curated ideas with reflections on building human-centered products. Recent issues include notes on the limits of proxy metrics and a weekly interview series, Humanmaxxing, with tech writers on thriving in the age of AI.
Essays on internet culture, online subcultures and media, covering topics such as lolcows, AI-generated video trends and the habits of journalists chasing weird scenes. Readers get original cultural criticism that mixes firsthand reporting with analytic frameworks.
A personal essay blog by Dynomight covering biology, evolution, AI alignment and quirky reflections on internet discourse, with a wry, self-aware voice. Readers get speculative theories and playful philosophical takes on why the body and minds work the way they do.
A Substack of autotheory and autofiction essays about girlhood and identity in the 21st century, mixing personal anecdote, cultural criticism and internet-era references. Readers get voice-driven, satirical personal writing that turns encounters and online culture into commentary on gender, race and selfhood.
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