6-7? Aura farming? 2025's viral internet slang, explained

Each year, the internet gives birth to a new lexicon, one that's as fast-moving and unpredictable as the online trends that ...

Pink and Yellow Font Theory Is Blowing Up—What It Really Means

Colors are not just colors anymore, at least according to TikTok users. Here's what it means if you run into yellow font ...
The Conversation

What Canada’s public sector voting divide could mean for future elections

Matt Polacko receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Peter Graefe has received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. He is a ...
The Hill

Read: Full text of the National Defense Authorization Act

Congressional leaders on Sunday released the text of the national defense and security package, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The budget for the Department of Defense is $8 billion ...
Newsday

Even-year local elections mean unequal voting rights

This guest essay reflects the views of Brookhaven Town Supervisor Dan Panico, a Republican from Center Moriches. New York City voters recently rejected a proposal to move their local elections to even ...
The New Yorker

What Does “Capitalism” Really Mean, Anyway?

In September, 1639, John Winthrop, the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, recorded in his journal a dreadful tale of Puritan true crime. One Robert Keayne had prospered as a London merchant ...
Android Police

Google Pixel’s emergency satellite texting touches down in a new region

Rajesh started following the latest happenings in the world of Android around the release of the Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S. After flashing custom ROMs and kernels on his beloved Galaxy S, he ...
Nature

If the AI bubble bursts, what will it mean for research?

After years of hype and ballooning investment, the boom in artificial intelligence technology is beginning to show signs of strain. Many financial analysts now agree that there is an ‘AI bubble’, and ...
WHYY

For those still out of the loop, here is what ‘6-7’ means

Though the phrase, which comes from a song by Philadelphia rapper Skrilla, may not have one specific meaning, its widespread use in youth culture is unmatched. File - The intersection of 67th and ...
The New Yorker

The Meaning of Trump’s Presidential Pardons

A Presidential pardon, like sainthood, must be assiduously pursued in order to be obtained, but not openly desired. Last Monday, when Rudy Giuliani received a remarkably broad pardon from Donald Trump ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel

Editorial | An off-year election with meaning

It’s a seemingly insignificant Election Day — an off-year vote of discordant voices and divisions exemplified in two local ballot measures and likely changes afoot nationally. The local election has ...