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Lady Bits #2: On genderless Siri, shitty NASA, and clitoris games
This month, we talk about genderless voice assistants, NASA being shit, and what the fuck happened during the Lady Bits launch. ...
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Meet Lady Bits, our new newsletter by women for women
Earlier today we tweeted out that we were starting a new newsletter called Lady Bits with no context — that was a mistake, and we're sorry. We're actually launching a newsletter by women, for women, highlighting women's stories, in STEM and beyond. We want this to be a lighthearted ...
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Back with the Ex is definitely Netflix's worst original show
With legions of data at its disposal, Netflix churns out original shows faster than anyone with a job — or a life — can consume. And while they’ve got a serious shot at the Oscars this year with Roma, Netflix has served us some real stinkers — and I’m here to save you from ...
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5 lessons we forgot we learned from our year-long newsletter experiment
Last week was our beloved/behated daily newsletter's first birthday. We published an article looking back at the seven ...
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7 lessons we learned from our year-long newsletter experiment
One year ago today, our daily newsletter, Big Spam, was born. And oh what a year it's been. Big Spam, if you don't know, is a sassy love/hate letter to technology that we handwrite daily. Besides for delivering the most important tech news of the day, BS also has polls, disgusting ...
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I communicate with my parents via email... is that weird?
Parents are weird — you love them, but also want them as physically far from you as possible. Until you miss them, or want them to help you with laundry, or want to drink their expensive alcohol, and then you're back on their couch for a month, and their biological attachment to ...
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Sorry to bother you, but I apologize too much over email
After clearing out my emails and private messages, I realized I'm never sorry — but every other thread or message I send starts with an apology. “Sorry to bug you!” “I was just wondering…” “...Totally fine if not.” Why do I apologize for existing in every email I ...
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Good internet things, brought to you by new media artist Omayeli Arenyeka
We sometimes have new media artists take over our daily newsletter, Big Spam. If you like what you've read, you can subscribe here. Hi everyone! Hope you’re doing well, today I’m going to do what every newsletter swears they won’t do and spam you! But first, a little bit ...
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10 ways to annoy your coworkers on Slack
If you work at a company with remote workers or just a buttload of employees, odds are you’re using Slack to communicate. ...
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My colleague Googled my dad and it got weird
The other day, my colleague Googled my dad. I can’t remember why, so don’t ask, but he sent me a 20-year-old photo ...
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I grew up in a house that shared one phone charger — and survived
My parents were ahead of the curve when it came to digital paranoia and found a solution to parenting digital age—only ...
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Stingy with your Instagram likes? Us too
It all started with a tweet. A really really good tweet: Why are people so stingy with their likes on Instagram? I ...
