New episode Wednesday: James Del and I break down #phish 's theatrical side as he tells his stories of Halloweens past, especially focusing on 2021's "SciFi Soldier!" What exactly happened there? Was it a success? A failure? A sign of things to come? Available Wednesday!

NEW EPISODE! James Del gives his thoughts, memories, and theories about "SciFi Soldier." Phish's most inscrutable set, some loved it, some hated it, and a lot of fans didn't know quite what to think. We break it town today, wherever you get podcasts! linktr.ee/attendancebias

An all new episode of Deep Linkers is now available over at the Passionfruit YouTube channel: youtu.be/eHRTllG2r3s?si… We sit down with professional critic and “content” creator Dan Murrell to discuss his journey starting over at Screen Junkies and building his own channel.

The Ibiza Field Office is operational and decidedly not driving ourselves to dinner this evening.

One thing Asheville underscores for me is the inadequacy of so many media narratives about "climate havens."

"On a lighter note," Wilson asked as last night's live coverage concluded, "how many babies do you think will be born nine months from now?" Foxx roared with laughter and said "they better not name a single one of them Helene!" cnn.com/2024/09/30/med…

RFK Jr closes out his final day of campaigning

It's 2024 and the homepage of gawker.com is unironically sending traffic to the Joe Rogan Trump interview, just as Thiel always dreamed of.

Planning to spend your election night on the internet? Taylor Lorenz put together a list of some of the biggest livestreams to watch. passionfru.it/election-night…

I wrote about which content creators will be covering the election results LIVE and where to tune in on Twitch, YouTube, and more passionfru.it/election-night…

if the nyt workers are able to successfully prevent the needle from being published it will be one of the greatest achievements for organized labor since the invention of the weekend

Steps to completing a con: 1) Grab the cash 2) Run

I've had a lot of thoughts over the past week, but I keep coming back to the fact that I've spent the last decade trying to explain to editors and newsrooms why covering the internet is important. And they didn't listen, so now we are here. passionfru.it/internet-cultu…

"Online culture is just culture — the way we interact, speak, live is now mainly through a glass screen we keep next to our car keys. The platforms that we exist on are controlled by tech oligarchs that have direct ties to the new government." Steven Asarch passionfru.it/internet-cultu…

“I’ve learned that while the internet is capable of empowering great evil, it also allows us to band together to make a change. And we need change more than ever that isn’t fueled solely by angry white men.” ✍️:Steven Asarch passionfru.it/internet-cultu…

The claims of mistreatment and abuse on the sets of the Beast Games were not "blown out of proportion." The crew members and contestants I spoke with were hurt, underfed, and mistreated by a production that only focused on getting the shot. "None of our production managers or

"I swear, I was called a fucking idiot or the r-word on a daily basis" -Former MrBeast employee via passionfruit

Passionfruit spoke to two former #MrBeast employees about their experience working in the early days of his YouTube channel. 👀 Matt Turner, MrBeast’s former editor, expands on his experience previously touched on in 2019. ⬇️ Watch the full video here: youtu.be/uKoSFqGsE_g

After much hype, OpenAI has finally released Sora, its artificial intelligence video generator. The controversial feature, which has already caused panic and protest in the creator economy, is available for those with a premium subscription to ChatGPT. passionfru.it/openai-sora-ar…