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She Thought She Was Ghosted—But Her Date Was AI

A therapist takes us up close and personal into one woman’s “AI spiral”—and what it might mean for the future of intimacy.

Incels Were Angry. Looksmaxxers Are Doing Something About It.

Welcome to The Manthropologist, a column by Charlie Sosnick about the Internet and the male mind.

Welcome to Miss August's Summer of Love

She's meditated with Himalayan monks and followed Dead & Co to the very end. Lydia Bielen's next trip: Miss August.

Meet the “AI Pimps”: The Dudes Building Fake Cam Girls

They’re getting rich fast. Are you padding their pockets?

Gen Z Is Ruining Sex—For Everyone

How can anyone date when we're locked in a virtual prison constantly policing each other?

August 14, 2026

Tupac’s Friends and Family on His Legacy, 30 Years Later It's been three decades since the iconic rapper was killed in a drive-by shooting, now being prosecuted in court.

August 14, 2026

20 Questions: Ari Kytsya Kytsya opens up about her relationship with Yung Gravy, being a girl's girl, and her love of being a "mattress actress."

August 14, 2026

Incels Were Angry. Looksmaxxers Are Doing Something About It. Clavicular, the internet phenomenon who instructs boys on how to improve their looks using hammers and gray-market drugs, has his own teacher, a schlubby, bespectacled man named Master. Their recent encounter reveals something about the fragile—but potentially improving—state of masculinity.

Miss August

She's meditated with Himalayan monks and followed Dead & Co to the very end. Lydia Bielen's next trip: Miss August.