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Welcome to the ‘Borax Challenge’
Among the fistfuls of reporting threads I’ve kept gripping over the years are two topics that recently converged in a TikTok story: health misinformation online and viral challenges. Welcome to the “borax challenge,” where people are drinking borax in water
Welcome to the ‘Borax Challenge’
Among the fistfuls of reporting threads I’ve kept gripping over the years are two topics that recently converged in a TikTok story: health misinformation online and viral challenges. Welcome to the “borax challenge,” where people are drinking borax in water
How AI reinforces systemic bias
Vox asked me to explain the many, many ways in which AI systems can reinforce biases, a topic that has become even more urgent with the introduction of popular generative AI tools. A lot of people who pay attention to
How AI reinforces systemic bias
Vox asked me to explain the many, many ways in which AI systems can reinforce biases, a topic that has become even more urgent with the introduction of popular generative AI tools. A lot of people who pay attention to
The children’s show ‘Bluey’ is a balm for stressed, child-free adults
At the end of 2022, during a very stressful time in my life, I started getting an avalanche of videos from a wholesome children’s show on my TikTok For You Page. This is how I accidentally became a fan of
The children’s show ‘Bluey’ is a balm for stressed, child-free adults
At the end of 2022, during a very stressful time in my life, I started getting an avalanche of videos from a wholesome children’s show on my TikTok For You Page. This is how I accidentally became a fan of
Dementia content gets billions of views on TikTok. Whose story does it tell?
This story of mine is the one I’m proudest of among everything I wrote in 2022. It’s about going viral, consent, and cognitive decline. There’s a lot written about the huge consent issues raised by “sharenting” culture and parents who
Dementia content gets billions of views on TikTok. Whose story does it tell?
This story of mine is the one I’m proudest of among everything I wrote in 2022. It’s about going viral, consent, and cognitive decline. There’s a lot written about the huge consent issues raised by “sharenting” culture and parents who
What happens when you donate your body to science
I recently took a pretty deep dive into a topic that has fascinated me for a long time: donating a body to science. I wanted to know about the whole process, how the bodies are used, and how things can
What happens when you donate your body to science
I recently took a pretty deep dive into a topic that has fascinated me for a long time: donating a body to science. I wanted to know about the whole process, how the bodies are used, and how things can