The Night Desk is a late-night dispatch for writers and other troublemakers. Check out the latest issue, “The Revolutionary Act of Making Something.”
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I wrote about the paradox of endless choice in the digital age. It's like running a marathon through quicksand.
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TikTok’s new 2x speed isn’t just making videos faster—it’s making our brains allergic to silence. The real rebellion? Watch something at normal speed. Let a thought linger. That’s how you win.
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"The revolution will not be televised" became "everything is televised." But are we seeing more or scrolling faster? When injustice goes viral for 24 hours before disappearing, did anything really change? New issue drops Tuesday.
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In 2010, the Redbox kiosk rented you The Hangover for a dollar. In 2024, it's an abandoned husk in a strip mall parking lot. But is the forgotten Redbox really a goner? A ghost in the machine, whispering hello. Find out in tomorrow's Night Desk.
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Here's some tech counterculture for you. Gen Z is bringing back flip phones to break out of the dopamine prison Big Tech built. That's Gen Z we're talking about here. The real flex in 2025? A phone that doesn’t own you.
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