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The ivy-covered walls of elite schools and universities have long been a subject of intrigue, evoking curiosity about what happens within these institutions. The insular nature of academia has left many wondering: What do the students know that I don’t? This mystique, fueled by popular media from the juggernaut that is Harry Potter to the 1989 cult classic Dead Poets Society, feeds into the “dark academia” and “light academia” styles that have come to permeate the internet in recent years. On TikTok, you might find men sporting wool trousers, dark overcoats, and toting around leather-bound books, looking as if they were running to a lecture. While most microtrends tend to come and go in the TikTok era (a time of hyper-niche “cores” and “aesthetics”), academia has served as a constant source of style inspiration for millennials and Gen Z since the Tumblr heyday of the 2010s. Now, on just TikTok alone, there are over 700,000 videos under the #darkacademia tag, and over 80,000 under #lightacademia. Both dark and light academia deliver autumnal ensembles that look and feel like the first day of a new semester. Each aesthetic favors a layered outfit involving garments such as tweed jackets, chunky cable-knit sweaters

SYDNEY — One-fifth of Australian teenagers under 16 were still using social media two months after the country banned platforms from allowing minors, industry data showed, raising questions about the effectiveness of their age-gating methods. The number of 13-to-15-year-olds using TikTok and Snapchat, among the most popular social media apps with Australian teenagers, fell from before the ban took effect in December to February, but still more than 20 per cent used the apps, according to a report by parental control software maker Qustodio provided to Reuters. The data is among the first to show the effects on youth online behaviour since Australia rolled out the ban, which is being copied by governments around the world. The Australian government and at least two university studies are tracking the ban's impact but none has published data yet. "Among children whose parents haven't blocked access, a meaningful number continue to use restricted platforms in the months following the ban," Qustodio said in the report, which was based on data collected from Australian families from late 2024 to February. Under the ban, platforms including Meta's Instagram, Facebook and Threads, Google's YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat must block people aged under 16 or face a

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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — “Caramel macchiato!” That’s how Freddy Peralta punctuated an early-morning clubhouse basketball game — it seemed roughly like a one-on-one version of “21,” if you care — against reliever Luis García. The loser, Peralta explained later, has to buy the winner coffee. That mini basketball hoop in the Clover Park clubhouse, hung above the corridor just next to Francisco Lindor’s locker, has gotten more use this year than last. Peralta has been working on his shooting form as much as anyone, competing against García, against Francisco Alvarez, against anyone who wants to play. That game mentioned above against García? It came the morning of Peralta’s second Grapefruit League start. Most starters, even ones as amiable as Peralta is 80 percent of the time, become different people on their start days, spring included. Their focus is narrower, ears closed off to any extraneous noise. But Peralta? “I just be myself every day,” he said that day, “if I’m pitching or not pitching.” Peralta’s energy has been a refreshing addition to the Mets’ clubhouse.  » Read More

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Last week, Saikat Chakrabarti joined Hasan Piker’s Twitch livestream to discuss everything from his upbringing in a Bengali immigrant family in Texas to his dreams of nationalizing industries for the benefit of the public.  Just earning a guest spot with Piker, America’s most outspoken socialist influencer, who has three million followers on Twitch and millions more on Instagram and X, was a coup for Chakrabarti’s campaign to be the Democratic nominee for Nancy Pelosi’s seat.  Chakrabarti’s visit with Piker went even better than the nascent politico could’ve imagined. Not only did he make the Twitch chatroom of extremely online young leftists buzz with excitement, he apparently won over Piker, who gushed that Chakrabarti was “knocking it out of the park for every question.”  The interview raised Chakrabarti’s profile in one major way: Chakrabarti hit a 2026 high in internet searches of his name last week, the biggest bump since a slew of national press placements (and one short-lived scandal) in October and November last year, per Google Trends data.   Although much of Piker’s fanbase won’t be eligible to vote for the Congressional race in San Francisco (and, in fact, may be too young to vote even if they live here)

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Emmanuel Tupas - The Philippine Star March 14, 2026 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) has moved to restore access of internet users to social media platform Tumblr and 17 other websites that were blocked after a technical glitch inadvertently swept them into a nationwide crackdown against illegal online gambling operations. After a surge of reports from netizens about the sudden loss of access, the CICC launched an investigation into the service disruption. Initial findings showed that the system glitch flagged 18 domains that host legitimate platforms, including Tumblr, as accessories to illegal gambling operations. The error, the CICC said, resulted in an unintentional nationwide temporary access disruption, causing alarm among the platform’s Filipino user base.