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When we spend so much of our time online, we’re bound to learn something while clicking and scrolling. Discover something new with Mashable’s series I learned it on the internet. Welcome, dear reader, to the cozy world of crochet TikTok.  The term “safe space” gets a bad rap. Over the past…

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Moscow: "I'm an American!" a young Russian under the username Neurolera exclaims in English on the popular video-sharing app TikTok as she explains how to impersonate a tourist to avoid arrest at a street demonstration. Her video -- published ahead of rallies planned in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei…

Seemingly overnight, it became impossible to scroll social media without a skinfluencer talking about strengthening your skin barrier. Across Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok, skin care pros and enthusiasts have switched their focus from instant-gratification products like acids and peels to the somewhat unsexy stratum corneum (the technical term for your…

JoJo Siwa Comes Out By Wearing "Best Gay Cousin" T-Shirt Jojo Siwa is letting her actions speak for themselves. This week, the 17-year-old posted a TikTok video singing to Lady Gaga's hit song "Born This Way." At one point, the teen mouthed the lyrics, "No matter gay, straight, or bi,…

Malaysian beauty brand Dovell has blocked the public from viewing its TikTok account after it put up a video of a woman miming to captions implying that waxing vaginas could cause sexually transmitted diseases.  After apologizing for the “confusion” caused by its Wednesday video, the previously public account was set…

Who would have thought that social distancing would have provided us with great memes? The concept sounds odd, but as soon as a photographer caught Bernie Sanders sitting cross armed and isolated at President Joe Biden's inauguration, the internet knew that there was something truly inspirational there. That's how the…

At a moment when vaccines promise to end the coronavirus pandemic, emerging new variants threaten to accelerate it. The astonishingly fast development of safe and effective vaccines is being stymied by the glacial pace of actual vaccinations while 3,000 Americans die each day. Minimizing death and suffering from COVID-19 requires…

You know those friends that you communicate with entirely through gifs and TikTok links? Well, last week, my best friend sent me this: I've only ever played one Monster Hunter game, and it was Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate on 3DS. I was enjoying it, for the most part - I…

Meena Harris. Meena Harris Meena Harris, niece of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, has written her second children's book, entitled "Ambitious Girl." Illustrations were done by artist Marissa Valdez.  In the book, a young girl watches a woman on television be called "too ambitious" and "too assertive." In response, she vows…