Adam Bumas

Head of Research and Associate Editor. Chart aficionado.

What does Spotify popularity actually mean?

Nov 7, 2025

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13 min read

What does Spotify popularity actually mean?

Read to the end for "vessel alert"

Here's who's running Trump's digital offensive

Oct 23, 2025

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13 min read

Here's who's running Trump's digital offensive

Read to the end for a good liked post

Oct 15, 2025

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10 min read

Who gets to dox and who gets doxxed?

Read to the end for salt daddy

Oct 3, 2025

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13 min read

Dying an influencer's death

Here's your Garbage Intelligence for September 2025

Sep 12, 2025

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9 min read

Charlie Kirk was killed by a meme

Making sense of our dark new era of extremely online political violence

Sep 5, 2025

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11 min read

"Silksong" crashed Steam

Here's your Garbage Intelligence for August 2025

Aug 25, 2025

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12 min read

A/B testing your anti-woke meltdown

Read to the end for some real good copyright infringement

Aug 8, 2025

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11 min read

This is officially the summer of K-pop

Here's your Garbage Intelligence for July 2025

Aug 1, 2025

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4 min read

Kamala's perpetual "Veep" episode

Read to the end for volunteer firefighter Spike the Bearded Dragon

Jul 18, 2025

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3 min read

Trump can't shake the Epstein story

Read to the end for a well-rendered pigeon

Elon wants to add MechaHitler to your car

Jul 11, 2025

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5 min read

Elon wants to add MechaHitler to your car

Read to the end for the Labubu fleshlight

Jul 4, 2025

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11 min read

Something's very wrong with Instagram

Here's your Garbage Intelligence for June 2025

Jun 20, 2025

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3 min read

Let them fight

Read to the end for Mr. Strobbery

Jun 13, 2025

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3 min read

Posting through it is bipartisan

Read to the end for Hot Girl bike in Toyko

Jun 6, 2025

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11 min read

MAHA is real big on Facebook

Here's your Garbage Intelligence for May 2025

May 30, 2025

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3 min read

RFK's AI hallucinations

Read to the end for Pittbert

May 23, 2025

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4 min read

OpenAI’s mysterious “secret device”

Read to the end for an awesome Mixtec drinking cup from Zaachila, Mexico

May 16, 2025

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3 min read

DOGE is getting a new owner

Read to the end for an incredible own

The race to download Chinese shopping apps

May 9, 2025

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10 min read

The race to download Chinese shopping apps

Here's your Garbage Intelligence for April 2025

Apr 25, 2025

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3 min read

Papal fancams are so hot right now

Read to the end for a really beautiful meme

Katy Perry is fighting with Wendy's about going to space

Apr 18, 2025

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3 min read

Katy Perry is fighting with Wendy's about going to space

Read to the end for one last trip down 4chan memory lane

Apr 11, 2025

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4 min read

The DOGE principle

Read to the end for a good birdwatching thread

Apr 4, 2025

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12 min read

All the Democrats are moving to Bluesky

Here's your Garbage Intelligence for March 2025

Mar 28, 2025

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4 min read

Posting is now law

Read to the end for a post about British people

Mar 21, 2025

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3 min read

lol they recalled all the Cybertrucks

Read to the end for a good loaf edit

Adam Bumas

What does Spotify popularity actually mean?

Here's who's running Trump's digital offensive

Who gets to dox and who gets doxxed?

Dying an influencer's death

Charlie Kirk was killed by a meme

"Silksong" crashed Steam

A/B testing your anti-woke meltdown

This is officially the summer of K-pop

Kamala's perpetual "Veep" episode

Trump can't shake the Epstein story

Elon wants to add MechaHitler to your car

Something's very wrong with Instagram

Let them fight

Posting through it is bipartisan

MAHA is real big on Facebook

RFK's AI hallucinations

OpenAI’s mysterious “secret device”

DOGE is getting a new owner

The race to download Chinese shopping apps

Papal fancams are so hot right now

Katy Perry is fighting with Wendy's about going to space

The DOGE principle

All the Democrats are moving to Bluesky

Posting is now law

lol they recalled all the Cybertrucks

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