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Three segments.
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Every issue is one email, 56k of text, readable in four minutes on a phone you're definitely not supposed to be on at work.

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Meme autopsy

We trace one format back to its origin post — who made it, why it spread, and the exact day it died. With receipts.

Lost media corner

Dead sites, deleted episodes, vanished Flash games. What's gone, what's archived, and where the nerds are keeping it.

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The link dump

Ten hand-picked links from the deep web's shallow end: odd portfolios, cursed wikis, one surprisingly good blog.

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Real entries from real readers (names shortened to protect the employed).

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the meme autopsy is the only newsletter I read before opening Slack. I have learned more about 2013 Tumblr this year than in all of 2013.
Posted by: webmaster_mike — 03/14/2026 · using Netscape 4.79
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forwarded issue #155 to my group chat and now six of us have a shared doc called "links but better". this is your fault. thank you.
Posted by: coolgrrl_88 — 05/02/2026 · using a flip phone
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finally, a newsletter that doesn't try to sell me a course about newsletters. the link dump alone is worth the inbox real estate.
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the lost media corner found the exact Flash game I've been describing wrong at parties for a decade. I feel seen and slightly attacked.
Posted by: bean_here — 07/29/2026 · using Internet Explorer 6