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Ep. #218 - Tech And Online Culture With Taylor Lorenz

Taylor Lorenz is a journalist and opinion columnist who covers a wide range of the current tech and online culture. Starting out as a blogger, then hopping onto mainstream media like The Washington Post or The New York Times, she is now back as a freelance journalist yet again, offering her expertise with her independent User Mag publication and her Power User podcast. The interview starts at minute 40:06 into the podcast.

Links related to this episode:

• Taylor Lorenz's homepage: https://www.taylorlorenz.com

• Taylor Lorenz's online publication "User Mag": https://www.usermag.co
• User Mag on X: https://x.com/usermagazine
• User Mag on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/usermagazine/

• Taylor Lorenz's podcast "Power User": audio version / video version

• Taylor Lorenz on X: https://x.com/taylorlorenz
• Taylor Lorenz on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taylorlorenz
• Taylor Lorenz on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@taylorlorenz
• Taylor Lorenz on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/taylorlorenz
• Taylor Lorenz on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/taylorlorenz.bsky.social
• Taylor Lorenz on Threads: https://www.threads.com/@taylorlorenz
• Taylor Lorenz on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@taylorlorenz

• Taylor Lorenz in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Lorenz

• Books by Taylor Lorenz: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Taylor-Lorenz/author/B0CGCYWWNG

• Taylor Lorenz’s Pride 2025 Fundraiser for Point of Pride: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/point-of-pride/taylor-lorenz-s-pride-2025-fundraiser-for-point-of-pride

 

News mentioned in this episode:

• Retro Dodo's Future is uncertain: https://retrododo.com/email/6e9a871e-be7b-4cf0-8db8-7366394353c0/?ref=retro-dodo-newsletter
• REVEALING THE TERMINATOR 2D: NO FATE EXCLUSIVE SET OF 3 ART CARDS!: https://bja.soundestlink.com/ce/v/66acf2316406f23a3a98c979/685e91c5168232427d8cbc64?signature=12e5621794d7f594a9f7a2263790c16165bd94ea51408e71f96f38513cf1ba84
• Stop Killing Games partitions for EU and UK: https://www.stopkillinggames.com
• Upcoming Indiegogo Crowdfunding: ONEXSUGAR: 1st Dual-Screen Transforming Handheld: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/onexsugar-1st-dual-screen-transforming-handheld/coming_soon
• Issue 11 of the German-language magazine LOAD is now available: https://www.amigashop.org/index.php?cPath=44
• new game from Huey Games: Hyper Sentinel Fusion: https://bit.ly/hsfusion

• The Let's Buy Commodore Outreach Form for Staying Informed on New Developments: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3UXr6XDJurnGnZcSSXFWjM0RucZQU12acossfffVWfAUR3Q/viewform
• PeriFractic's "Let's Buy Commodore Part I" Video: part 1 /  part 2

 

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Intro rendered by Matthias Kohlen and music by Remute: https://www.remute.org

Promo by Maria Kinnun of Fearzine

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