What’s the most surefire way to achieve Civil War 2.0 in the United States? According to one wild simulation, it’s exactly what’s happening right now in Minneapolis. In October 2024, researchers at ...
The feeling of “take me back” has never been more relevant as 2026 kicks off. On TikTok, the hashtag #2016 has more than 2 million posts, often used to caption throwback photos, old videos and ...
VSCO filters, Kylie lip kits and the summer of Pokemon Go. The year 2016 is making a comeback in 2026 as people flood Instagram with throwback posts reminiscing about what they viewed as an iconic ...
In 2026, TikTok and Instagram are looking back to 2016 and remembering the ‘good times’—here’s why some social media users are so nostalgic for the old days. The year 2026 has just begun, but the ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Measles was eradicated in the Americas, Beyoncé made “Lemonade” and liberal hopes were high for the first woman president. Voters were encouraged to Pokémon Go to the polls. Remember 2016? A decade on ...
The first two weeks of 2026 have sparked a wave of nostalgia online, with social media users enthusiastically revisiting a decade old version of themselves. From grainy iPhone photos to overused ...
You’d think there’d be more excitement around the new year—we’re only three weeks in, people!—but instead everyone’s occupied with plumbing the depths of their camera rolls for relics of their 2016 ...
For people in my generation (Gen X), that year is usually cited as 1994—the final year before the internet really started taking hold. But if a recent trend on TikTok is anything to go by, the year ...
A viral social media trend has people digging through their camera rolls, hoping to find the picture (or pictures) that best capture what their lives were like a decade ago. Snapchat filters, chokers ...
Social media users are striving for a 2016 resurgence, ten years later ambardriscoll/Instagram;Taylor Swift/Instagram;eli.rallo/Instagram People online are calling ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...