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A decade of research reveals harms of ‘fitspiration’ content online

On TikTok and Instagram, fitness content is everywhere. Algorithms serve users glossy videos featuring toned bodies, gym routines and health food endorsements. This isn’t really new: “fitspiration”—an amalgam of “fitness” and “inspiration”—is one of the Internet’s oldest enduring types of content, with roots in the “thinspiration” world of online eating disorder communities. Fitness content has…

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David Letterman Calls CBS “Lying Weasels” Over Stephen Colbert Cancellation: “They’re Lying”

David Letterman has some strong opinions on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert being canceled. In a new interview, Letterman said he didn’t believe CBS‘s reason for cutting the late-night talk show, calling the network “lying weasels.” “He was dumped because the people selling the network to Skydance said, ‘Oh no, there’s not going to…

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