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Editorial | Ranking the Pitt AI-generated memes

Editorial | Ranking the Pitt AI-generated memes

By The Pitt News Editorial Board June 14, 2022
A ranking of the Dall-E artificial intelligence memes created by the @pitt_affirmations Instagram account.
Participants in a Thursday vigil in front of the White House to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Editorial | Ukraine needs support, not memes or infographics

By The Pitt News Editorial Board February 24, 2022
Memes and infographics that are circulating around the conflict between Ukraine and Russia are harmful to the actual people suffering.
Actor Eric Dane playing Cal Jacobs in episode 4, season 2 of “Euphoria.”

Ranking current ‘Euphoria’ memes from season 2

By Diana Velasquez, Culture Editor February 7, 2022
In honor of what must be an 80% increase in usage on culture editor Diana Velasquez’s Twitter account, let's rank “Euphoria” memes.
Opinion | WW3 memes show a dangerous lack of understanding

Opinion | WW3 memes show a dangerous lack of understanding

By Julia Kreutzer, Senior Staff Columnist January 12, 2020
Making memes out of political chaos is not the same as turning lemons into lemonade.
(Illustration by Abigail Katz | Staff Illustrator)

Shock over memes doesn’t mean much

By Brian Gentry | Columnist February 2, 2018

When news broke last week that some members of Pitt College Republicans were participating in a private GroupMe that shared racist memes, headlines may as well have read, “College students say something...

(Illustration by Liam McFadden | Staff Illustrator)

Sticks and stones may break our bones, but memes should never hurt us

By Neena Hagen, For The Pitt News November 9, 2017

The Senate is used to strange occurrences, but Nov. 1, our legislators discussed a group of memes which are purportedly evidence for Russian influence in the 2016 presidential election. The U.S. intelligence...

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