Culture Editor

Emily Dreyfuss

The Standard’s definitive, unscientific list of the season’s biggest cultural trends.

Desperate people are turning to chatbots in their darkest moments, even as doctors report growing issues with AI psychosis.

A hackathon founded by two ambitious coders was meant to start a civic movement among young tech workers. Now they work at DOGE. 

Demand for plants has dried up post-covid, producing sagging sales and shuttered nurseries.

“It’s like freaking open season,” said a former district employee.