It’s the one-year anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s death, and the world’s first Kirkiversary. And as we tentatively predicted last year in the weeks A.K. (After Kirk), the Internet has certainly changed as a result. But our initial assessment vastly understated the extent to which all

You can’t take your money with you when you're dead, but people can certainly make money off of your death.

After the response to the death of Charlie Kirk, it’s worth reflecting on the foundational mechanisms that contributed to the harassment campaigns included as part of right-wing mourning this past September.

Online, Charlie Kirk is immortal; his death likely changing the online landscape forever — albeit probably not in any manner he would’ve expected.