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Embedded is your essential guide to what\u2019s good on the internet, written by Kate Lindsay and edited by Nick Catucci.

Most weeks, we quiz a \u201Cvery online\u201D person for their essential guide to what\u2019s good on the internet.

Today we welcome Kathryn Jezer-Morton, who writes The Cut\u2019s subscriber-only parenting newsletter-slash-column Brooding. She is also at work on a book for Viking about how social media has changed the way we tell the stories of our lives. Kathryn plays Spelling Bee and Connections every morning with her 13 year old, buys the second-cheapest versions of household goods to save the mental energy of having to comparison-shop, and looks at Threads once a month for 30 seconds. \u2014Nick

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\u201CWhenever you feel the urge to engage with someone trolling you, phone a friend instead.\u201D Photo: Caroline Desilets

EMBEDDED: What\u2019s a recent meme or post that made you laugh?

KATHRYN JEZER-MORTON:

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A post shared by @reductress

EMBEDDED: What shows up on your TikTok For You page?

KATHRYN JEZER-MORTON: I only use TikTok for research so it\u2019s just the stuff I was most recently researching. So right now it\u2019s gentle parenting advice and people making fun of gentle parents. 

EMBEDDED: Do you make TikToks? What format works best for you? 

I\u2019ve never made one. 

EMBEDDED: Do you still tweet? Why?

KATHRYN JEZER-MORTON: For 15 years and counting, and I have no plans to stop. I love living outside the media bubble, but it\u2019s essential for me to be able to tap in and visit, and Twitter is still where that happens. I test out ideas, and I still discover interesting work there. Many fun people have left, and it\u2019s very obviously in decline, but nevertheless I persist. I\u2019m not proud of it, but listen: I must make do with the flawed tools at my disposal. 

EMBEDDED: Have you found any good alternatives to Twitter? Do you have an opinion on Threads?

KATHRYN JEZER-MORTON: At my advanced age I can\u2019t see myself adapting to a new environment. My Threads feed is very boring. I look at it like once a month for 30 seconds. 

EMBEDDED: What do you use Instagram for?

KATHRYN JEZER-MORTON: It\u2019s my main social account. DMing with friends, finding out when writers I follow have new work out, memes, trends. I use it too much. I delete the app from my phone pretty regularly to help me focus on my own work, but after a few days I feel out of touch.

EMBEDDED: What types of videos do you watch on YouTube?

KATHRYN JEZER-MORTON: I learned about this Hutterite vlogger (below) from the writer , and I love her stuff. I\u2019ll watch films that I can\u2019t find anywhere else, like Les Blank\u2019s A Poem is a Naked Person\u2014there are clips of that film that I\u2019ve watched many times. Last week I learned how to apply bronzer from this one makeup vlogger who I\u2019ll check out occasionally if I need to try to engineer a more polished appearance. I like how she\u2019s a bit brusque.