Meet the blogger powering a cycle revolution
Dump the Lycra and competitive attitude. Cycling is open to all. Activist Jools Walker reveals why life is better by bike – and why she’s fighting to make it more socially inclusive. By Robyn Wilder
Online abuse of disabled people is getting worse – when will it be taken seriously?
New research shows the extent of this depressing trend. Social media platforms and MPs have to get a grip of it, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
The Wives of Westminster: glamorous lifestyle blog or political platform?
Nevena Pavlović Bridgen is on the lookout for more political other halves to contribute to her ‘free-talking’ website
Olivia Laing: ‘I was hooked and my drug was Twitter’
In a period of loneliness, Olivia Laing turned to Twitter. But then it trapped her…
The Guardian view on critics: thin-skinned artists beware
Editorial: US rapper Lizzo took to social media when angered by an unflattering review. But the wisdom of crowds hasn’t altered the need for independent, expert advice
Even Amazon and the tech giants could fail to click in a changing market
If the online retail giant has felt some pressure on profits, what price other, less secure, Silicon Valley firms?
Should we all copy Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and give up social media at weekends?
Even though the congresswoman is an ace on Twitter, she believes it’s best to log out sometimes – and that this might help reduce stress and depression
When less is more: the beauty bloggers exposing the industry’s wasteful secret
Anti-hauls, project pans, empties and declutter videos are becoming popular as bloggers expose the excesses of the beauty industry
How Gary Lineker and Luciana Berger helped me take the fight to the trolls
After receiving abuse online, I made a podcast celebrating diverse voices, says the actor and writer Tracy Ann Oberman
Social media polarises and radicalises – and MPs aren’t immune to its effects
Politicians in closed Facebook or WhatsApp groups become more extreme in their views. They need to recognise this, says Charles Arthur, author of Cyber Wars: Hacks That Shocked the Business World
Yohann Koshy on Dril Official ‘Mr Ten Years’ Anniversary Collection
Yoshan Koshy’s piece on a twisty, topical collection of tweets was highly commended in this year’s Observer/Anthony Burgess prize
I spent 43 hours on my phone last week – I can’t join Twitter too
Call it cowardice, stubbornness or stupidity, but I feel tweeting would be like opening the gates to hell
Government’s secret post-Brexit plan must rule out the Singapore model
Whitehall should publish the findings of ‘Project After’ to clarify the direction of UK industrial strategy in the case of no-deal
Leave Timothée Chalamet alone! Why what happens on a plane should stay on a plane
A series of breathless tweets about an in-flight encounter with the actor has gone viral – yet another example of creepy onboard behaviour
Marie Kondo your Twitter feed: how to make sure everyone you follow sparks joy
Tokimeki Unfollow is a browser plug-in that claims to clean away all those people whose tweets you don’t like. And then it tells them you’ve unfollowed them …