On "808s and Heartbreak," Kanye West chooses the flutter of Auto-Tune to be the sound of his sad robot and—by the transitive power of popularity—our winter. I am absorbing the album now, and ...

In September 2023, NYC Mayor Eric Adams praised the new subway-patrolling robot called K5. But K5 has been placed in robot purgatory while the city figures out its next job. I am now sad for the ...

Margery’s house, which she’d paid for with sad-robot money, was lovely. It was gorgeous. The entire living room was furnished from this upscale thrift store in Los Angeles.