Trends Weekly Roundup 001

List of top trending topics and hashtags on X, plus top Google searches over the past week for Friday, May 15th, 2026.

Starting with this post, the format is changing. I am now providing links to the trending topics, hashtags, and Google searches once a week, typically on Fridays (planned that way anyway). I hope that this effort helps you to enjoy and get more use out of these trends lists, while hopefully giving me more time to work on other areas of the site throughout the week.

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Google Top Searches:

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Below is a look at some other content that may interest you (under construction at the moment).

Lemmy:

Lemmy is an open-source, self-hostable link aggregation and discussion platform, similar to Reddit or Hacker News, but operating on a decentralized network called the Fediverse. Users can subscribe to “communities” (similar to subreddits) on different servers, or “instances,” and interact with users and communities across the entire network using the ActivityPub protocol. This decentralized model offers alternatives to centralized social media by promoting user control, data ownership, and community autonomy.

I recently discovered Lemmy, and although I haven’t signed up for an account there yet, I have been checking in on some of the discussions that seemed interesting enough to follow, or that may offer some useful resources. Below is a list of some of the topics I check in on from time to time.

Americans who live near state borders, how do you notice you’ve crossed the border? – [link]
Book recommendations for a slow reader? – [link]
Did you ever delete a google account? – [link]
Discover Hidden Gems: Open-Source Software You Should Know About – [link]
Florida schools introducing armed drones that respond to shootings within seconds – [link]
Get a quick overview of some of the new features in LibreOffice 25.8 – [link]
Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain – [link]
Hoarders say they feel stigmatized, face ‘everyday discrimination’ – [link]
How can one consume media these days with any sort of privacy? – [link]
How close can I get Firefox to my Vivaldi experience? – [link]
How is Anna’s Archive being attacked? – [link]
I think Odysee is a great Youtube alternative. – [link]
Is there anywhere I can look to find all the companies/organizations that have information about me? Or at least all the places I’ve made an account? – [link]
Just cataloged all my books and realized I am short 100 books from being a official library – [link]
Making a font of my handwriting – [link]
MEGATHREAD – [link]
Nepal Bans 26 Social Media Platforms, Including Signal – [link]
Thousands of Grok chats are now searchable on Google – [link]
What are the three most visited sites in your web browser? – [link]
What are you going to do when the internet starts asking for ID for everything? – [link]
What do we think of Bluesky now? – [link]
What is something silly you do for no other reason than its just normal for you? – [link]
What would you suggest if you were helping design a healthier social network? – [link]

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