As 2018 comes clanging to a close. El Kaiser and J.D. discuss Amazon's healthy holiday sales, Instagram's effects on people, Snapchat's "dog lenses" and a new essay that wonders just how much of the Internet is real anymore. And in the last (Hopefully) Helpful Hint of the year, J.D. offers a guide for preserving your one-of-a-kind family photographs and slides in the digital realm.

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