Cat Frazier, Whose Retro GIFs Celebrated a Weirder Internet, Dies at 35

NYT Technology Wednesday 16 September 2026, 09:03 UTC By Clay Risen 1 min read

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She found a future in the internet’s past with a Tumblr blog of animated texts, a revolt against the clean minimalism of contemporary design aesthetics.

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