Clay weekly context brief for the Memetics category (ISO week 2026-W38). Clay tracks publications from the Memetics feed list. Below are recent items from this category, each with its source and a short description of what the publication covers when one is available in the source feed. Recent publications: 1. GOD Bless The U.S.A / 9/11 Footwerk Takin Over Source: Know Your Meme Submissions Link: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/god-bless-the-usa-911-footwerk-takin-over Read More 2. 21 Years Of Pepsi Dog Source: Know Your Meme News Link: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pepsi-dog Pepsi Dog or Funny Dog Eat a Pepsi refers to a viral photograph of a dog named Peanut drinking a cup of Pepsi from a straw. 3. What Is The 'Remember November 2026' Meme? The Viral AI 'Polar Bear' Memes From The Future Explained Source: Know Your Meme Link: https://trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/what-is-the-remember-november-2026-meme-the-viral-ai-polar-bear-memes-from-the-future-explained An AI polar bear is telling TikTokers to remember November 2026, the month when a 2023 "meme from the future" will finally be realized. Here's what you need to know. 4. Andy Closing Laptop Source: Know Your Meme Memes Link: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/andy-closing-laptop Andy Closing Laptop is a reaction image GIF of Andy from a scene in Toy Story 3 closing a laptop and turning away from the screen, exhausted. 5. See The Winner Of August 2026's Meme Of The Month! Source: Know Your Meme Editorials Link: https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/poll/see-the-winner-of-august-2026s-meme-of-the-month And the winner of August's Meme of the Month award, with 13.3 percent of the total votes, is The " Lesbian Space Princess Fandom War ," also known as the "Great Fandom Truce of 2026!" This trend was all about the biggest fandoms on the internet coming together to hate on the movie Lesbian Space Princess . 6. The internet responds with Chappell Roan memes to the alleged snub of Jude Laws daughter Source: Daily Dot Memes Link: https://dailydot.com/chappell-roan-fan-child-memes/ The situation with the security guard coming after one of Chappell Roan's fans has turned into meme fodder. 7. Bird Hands Source: Know Your Meme Submissions Link: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bird-hands Bird Hands is a slang term for an observed phenomenon in which women pinch their fingers together at the tips, comparable to the shape of a bird's head and beak, and aim them at someone they are trying to make a point to. 8. A Decade Ago Today, The 'They're Good Dogs Brent' Meme Was Born On Twitter Source: Know Your Meme News Link: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/theyre-good-dogs-brent Theyre Good Dogs Brent is a quote from Twitter account @dog_rates during a celebrated exchange in which the account shut down a person taking issue with their rating system. 9. The Weekly Meme Roundup: Can't Do Nathan, Elizabeth Holmes, Things To Say And More Source: Know Your Meme Link: https://trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/meme-review/the-weekly-meme-roundup-cant-do-nathan-elizabeth-holmes-things-to-say-and-more This week in memes, Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes documentary became a meme, TikTokers told us the best things to say in any situation, an AI country song introduced us to Netflix and tiki takis, and more. 10. Just This Once Source: Know Your Meme Memes Link: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/just-this-once Just This Once and Let's Larp, Just This Once, is a catchphrase most commonly associated with a panel and reaction image from the Jujutsu Kaisen manga, in which the character Yuta says, "Just this once," with a battered face and a finger raised in the air next to his head. 11. 25 People With Some Really Evil Plans... Source: Know Your Meme Editorials Link: https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/collections/25-people-with-some-really-evil-plans Pranks can be good, and pranks can be bad. 12. Are we doomed? AI slop videos of cheating fruit are taking over social media Source: Daily Dot Memes Link: https://dailydot.com/ai-slop-videos-of-cheating-fruit-are-taking-over-tiktok/ Cheating fruits are the latest guilty pleasure content. 13. M2 Browning In Space / Ma Deuce Mars Copypasta Source: Know Your Meme Submissions Link: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/m2-browning-in-space-ma-deuce-mars-copypasta M2 Browning In Space or Ma Deuce Mars Copypasta, also known as the M2 Browning Copypasta, is a copypasta about the famous M2 Browning .50-caliber machine gun (nicknamed the "Ma Deuce"), designed by American firearm designer John Browning in the early 1900s. 14. Channel 5 Posts Video Claiming They Werent Involved In Hunter Bidens 'LAPTOP' Meme Coin As Backlash Continues Brewing Source: Know Your Meme Link: https://trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/channel-5-posts-video-claiming-they-werent-involved-in-hunter-bidens-laptop-meme-coin-as-backlash-continues-brewing YouTuber Andrew Callaghan has posted a video on Channel 5's social media accounts about his part in Hunter Biden's $LAPTOP meme coin controversy. 15. Lesbian Space Princess Source: Know Your Meme Memes Link: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lesbian-space-princess Lesbian Space Princess is a 2025 Australian adult animated science-fiction comedy film written and directed by Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese. 16. Cast Your Vote For August 2026's Meme Of The Month! Source: Know Your Meme Editorials Link: https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/poll/cast-your-vote-for-august-2026s-meme-of-the-month August is over, which means it's time to lock in and vote for the Meme of the Month! 17. Classic Chuck Norris memes return in honor of his passing at age 86 Source: Daily Dot Memes Link: https://dailydot.com/chuck-norris-memes-return-in-honor-of-his-passing-at-age-86/ "Death once had a near-Chuck Norris experience." Sign up to receive the Daily Dots Internet Insider newsletter for urgent news from the frontline of online. The post Classic Chuck Norris memes return in honor of his passing at age 86 appeared first on The Daily Dot . 18. Gavin Dorman, 10 Source: Know Your Meme Submissions Link: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gavin-dorman-10 Gavin Dorman, 10 refers to a series of memes based on a viral image of a blonde, smiling child in a satirical article by The Onion titled "Kids React To Climate Change," in which a boy named Gavin Dorman, age 10, reacts by saying, "Honestly, it's fine. 19. 25 Moments Of Satisfying Design We Can't Look Away From Source: Know Your Meme Link: https://trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/collections/25-moments-of-satisfying-design-we-cant-look-away-from These designs are perfect. 20. Lesbian Space Princess Fandom War / The Great Fandom Truce Of 2026 Source: Know Your Meme Memes Link: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lesbian-space-princess-fandom-war-the-great-fandom-truce-of-2026 Lesbian Space Princess Fandom War, also referred to as The Great Fandom Truce of 2026, is a TikTok trend and meme beginning in August 2026, based on the premise of users from various fandoms banding together against the 2025 Australian adult animated comedy film Lesbian Space Princess, which had recently become the subject of widespread mockery online and many perceiving it as cringe. Sources in this brief: Daily Dot Memes; Know Your Meme; Know Your Meme Editorials; Know Your Meme Memes; Know Your Meme News; Know Your Meme Submissions. Selected 20 of 66 available items for this weekly brief.