bad messaging A California restaurant's odd sign requires proof of being UNvaccinated, then shames these folks Carla Sinclair

politics DEI more popular than Democrats Rob Beschizza

COVID-19 Long Covid expert: all infections have "prolonged consequences" Jennifer Sandlin

facebook More than 100 far-right militias use Facebook to coordinate activities Rob Beschizza

travel wins Man waits 18 hours for delayed flight, ends up having a blast as the only passenger on entire plane (video) Carla Sinclair

bari weiss The rise and fall of the "Anti-Woke" industrial complex Thom Dunn

Science Watch the CDC's lackluster attempt at encouraging masking Jennifer Sandlin

animation "The Magician's Elephant" Review: An Elephant-Sized Misfire for Netflix Greg Nussen

politics Peste Magazine announces its "Snowzzies"—2022 Public Health Disservice Awards Jennifer Sandlin

twitter COVID-19 misinformation on the rise at Twitter Jennifer Sandlin

twitter Selling Blue Checks hits the reset button on Twitter's anointed elite Rob Beschizza

fossils Visit Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park Jennifer Sandlin

felonies A teen and her mom face felony charges for abortion in Nebraska — and Facebook DMs helped with the arrest Carla Sinclair

tabloids Royal rampages and facelifts in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

New data: You have a one in 5,000 chance every day of getting a breakthrough COVID-19 infection (or maybe even one in 10,000) David Pescovitz

encryption A glimpse at the messy future of Signal, the popular encrypted messaging app Thom Dunn

gaslighting More than 60 people shared their accounts of Warren Ellis. Their next steps are worth your time. Thom Dunn

COVID-19 Man who let major HIV outbreak happen put in charge of censoring coronavirus for the White House Thom Dunn

politics Large, diverse coalition of civil society groups tell the US, UK and Australian governments not to ban working encryption Cory Doctorow

books In an age of disappearing prison libraries, jail profiteers provide "free" crapgadget tablets that charge prisoners by the minute to read Project Gutenberg ebooks Cory Doctorow