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fake news This video perfectly captures how websites manufacture outrage and turn it into news Thom Dunn

art Why is it so hard to separate art from the artist? Devin Nealy

catholic church Spanish bishop resigned over his love for a writer of satan-themed erotic fiction David Pescovitz

Science The Turn of the Screw: James Watson on The Double Helix and his changing view of Rosalind Franklin Maggie Koerth

movies Jared Leto is going to star in a new Tron movie Devin Nealy

Avatar boycott Check out these films by Indigenous filmmakers Jennifer Sandlin

marvel In a perfect world, Marvel wanted T'Challa and Shuri to both be Black Panther Devin Nealy

crypto Square Enix Doubles Down on NFTs and blockchain games Grant St. Clair

twitter Finally, something interesting came from the Twitter Files Thom Dunn

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nostalgia The colorful history of monster cereals, Count Chocula, Franken Berry, and Boo Berry Gareth Branwyn

antisemitism Adidas ends Kanye West partnership Rob Beschizza

politics Hershel Walker thinks his honorary badge is more than an honor Jason Weisberger

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

AI France uses Capgemini/Google AI to identify undeclared swimming pools, netting nearly $14 million from undeclared taxes Andrew Yi

snakes The rhyme to differentiate coral snakes from king snakes could get you killed Jennifer Sandlin

censorship Substack fires editor in "retaliation" for working with high-profile writer who switched to rival Ghost Thom Dunn

Right-wing Gen Z twerp Madison Cawthorn loses GOP primary, but still has 7 months left to make trouble Rob Beschizza