disillusionment Post-internet lament Jasmina Tesanovic

Evil Pure and Simple Rest assured, Trump's top priority is The Great Ballroom of People Who Can Afford the Cover Charge Jason Weisberger

serious business OpenAI losing 3x what it makes. Will porn save it? Rob Beschizza

MAHA MAHA wellness influencers hype raw milk and rotting meat Jennifer Sandlin

1990s I called the OK Soda 1-800 number, almost 30 years too late Jennifer Sandlin

israel-palestine French pro-Palestine protestors accused of "apology for terrorism" Natalie Dressed

podcasts Listen to this eerily immersive audio tour of a real-life Bates Motel Thom Dunn

twitter Paris Mayor quits Twitter, calls it a "global sewer" Mark Frauenfelder

conspiracy theories Video: Is Stevie Ray Vaughan saying that Jimi Hendrix was murdered? Elías Villoro

magic Alan Moore gave a surprisingly inspiring interview to Russia Today Thom Dunn

writing Nauseating literary descriptions of women by authors you know and love Jess Sabine

minimalism Everyone (No One?) should read this New York Times Magazine article about the commodification of nothingness Thom Dunn

trump MAGA and Qanon "desperate and disillusioned" Rob Beschizza

Beatlemaniacos The time a fake Beatles group tricked South America Mark Frauenfelder

Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson's daughter Christina on the new edition of her father's book, Ishtar Rising Mark Frauenfelder

music Patti Smith has a new memoir on the way David Pescovitz

AI Babysitter vetting and voice-analysis: Have we reached peak AI snakeoil? Cory Doctorow

Business Former Obama trade official teams up with Trump to create highly profitable TB epidemics in poor countries Cory Doctorow

happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle

art The failure of OK Soda's reverse-psychology ad campaign Rob Beschizza