germany The far-right German provocateur who faked being a Syrian refugee Thom Dunn

security Attribution is hard: the incredible skullduggery used to try to blame the 2018 Olympic cyberattack on North Korea Cory Doctorow

politics Trump tells America's attorneys general that Jews might be desecrating their own cemeteries to make him look bad Cory Doctorow

russia Leaked Kremlin memos reveal plan to destabilize Ukraine Cory Doctorow

twitter Where the #trumpwon trend came from (not Russia) Cory Doctorow

politics The false patriotism of Donald Trump Jason Weisberger

News School superintendent fired for threatening grads over not clapping hard enough for her daughter Mark Frauenfelder

lawsuits Fox settles for $12 million in former producer Abby Grossberg's coercion and harassment suits Jason Weisberger

crime '60 Minutes' investigates child hiring practices at slaughterhouse cleaning company Rusty Blazenhoff

punk Hundreds pack a BART train car for a rowdy punk show Rusty Blazenhoff

censorship Twitter blocks article critical of Elon Musk as "unsafe" Thom Dunn

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

bad idea Oz dumps on Trump's flagship issue Jason Weisberger

ron desantis MAGA Nazis proclaim their support for DeSantis and race war Mark Frauenfelder

law The weirdest "Writer Beware" alert of all time Rob Beschizza

flash floods Arizona flood swept this Prius down a street, caught on video Carla Sinclair

propaganda The Washington Times demonstrates how to fake an Antifa attack Thom Dunn

dupe Trump admits Biden won election, then adds "I concede NOTHING" Rob Beschizza

politics Coronavirus whistleblower Dr. Rick Bright to testify before House health committee on May 14 Xeni Jardin

serious business Comscore and its former CEO charged with fraud Rob Beschizza