surveillance French government proposes new ban on filming and photographing police Thom Dunn

china Chinese spies attempted to compromise 4,000 French citizens on LinkedIn Séamus Bellamy

china China is using recruitment sites to buy top secret information Séamus Bellamy

crime France puts Freemasons on trial for hit squad murders Ellsworth Toohey

politics The 2026 midterms are already in peril Ellsworth Toohey

privacy protection Don't cross a U.S. border without a "perfect burner phone" Carla Sinclair

News "Enigmas never age" — Was Trump's alleged note to Epstein hiding an anagram for "gamines?" Ellsworth Toohey

politics Penis theft panic in Africa reveals Russian propaganda campaign against France Ellsworth Toohey

immigration Civil rights lawyers have one simple piece of advice for border stops: Keep your mouth shut Ellsworth Toohey

Business Casual dining in decline in America—or maybe just the decrepit chains your parents loved Rob Beschizza

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

oceangate OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush in 2022: "I don't think it's very dangerous" Jennifer Sandlin

ted Trippy wearable AI tech offers a screenless future Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Hitler raised from the grave in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick explains the endings of 2001 and The Shining in unreleased 1980 documentary footage Mark Frauenfelder

movies What if Alejandro Jodorowsky shot Star Wars? Devin Nealy

oceans Acoustic solutions to ocean noise pollution Elías Villoro

adventure What is a "robinsonade?" Mark Frauenfelder

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