crypto wars Debunking "ghost users": MI5's plan to backdoor all secure messaging platforms Cory Doctorow

death "Are you dead?" app goes viral in China with 10 million downloads Gail Sherman

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music Minecraft music released on appropriately blocky format Lux Sparks-Pescovitz

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Republicans As DOGE closes a Social Security office in his district, this NY Congressman blames the ghost of Christmas past Jason Weisberger

Science Senate confirms RFK Jr, also a completely preventable measles outbreak spreads in Texas Jason Weisberger

AI I interviewed the AI ghost of a famous dead porn star Thom Dunn

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serious business Enshittification is coming for everything Rob Beschizza

youtube Youtube blocking ad blockers leads to rapid uninstallation of ad blockers-and rapid evolution of the survivors Rob Beschizza

cars Tesla Fire tracks the company's spontaneous combustion problem Elías Villoro

censorship Substack CEO refuses to say whether he would ban explicitly racist content Thom Dunn

artificial intelligence Congressman used AI to write a speech he read on the House floor Carla Sinclair

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

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