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politics The influential Signal chatrooms where tech billionaires and their courtiers swung far-right Rob Beschizza

Ants better than humans at group projects Gail Sherman

elon musk Musk boosts 4chan claim that women are incapable of critical thinking Ellsworth Toohey

gadgets Don't buy an inkjet printer from you-know-who. Get a cheap, basic Brother laser printer that won't betray you. Rob Beschizza

politics Peste Magazine announces its "Snowzzies"—2022 Public Health Disservice Awards Jennifer Sandlin

picks Can anti-transgender bias in media be measured? Andrea James

Culture British folk horror flowering again Rob Beschizza

crime Bank fraud and Dieselgate: how do we design regulations that are harder to cheat? Cory Doctorow

podcasts People in crowds do not spontaneously de-evolve into subhuman beasts David McRaney

happy mutants Edward Snowden on the accelerating pace of whistleblowing, and what it means for state secrecy Cory Doctorow

How groupthink gets reality backward David McRaney

yanss People in crowds do not spontaneously de-evolve into subhuman beasts David McRaney

interviews Interview with Mark H. Kruger, author of young adult thriller, Overpowered Mark Frauenfelder