grifters An 8-year-old con artist ran a brilliant grift to get out of going to school over Zoom Thom Dunn

qanon With Trump out, QAnon influencers are desperate to keep their grift going Mark Frauenfelder

scams How the infamous India gem scam works Mark Frauenfelder

Long Cons Elizabeth Holmes' last months at Theranos: a "long, labored, highly visible, and heinous corporate death march" Mark Frauenfelder

Long Cons Instagrammer writes about how he was elaborately scammed out of $7500 Mark Frauenfelder

Long Cons Three men arrested in $364 million Ponzi scheme Mark Frauenfelder

Long Cons Man charged with selling fake In-N-Out franchises in the Middle East Mark Frauenfelder

criminals Ghislaine Maxwell reportedly finds her mean-girls table in prison Jason Weisberger

video games I still don't know what Kingdom Hearts is about, but there's a new one coming Grant St. Clair

Science Decoding whale language could unlock new legal rights for them Ruben Bolling

garden Tomatoes do not need to die on the vine for flavor Jason Weisberger

Republicans MAGA Mike is sneaking around your Social Security Jason Weisberger

video games Valve's Steam Machine arrives this summer Séamus Bellamy

nothing to see Meta is not sorry it built the spyware, just sorry you noticed Jason Weisberger

solar power Utah City spends $400,000 on stainless-steel slides in the desert Jason Weisberger

Games Capcom is remaking a forgotten Dreamcast Resident Evil spinoff Grant St. Clair

mexico The promise of Mexico's Tren Maya has gone off the rails Séamus Bellamy

christian nationalism 180 religions dropped from Pentagon's approved list of faiths Séamus Bellamy

politics Indiana declares June "Nuclear Family Month" Jennifer Sandlin

Games Retro Pokémon-inspired indie game looks very cool, but not long for this world Grant St. Clair