encryption A glimpse at the messy future of Signal, the popular encrypted messaging app Thom Dunn

law U.K. backs off plan to ban end-to-end encryption Rob Beschizza

Science Study: Inflammation "drives social media use" Rob Beschizza

fessing up Newsmax swallows MAGA pride and adds disclaimer after Trump interview: 2020 election "legal and final" (video) Carla Sinclair

Electronic Frontier Foundation to present awards to Sci-Hub founder Alexandra Elbakyan, Signal and the Library Freedom Project Rob Beschizza

activism Read about the activists who helped bring down bleach-peddling, wellness-grifting Grenon family Jennifer Sandlin

privacy Apple says it will pull Messages and FaceTime if UK forces back-door access to its encryption Mark Frauenfelder

art Artemizia Foundation in Bisbee, Arizona hosts a spectacular collection of contemporary, street, and graffiti art Jennifer Sandlin

travel wins Man waits 18 hours for delayed flight, ends up having a blast as the only passenger on entire plane (video) Carla Sinclair

dog eat dog races Chris Christie goes for Trump's jugular at live event, and it sure is satisfying (video) Carla Sinclair

bari weiss The rise and fall of the "Anti-Woke" industrial complex Thom Dunn

Science Watch the CDC's lackluster attempt at encouraging masking Jennifer Sandlin

twitter As Twitter sinks, Musk rearranges the deck chairs Jason Weisberger

pets Put your fur-baby on a billboard for free Rusty Blazenhoff

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mistakes An Air National Guardsman thought a parody website for hitmen was real and tried to get work. Turns out he was messaging the FBI. Rob Beschizza

Q-nuts at the helm Marjorie Taylor Greene brags about how she's changed — as in destroyed — the Republican Party (video) Carla Sinclair

built-in cameras Tesla workers reportedly passed around private video from customers' cars Carla Sinclair

mistakes Analysis of how Twitter's blue check became worse than worthless Rob Beschizza