national parks $100m gift to the National Park Service is "transformative" Rob Beschizza

elon musk Elon Musk's desperate pursuit of Catturd2's approval: The cringey tweets of a billionaire Mark Frauenfelder

philanthropy MacKenzie Scott's February has already been pretty generous Jason Weisberger

vampires Meet the Philanthropic Vampire Courts of Texas Thom Dunn

philanthropy Resource Generation: rich kids who are determined to give away their parents' money and make America more fair and equal Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Winners Take All: the Davos Edition (how elites launder looting with phoney philanthropy) Cory Doctorow

bitcoin Bitcoin philanthropist donated $1 million to psychedelics research David Pescovitz

podcast TED Chief Chris Anderson on the neuroscience of memes and the future of TED Rob Reid

corruption The Sackler Family: best known for philanthropy, they made billions promoting Oxycontin Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Apply for a Shuttleworth Fellowship! Cory Doctorow

Science Why did it take a private foundation to do public science right? Cory Doctorow

elon musk Elon Musk's unpleasant persona hurts Tesla brand: survey says Mark Frauenfelder

twitter Nazi cartoonist meets the Streisand Effect after Twitter censors discussion of his identity Rob Beschizza

india India's MrBeast 'kindness for clicks' stunt philanthropy videos raise questions Rusty Blazenhoff

auctions Napoléon's good luck charm could fetch $250 million or more at auction Mark Frauenfelder

Purdue Pharma The Sackler family gets sacked from NY's Met museum Carla Sinclair

youtube Youtube millionaire MrBeast plans to recreate Squid Game Annie Rauwerda

tabloids Biden's woes, Prince Philip's secrets, and Tom Cruise's exploding face, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Bill Gates Watch Bill Gates squirm when asked about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein on PBS News Hour Mark Frauenfelder