machine learning Networked authoritarianism may contain the seeds of its own undoing Cory Doctorow

qanon shaman QAnon Shaman is back, dropping new "wisdom" on Twitter Jennifer Sandlin

politics Dee Snider and Ted Nugent back Paul Stanley's claim that gender-affirming care is a "sad and dangerous fad" Jennifer Sandlin

music Quantum Criminals: a book based on characters from the music of Steely Dan Elías Villoro

booze Sales of caffeinated wine surge after Catholics denounce Protestant-themed marketing Thom Dunn

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

politics Public university president bans drag show and promises to ignore "the law of the land" Rob Beschizza

politics Attacks on free speech rising in U.S. Rob Beschizza

television Squid Game's second season to film this summer Devin Nealy

junk science Oil and tobacco lobbyist blames Trans-Atlantic slave trade on wind Thom Dunn

Ancient Apocalpyse Archaeologist David Wengrow pushes back against Ancient Apocalypse—and urges us to consider the power of everyday people Jennifer Sandlin

carceral state The Corrections Project documentary series tackles America's carceral state Elías Villoro

movies Steven Spielberg feels guilty about how Jaws made sharks look bad and led to their senseless deaths David Pescovitz

prophetic visions 100 years later, T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land still resonates Jennifer Sandlin

music Animated feature Black is Beltza, Basque music, and the political art of Fermin Muguruza Elías Villoro

documentaries Documentary about the skateboarding scene in Pakistan Elías Villoro

mental health Skateboarding and mental health Elías Villoro

Weird What is the freaky glowing orange orb that's been spotted on Route 66 for more than a century? David Pescovitz

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

music Burning Bush and the early origins of Riot Grrrl Elías Villoro