politics Vivek Ramaswamy enriched himself while costing small investors their life savings (must-watch 5-min video) Mark Frauenfelder

Weird Recreating the Truman Show in Minecraft Grant St. Clair

disruptions Former Social Security head warns that checks could get interrupted by DOGE's "19-year-old nitwits" (video) Carla Sinclair

politics House Dem introduces "Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy" (ELON MUSK) Act Ellsworth Toohey

Bondi moments Trump-pick Pam Bondi is the dimmest bulb in the room — just how MAGA likes it (video) Carla Sinclair

backlash Arizona man talks 9-year-old out of Trump tattoo — only to give her a flag tattoo instead (video) Carla Sinclair

Culture Spotify uses ghost artists to "shape listening behavior" and avoid paying real ones Rob Beschizza

drugs Tech bros on Ayahuasca looking for answers Jason Weisberger

AI I interviewed the AI ghost of a famous dead porn star Thom Dunn

gadgets T-Mobile receives thousands of complaints after reneging on "lifetime price lock" deal Rob Beschizza

health TikTok full of snake oil salespeople and medical misinfo Rob Beschizza

politics You can finally read the Trump campaign's dossier on J.D. Vance. Boy does J.D. Vance hate Trump. Rob Beschizza

Leon Musk complains there is not enough assasinating going on Jason Weisberger

writing NaNoWriMo endorses AI, faces backlash, and struggles to clarify Thom Dunn

NIH cancels 'Havana syndrome' research because the CIA forced people to participate in it Rob Beschizza

MAGA logic Justice Alito bizarrely worries that if we prosecute presidents who try to end democracy, we will end our democracy (video) Carla Sinclair

News What is the most shameful line of work? Mark Frauenfelder

A.I. 15 second sample alone needed to make AI voice clone Natalie Dressed