What Is Burning Man Without Burning Man?
The world’s most famous festival turned cultural phenomenon is canceled for the second year in a row. What will rise to fill the Technicolor void it leaves behind?
Bleach Peddler Kerri Rivera Appears to Have Been Raided by German Police
According to comments made on Telegram, Rivera has run into legal trouble over pseudo-medical advice she gave to parents.
Airbnb Hosts Are Still Demanding That Guests Be Unvaccinated
Persistent anti-vaccination myths from Airbnb hosts are raising new questions about what the platform can do to stop them.
The Ivermectin Advocates' War Has Just Begun
Proponents of a dubious COVID-19 cure have signaled they’re ready for a long fight against what they see as censorship in medicine and media.
Why Is the Intellectual Dark Web Suddenly Hyping an Unproven COVID Treatment?
Even as scientists study a drug used to deworm dogs as a COVID treatment, the loudest people online claim it's a miracle cure, and that inquiry into it is being suppressed.
Operation Underground Railroad’s Carefully Crafted Public Image Is Falling Apart
Federal investigators, a staff exodus, and a disastrous appearance at a conspiracy conference have the anti-trafficking charity facing unprecedented pressure.
In Aftermath of Zoom Dick Fiasco, Believer Staffers Say, Bosses Used Public Records Law Against Them
Motherboard’s attempts to learn more about how a Zoom dick incident at The Believer led, staffers say, to a bizarre campaign.
Unvaccinated TikTok Users Believe They Will Be ‘Lone Survivors’
TikTok continues to ignore misinformation on its platform, as it gets weirder and more explicitly vaccine-focused.
Health Conspiracy Theorists Hate Living in the World They Helped Create
“Vaccine passports” and talk of mandatory vaccinations have been boogeymen for health conspiracy theorists for decades. But they helped get us here.
An Anti-Abortion Rally Led by Far-Right Trolls Was a Capitol Riot Warning Sign
According to a newly uncovered report, a 2019 rally outside a Texas Planned Parenthood showed the ways far-right groups continued to build relationships by demonizing abortion providers.
Anti-Vax Activists Are Quietly Bending State Politics To Their Will
At least five states are considering bills based on language written by a fringe group. Across the U.S., legislators are promoting bad science and COVID denial.
Eve from ‘Bug Juice’ Would Love It If You’d Stop Emailing Her
A mysterious star of the early reality TV era reflects on summer camp, the weird nature of viral fame, and the real reason she was kicked out of Brush Ranch.