The Conspiracy Singularity Has Arrived
With the pandemic and a global uprising against racial injustice to be explained away, conspiracy communities are bleeding into each other, merging into one gigantic mass of suspicion.
Head of Major UFO Organization Arrested on Child Solicitation Charges
Jan Harzan, head of the Mutual UFO Network, was arrested July 3 and is accused of soliciting "sexual activity from a detective he believed was a 13-year-old girl."
Silicon Valley Elite Discuss Journalists Having Too Much Power in Private App
In leaked audio from an invite-only app, venture capitalists pondered everything they think is wrong with journalism.
D.C.’s Bad Cops List Is Shrouded in Secrecy—and Could Be Impacting Criminal Cases
Documents from federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., uncovered by a FOIA lawsuit, raise new questions about a secret list of cops accused of misconduct.
The Incident on the A-Road
In a remote part of the Olympic Peninsula, a local gun shop owner became convinced that antifa was coming. What happened next: paranoia, accusations, and a bizarre standoff deep in the woods.
NYPD Claims ‘Looters’ Put Bricks at a Brooklyn Corner Miles From Any Protest
Business owners in Gravesend say that while they’ve seen the bricks in blue bins, the neighborhood has been quiet.
Mass Protests Turn the Powerful Into Conspiracy Theorists
The "outside agitator" narrative delegitimizes mass anger in a way that's politically convenient.
The Elegant, and Not Quite Dying, Art of Typewriter Repair
Typewriters, and the people who fix them, have been enjoying a quiet longevity.
An Ex-Google Employee Turned 'Whistleblower' and QAnon Fan Made 'Plandemic' Go Viral
Zach Vorhies leaked documents to the right-wing group Project Veritas, then became a committed anti-vaxxer and promoter of QAnon. In an April video, he laid out his plan to promote 'Plandemic.'
'Plandemic' Is Dangerous, Viral Nonsense
A pseudo-documentary full of outrageous, verifiably false claims is still going viral, despite being repeatedly removed from YouTube and Facebook.
I Tried Hypnosis to Deal with My Pandemic Anxiety, and Got Something Much Weirder
The experience was far more vivid, more surreal, and more puzzling than I could have ever imagined, and the process of trying to figure it out took me deep into science, myth, and meaning.
Bleach Ingestion Advocates Are Thrilled By Trump's 'Disinfectant' Comments
"This is a MAJOR OPPORTUNITY," one wrote, "to begin a discussion about a timely and interesting application of chlorine dioxide."