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The Mysterious Case of the F*cking Good Pizza
A quest to find the origin of a pizza place led me down a rabbit hole of clickbait restaurants—with Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick's new company at the end.
Emilie Friedlander
3.30.21
Internet

Twitter Is Banning Amazon ‘Ambassadors’ and It’s a Total Mess
The real Amazon ambassadors are fake too.
Emanuel Maiberg
3.30.21
anti-asian attacks

An Asian Woman Was Kicked and Stomped in Broad Daylight and No One Did Anything
The NYPD released graphic footage of the attack, which it is investigating as a hate crime.
Paul Blest
3.30.21
COLOMBIA

Thousands Flee as Venezuela Launches Rare Attack on Rebel Groups
Some 5,000 people have been displaced over the border into Colombia by Venezuelan military attacks on armed groups.
Joshua Collins
3.30.21
voter suppression

Surprise! States That Make It Harder to Vote Had Lower Turnout in 2020
State-level turnout data shows why Republicans are so interested in making it harder to vote in the next election.
Cameron Joseph
3.30.21
sarah everard

Look at These Photos of Police Acting ‘Appropriately’ at the Sarah Everard Vigil
An official report says the Metropolitan police acted appropriately in breaking up the vigil for a woman who disappeared while walking home, despite their actions being widely criticised at the time.
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
3.30.21
Tech

The Last Time the Suez Canal Was Blocked a Utopian Communist Micronation Was Formed at Sea
The last time ships got stuck in the Suez Canal, they were there for eight years and developed a separate society with its own Olympic Games.
Matthew Gault
3.30.21
tech-science

A Glowing Mystery at Our Galaxy's Center Has a Mind-Blowing Explanation, Physicists Believe
An unexplained glow at the center of the Milky Way that has puzzled scientists for years might just be the aftermath of dark matter annihilation events.
Becky Ferreira
3.30.21
Games News

‘Eternal Cylinder’ Is a Surreal Survival Game and a Nightmarish Metaphor
That feeling when you're being chased by steamroller the size of a volcanic mountain range.
Lewis Gordon
3.30.21
Podcasts

Everyone Loves the McElroys, So Why Is Everyone Mad at the McElroys?
When is a family D&D game no longer just a family D&D game?
Gita Jackson
3.30.21
Marjorie Taylor Greene

Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Using Vaccine Passports to Spread Anti-Vaxx Disinformation
“They might as well call it Biden’s Mark of the Beast.”
David Gilbert
3.30.21
Cult

These Former Cult Members Now Help Others Escape
Cult mediators tell us about their most dangerous cases—from finding their house covered in blankets to helping recruits break free from groups where babies were breastfed by mothers high on acid.
Shamani Joshi
3.30.21
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