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Politics

The NAACP Just Sued Trump, the Proud Boys, and the Oath Keepers for the Capitol Riots

The lawsuit alleges Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and the two extremist groups “plotted, coordinated, and executed a common plan to prevent Congress from discharging its official duties."
Paul Blest
2.16.21
tech-science

How to Escape the Confines of Time and Space According to the CIA

In the ’80s, the spy agency investigated the "Gateway Experience" technique to alter consciousness and ultimately escape spacetime. Here is everything you need to know.
Thobey Campion
2.16.21
Tedium

Why Remote Access Software Is Almost Too Useful

The evolution of remote desktop access, and why it’s a bad idea for water supplies to be managed through remote desktop access without decent security measures.
Ernie Smith
2.16.21
Tech news

People Are Spending Millions on JPEGs, Tweets, And Other Crypto Collectibles

Mark Cuban sold a GIF for more than $81,000. Someone bought a JPEG for $650,000. A digital land title in a game sold for $1.5 million. What are NFTs?
Leigh Cuen
2.16.21
Spain

Fugitive Left-Wing Rapper Arrested by Riot Police Over ‘Offensive’ Tweets

Pablo Hasél had taken refuge in a university building to avoid a nine-month sentence on charges of glorifying terrorism and insulting the Spanish royalty in his music and tweets.
Tim Hume
2.16.21
Politics

State and Local GOPs Are Slamming Republicans Who Voted to Convict Trump

“We did not send him there to vote his conscience,” one Pennsylvania GOP chair said of Sen. Richard Burr.
Paul Blest
2.16.21
free speech

Yes, the UK Really Is Proposing a ‘Free Speech Champion’ for Universities

We’re in the midst of a pandemic, schools are closed and campuses are empty due to COVID lockdowns, but the UK government wants to focus on free speech in higher education.
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
2.16.21
Games Features

One Man's 16-Year Journey to Release an MMO Made Entirely By Themselves

How a small community kept a developer's childhood project alive long enough to be completed.
Patrick Klepek
2.16.21
Question Of The Day

What It’s Like to Be Young and Opinionated in Today’s India

We speak with young people on dissent and democracy, freedom and fear, and the double threat of legal repercussions and vicious trolls coming to get them for speaking up.
Snigdha Bansal
2.16.21
Parler

Parler Is Coming Back Online, But Its Users Have Already Moved On

The social media platform was removed from servers after the Capitol insurrection last month.
David Gilbert
2.16.21
food-features

The Curious Art of Checking Chickens’ Junk

In Lee Isaac Chung’s new film ‘Minari,’ Steven Yeun and Yeri Han portray an essential role in the poultry industry: chicken sexers.
Bettina Makalintal
2.16.21
world coronavirus

North Korea Hacked Pfizer for COVID-19 Vaccine, South Says

Yet another leading drugmaker is said to have fallen victim to North Korean hackers.
Junhyup Kwon
2.16.21
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