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Facebook Groups Say They Were Censored Just for Using the Word ‘Men’

Tag group admins claim that anything even remotely negative about men gets automatically flagged or taken down. The same doesn't seem to apply to posts disparaging or even threatening women.
Snigdha Bansal
1.14.21
science-tech

Scientists Are Repeatedly Fucking With Snails’ Memory

Neuroscience à la escargot is a promising area of research.
Samir Ferdowsi
1.14.21
Tech news

Seamless Is Screwing Delivery Drivers on Tips After Prop 22

Proposition 22 seems to be doing what gig companies like Grubhub promised it wouldn’t: raising prices and cutting driver earnings.
Edward Ongweso Jr
1.14.21
covid

Users Are Changing Their Online Dating Profiles to Say They Got Vaccinated

As the coronavirus vaccine becomes available to more of the population, more people are including it in their online dating profiles. 
Samantha Cole
1.14.21
​signal

Thousands of Users Unknowingly Joined Signal Because of 12-Year-Old's App

"Calls Chat" is essentially Signal with a different coat of paint.
Joseph Cox
1.14.21
The Line

Saudi Arabia Resurrects Discredited "Linear City" Concept In Bigger, Dumber Form

And co-opts a lot of urbanist talking points in the process.
Aaron Gordon
1.14.21
qanon

Desperate QAnon Believers Think Trump Spoke to Them in Morse Code

QAnon is so desperate for any sign that the “plan” is still in place, it’s willing to believe Trump is using a communication method devised in the 19th century.
David Gilbert
1.14.21
israel

Israel Is Vaccinating ‘Everyone’ – Besides These 5 Million People

Israel’s world-beating vaccine rollout is highlighting the inequalities of life under occupation.
Tim Hume
1.14.21
mind

'Why Do I Spend Weeks Avoiding Tasks That Will Take Me 10 Minutes to Do?'

Procrastinating has less to do with time management and more to do with mood management.
Em Cassel
1.14.21
cheating

I Interviewed 46 Men Who Cheated. This Is What I Learned.

An interview with Professor Alicia M Walker, an expert in infidelity.
Ralph Jones
1.14.21
BTS

Duterte Ally in Hot Water for Naming Political Group After BTS

BTS stans told the politician to stop using the world famous K-Pop group’s name.
Anthony Esguerra
1.14.21
Capitol Riot

'You're Scared Now': Watch Parler Videos Rioters Filmed Inside the Capitol

Videos taken by the pro-Trump mob and originally uploaded to Parler are being re-shared and categorized online to help identity people who invaded the Capitol.
David Gilbert
1.14.21
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