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NYPD Confiscated a Boring Company Flamethrower on New Year's Day

Now, the NYPD is in possession of at least one of the 20,000 flamethrowers sold by Elon Musk's Boring Company.
Matthew Gault
1.2.20
Work

Why Work Is Driving More of Us to Therapy

Esther Perel tackles the gig economy's psychological fallout in her latest podcast ‘How’s Work?’
Josh Gabert-Doyon
1.2.20
Race

Julián Castro Wanted to Have Conversations America Wasn’t Ready For

The Democrats' range of candidates is getting smaller.
Michelle Garcia
1.2.20
Drugs

The Trump Administration Just Banned Almost All Flavored Vape Pods

But menthol- and tobacco-flavored products will remain available for purchase.
Alex Norcia
1.2.20
mind

38% More People Sober This Year, Dry January Found Dead

Fewer people report starting a Dry January, probably because fewer people are drinking at all.
Katie Way
1.2.20
tech-science

Scientists Built a Particle Accelerator Smaller Than a Human Hair on a Chip

The chip's complex design was generated by a computer. "If you look at the design, no human engineer would have come up with it."
Becky Ferreira
1.2.20
healthcare

Trans People Coerced Into Sterilization by Governments Seek Money, Apology

Governments have only recently stopped requiring trans people to sterilize in order to have their identity recognized.
Harron Walker
1.2.20
Homelessness

Homeless People Keep Getting Murdered in Louisiana. Police Fear the Killings May Be Related.

Baton Rouge police are warning the homeless not to sleep outdoors.
Emma Ockerman
1.2.20
CCPA

What California’s New Privacy Law Means for You

The CCPA is America's first big internet privacy law, designed to give power back to consumers.
Karl Bode
1.2.20
white nationalists

The Florida White Nationalist Running for President Has Been Arrested for Kidnapping and Domestic Violence

The campaign platform for Augustus Sol Invictus, who headlined the violent Charlottesville rally, said only white men should be allowed to vote and own property.
Tess Owen
1.2.20
deepfakes

This Website Texts You AI-Generated Foot Pics

Algorithmically generate feet, sweetie.
Matthew Gault
1.2.20
Crime

Quebec Author Charged with Child Porn Over ‘Hansel and Gretel’ Retelling

The case could set an alarming precedent for artists, according to freedom of speech experts.
Neil McArthur
1.2.20
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