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How Shellfish Fuelled a Meth Boom
From poaching endangered shellfish to smoking quaaludes, this is the wild origin story of how meth took over South Africa.
trains

New York City Completes Construction on Latest American Transit Disaster
East Side Access is 60 years in the making, 14 years late, $7.5 billion over budget, and a curse on the agency that built it.
Aaron Gordon
1.25.23
Tech news

Pay Algorithms Make Working in the Gig Economy Feel Like 'Gambling,' Study Says
A new study identifies "algorithmic pay discrimination" on gig work platforms.
Roshan Abraham
1.25.23
porn

‘Turgid’ Penises and ‘Anal Clefts’: New Bill Seeks to Outlaw Adult Businesses in West Virginia
Introduced in the House this week, a bill to create the Sexually Oriented Businesses Regulation Act has serious implication for adult establishments in the state.
Samantha Cole
1.25.23
tech-science

Scientists Made a Liquid Metal Robot That Can Escape a Cage Like a Terminator
"It's almost T-1000-like," scientists said.
Becky Ferreira
1.25.23
News

Anti-Abortion ‘Abolitionists’ Want to Charge Abortion Patients Like Murderers Now
Mainstream anti-abortion activists have long insisted they don’t want to punish people who get abortions. Now, that claim is being put to the test.
Carter Sherman
1.25.23
Tech news

‘Free Speech Absolutist’ Elon Musk Censors BBC Doc Critical of India's PM on Twitter
Twitter is censoring links to a BBC documentary that examined Prime Minister Modi's role in violent 2002 riots that saw over 1,000 deaths.
Jordan Pearson
1.25.23
Germany

75-Year-Old Woman Accused of Far-Right Plot to Overthrow German Government
Prosecutors said the alleged plotters wanted to hire an actor to impersonate Germany’s chancellor to say his government had been overthrown.
Helen Nianias
1.25.23
Tech

'Learn to Write:' AI Advancements Mean Code Will Be Written in Natural English
Code is increasingly being written by AI directed with prompts written in standard English. 'Learn to Code' might increasingly become 'Learn to Write.'
Chloe Xiang
1.25.23
Tech

CYBER: The Nextdoor Poster to Political Activist Pipeline
How a hyperlocal social media site became a hotbed of political organization.
Matthew Gault
1.25.23
TV

Even Reality TV Hosts Are Being Replaced By Robots
Milf Manor, The Button, and Pressure Cooker all operate without a host—but at what cost?
Katie Way
1.25.23
Games Podcasts

'My Turn' Returns to Tarkovsky's Oeuvre with 'Nostalghia'
When you forget to pack the antidepressants.
Ricardo Contreras
1.25.23
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