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New Video Game Lets You Drive Ukraine's Fearsome Tractors
A symbol of Ukrainian resistance is now a bona fide video game star.
Matthew Gault
4.25.22
News

Russia Bombed Train Stations in Ukraine Just After Top US Officials Visited Kyiv
The attacks occurred just after Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin left the country by rail.
Ben Makuch
4.25.22
Kevin McCarthy

Kevin McCarthy Is Now Straight-Up Lying About Wanting Trump to Resign
Even though he was caught on tape saying it.
Paul Blest
4.25.22
Smog + Mirrors

18:15
The Secret Ways The Oil Industry Brainwashes You
Four whistleblowers expose how the oil and gas industry has infiltrated governments, courts, banks and even our own brains to ensure that society will always be powerless to stop them.
Algorithmic Bias

Are You The Asshole? New AI Mimics Infamous Advice Subreddit
Two artists are illustrating bias in machine learning with data from one of the most opinionated sites on the internet: the r/AmITheAsshole subreddit.
Radhamely De Leon
4.25.22
Tech

The US Is Sending Ukraine a New Type of ‘Suicide’ Drone
Developed by the U.S. Air Force, the newly created Phoenix Ghost is on its way to Ukraine.
Matthew Gault
4.25.22
Book Bans

Every Teen in the US Can Now Get Free Access to Banned Books
In response to book bans targeting Black and LGBTQ+ people, the Brooklyn Public Library is offering digital library cards to anyone ages 13 to 21.
Claire Woodcock
4.25.22
DRONES

When Police Do Marketing for Surveillance Tech Companies
A drone company called Skydio has managed to get autonomous drones into dozens of police departments by turning cops into their biggest fans.
Matthew Gault
Jason Koebler
4.25.22
Kerri Rivera

Bleach Peddler Kerri Rivera Appears to Be Back to Peddling Bleach After Police Raid
After German authorities confiscated some of her property, the snake oil saleswoman reappears.
Anna Merlan
4.25.22
Slovenia

Environmentalists Defeated One of Trump’s Biggest Fans in Europe
Slovenia’s Freedom Movement won national elections by a landslide, taking over from populist Janez Janša.
Sophia Smith Galer
4.25.22
japan

Ukraine Apologizes for Likening Japan’s Wartime Emperor to Hitler. But Should It?
“It is inappropriate and extremely regrettable,” a Japanese official said of the comparison. Some war historians beg to differ.
Hanako Montgomery
4.25.22
Crime

She Took Her Fiancé on a Surprise Date. Then She Slit His Throat.
Police say the 22-year-old accused decided she just doesn’t want to get married.
Pallavi Pundir
4.25.22
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