Showing the latest 12 posts.

The Cholesterol Cult
Mar 21

how the process of science becomes The Science™ of public policy

Nick Jikomes

The DoorDash x Klarna Partnership, a Cultural Review (Memes)
Mar 21

cataloging one of the rare moments a b2b partnership seed-generated a bunch of great memes

Brandon Gorrell

Slop World
Mar 19

pirate wires #136 // paid influencers, foreign bot armies, and a biblical flood of AI-generated content — how much of our internet is real? and is there any way to save ourselves from slop?

Mike Solana

How Snopes Buried the Truth About Ilhan Omar's Father
Mar 18

fact checkers covered up his high-ranking role in a genocidal regime, helping democrats avoid a scandal that could have taken down the squad

Ashley Rindsberg

Creating Supersoldiers and Curbing Biothreats
Mar 17

how pilgrim, and its 20-year-old founder, plan to rethink defensive biotech

G. B. Rango

LLM Applications I Want To See
Mar 13

ideas for actually making practical use of large language models

Sarah Constantin

Infinity Engines
Mar 12

an imaginative portal into the future of ai-powered video games

G. B. Rango

It's Time to Talk About America's Disorder Problem
Mar 7

violent crime is down, but our cities still feel lawless. here’s what we can do about it.

Charles Fain Lehman

Tangled Up in Methylene Blue
Mar 5

a viral video of rfk jr consuming a trendy health supplement has the internet asking — is drinking fish tank cleaner actually good for you?

Riley Nork

What Can We Send to Mars on the First Starships?
Mar 4

everything we need to build the first base on mars

Casey Handmer

How Tech Created the Online Fact-Checking Industry
Mar 3

interviews with 'trust and safety' workers at meta, tiktok, snapchat, google, and other tech companies reveal a broken system that collapsed under the weight of its own contradictions

Lauren Wagner