I've been working on this for over a year now, and I've spent hours talking to researchers and infiltrators. I've read hundreds of pages of court documents. A few brave victims shared their stories with me. vice.com/en/article/7kx…

Independent crypto journalist Tiffany Fong released what is believed to be the first photo of disgraced former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in prison. trib.al/3KZfMDo

The internet is warring over Paul Verhoeven's subversive 1997 sci-fi blockbuster, and one puzzling element explains its message: psychic powers. trib.al/DE1Jyhc

Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian ambassador to the UN, held back tears during an emotional speech at the International Court of Justice.

As international conflicts and natural disasters rage on, billionaires are now looking toward self-preservation—by investing in multi-million dollar bunkers complete with water cannons and a moat that sets on fire in case of intruders.

NEW: An FBI field office has announced an investigation, and is calling for tips, into a nameless, insular religious group known to outsiders as the "Two by Twos." vice.com/en_us/article/…

The FBI is investigating an insular, nameless religious sect whose leaders have been accused of sexual abuse. trib.al/MwyEwU6

Researchers have found that AI-generated propaganda is just as effective as propaganda written by humans, and with a bit of tweaking can be even more persuasive. trib.al/Wwpidlj

The day before they died, Nex Benedict, a nonbinary 16-year-old from Owasso, Oklahoma, said they got “jumped” at school and ended up in the hospital emergency room. trib.al/UXzkNme

Remas Afana, a 13-year-old girl from Gaza, speaks about the pain of war while sitting on top of the rubble of her destroyed home in the Jabalia Refugee Camp.

Princeton researchers report that a new AI model has solved one of the major roadblocks to generating fusion energy. trib.al/mJxY7qn

my feature story on 'Gas Station Heroin' (aka tianeptine) from last April has been nominated for a WGA Award! huge props to Christina Sterbenz and Tim Marchman for their thoughtful edits on this piece indiewire.com/awards/awards/…

Today: California OSHA cites Amazon for exposing workers to dangerous heat conditions, including not giving them enough water and also having them take their state-mandated shade breaks by standing under a plane. vice.com/en/article/pka…

Amazon workers were made to take heat breaks under a plane wing and couldn't sit down, according to three OSHA citations. trib.al/mgI9gEx

this investigation on a child sextortion ring is absolute nightmare fuel. Mack Lamoureux, as always, sheds an important light on the most horrific depths of the internet without amplifying these groups: vice.com/en/article/7kx…

US Congressman Andrew Ogles shockingly stated “we should kill them all” referring to the children in Gaza suffering under the ongoing war. Ogles was confronted by Jennifer Sommerville from Codepink, an activist organisation, on Feb. 15.

This is the go-to church for the Proud Boys, where the pastor leads an “unwoke church” and prepares his followers to wage “spiritual warfare." trib.al/nCR2p1M