case-files
The Right's Psychedelic Pivot: Who's Actually Funding Psychedelic Legalization
Psychedelic investment is booming, and conservative money is behind a lot of it. We followed the funding so you don't have to.
current-events
When "Review" Becomes Energy Policy
The Trump administration didn't pass a law killing renewable energy. It just made renewable energy wait. Here's how a bureaucratic process became the most effective energy policy no one voted on.
culture
The Natural History of Getting Lied To: How Manufactured Consent Actually Works
Manufactured consent isn't a conspiracy theory — it's a documented system. Institutions don't need to lie. They just need to control the frame, repeat it until it feels inevitable, and make the right questions sound unserious. Here's how it works.
explainer
Dead Reckoning: What Happens When Scientists in Classified Programs Start Vanishing
At least ten people connected to US nuclear, aerospace, and classified defense research have died or disappeared since mid-2025. The White House has opened a federal probe. Here's what we actually know — and why the documented facts are disturbing enough without the tinfoil.
mystery
The Vanishing: How Institutional Silence Becomes Conspiracy
When institutions won't communicate, people fill the silence with theories. 12 scientists, classified work, no answers. Here's how silence breeds conspiracy.
health
Wellness Grifts: The Business Model Behind "Detox"
Detox products exploit a legal loophole: vague claims, no proof required. Your liver doesn't need a juice cleanse. The detox industry just needs your money.
space
The New Space Race Is Mostly a Subsidy Story
Space isn't a free market. It's industrial policy with better branding. Government funds development, covers failures, then celebrates private innovation.
ai
AI Is Eating the Internet: What Happens When the Web Becomes Training Data Sludge?
AI is filling the web with low-quality synthetic content. Models trained on AI text get worse. Publishers spam to survive. The internet is eating itself.
science
How "Common Knowledge" Gets Manufactured
Why do obviously false ideas become "common knowledge"? Follow the money, the repetition, and the social punishment of doubt.
weird
Why Smart People Believe Obviously Fake Things
The smartest person you know can still forward a story so fake it squeaks. Here’s why: motivated reasoning, tribal truth, repetition, and the comforting narcotic of being “in the know.”
explainer
Explainers: The “What Is This?” Department
Short, sharp context for stories that assume you already know everything.
tomorrow
Tomorrow: The Future, But With Fewer Buzzwords
What’s next, what’s real, and what’s just a pitch deck wearing a lab coat.