The burgeoning AI industry has just crossed another major milestone, with two new class-action lawsuits calling into question whether this technology violates privacy rights, scrapes intellectual property without consent and negatively affects the public at […]
Sex Expert Sue Johanson Dead at 93
Sue Johanson, the Canadian sex expert who hosted radio and TV advice shows in her home country and the U.S., died Thursday, a rep for Johanson confirmed to CBC. She was 93. Starting in 1984, […]
Trans Influencer Dylan Mulvaney Breaks Her Silence on Bud Light Controversy
Still crying over your cans of Bud Light? Well, that’s too bad, because TikTok star and trans actress Dylan Mulvaney wants the right-wing media — and Bud Light — to know that no amount of backlash […]
Pilgrims Are Flocking to This Psychedelic Temple
U pstate New York has been the birthplace of many Great Awakenings. In the 1820s, religious fervor so swept the region it became known as “the burned-over district.” In the 1960s, Timothy Leary’s commune in […]
Colleen Ballinger Defends Herself over Fan Allegations: ‘I’m Not a Groomer, Just a Loser’
YouTube star Colleen Ballinger, the creator of sketch character Miranda Sings, is speaking out for the first time after fans accused the creator of spending years using her power and fame to engage in toxic […]
Judge Tosses $100 Million Lawsuit Over Chess Cheating Scandal
Hans Niemann, the American 20-year-old chess grandmaster at the center of a scandal involving Magnus Carlsen, the game’s reigning superstar and former world champion, will not have the chance to seek damages over allegations of […]
Simone Biles Is Ready to Return to Competitive Gymnastics After Olympics Exit
Simone Biles is set to return to competitive gymnastics for the first time in nearly two years after she withdrew from some events at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. USA Gymnastics announced that Biles would […]
Daniel Penny Pleads Not Guilty to Manslaughter in Death of Jordan Neely
Daniel Penny, the man accused of choking Jordan Neely to death on the New York City subway, pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, The New York Times reports. Penny, a former Marine, […]
The Red-Pilling of Rob Schneider: A Complete Timeline
Back in the halcyon days of the early 2010s, Rob Schneider was perhaps best known for being a Saturday Night Live alum, one of Adam Sandler’s BFFs, and the star of the (underrated) The Hot […]
The Battle for the Future of Psychedelics
“Welcome to the psychedelic twenties.” This is how Rick Doblin, founder and president of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), greeted a packed crowd on the opening morning of Psychedelic Science 2023 in Denver […]
Grady Kurpasi Went to Ukraine to Fight. Then He Disappeared
G rady Kurpasi and Andy Hill dove to the ground as the forest around them exploded. There was a rapid pop, pop, pop as rifle fire pounded the dirt and trees and Russian infantry edged […]
New Justice Dept. Report Details ‘Serious Failures’ That Led to Jeffrey Epstein’s Suicide
An extensive and detailed 128-page report from the U.S. Department of Justice details “numerous and serious failures” that allowed Jeffrey Epstein to die by suicide while in the care of New York’s Metropolitan Correctional Center […]