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The LA mayoral candidate and former reality TV star is fueling his campaign with fears about an ultra-potent meth. Experts say it’s drug war propaganda. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Digital Culture, Moral Panic 

From designer straws to magnet-sealed leather pouches, the platform is awash in products seemingly built for coke—despite Meta’s policies on drug paraphernalia. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Digital Culture, Straw Man 

As more sex workers quit the industry, some are having to navigate tough questions around consent and the “afterlife” of work they no longer want to be associated with. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Digital Culture, Second Act 

Are you married to a man who’s obsessed with AI? I’m so, so sorry. Read More Culture LatestThe Big Story, Culture, Culture / Digital Culture, Love, Death & Robots 

RFK Jr. and Mehmet Oz’s comments about teen sperm count and “underbabied” Americans at a recent women’s health event underscore the White House’s pronatalist agenda. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Digital Culture, Baby Boomers 

Biohacker Bryan Johnson recently bragged about his girlfriend's “top 1%” vagina as the at-home vaginal microbiome test industry is thriving. But experts are skeptical. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Digital Culture, Sniff Test 

Ahead of the hit show’s finale, cocreators Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello talk about media consolidation, the perils of censorship, and why they find AI “deeply disturbing.” Read More Culture LatestThe Big Story, Culture, Culture / TV, The Big Interview 

The complaints, obtained by WIRED, described Bad Bunny’s performance as being overly sexual and protested that the show was in Spanish. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Music, Complaints Dept. 

For screenwriters like me—and job seekers all over—AI gig work is the new waiting tables. In eight months, I’ve done 20 of these soul-crushing contracts for five different platforms. It’s bad. Read More Culture LatestThe Big Story, Culture / TV, Lights, Camera, Annotation