Winston Tseng’s satirical ad falsely attributed to USAID at a bike dock in Washington, DC, elicited frenzied responses from Republican Senator Thom Tillis.
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Why Is There an Ancient Rome Researcher on Musk’s DOGE Staff?
Luke Farritor, who used AI to decode a Greco-Roman scroll from Pompeii, is reportedly part of the team leading Musk’s chaotic takeover of government systems.
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The Revisionist History of the Nazi Salute
Elon Musk’s defenders were quick to claim that his hand motion was actually an ancient “Roman salute” — but that gesture never existed.
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The Most Hilarious Memes of the Twitter “𝕏” Logo
Even Big Bird roasted Elon Musk’s unimaginative and ridiculous rebranding.
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Is This the End of Twitter’s Beloved “Art Bots”?
Twitter’s curbing of free API access could affect accounts posting from museum collections or the archives of long-gone artists.
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India Tries to Block Documentary Critical of Modi
Multiple posts about the film have been taken down on Twitter, many of them following the government’s removal requests.
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Elon Musk’s Bedside Table Tweet Opens the Meme Floodgates
Whether Musk’s weird still life post was an act of trolling or an act of cringe is up to you, but the memes speak for themselves.
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Elon Musk’s Strange Twitter Still Life
What does it mean when the world’s richest person trolls us?
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Does Humanity Live in a Simulated Reality?
Rodney Ascher’s A Glitch in the Matrix surveys people who suspect that the world around us is an illusion.
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Billionaire Art Collector Wants to Take Artists into Space
In Elon Musk’s universe, anyone can go into space.
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Elon Musk’s Farting Unicorn Sketch Draws Ire of Artist Who Isn’t Credited
Potter Tom Edwards claims the Tesla CEO appropriated an image of the mythical animal passing gas without his permission.
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MIT Students Win Design Competition to Help Bring the Hyperloop from Hype to Reality
In 2013, tech billionaire and “real life Iron Man” Elon Musk first proposed his concept for the Hyperloop, a futuristic ground transport system made up of levitating pods hurtling through pressurized tubes at 700mph.