Who / What is Q*Bert? An Exhaustive Study
The Game (What We Think We Know) In 1982, an orange creature appeared in arcades across America. Q*bert—or, as the cabinet originally read during testing,[…]
The Dolphin Rape Cave: Debunking the Internet’s Most Disturbing Marine Mammal Myth
What happens when internet hoaxes meet real marine biology? You get a viral legend that’s been terrifying beachgoers since 2016—and actual scientific research that’s somehow[…]
L Ron Hubbard is More Interesting Than You and Xenu Agrees
How a sci-fi writer built a religion, sailed the high seas to escape the feds, stole a rocket scientist’s girlfriend, convinced Tom Cruise he’s right[…]
Leprosy – Your One-Stop Guide
Leprosy. Hansen’s disease. The Big L. The OG outcast illness. For thousands of years, it was the disease that got you exiled from society, marked[…]
Physiognomy – Astrology for Men, or WTF Is It?
Your girlfriend reads her horoscope. You roll your eyes. “That’s not real,” you say. “You can’t predict personality from the position of planets.” Then you[…]
The Druze People: Who Are They and Why So Low Key?
Around 1,000 years ago, a small group of people in the Middle East started a religion, recruited members for about 25 years, then permanently closed[…]
Bangladesh’s Invisible Revolutions
In August 2024, students flooded the streets of Dhaka. The government opened fire. Hundreds died. The Prime Minister fled to India. Her Home Minister was[…]
Why Indeed Is Bad for Both Employers and Employees (And It’s On Purpose)
You’ve probably used Indeed. Maybe you’re using it right now. You apply to 50 jobs. Maybe 100. You hear back from… two? One? None? Meanwhile,[…]
How to Make Money in Recruiting: The Arbitrage Strategy
You know how large companies become slow, bureaucratic nightmares? How they’re “fat enough” to tolerate massive inefficiency because fixing it would require political battles no[…]
How Recruiting Agencies Actually Work: Inside the Hiring Industry’s Hidden Business Model
Where the hungry call the hungry on behalf of the desperate So you hear them on the radio. Recruiting platforms. Every goddamn commercial break. “Post[…]