The Pyramid at the End of the World
In rural North Dakota, a small county and an insular religious sect are caught in a stand-off over a decaying piece of America’s atomic history.
In rural North Dakota, a small county and an insular religious sect are caught in a stand-off over a decaying piece of America’s atomic history.
On codeine syrup and Sprite
An IP horror story.
Kashmir Hill Fusion Apr 2016 10min Permalink
For decades, the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca has quietly hid money in offshore accounts for the world’s wealthiest people. Following the largest document leak in history, the Panama Papers, the firm’s secrets are now public.
Catherine Dunn Fusion Apr 2016 Permalink
A visit with Ai Weiwei, Laura Poitras, and Jacob Appelbaum, three people who live in justifiable paranoia of government surveillance.
Kashmir Hill Fusion 20min Permalink
What can social media do for you when you’re in the clink?
Inmates technically aren’t permitted to have cell phones. But social media services are chock full of posts made from inside.
Prisoners emerge not being familiar with smartphones, Spotify, and all sorts of ways that technology now governs how we live and work.
A pilot program will allow prisoners to access an intranet on tablets they rent with their commissary accounts. Will it help?
Aging, enhancement, and the hormone.
Alexis Madrigal Fusion Feb 2015 20min Permalink