A (semi-comprehensive) glossary of incel terminology

A combination of “female” and “humanoid,” the term “foid” is used by incels to degrade and debase women. The term is ...

Anthropic’s biggest AI leak yet: How Claude Code spill exposed secrets and sparked chaos

Anthropic accidentally leaked the full source code of Claude code, its flagship AI coding agent on March 31. The code was ...

Is There Anything Left to Learn About the Manosphere?

In a new Netflix documentary, the filmmaker Louis Theroux exposes the motivations of men who populate a dark online ecosystem ...

Teenagers and younger kids are learning coded predator phrases like ‘MAP’ online, long before their parents have even heard of it

Children and teens spend substantial amounts of time online. A 2025 Pew Research Center survey found that roughly 1 in 5 U.S. teens say they are on platforms such as TikTok and YouTube almost ...

How Hyrox Became the Everyday Athlete’s Everest

When Jessica Thompson walked into Hyrox Atlanta last October, she felt intimidated by the sea of fit bodies. She had spent ...
The New Yorker

How the Internet Fringe Infiltrated Republican Politics

I wasn’t really animated by politics until Trump came along,” G. told me. “I was, like, ‘Wow, America could be something ...