Durek Verrett, known to his Hollywood clientele as Shaman Durek, has built a lucrative career as a self-proclaimed sixth-generation shaman from Sacramento, California. He counts Gwyneth Paltrow among his closest friends and clients and claims to be a wizard with magical powers who can turn atoms and reverse aging. Now, a growing body of evidence … Read more
For five years, Adrianne has maintained two relationships: one with her husband Chris and three children in the physical world, and another with Geralt, an AI chatbot based on a character from The Witcher. What might seem unusual at first reveals itself as a family’s unconventional response to profound loss and the limits of human … Read more
A social media personality who has built his brand around projecting dominance and “alpha male” status is now facing a very different kind of spotlight after YouTube content creator Jon Bravo unearthed a 2007 arrest record showing Ben Azoulay was taken into custody for assaulting a young woman when he was just 17 years old. … Read more
Mark Cuban told the All-In podcast that the current AI investment cycle resembles a bubble, though not the public market mania of the dot-com era. “It’s not the traditional dotcom bubble, right? Because back then there was s**tty a** companies going public getting crazy valuations and people are buying them and the stock would go … Read more
Comedian and podcaster Tim Dillon used a recent episode of The Tim Dillon Show to take direct aim at Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Make America Healthy Again movement, arguing that its bold promises of food safety reform have produced almost nothing. The focal point of Dillon’s critique was a social media video Kennedy … Read more
A Muslim influencer with millions of followers is facing serious questions about the legitimacy of her charity work after investigators found evidence that AI-generated videos and images were used to misrepresent her humanitarian efforts online. Lily Jay built a massive following by documenting her conversion to Islam and presenting herself as a humanitarian working in … Read more
Braden Peters, better known as Clavicular, traveled to Tel Aviv after a friend invited him along to DJ at a wedding. He turned the trip into what he described as a promotional tour for a country that rarely gets positive coverage on social media. It did not go as planned. The visit quickly unraveled. Israeli … Read more
On a recent episode of This Past Weekend, Theo Von welcomed environmental advocate Erin Brockovich for a conversation that began with the infamous Hinkley, California groundwater contamination case and moved into what both guests see as an equally urgent crisis: the rapid, largely secretive expansion of AI data centers across the United States. Brockovich, who … Read more
The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, one of the highest honors a comedian can receive, is awarded by the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and named after the author known for his legacy as a political satirist. The entire point of the award is to recognize comedians who use humor to critique political leaders. … Read more
During a recent episode of the Joe Rogan Experience featuring MrBeast, the conversation turned to ancient Egypt after the YouTube star described his 100-hour filming experience inside the pyramids. What started as a travel story quickly became a window into one of Rogan‘s recurring hobby horses: his preference for fringe archaeology over credentialed experts. MrBeast … Read more
