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Mark Hay is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer. His work has appeared in Atlas Obscura, Forbes.com, VICE, and dozens of other outlets.
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This Porn Star Is Haunted by Bogus Sex Trafficking Rumors
FALSE FLAGNicole Doshi’s career is taking off. One obstacle: wannabe saviors who keep screaming that she needs to be rescued.

The Very Alive Woman Conspiracy Nuts Say Died of Monkeypox
BANANAS“I don’t even know what to say to people who say I’m dead.”

COVID Truthers’ New Martyr Is a Gorilla Mom Named Martha
PROTECT THE ANIMALSThis might be the most surprising—and bogus—animal-rights freakout ever.

Monkeypox Is Here and COVID Truthers Are Losing It
BATTER UPHundreds of cases and chatter about vaccines has sent conspiracy theorists into a full-on meltdown.

COVID Truthers Have Found a New ‘Pandemic’ to Panic About
KEEP IT GOINGAs the coronavirus crisis shows (some) signs of waning, the people who tried to argue it was all part of a sinister government plot are pivoting to a new boogeyman.

Sleazy American Dating Coach Becomes Putin Shill in Ukraine
STAR TURNHe peddled sexist bile and toxic relationship advice within a subculture populated by men’s rights activists and incels—while living in Ukraine. Then the invasion started.

Anti-Vaxxer Conspiracy Theorists Make Ukraine All About Them
OF COURSEThe latest insane theory to consume pandemic conspiracy channels is that the war in Ukraine is part of a global elite push to cover up COVID plots.

White Nationalists Are Tearing Each Other Apart Over Ukraine
CANNOT COMPUTEPutin falsely claims his mission is to “denazify” a country led by a Jewish president. Committed neo-Nazis and other racists can’t agree on which side they want to win.

Why Anti-Vaxxers Are Obsessed With Photos of ‘Jelly’ Blood
TALL TALEThe conspiracy theorists terrified of safe and effective shots have really outdone themselves this time.

The Shady Site That Shows Anti-Vaxxers Will Believe Anything
BAD BATCH THEORYExperts say it distorts data to advance the bonkers and baseless theory that red states are receiving toxic doses, while others get placebos.
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