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Elizabeth Holmes, National Parks, and the Best Documentary Films

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'Why Would I Deceive You?'
  1. 0.74 · longform · keep 0.25 · Read a primer on Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of biotech startup Theranos who was sentenced to prison for defrauding investors.
  2. 0.68 · longform · keep 0.52 · Elizabeth Holmes is among the many tech founders who famously dropped out of college, leading to a podcast series called 'The Dropout,' exploring her formation.
  3. 0.63 · longform · keep 0.15 · Elizabeth Holmes has publicly spoken about the 'hell and torture' of prison since she began serving time.
  4. 0.60 · curiosity · keep 0.15 · Elizabeth Holmes' partner Billy Evans has raised millions of dollars for a new biotech startup during Holmes' time in prison.
  5. 0.58 · curiosity · keep 0.61 · Elizabeth Holmes imitated Apple founder Steve Jobs, even going so far as to dress like him, making his signature black turtleneck her uniform.
  6. 0.55 · longform · keep 0.71 · Listen to a comparison between former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' real voice and her fake, deep one.
  7. 0.53 · longform · keep 0.18 · Read the 2015 investigative piece that first surfaced failures in Theranos' technology.
  8. 0.51 · curiosity · keep 0.36 · Theranos investors including Rupert Murdoch and the DeVos family lost tens of millions of dollars when the company failed.
  9. 0.51 · curiosity · keep 0.25 · Theranos and Pets.com are among the most well-known startup failures in business history.
  10. 0.50 · longform · keep 0.64 · Watch the trailer for Nathan Fielder's documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, 'You Can See Everything.'
  11. 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.50 · Dating app Bumble Founder Whitney Wolfe Herd is considered the youngest self-made female billionaire.
  12. 0.48 · longform · keep 0.59 · Former Theranos employees claim the startup had cult-like qualities, including suppression of dissent, sleep deprivation, and surveillance.
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Elon Musk is the single biggest known donor in the 2025-26 US election cycle.
  1. 0.72 · news-in-context · keep 0.28 · The ten largest individual donors gave more than $1.2B during the 2024 election cycle.
  2. 0.52 · explainers · keep 0.12 · Silicon Valley's reign over tech, money, and politics
  3. 0.52 · news-in-context · keep 0.13 · Nonstop posting by Elon Musk provides calculated political and brand messaging
  4. 0.51 · news-in-context · keep 0.21 · See Bloomberg's continuously updated Billionaire Index
  5. 0.47 · news-in-context · keep 0.24 · Visualize the $14.7B spent by over 11,000 groups to influence the 2024 election cycle.
  6. 0.45 · experiences · keep 0.76 · How to visualize the enormous wealth of Elon Musk
  7. 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.09 · SpaceX's S-1 or 'prospectus' revealed many previously unknown details about the company, including its unprofitability despite doing $18.7B in revenue in 2025, exactly how many voting shares Elon Musk will have in the company (roughly 85%), and more.
  8. 0.45 · news-in-context · keep 0.42 · Visualize the world's top 20 billionaires in 2026.
  9. 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.26 · Elon Musk reshaped Twitter into X with bold moves and polarizing decisions
  10. 0.43 · news-in-context · keep 0.09 · Dark money, political spending by groups that don't disclose donors, totaled $1.9B for 2024 federal races.
  11. 0.43 · news-in-context · keep 0.13 · House and Senate candidates had spent about $1.9B on the 2026 midterms as of August, according to USAFacts.
  12. 0.43 · news-in-context · keep 0.51 · See how SpaceX compares to history's other largest IPOs.
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Millions of seniors are now receiving $90 payments from the Trump administration; it says about one-third of M
  1. 0.52 · news-in-context · keep 0.18 · On this day in 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, creating a social safety net that now covers more than 70 million Americans.
  2. 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.65 · 13 things Medicare gives you for free
  3. 0.47 · explainers · keep 0.69 · See Medicare vs. Medicaid explained in 60 seconds in this 1440 Original video.
  4. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.42 · Concierge services are one of the top medical costs retirees fail to factor into their planning
  5. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.10 · Trump's 2025 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' expanded access to health savings accounts
  6. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.23 · Social Security is one of the most popular government programs
  7. 0.41 · news-in-context · keep 0.70 · Monaco has the world's oldest population, with more than 36% of residents aged 65 or older, according to World Bank data.
  8. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.10 · The 2025 Social Security Trustees Reports reaffirmed that beneficiaries will be paid 100% of total scheduled benefits until 2033
  9. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.26 · Social Security beneficiaries have received cost-of-living adjustments almost every year since 1975
  10. 0.40 · news-in-context · keep 0.45 · Americans think they need $1.46M to retire comfortably in 2026.
  11. 0.40 · explainers · keep 0.15 · Consumers reported losing more than $126M to Social Security scams in 2023
  12. 0.40 · news-in-context · keep 0.12 · Congress didn't renew temporary enhanced Affordable Care Act federal subsidies that expired at the end of 2025, a move that substantially raised ACA health insurance premiums.
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Arizona's Chiricahua National Monument is on track to become the next US national park.
  1. 0.43 · news-in-context · keep 0.07 · States have stepped in to keep national parks open during shutdowns
  2. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.48 · The creation of the parks often involved displacing Native tribes
  3. 0.41 · news-in-context · keep 0.66 · National parks, explained
  4. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.32 · Some tribes push for national parks to be under Indigenous control
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Computing pioneer Margaret Hamilton, whose fail-safe saved Apollo 11 and who led the development of the Apollo
  1. 0.77 · curiosity · keep 0.80 · The Apollo 11 mission was saved minutes before the moon landing by software developed by Margaret Hamilton—NASA's first software engineer.
  2. 0.60 · curiosity · keep 0.73 · Over 107,000 mirrors reflected moonlight into a 1.4-square-mile portrait of Margaret Hamilton on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission.
  3. 0.51 · curiosity · keep 0.52 · The story of two female programmers running the simulations behind chaos theory's discovery
  4. 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.72 · Grace Hopper was inspired to join the armed forces after the attack on Pearl Harbor
  5. 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.34 · Grace Hopper was named the 1959 Time magazine 'Woman of the Year'
  6. 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.46 · Grace Hopper won the Data Processing Management Association's 'Man of the Year' award
  7. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.63 · Grace Hopper warned against prioritizing hardware purchases in future computing
  8. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.50 · Lego's Women of NASA set honors four NASA pioneers: computer scientist Margaret Hamilton, astronaut Sally Ride, astronaut Mae Jemison, and astronomer Nancy Grace Roman.
  9. 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.68 · Grace Hopper described serving in the US Navy as the highest award she received
  10. 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.26 · Faulty wiring and flammable materials caused a fire in the Apollo 1 command module
  11. 0.41 · experiences · keep 0.78 · Relive the Apollo 11 moon landing minute by minute
  12. 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.50 · NASA purchased about 60% of all integrated circuits from 1961 to 1965
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Tennessee rescue team ends euthanasia for feral cats at local shelter by turning them into barn cats.
  1. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.83 · Cats began cozying up to humans around 10,000 years ago
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Tennessee rescue team ends euthanasia for feral cats at local shelter by turning them into barn cats.
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Apple, Spotify, YouTube
  1. 0.46 · news-in-context · keep 0.22 · Read a user's review of the differences between Spotify and its closest rival, Apple Music.
  2. 0.43 · experiences · keep 0.73 · Reimagining YouTube as cable TV, complete with channel-surfing
  3. 0.43 · experiences · keep 0.29 · YouTube brought endless content—and endless culture wars
  4. 0.42 · experiences · keep 0.56 · Read about how Spotify creates niche genres, from 'Webcore' to 'Phonk.'
  5. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.57 · Viral pop artists create systems of participation, not just music
  6. 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.32 · Spotify's success turned Swedish entrepreneur Daniel Ek into a billionaire in his mid-30s.
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