"Though I didn’t know it at the time, I would soon learn that there was something about Jason’s case that transcended the lurid intrigue that tends to drive interest in viral crimes." —Peter Holley for @texasmonthly.bsky.social‬

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A Missing Student, a Suburban Mom, a Mysterious Facebook Profile: Inside the Jason Landry Disappearance The Texas State University student’s disappearance confounded investigators. When thousands of online sleuths got involved, intrigue turned into obsession.

My latest story is about Jason Landry, who vanished after striping naked and walking into the Texas wilderness.

What I found was a world unto itself –– w/a mysterious figure at the center who seemed to know more about Jason’s disappearance than anyone else.

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THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck.

So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/

Cybertruck Drivers Don’t Understand the Hate At the second annual Cybertruck Rodeo, in Central Texas, the EV owners said they’re confused that the public doesn’t appear to separate Elon Musk’s divisive politics from his company’s products.

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“I knew buying a Cybertruck would turn heads, but I never expected it to turn people against me.”

At the Cybertruck Rodeo, in Texas, Cybertruck owners said they’re confused the public doesn’t separate Elon Musk’s divisive politics from his company’s products.

Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.

60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP

The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.

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Opinion | Meta will move staff to Texas to counter bias. Good luck in Austin. Mark Zuckerberg’s recent announcement seems largely performative.

My first opinion piece for @washingtonpost.com is about the performative absurdity of moving Facebook's safety and content moderations teams to Texas of all places––a place that is waging war of free expression. "This is pandering,” as one expert told me.

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Los Angeles Animal Shelters Struggle With Influx of Displaced Pets Some owners fled with their pets, but a network of facilities in the Los Angeles area is straining to care for the hundreds of animals left behind.

The California wildfires have created chaos for the dogs, cats and other animals that consider Los Angeles home. While some owners fled with their pets in tow, animal shelters in the Los Angeles area are straining to care for the hundreds of animals that were left behind.

A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found. Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....

What a phenomenal and terrifying piece of journalism.

‘Baby in a dumpster.’ A spate of abandoned newborns unsettles Texas. Critics say these cases are no coincidence in a state with one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bans and near-bottom rankings on women’s health care.

Texas--with one of the country's strictest abortion bans, highest maternal mortality rates, and the most women without health insurance--faces an "epidemic" of abandoned babies, some being found in ditches and dumpsters wapo.st/3ZXDbks

A Man Was Murdered in Cold Blood and You’re Laughing? What the death of a health-insurance C.E.O. means to America.

“Can the C.E.O. class drop its indifference to the suffering and death of ordinary people? Is it possible to do so while achieving record quarterly profits for your stakeholders, in perpetuity?” Jia Tolentino writes about Brian Thompson’s murder.