How do social justice witches hallucinate without drugs? What’s Russia’s latest propaganda tactic in its war on Ukraine? Is building AI like raising a child? Should Ivy League schools exist? Plus: the New York Times opinion section goes full-on conspiracy theorist.

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The Futile Search for Purity

Fake Taylor Swift Quotes Are Being Used to Spread Anti-Ukraine Propaganda

Look What We Made Taylor Swift Do

I Finally Figured Out Who ChatGPT Reminds Me Of

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory by Tim Alberta

Let’s Seize This Opportunity to Destroy Harvard!

The Quick Fix by Jesse Singal

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