WHO CAN YOU TRUST?
Swarms of disinformation accounts on the Chinese-run app—which is huge in Taiwan—are attacking the election frontrunner who is hostile to Beijing.
Nick Aspinwall is a journalist based in New York. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Vice, The Nation and elsewhere. You can follow him on Twitter @Nick1Aspinwall or email him at nickaspinwall [at] proton.me.
EXTREMELY ONLINE
Digital governance projects still can’t quite hack online polarization. Will they ever?
NO MORE MULLIGANS
Water shortages exacerbated by human activity and climate change mean golf will need to adapt to new standards—or perish.
FIREWALL
Fleets of flying robots are becoming a go-to tool for fighting climate-related disasters in China. But America is lagging behind—badly.
WICKERWORK
Climate change is only going to make flooding events worse and worse. Here’s one way to provide people with a degree of relief—especially in poorer communities.