Republicans are instituting a culture of fear in the parts of the US they control, by asking people to denounce acquaintances for things that previously they had no need to hide, but can now be occasions for repression. For instance, having children who are transgender.

*FBI arrests two alleged far-right Boogaloo Boys group members,* for threatening violence and preparing machine guns to carry it out.

An experiment found that psilocybin cured depression in around 1/3 of the test subjects.

I am surprised that the study did not include the clearest form of control group — some patients whose treatment did not actually include any psilocybin. The contrast in results between 25mg of psilocybin and 1mg may have demonstrated that the benefits are real, but a placebo control would have given more certainty.

*Trump allies saw Clarence Thomas as key to efforts to challenge 2020 election.*

In general, we can't blame a person simply because others expect per cooperation in doing wrong. In the case of Thomas, he gave them reason with his own actions to expect his help in attacking democracy.

Musk took a stab at endorsing right-wing disinformation.

I would guess that he was exploring how to make use of the power that he obtained by buying Twitter. We don't yet know what he will settle on, but we can see his decision process isn't mainly a matter of judging what is right.