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Trump Media and Technology Group, the parent company to Truth Social, has announced plans to buy up billions of dollars’ worth of bitcoin. https://lnkd.in/g2Cuy3pp

For 7 years, Akasha Song ran secret labs that produced tens of millions of doses of DMT—one of the world's most potent psychedelic substances—and made a fortune selling it on the dark web. His story, in a 13,000-word piece I've written for the latest issue of WIRED, is one of the wildest I've ever told. DMT is the active ingredient in ayahuasca, but those who vape a few dozen milligrams of it in its pure, crystalline form describe traveling to other dimensions, meeting sentient inhabitants of those realms, communing with God, and achieving transcendental states of being. Akasha Song made DMT by the kilogram in labs across the Western US and sold it for millions on the dark web. He traveled into the forests of Brazil to find a source to import literal tons of the jurema preta tree bark from which DMT can be extracted. At times, he wholesaled 20 pounds a month to an LSD cartel. At another point, one of his labs exploded. For years, meanwhile, he lived the dream life of a DMT kingpin, bouncing between multimillion dollar homes and traveling the world, often while managing his labs from afar. Then the feds got onto his trail. To skip ahead (spoilers) Akasha read my book about crypto crime, Tracers in the Dark, in prison, and got in touch with me when he got out. In the 18 months since then, I've been reporting out his life story—part Breaking Bad, part Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Read the full, epic story here: https://lnkd.in/eUPf5DkS

President Trump’s rapid maneuvering on tariffs led to some businesses narrowly missing out on lower bills. A refund on the difference could spare consumers from price hikes. https://lnkd.in/e5NC3hZF

Thanks to drastic policy changes in the US and Big Tech’s embrace of the second Trump administration, many people are moving their digital lives abroad. Here are a few options to get you started. https://lnkd.in/gapFaFK2

Nothing’s CEO speaks to WIRED about how he sees the smartphone market playing out in an era of AI, and where he thinks the competition is going wrong. https://lnkd.in/eYzWUN_R

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said everything human workers do now will eventually be done by AI systems. https://lnkd.in/geFN8X-t

For anyone in the US who can afford to go solar, “now would be the time,” because House Republicans want to end federal tax credits that make it affordable. https://lnkd.in/e8viRBxk

A new proposal makes the case that paraparticles—a new category of quantum particle—could be created in exotic materials. https://lnkd.in/ebvwtp74

Researchers are trying to understand more about the biological and social differences that contribute to later diabetes diagnoses and worse outcomes in women. https://lnkd.in/eSQbibtm

Thinking about where to start when it comes to protecting your online privacy can be overwhelming. Here’s a simple guide for you—and anyone who claims they have nothing to hide. https://lnkd.in/eDePug3m