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UFOs, welfare algorithms, and strange disappearances

Mark Frauenfelder
Jun 25, 2025
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The Enchanted Tree, by Richard Doyle, (1868) Public Domain

Happy Wednesday! Here's today's stories: An unsettling case from 1960s Brazil where two men were found dead wearing lead masks, leaving behind cryptic notes about UFOs. Meanwhile, Australia's disastrous "Robodebt" algorithm falsely accused thousands of welfare recipients of fraud, leading to trag…

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