Frog eats beetle. Beetle crawls through guts to escape

PLUS: The rise and fall of r/The_Donald, the Pixel 4A review, and a historic moment for SpaceX. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 08.03.20   BACKCHANNEL The Hate-Fueled Rise of r/The_Donald—and Its Epic Takedown BY ROBERT PECK The notorious subreddit trafficked in violent rhetoric, growing a prodigious following over five years. Here's how—and why—Reddit finally shut it down.   PRODUCT REVIEW Google's New Pixel Is Nearly Perfect—and It's Only $350 BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU The 4A is an upgrade in almost every way over its predecessor, yet it's cheaper. It's our new fave Android phone.   WELCOME HOME SpaceX Brings Astronauts Home Safely in a Historic First BY DANIEL OBERHAUS That's a wrap on SpaceX's crewed demo mission, which clears the way for the company to regularly launch astronauts for NASA.   UNDIGESTION Frog Eats Beetle. Beetle Crawls Through Guts to Escape BY MATT SIMON Regimbartia attenuata doesn't take too kindly to being eaten. Once locked inside a frog's maw, it turns around and starts heading for the exit.   OPINION The Rank Hypocrisy of a TikTok Ban BY NICHOLAS THOMPSON The fate of the platform remains uncertain, but one thing is clear: Banning it would upend fundamental principles of democracy.   MOVIES An American Pickle Might Have Been Fresher in the 2010s BY KATE KNIBBS Seth Rogen's new movie is funny, although some gags meant to skewer hip Brooklynites seem strangely dated.   WEB BROWSERS The 7 Best Chromebooks for Every Budget BY SCOTT GILBERTSON If you're all in on Google services, these are our favorite ChromeOS laptops and 2-in-1 tablets for school, work, or home.   IDEAS For Big Tech, There's No Winning This Round BY NOAM COHEN Accountability is coming—not just because Congress had an impressive hearing last week, but because the confluence of crises now demands action.   WIRED Q&A What Poetry Means for Doctors and Patients During a Pandemic BY SARA HARRISON The poetry editor of The Journal of the American Medical Association talks about medicine, metaphor, and how literature can even improve patient outcomes.     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or Manage your newsletter subscriptions