MARK YARM

BuzzFeed News • March 30, 2023

Hundreds Of Passengers Have Said They Were Sexually Assaulted On Cruise Ships. Their Stories Highlight Years Of Lax Security, Critics Say.

Numerous passengers traveling on major cruise lines such as Carnival and Disney say in court documents that they were raped and assaulted — often times by crew members. By Tom Warren and Anna Betts

BuzzFeed News • March 9, 2023

Becoming Andrew Tate: The Life And Times Of The Internet’s Most Notorious Influencer

Tate, who stands accused of human trafficking, comes from a family of violent, competitive men and high-achieving women. Those who knew him in his younger years are asking, “What happened to Andrew?” By Tom Warren and Ikran Dahir

Input • August 3, 2022

Planet of the Bored Apes: Inside the NFT world's biggest success story

Six months after their identities were revealed, the Bored Ape Yacht Club creators finally open up — and address the “f*cking evil” campaign against them. By Jessica Klein

Input • June 22, 2022

The spectacular implosion of Instagram’s No White Saviors

The group — known for canceling missionaries and aid workers for alleged misdeeds — is embroiled in some very ugly scandals of its own. By Jessica Lucas

Input • March 30, 2022

How TikTok heartthrob William White's thirsty fandom turned toxic

Feuding among White’s middle-aged women fans is getting ugly. Meanwhile, the influencer is raking in the cash. By Jessica Lucas

Input • March 16, 2022

His software sang the words of God. Then it went silent.

Who was Thomas Buchler, the late creator of beloved Torah program TropeTrainer? And can anything be done to revive his life’s work? By S.I. Rosenbaum

Input • November 22, 2021

This webcomic made it okay to be sad online. Then its artist vanished.

The author of ‘Pictures for Sad Children’ went AWOL after a 2014 Kickstarter drama. In an exclusive interview, she explains why she had to unplug from the internet. By Justin Ling

Input • September 15, 2021

Paradise lost: The rise and ruin of Couchsurfing.com

The once-utopian accommodations site, now headed by an alum of surveillance-analytics firm Palantir, has gone back on its always-free ethos. By Andrew Federov

Input • July 8, 2021

Finally, the truth behind the ‘haunted’ Dybbuk Box can be revealed

The ‘cursed’ cabinet inspired a Hollywood film and spooked Post Malone. Now the man who first sold it on eBay in 2003 is coming clean. By Charles Moss

Input • May 16, 2021

All hail King Pokémon!

Gary Haase has amassed the world’s most expensive Pokémon card collection, valued at over $10 million. So why isn’t he cashing in? By Brendan Bures

Input • March 4, 2021

I have one of the most advanced prosthetic arms in the world — and I hate it

Being a cyborg is cool right now, thanks in large part to gee-whiz media coverage. But actually using a bionic arm can really suck. By Britt H Young