“Filter bubbles” aren’t a thing. “Facial boarding” is.

A new report finds Russian disinformation teams targeting Robert Mueller with sweeping campaigns to discredit the special counsel’s investigation. 1/20

One tactic employed by the Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency: an anti-masturbation hotline. 2/20

Russian meddling found big wins on Instagram, with more than twice the audience engagement of Facebook. 3/20

"None of this means Trump will lose in 2020." A guide to the huge field of Democrats planning to run for president. 4/20

Did you know that members of Congress can trade stocks willy-nilly? House members can even serve as board members of publicly traded companies. 5/20

See also: The case against megadonor philanthropy and its threat to a democratic society. 6/20

“A stable world order is a rare thing.” How the world ends if we’re not careful. 7/20

Headline of the week and it's only Tuesday: "Would Human Extinction Be a Tragedy?" 8/20

After Macron backs down on anti-pollution tax hikes, NGOs like Greenpeace and Oxfam sue France. 9/20

Gun deaths in America reach a record high with 39,773 people killed in 2017—an increase of more than 10,000 from 1999. 10/20

A Swedish university sent a team of mercenaries to rescue a graduate student from the Islamic State. 11/20

Between 2012 and 2017, the number of male domestic-abuse victims recorded by British police each year more than doubled. 12/20

Roughly one in 10 buildings in California lie within the state’s highest-risk fire zones. 13/20

Four rocket companies have launches scheduled for today, the first time so many rockets will fly on a single day. 14/20

"Facial boarding" has arrived in airports, and it's already caught an imposter trying to fly. 15/20

People actually aren’t trapped in “filter bubbles,” but they like to believe they are—or least that everybody else is. 16/20

The most Googled TV show of 2018 is the Chinese period drama Story of Yanxi Palace. 17/20

A look at the year in K-Pop as the genre struggled to adapt to its global prominence. 18/20

Video: From Dec. 12, 1986, The Smiths play their final show as a band. 19/20

A lovely story by reporter Shirley Wang about how her family became friends with Charles Barkley. 20/20

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