Stephen Johnson

Stephen Johnson Senior Staff Writer

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Stephen Johnson is a senior staff writer at Lifehacker covering pop culture and technology, including the columns “The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture” and “What People Are Getting Wrong This Week.”

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May 19, 2026

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The internet is full is misinformation, conspiracies, and lies. Each week, we tackle the misunderstandings that are going viral.

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Nothing is really new in conspiracy theories, but the churning morass of social media sometimes mixes up new combinations of old nonsense that bubbles up to the surface unexpectedly. Lately, interest in "Grabovoi codes" or "Grabovoi numbers" is high.…