Hacker News with Generative AI: Cults

How Did Two Elite Students Fall for the Zizians Cult? (thecut.com)
Milo Youngblut was homeschooled until the sixth grade. Their parents were devout Christians who said grace before every meal and were careful to balance algebra lessons with creationism when giving lessons in the kitchen of their Seattle home. The Lakeside School seemed an ideal place to mainstream an intelligent but sheltered child. Small and selective, it’s the kind of place where a double-digit percentage of seniors attend MIT some years.
Waterloo math genius died in shootout after joining vegan transgender death cult (therecord.com)
A friend says she warned Felix “Ophelia” Bauckholt about the dangers of becoming involved with the “Zizians,” a cultlike group linked to six homicides, including the January shootout with border agents in Vermont that claimed the lives of Bauckholt and an officer.
The United States of Cults (lefsetz.com)
At 15, Darlene Stubbs left a polygamous cult, found a new life through running (runnersworld.com)