If there's something you can't find on 1337x.to I recommend cleanbay.netlify.app, and if both of these fail then aiosearch.com might do the trick in a pinch. (And you better have uBlock Origin installed because these, even 13x, do come with pop-unders and other annoyances when using Windows.). Source: about 2 years ago

Quote from Max Chafkin on the Longform Podcast - “I think there's like a really good way to come up with story ideas where you basically just look for people who have given TED Talks and figure out what they're lying about. And there's also a tendency in the press to pump up these startups based on those stories. ... It's worth taking a critical look at these stars of the moment. Because often there's not as much... Source: over 2 years ago