Trump's Twitter Ban: The gift that a struggling US right-wing media needed.
Pity America’s right-wing media. After four years of backing the right party, recent events have left the likes of Fox News struggling...
Reasons why this lockdown could be Actually Rather Good.
-You finally have enough time to justify watching every single travel documentary on Netflix. So many places, and you can go to none of...
Mutations aren't Britain's biggest COVID threat. But they could cause something far worse.
The situation reads like a particularly rubbish disaster movie sequel. Just when infection rates were slowing down and the chance of...
How I broke free from smartphone addiction
“It’s so cruel, what your mind can do for no reason” laments Arlo Parks in her recent single, Black Dog. She’s accurate. When your head’s...
A Tribute to Every Nordic Murder Drama Ever.
Offwent went off, then went in, this time with a very thick folder of evidence marked "VERY THICK FOLDER OF EVIDENCE". "Ballistic...
The Great Paintputer
"Of course they run on paint", hissed Xito, visibly irritated. "What else would they run on? We started with crude splashes of the...
To be truly diverse, we must re-learn how to be offensive.
When you woke up this morning, the first thing on your mind probably was not, ‘I would like to offend someone’. This makes sense. Getting...
On VE Day, COVID-war comparisons are simply not helpful.
In his unashamedly secularist first book, ‘Homo Sapiens’, Yuval Harari states that humanity has historically faced three key threats:...
Some things I have learned from the past few days
Fresh salmon, grilled in olive oil, lets you know when it is done by filling your entire home with smoke. An N64 game cartridge can still...
Some surprising things you'll appreciate in the COVID era.
COVID has made some little things unexpectedly welcome.
COVID-era tech literacy: We either learn, or we perish.
'I'm crap at maths' is a phrase that millenials used to throw around like scrunched-up past exam papers. Dad can handle the finances....
Covida and Jen, 2073
In the 2070s, two Humanities History students prepare for their exam. The subject: COVID-19.
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Some thoughts on the totally insane, messed up world we're now isolated up in.
You’re being mislead by these tech terms. Stop.
Tech jargon isn’t necessarily bad. It can make complicated concepts easier and quicker to communicate. For example, who wants to talk...
Weird stuff you never noticed during Pesach
Perhaps you’re so busy eating unleavened card that you no longer question what you’re doing. But try explaining the gems below to people...
If the Ten Plagues happened today…
It’s hard to imagine just how devastating the Ten Plagues mentioned in the Biblical book of Exodus really were. Pestilence isn’t the...
Zombies remember “pioneer” who “started it all 2,000 years ago”
Today, the familiar sight of the undead shoving a fist through an old tomb is taken for granted by anyone with an edible brain. But the...
Ten unbelievably stupid 3D printed designs.
3D printing is, generally speaking, a cool concept. When the term first entered mainstream usage around 2011, people imagined printing...
Many people still think the world is flat. You won’t believe why.
Health Warning: If you’re a flat earther, and there are many of you, you are not going to like what you see here. Ever wanted to believe...



















