Breaking News...
About twenty years ago, when I was barely more than a callow young slip of a grumpy alcoholic burn out, I remember reading predictions about how climate...
Valentines Day Special
Call me pretentious if you like, but I’m starting to wonder if I’m not a deeper thinker than Shania Twain. Probably the greatest songwriter of her generation...
Country & Western Nazi Goat Balls
The first time I came across animal-to-human testicle transplants, I was reading a book of cocktail recipes. I’m not a rich man, and by most metrics I’m...
Fame At Last?
In the sort of news that shouldn’t garner anything other than a weary sigh, a publishing company is offering a two grand prize for writing a play that isn’t...
The Green(land) Eyed Monster
It seems you can’t go five minutes these days without being nagged by a robot. Phones ping constantly to remind us of things we are meant to be doing, or...
M.A.D.
I’ve been writing a lot about the future of A.I., lately. Largely that it doesn’t have one. But I recently came across a video that made me think the whole...
This Week In Hell
Another week, another idea from a tech company that would, in any sane society, provoke the kind of outraged horror from the general population that used to...
No-Fun-Damentalism
It’s the end of the world. Probably. I haven’t checked. The truth is that I’ve survived so many apocalypses at this point in my life that I stopped keeping...
I (Will Have) Told You So.
Every so often, I get into a conversation with someone about A.I. This is a terrible idea, and I need to stop doing it. Unfortunately, the subject is in the...
Flagging Enthusiasm
A few months back, committed racists and xenophobes had the irritating idea to start plastering every square inch of the UK - or at least England - with...
News In Brief
Same As The Old Email If you're reading this… well, go outside. Read a book. Do something more productive. But if you received this email, you might have...