Politics

How the Left Could Turn Things Around

It’s not gone well for left wing parties and politicians in recent years. They’ve seen Trump take the presidency on a populist resurgence aimed at the disadvantaged. They’ve seen Brexit take the UK out of the European Union. And well, worldwide they’ve seen…

The Regulator

The techno-political blindspot revealed at this year’s SXSW

The Rage In The Machine

“The way to win an information war is not to shy away from conflict online…

The Media Will Eat Itself Because Fiction is More Powerful Than Truth

“History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes.” — attributed to Mark Twain but it’s what I call a fauxtation, no textual source linking it to him. Of course.

Pro-Tip To Anime Localizers, Quit Insulting Your Audience If You Want To Keep Them.

After the whole Prison School cringefest awhile back where someone thought throwing in a reference to GamerGate (a reference that was totally at odds with the actual meaning of the…

No, People Don’t Vote ‘Against Their Own Interests’

If you’ve read through various political forums and subreddits online, you’ve probably seen the old claim. You know, the one that says ‘poor people are stupid because they vote against their own interests’. This is usually based on the…

No, I don’t want to fork over tithe so you can go buy Bentleys and fly around in private jets. I’d rather worship energy.

Liberals are bewildered. Why is church so passionately behind a philistine that encompasses the Bible passage about Sodom…