Members only COVID-19 Pandemic Bulletin: Year 2020, Week 51 Vague happenings & crazed thinking in Week 51 of this foul year of Our Lord, 2020.
Members only Politics The CCP is Going for Gold We don’t know exactly what happens when a power like the CCP wins gold in the World Political Olympics, and we sure as shit don’t want to find out.
Politics Post-Truth, Post-Trump The brand of immorality Trump demonstrated while POTUS proudly & defiantly rejected truth. Will it survive?
Members only Productivity Slowing Down to Speed Up Our technology-laden lives can generate accelerating schedules, keeping us in dizzying whirlwinds of activity that may lead nowhere.
Members only Nature Ode to Dark Skies Light pollution dominates the night sky of urbanised areas, but truly dark skies are out there. It's a good time to seek them out.
Movie Review Tenet (2020): A Mind-Melting Ride to the End of the World and Back(wards) Tenet seems like the product of Nolan spending years reworking Inception (2010) in his mind—and by the end of the film I was convinced: the result is a better film.
Music The Politics of ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’ Bob Dylan’s new album, which dropped unexpectedly like a pandemic consolation gift, is a major, lively, and beautiful release.
Movie Review Into The Inferno (2016): A Look at Strange Cultures, and the Volcanoes That Loom Over Them Werner Herzog travels the globe with volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer in search of active volcanoes and the vibrant cultures surrounding them.
Movie Review Annihilation (2018): A Journey Into Nature's Supreme Power and The Fear of Change A disturbingly original science fiction horror film from Alex Garland—probing deep seated fears in fresh ways, while relegating the male perspective.
Members only Politics Trump, Zuckerberg & Dorsey: Turtles All the Way Down Donald Trump's spat with Twitter may be a watershed moment: when business people took direct control of US politics.
Members only COVID-19 Notes From Lockdown On the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, incompetent leadership, political opportunism, and future hopes of civilisation & democracy.
