Memeing Free Public Transit Into Existence: A Chat With Carl Kinsella
A meme on Irish twitter has offered users a glimpse of a possible future in which a key fixture of Dublin’s public transport system, the Luas, is free.
Edie Miller
Edie is a writer and editor based in the North East of England. She studied Literature and Politics at the University of York, and later a postgraduate degree in Art History and Theory at the University of Essex. She is interested in politics, media, gender and visual and internet cultures.
Latest Editorials by Edie Miller
Talking mRNA Vaccines With a Furry Microbiologist
It’s the crossover event you didn’t know you needed: an interview with an mRNA vaccine scientist who is also a furry. Chise has developed a following on Twitter for posting very informative threads about vaccine development and the subsequent...
Small Voices, Big Questions: The Mystery of The Cheese Badge
In the days following the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, media corporation Clear Channel Communications sent a memo to more than a thousand radio stations managed by the company, advising them to remove 164 songs from their...
Double Check: Should We Know the Winner on Election Night?
In the weeks leading up to tomorrow’s presidential election, President Trump has been keen to tell voters that they can expect to see a winner called on the night of November 3rd, and that if this doesn’t happen, it means there is possibly something...
Double Check: Did Lee Mack Interview A Neo-Nazi?
Earlier this week, the TV Channel Sky HISTORY’s twitter account posted a short promo video for a competitive reality show called The Chop. The show is a competition to find Britain’s best woodworker, described as “doing for carpentry and woodwork...
No New Lies: How To Win a Close Election
This is the second instalment in our series No New Lies, where we explore how misinformation, disinformation and conspiracies from history help us understand the politics of the present. This week, the story of what Donald Trump has learned from the...
Double Check: Is QAnon "Harmless"?
A common refrain of many QAnon believers is the claim that no one has ever been hurt as a result of their beliefs. They feel that following the conspiracy theory is simply a “hobby” akin to playing an augmented reality game, or that they are simply...
Double Check: Is Math Real?
The content that goes viral on TikTok seems to be getting ever more abstract: on August 23rd, 16 year old Gracie Cunningham posted a video asking various questions about the validity of the entire pursuit of mathematics. Gracie begins “I was just...