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.
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.
In December 2020, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, the British Conservative politician Michael Gove was called on to grapple with one of philosophy’s deepest and most divisive questions: Is a Scotch egg a main meal or a starter?"
Are you worried about the scourge of wokeness coming for your kids? In the present age of trans rights activism, high levels of vaccine uptake, and critical race theory, no parent can afford to be too careful: there’s every chance your kids could be...
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Late on June 23, hours before the Indian Prime Minister was scheduled to meet politicians from Jammu and Kashmir, a local food delivery app sent out a message to its users.
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Throughout the first year of the pandemic, responsibility for the U.K.’s health service lay with Matt Hancock, who first rose to public prominence when, as a more junior MP, he launched a social media app called simply “Matt Hancock.” This app...
Back in the glory days of the early 2000s, George Lucas managed to just really screw it up by releasing the Star Wars Prequels. Purportedly, this trilogy of films told the story of how a little ventriloquist dummy in the deserts of Arizona grew up...
Since the pandemic began, the internet has been awash with misinformation and conspiracy theories over every aspect of COVID-19. The origin of the virus is no exception. Dismissed as a Sinophobic conspiracy for the majority of last year, claims that...