Day 168 of cycling from Orkney to Senegal
Nocturnal snakes, drag racing rappers, and fish. Welcome to Blaouakh, Mauritania.
My Special Interest
Essays on myth, UFOs, 'unaccounted for pregnancies', AI, sex, Internet culture, and journalism.
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AI, bull semen, and a very long boat ride
How people smugglers are using AI to convince West Africans to make the deadly trip to Europe
'You should be ashamed': When petsitting goes awry
Puddles, verbal abuse, and massive military hardware – a housesit turned sour
Mindfucked by computers
On AI and sex, for the twain hath surely met
Loosed Upon the World with a Sun-Filled Voice
Reading Brian Muraresku's The Immortality Key and wondering why the Catholic Church doesn't spike the Kool Eucharist with acid anymore.
Unweaving the Web: 3 Lessons from Inside the Internet
A deep dive into the gross wonders of the Internet and 21st century journalism, featuring snakes, generative AI bots, a secretive mukbanger called Kate Yup, and a man who makes Pepto-Bismol pancakes.
Was Jesus of Nazareth Autistic?
Does fasting for 40 days qualify as an eating disordered behaviour?
Ceremony of Innocence
What can we learn about the world into which Jesus was born by examining how our ancestors looked at, learned from, and interacted with the stars?
Mary tells Joseph
‘He told me to go.’
You gotta start somewhere
If you perk up when someone asks you about something you're passionate about, why not invite those people to the table?