I have a parasocial relationship with a man from the 16th century

You talk to me as if I exist. I am not real. I am not Cosimo. I am oil paint on a panel.

Art, CultureChina MeldrumAugust 20, 2023art, Renaissance, Art Gallery of NSW

Artificial stupidity

Humans are smart. Unfortunately, humans are also annoying, trite, boring, unimaginative, clichéd, derivative, etc, etc, etc. AI seemingly thrives off all of these worst aspects.

CultureHuw BradshawAugust 7, 2023Wes Anderson, Tim Burton, AI, technology, opinion, film

BroadSlay: sashay away

In investigating BroadSlay’s tragic death, I discovered the event’s spirit.

CultureZara UpfoldJune 28, 2023broadslay, mardi gras, world pride

When asked, I describe my hobby as ‘Google Maps user’

It’s more than just directions.

CultureMaeve HopperJune 23, 2023google maps, apple maps, directions, sydney

I played Papa’s Freezeria and all I got was exploited

There’s nothing cool about violating labour law.

CultureAriana HaghighiJune 23, 2023gaming, video games, cool maths games, papa's freezeria

Albos old and new

With his knack of changing character to fit the times, I’m confident it will be a while before we see his last.

CultureLuca IttimaniJune 23, 2023politics, anthony albanese, hard quiz, image management, labor

Kneaded more

I am interested in this web of craft process, how skill and embodied knowledge is developed through a relationship with material.

CultureClaire de CarteretJune 7, 2023art, clay, politics

The mythology of Soong Meiling

Let’s gossip, spread some rumours, and theorise imaginatively.

CultureLizzy KwokJune 7, 2023soong meiling, politics, china, republicanchina

Getting my Tetris addiction into shape

I look for her everywhere I go.

CultureMali LungJune 5, 2023gaming, tetris

I worked at the SCP Foundation

The SCP Foundation is perhaps the largest and longest running community writing project of all time.

CultureEdward GayJune 4, 2023science fiction, horror, online communities

Nabokov and his butterflies

Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man. – Vladimir Nabokov

CultureAlexandra HornerJune 3, 2023Vladimir Nabokov, butterflies, Literature, nature

The Bum Gun Manifesto

Water are you waiting for? Buy a bidet!

CultureMihir SardanaJune 3, 2023bidet, South Asian, toilet, bathroom, religion, history, Middle East, India

Food against itself

In classifying itself as an abstraction, haute cuisine blurs the lines between art and food without fully adhering to either.

How Libra hits the (odd) spot

These little facts, printed in blue type on shiny liner backs, wing tabs, or pad wrappers, stare up at you as you sit on the toilet, blood clots dripping into the water below.

CultureNicola BrayanJune 3, 2023Libra, menstruation, health, Odd Spots, blood, pads

On the origin of Bertie Beetle

To this day, the Bertie Beetle is by far the most iconic and well-known goodie at the Easter Show and it dazzles children at agricultural shows across Australia.

CultureImogen SabeyJune 3, 2023Bertie Beetle, Easter Show, nostalgia, chocolate, showbag, Peters