The Great American Trucker-English Crisis
The Scene of the Bureaucratic Crime Somewhere along the tangled interstate between Sacramento and Washington, a $40 million pile-up just occurred, not of metal, but of politics. At the wheel:…
Observations
The Uncomfortable Gift of Evaluate Your Life Day
(And Why Most People Will Ignore It) Tomorrow is Evaluate Your Life Day. Yes, really. October 19th. Someone, somewhere, decided we needed an official day to stop scrolling, put down…
The Unabomber Was Right (And That’s the Problem)
There’s a 35,000-word essay sitting on the internet that more people should have read before we built the world we’re living in now. The problem is, it was written by…
The Victorian Machine
How We Reinvented Control and Called It Progress The sound still echoes in my memory, the sharp crack of a long wooden pole being battered against metal bedframes at 5:30…
The Fading Glow of the Local
How Economic Pressures are Dimming Britain’s Pubs There’s a quiet tragedy unfolding on high streets and in villages across Britain. It’s not a sudden, dramatic collapse, but a slow, insidious…
Your Digital Dissent: The Global War on Free Thought Online
The Digital Dilemma: When Safety Collides with Free Expression Online Remember when the internet felt like the Wild West? A vast, untamed space where ideas could fly free, conversations could…
The “Authentic Writer” Paradox: How to Sound Like Yourself Without Sounding Like Anyone
Why Your “Unique Voice” Might Be a Mashup — and Why That’s Okay Ah, authenticity. You know the phrase. It’s the holy grail, the unicorn, the secret sauce of writing…
Digital Snake Oil…
Snake Oil? Snake Oil, Indicators: Indicator Description Overblown Claims Promises of universal or miraculous results Lack of Evidence No credible scientific support; reliance on testimonials Aggressive Marketing Charismatic sales pitches,…
World Baking Day 2025: A Homemade Festival of Flour, Sugar, and Joy!
May 18th isn’t just another day on the calendar, it’s World Baking Day, an international celebration that invites everyone to get cosy in the kitchen and whip up something deliciously…
National Mushroom Hunting Day 2025
If you thought mushrooms were just those little fungi shyly popping up on your pizza or lurking under damp logs, think again! Every year on May 17th, mushroom lovers and…