The Country Is The People
Not the Government… I saw a post on social media the other day that stopped me mid-scroll. Someone had written, with what I can only assume was the confidence of…
Thoughts
Retirement…Change of Pace?
Nah… Bollocks to That! Let me start with a small piece of admin. I have just hit a fairly significant milestone. Technically retired, six decades-plus of life under my belt,…
When Patriotism Becomes a Loyalty Test
What the Hell Are We Doing to Our Olympians? There’s a moment in the opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Winter Games that keeps rattling around my head. The American team…
Fighting the Pinterest Algorithm
(Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Chaos Goblins) Let’s talk about Pinterest. Not the Pinterest you vaguely remember from 2012, when it was all wedding mood…
When the Robots Decide What You’re Allowed to Say
There’s an overriding sense of powerlessness that comes with being censored by a machine. A human censor, at least, you can argue with. You can appeal to their reason, their…
Freedom of Speech Is Alive and Well…
It’s Just No Longer Invited to the Party There was a time when the great free-speech question was gloriously simple. Can you say the thing? If the answer was yes,…
A Quiet Opportunity
Featuring Real Offers in Front of a Paid, Opportunity-Focused Community There’s a strange tension online when it comes to opportunity. On one side, people are actively looking for new ways…
A Perfectly Normal Weather Event
Your Guide to This Weekend’s Bomb Cyclone So there’s a bomb cyclone coming. Not a metaphorical one. Not a political one. An actual meteorological phenomenon with a name that sounds…
The Great Geopolitical Shuffle
Why Starmer’s Flying to Beijing While Trump Builds Walls So here we are. January 2026. Keir Starmer’s just touched down in Beijing for the first time a British prime minister…
The Kids Are Wolves Now
(And Apparently That’s Our Problem) Now there’s a sentence I never expected to type in my lifetime, and yet here we are: Spanish teenagers are dressing up as wolves and…