Had a good time speaking to these two, have a read!

The worrying new gambling trend luring boys to bet on airstrikes, Epstein and aliens Prediction markets – which allow users to bet on the outcome of almost anything – are coming to the UK, bringing with them the possibility of the next big gambling problem. How have these platforms ca...

Aliens are real. Epstein is alive. Trump will say ‘egg’ in his state of the union.

Would you bet on it? Lots of people on Polymarket and Kalshi are. I explored prediction markets with Timothy Fong and Natasha Dow Schull, author of Addiction by Design.

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Luigi Mangione’s to-do list included ‘pluck eyebrows’ and ‘change hat’ Lawyers argue that anything found in the bag should be barred because police didn’t have a search warrant

'Change hat' is such a great to-do list item, like if you asked the first iteration of ChatGPT to write you chores for the day

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Australian teens bid farewell to social media as world-first ban comes into force Ban requires 10 largest social networks to lock out children under 16 or face hefty fines

'Some users added tags such as “#seeyouwhenim16”.'

No self-respecting 16-year-old would use a hashtag

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The rage-bait era – how AI is twisting our emotions without us even realising it The rage-bait era – how AI is twisting our emotions without us even realising it

The rage-bait era – how AI is twisting our emotions without us even realising it

Shadowdog is still a beautiful, brainrotted mess We try and make sense of the glitchy, discharge-covered 2015 album with the help of its creator

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There’s strange albums that have grown a cult following online… then there is Shadowdog, the glitch-pop 2015 release by tirestires.

We interviewed the person behind it to celebrate its anniversary vinyl release!

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OpenAI says a suicidal teenager should have read their fine print OpenAI says a suicidal teenager should have read their fine print

OpenAI says a suicidal teenager should have read their fine print

Jeffrey Epstein dreamt up bizarre series starring Johnny Depp, Stephen Fry and more The disgraced financier had an idea for an interview series called ‘Strange Bedfellows’, but none of the stars he fantasised about featuring seem to be aware of its existence

Jeffrey Epstein dreamt up bizarre series starring Johnny Depp, Courtney Love – and even Stephen Fry

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Get your copy of listencorp 007, now!

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Bad news for music, I got my navidrome running again. Shit is going to get LISTENED to

Why Gen Z want dial-up back – and how the internet could be driven to extinction The ‘you’ve got mail’ era already feels like a lifetime ago, but in the week dial-up connections are finally turned off by AOL, Liam Murphy-Robledo talks to the pioneers of commercial dial-up internet...

Neither sleep nor death will sever your connection. But it wasn't always this way...

I spoke to the pioneers of dial-up, as well as Dr Lui Gough and @coletteshade.bsky.social about internet nostalgia. And Geert Lovink about how it could all come to an end.

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The seventh edition of listencorp is here Octa Mobius Sheffner! An exclusive cassette! Baths! Lucy Liyou! Ninjarachi and more!

🚨 LISTENCORP 007 IS HERE 🚨

Octa Sheffner (@gerogerigaygaygay.bsky.social) reveals why it's over after 850+ releases and we dive into their 8-hour masterpiece, LUX.

Baths (@bathsmusic.bsky.social) gives insight into his new album and its brutal poetry...

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Thank you to @alliegoertz.bsky.social and @juliaprescott.bsky.social for lending your voices and Simpsons expertise too!

The Simpsons didn’t predict the modern world – it shaped it The record-breaking animation may be returning for a 37th season, but many fans have long switched off. If ‘The Simpsons’ is struggling to make an impact, it only has its own success to blame, writes ...

Wrote about FBI raids on bootleg Bart Simpson shirts, @alansiegella.bsky.social’s fantastic new book on it, and how an animated show helped shape our modern times for @the-independent.com

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YEARS OF LARD: Cancel culture, but make it stupid 'CRY MORE LIB,' I cry, as the woke mob is forced to write 'Charlie Kirk' on my Starbucks coffee

Wrote about Charlie Kirk, Cracker Barrel and the politics of pain

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‘Cry more lib!’ I cry, as I force the woke mob to write Charlie Kirk on my Starbucks coffee

A prolific online visual style brought to life… 🌈 🎠 🏘️

Crossing Bridges’ Dreamcore OST draws out the strange familiarity of nightmarishly idyllic cul-de-sacs and endless green hills.

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Jim Legxacy - black british music (2025) | Reviews | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews UK rapper charges a formidable first album with heart and quick-step style changes, aglow with Bluetooth-charged eclecticism… --- --- “A lot of shit

In a week where UK vs US discourse grew – a debate both invigorating and fatiguing – Jim Legxacy is busy flicking through his Blackberry, laying a patchwork of disparate influences over a nucleus of Black London musicality

My review for @clashmusic.com

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Anybody else up loving their music?

Hello Alan! Hope you're good and congrats on this incredible book. Wondering if I can chat with you about it for an article I'm writing, would love to speak with you.

Luke, I am your drum and bass father

Like booting up some strange PC game…

w o r l d 2 0 0 0 by International Telecom, out on Deep Sea

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How AI deepfake voice scams are becoming the most insidious threat on the internet Most deepfake programmes need only one picture to create a semi-believable facial model, and experts say AI can make voices indistinguishable from the real thing with just a few minutes of audio. This...

Great piece by Liam Murphy @the-independent.com on how AI deepfake voice scams are becoming the most insidious threat on the internetwww.independent.co.uk/tech/ai-deepfake-scams-c...

Read it here:

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From Jean Baudrillard’s ‘The Evil Demon of Images’:

‘It is precisely when it appears most truthful and most in conformity to reality that the image is most diabolical…’

‘There is … a seduction, a force of diversion and distortion. There is a kind of fatal strategy of conformity.’

I didn’t see the spaghetti but I have commented nonetheless 😀 As we are engulfed by Israel/Iran deepfakes, the threat of unreality gets ever nearer.

How AI deepfake voice scams are becoming the most insidious threat on the internet Most deepfake programmes need only one picture to create a semi-believable facial model, and experts say AI can make voices indistinguishable from the real thing with just a few minutes of audio. This...

They made Will Smith eat spaghetti. What can AI make you do?

‘Personal misinformation’ is growing, fuelled by bad actors, but also by our own habits.

Spoke to @lilianedwards.bsky.social and @swachter.bsky.social for this piece in @the-independent.com

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The Bidenification didn’t really take long, did it?

BREAKING: Trump is reportedly very ticked off with Netanyahu 😡 told them NOT to do that!!!

Trump angy at Putin, per Reuters

Instagram doing incredible things

I spoke to @jcz.bsky.social about his album Horizons™ and what it can tell us about the metaverse and its strange, empty spaces

For @digital-frontier.bsky.social

www.digitalfrontier.com/articles/metaverse-meta-horizon-worlds-john-zobele