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Of course we can't all be Barbie.
Some have to settle for the call sign ‘Witch’. From the ABC yesterday, a profile of Olha Bihar, a 31-year-old lawyer from Kyiv, who has morphed …
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Of course we can't all be Barbie.
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Justice for Ken!
Yes, I’m totally watching the Barbie movie when it comes out. But I’m going to read this piece in Esquire again first. A deep dive into the terr…
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Justice for Ken!
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The Stone Marker.
Hands in the air for Jason Lambright, who finishes his successful alternate history of WW1 with the release of The Stone Marker this week. It’s …
May 29
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The Stone Marker.
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"Inside the CIA's secret quest to unlock time travel with user beams powered by the human mind."
You better fucking believe I clicked on that link when it dropped into my Apple News feed. The fact it was sending me to Popular Mechanics promi…
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"You can't blow it out. It's already in the brain."
I started watching Platonic on Apple TV+ last night and ended up blazing through the first three eps in one sitting. It’s not the sort of thing …
May 29
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"I found you," she whispered. "I finally found you."
Everyone in Writerworld has been freaking the fuck out at an AI service called Sudowrite, which recently released a tool that it claimed could w…
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Food crime
When I lived in Sydney, I was in the habit of reading The Good Food Guide from cover to cover every Tuesday. Yeah. I was one of those wankers. (…
May 23
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Food crime
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"Blue skies smiling at me..."
“Nothing but blue skies do I see.” Testify, Willie. Sometime over the weekend, probably early Sunday evening, I decided I’d had enough of Twitte…
May 22
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Wondering if I should read some Martin Amis?
I confess I’ve never read his novels because they’re not very splodey and I figured he didn’t need the money. But everyone’s been saying how goo…
May 22
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Will JB get an Apple headset?
Is that even a fucking question? Of course, I will. But, hear me out now. It would be totally justified. Repeat. I wouldn’t be playing games on …
May 21
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Will JB get an Apple headset?
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Busy morning, so Imma let Mr Turtledove get you started.
I’d have said “Garfunkular”.
May 18
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Busy morning, so Imma let Mr Turtledove get you started.
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Use the Force... against Nazis!
This comparison vid has apparently been around for ages, but I’ve only just seen it, probably because of the anniversary of the Dambuster’s raid…
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Use the Force... against Nazis!
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