The Stage Where Dragons and Humanity Meet
As Game of Thrones heads to the theater, it marks a thrilling convergence of fantasy and reality.
Frisbees and Futures: Lessons from Off-Grid Villages
The best technology stories aren't about technology at all, they're about kids on swings. In September 2024, a playground opened at Kao La Amani Children's Village in Boma Ng'ombe, Tanzania, and while Silicon Valley was busy teaching chatbots to generate increasingly unhinged
Digital Lamentations: What Steam Deck Shortages Tell Us About Human Grief Rituals
The ancient Mesopotamians had professional mourners. These weren't people who showed up to funerals with tissues, they were artists who transformed grief into performance, turning loss into something the community could share. They wailed, they tore their clothes, they made suffering visible and audible. Today, we have Twitter
Architecture That Admits to Emotion: Love Hotels and Love Through a Prism
The first time I encountered a love hotel was not in Tokyo but in a photograph, Kyoichi Tsuzuki's image of a room decorated like a spaceship, complete with control panels that did nothing and a bed shaped like a UFO. I found myself fascinated not by the eroticism
When Kids Redesign Playgrounds, Everyone Wins
The adults arrived at Rotterdam's Driehoeksplein with clipboards and architectural renderings, ready to transform a tired urban square into something sensible. The children arrived with different plans. By the time the renovation opened, the renamed Driehoekspark featured spaces for play, education, encounters, and cooling, designed in ways that
Bad Bunny Spiked the Football. Trump Lost His Mind.
The NFL wanted sixty years of Super Bowl glory celebrated. What they got was a full-throated reminder that rock and roll and reggaeton don't bow to corporate pageantry. On February 8th, 2026, at Levi's Stadium, Green Day opened the 60th Super Bowl with what was supposed
Big Tobacco 2.0: Inside the First Trial Against Addictive Apps
The courtroom looks nothing like the Crypto.com Arena where Tyler, the Creator threw himself to the floor in a cloud of smoke at the 2026 Grammys. No pyrotechnics here, no bright green soldier uniforms, no explosive performances of "Thought I Was Dead." Lawyers, laptops, and the kind
Hardcore Grit Meets Cosmic Dreams: Draümar and Sepultura's Raw Connection
The best music in 2026 isn't coming from some corporate playlist machine. It bleeds out of Oslo basements and Brazilian farewell stages where humans still plug guitars into amps and scream like they mean it. This week brought proof in stereo: Norwegian hardcore punks Draümar announced their self-titled
AI Prescription Refills: The Ethical Dilemma of Autonomy in Medicine
Utah has launched a first-in-the-nation pilot allowing an AI system to renew existing prescriptions, often without requiring a physician to sign off, though safeguards include escalation pathways and human review. As of January 2026, Utah residents can use Doctronic to request renewals for about 190–200 eligible, non-controlled maintenance medications,
The Growing Shadow of Voice Assistants
The $68 Million Whisper The $68 million settlement Google agreed to pay last week for allegedly spying on users through its voice assistant feels both shocking and inevitable. Shocking because the sum represents millions of private conversations potentially transmitted without consent. Inevitable because, well, haven't we all suspected
From Drag Queens to Metal Kings: A Lesson in Authenticity
The best art happens when the mask slips. Whether it's mascara running down a queen's face or a vocalist's voice cracking on a high scream, the moment performance fails is the moment it becomes real. I've been chewing on this since stumbling
Starfleet Academy: A Space for New Narratives
Meta Killed Its Metaverse. Star Trek Knew Better All Along. Meta killed Horizon Workrooms, and the timing couldn't be more perfect. While Mark Zuckerberg's virtual office fades into the digital void, Paramount+ drops Star Trek: Starfleet Academy into our laps like the universe saying "maybe