~Technology
When Smart Glasses Aren't as Smart as We Hoped
Meta's foray into smart glasses is a case study in expectations.
:Essay
Long reflective pieces. Essays that explore ideas, technology, and culture with depth, perspective, and voice.
~Culture
Silenced Whispers: The Struggle for Roma Visibility in Brazil
Amidst the vibrant culture of São Paulo, the Roma community lives in the shadows, battling invisibility and precarious living conditions.
~Music
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: The Soul of Heavy Metal in Grassroots Venues
As CORROSION OF CONFORMITY hits the road, they're not just packing their gear but carrying the weight of grassroots venues struggling to keep their doors open.
~Culture
The Stage Where Dragons and Humanity Meet
As Game of Thrones heads to the theater, it marks a thrilling convergence of fantasy and reality.
~Technology
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
~Culture
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
~Culture
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
~Culture
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
~Music
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
~Technology
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
~Culture
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
~Technology
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