oh kieran i tried watching the new series and had to tap out when a young woman said she believes in βthe fig tree theoryβ which is, in fact, sylvia plathβs fig tree metaphor but mashed up via jargony tiktok therapyspeak
streets are saying the kids donβt use βDMCβ anymore
lovers
Birds have significantly better eyesight than us which is why I get nice and sexy to go birdwatching
new essay about genAI, antifragility, fear, time, dodgeball
She made me an offer I couldnβt refuse (setting me on fire in the Arbyβs bathroom).
new for substack π£οΈππ«
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happy may (aka the first month of shoes off weather!!!!) βοΈ
doctor apples, painted by amanda almira newton, 1908
doctor apples, painted by amanda almira newton, 1908
asking βwhat are weβ to the fare evader who snuck by on my contactless
wrote something new recently btw!! for @the-independent.com, on dating apps, dating events, non-rejection vs. The Real Thing, and getting psyched out on the tube. check it out if u fancy. mwah x
pms so bad i just got misty eyed over the trailer for steve coogan penguin movie
FEATURE | Tired of the safe, sanitised and endlessly frustrating cycle of dating apps, Maja Anushka went to newly founded Haystack Datingβs latest event to find out whatβs behind the resurgence in IRL βmeet-cuteβ opportunities
iβve come down with a fierce desire to rewatch the big short β¦ only happened this week β¦ strange β¦ must have been the wind β¦
new fun office game: putting "children" in air quotes around people who have kids
it also made me cry like a baby! this show has been building up to become one of the most important and mainstream critiques of AI culture we have available to us! well done severance!!!
sev s2 ending fan reaction is what happens when people 1. become too theorypilled to actually just enjoy the content the theories are about and 2. think media exists for them specifically and should never make them feel rage/injustice/anger/grief
wormoon
new essay on bad miracle machine
are things worse now?
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got cooked and then got froze today
It is the most popular career for young people, but more of the worldβs most famous vloggers are now taking a break. Maja Anushka, who posted for ten years and then quit, asks why
new feature from me for @the-independent.com !
they should invent a dignified way to eat a croissant
ended last month with a lovely little milestone over on badmiraclemachine, which is like a sweet little home that i store my long-form writing in π
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puss in boots: the last wish, dir. joel crawford, 2022
noah has spent the last 9 days telling us all to watch puss in boots 3 and we laughed at him. and then it was so good!!!!!!! no puss in boots movie has any right to go this hard!!!!!!
4/5 stars π±
saw this on boxing day!!!!!!
a short stay in hell, steven peck, 2012
very cool interesting and upsetting bit of philosophical imagining. the longer you spend with the text the more the implications of βhellβ becoming completely unbearable
3/5 stars π