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Oct 13
2 min

“Backchannel”: A crucial element of how conversations flow and people bond

Backchannel is a type of speech that’s all about the function, not the content. It’s the mm-hmms, yeahs, right of courses.

Oct 5
2 min

Does Australia really have the deadliest snakes in the world?

Australian snakes have killed 35 people in the last year. The common krait has killed 5000 people in Sri Lanka alone.

Oct 5
2 min

Bring back the oldschool video game manuals

Old-school manuals have lists of all the towns you might visit, magical items you might acquire, stats you could level up in, backstories...

Sep 28
2 min

How silence works: Emailed conversations with four Trappist monks

"I’ve become very attuned to the sound of bird-song, the wind, water running through the pipes, identifying unseen monks by their footsteps"

Sep 28
1 min

In praise of bin animals

"The survivors are the bin animals: the ones who can extract resources from our waste products"

Sep 28
7 min

Tactical frivolity: A form of rebellion that turns the authorities' seriousness against them.

Originally published in Das Superpaper in July 2013 “How can you treat a police officer seriously when he is asking you: Why did you part...

Sep 25
0 min

Coming Soon (I'm transferring content to new website)

Expect new posts soon! Seriously, they're already written, I'm just moving them across

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