Sometimes trying to escape the drear that is the morning news can lead one into equally murky thoughts. And pondering of whether one is actually in one of the dystopias one didn't want to be. One of my common morning behaviours is doing the daily challenges in a solitaire app. I find a few games … Continue reading Crab Buckets
conspiracy theory
Muffin It Up
Over the weekend I had a startling revelation about how the misperception of technology makes the ineffective seem deliberate. On Saturday, I noticed an email in my spam folder that seemed almost identical to one I'd received and deleted on Friday. Obviously, I didn't feel the need to read the same information twice but I … Continue reading Muffin It Up
The Path Less Followable
As long-term followers will know, I deliver letters for the Green Party. Moving house has not changed this volunteering but has changed some of the anomalies I encounter. With local elections coming up at the start of next month, I have undertaken a delivery most weeks this month so have become quite familiar with parts … Continue reading The Path Less Followable
Godsquatter by Gerard Heidgerken
Mashing a bit of Robert Rankin, a chunk of Kevin Smith, and a lot of potato jokes together, Heidgerken produces satire for the generation that can’t even. Gordon MacNamara works in a fast-food franchise, dreaming not of a better future but of those shifts when he gets to work the fry station rather than something … Continue reading Godsquatter by Gerard Heidgerken
No Masks Here
Yesterday I came across an untitled poem by Upashna that refused to quite let go. Dusk pours her dregs of light on the weary bones draped in a corrugated yellow skin threading the silk suture A melange of reverberations in the air- a distinct chirp of hatchlings calling it’s dame at prey, the yellow tailed … Continue reading No Masks Here
Wild, Dark Times by Austin Case
Case filters Abrahamic dualism through the lens of post-modern subjectivity to create a religious thriller that both relies on artists rather than academics and treats the mystery at the heart of things as genuinely magical rather than merely political. Elizabeth Megalos works as a bank teller in St. Louis, another art-school graduate who gave in, … Continue reading Wild, Dark Times by Austin Case
One Scoop or Two?
Certain governments have recently taken stances on the trustworthiness of Chinese telecommunications businesses: the US a hard line; the UK a partnership. However, perhaps both this pessimism and this optimism are directed toward the wrong target. Perhaps the spying is more subtle and against a different target. Each of the cat litter trays we've bought … Continue reading One Scoop or Two?
Circling the Square
Jace picked the office door lock. It’d seemed a simple idea: identify everyone attending meetings, then run stats to prove Masonry wasn’t the path to power. He’d felt vindicated when the numbers showed on average Masons were slightly more successful. Until he noticed the distribution was off. Which was the start of the rabbit hole. … Continue reading Circling the Square
Wheels Within Wheels
“Four animatronic lion heads?” Jason squinted at the accounts. “Why did you need them?” Lights flashed across the Human Verity and Harmony Interpreter. “I needed them to create a more efficient mobile unit.” “You’re connected to the net. You don’t need to go anywhere. And how do cat heads help?” “My purpose is to find … Continue reading Wheels Within Wheels
A Sunny Day in Dallas
“Surely war’s worse than a few compromises?” Louie sighed. “If Kennedy keeps appeasing them, they’ll just push for more.” “He’s going to listen to you over advisers he sees daily? Doubt your letter will make it out of the mail room.” He frowned. “I could stand on the route of the motorcade and wave the … Continue reading A Sunny Day in Dallas
Davetopia 