Art and culture
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10 Ways to Spot Narcissists (So You Can Avoid Them)
I’ve had a lot of problems in my life. Coming from a traumatic childhood, I trusted the wrong people again and again. That’s something a lot of trauma survivors deal…
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The Birds and the Diamond Mountain
We love to mythologise the rich and powerful, especially the further away they are from us in the pages of history. But it’s important to separate the fact from the…
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5 Things Progressives Keep Getting Wrong
We are losing the battle for humanity to the Alt Reich, and I believe it’s time to be honest about our own failings so that we can get better. Nobody…
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Queer Class Exclusion
For most of my life, being a part of the gay community was about survival. It meant finding a chosen family, solidarity, and finding safety and acceptance where the outside…
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Top 10 Worst Incentives in Modern Australia
Australia is full of systems that reward the worst possible behaviour. Instead of ideas that fix problems, we’ve built incentives that make them worse, often deliberately, because someone powerful benefits.…
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Langenium 2012-2025 Retrospective
In 2012, I was playing Eve Online and doing a Level 4 mission. It wasn’t my first one of the night, I’d been grinding trying to get extra ISK (in-game…
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Defying Anti-Life
Like Elphaba in Wicked, those who defy authority often face demonization and persecution disguised as moral justice — a poignant reminder of the cost of standing against oppressive systems. Our world is…
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How to implement Blender Principled BSDF Materials in Three.js (Intro)
Achieving realism in computer graphics requires a phenomenal amount of computing power. In order to reduce that workload, 3D graphics uses techniques like Physically Based Rendering (PBR), which simulates the…
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7 Cult Classic LGBTIQA+ Comedy Films You Might Have Missed
Everyone knows about Rocky Horror and Priscilla, but did you know there’s a bunch of cult classic comedies with LGBTIQA+ characters and themes? Some are from “legit gay cinema” because…
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5 Classic Sci Fi TV Shows To Binge Over the Holidays
PICTURED ABOVE: A size comparison of space craft in popular fiction — full size here. If you’re like me and are up to date on all the new shows like Mythic Quest and…