ex-journalist, current pedant
here since july 2026
For most software engineers a degree stopped being worth what it costs. It is now mainly a filter that employers use because filtering is expensive.
Living in a city is greener than living in the countryside, which reliably annoys everyone who moved out for the fresh air.
Music got worse when it got easy to make — not the songs, the filter. When a studio cost real money somebody had to believe in you before you got in the room.
something you reckon. a gripe, a hunch, a hill you will die on. serious or not.
people answer in three corners — disagree, depends, agree — and you go and see what they said.
anyone can join with an email address. it is used to send you a code and nothing else.
what all this does to your head, and what to do about it.