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I’m part of ‘the most hated group on the internet’. But I’m not ashamed
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (569+ words) I have a tragic confession to make. At 29 years old, I'm finally outing myself as a card-carrying member of society's most hated sub-group: the "Disney adult. You see, the Disney adult is not a popular one. It's an umbrella term…...
Fake hero, wrong suspect: Misinformation floods social media after Bondi shooting
1+ week, 5+ day ago (605+ words) Follow our live coverage of the Bondi Beach shooting aftermath here. A torrent of misinformation spread across social media following Sunday's Bondi Beach massacre, with Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok amplifying false claims about the identity of a bystander who…...
Cyberbullies at the gate
2+ week, 4+ day ago (222+ words) Peter Miniutti of Ashbury writes: "John Bailey [C8] reminded me of a few funny HSC answers that circulated the staff room, such as "Triffids were dangerous plants that waved their testicles in the air" and "Where was the American Declaration of…...
The internet is threatening the dictionary. Can we still save it?
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (464+ words) When did you last use a dictionary? Whichever the brand, be that Oxford or Macquarie? Maybe last year? Maybe two years ago? Truth being, you can't remember. That ritual of sifting the alphabet, finding the page, then sliding your gaze…...
The ultimate zomcom: How one word ate the dictionary
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (403+ words) Travelling in a fried-out Kombi, on a hippie trail, head full of zombie " You know the words by heart or have the nerve to mumble them on karaoke night. Zombie-like in a way, a slave to the beat. Men At…...
Flight safety videos: too entertaining to be useful?
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (19+ words) The trend of safety videos becoming marketing videos has some wondering if they have drifted too far off course....
Girlboss anti-heroes are having a TV moment – and I can’t stop watching
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (317+ words) I've watched so many TV shows and movies dramatising real-world founders and CEOs, I could write one with my eyes closed. Adaptations of the lives of figures like Elizabeth Holmes Anna Delvey and Belle Gibson are part of the Scammer…...
White Lotus without the awful people: the new trend for luxury writers’ retreats
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (360+ words) Spend a few thousand to get to Guatemala and enjoy a beach massage and a traditional Mayan shaman fire ceremony, Santos writes. Spend a week on the Queen Mary 2, or a Tuscan estate, or a French chateau. "Maybe " if your…...
Massive Attack demanded their music be pulled from Spotify. Instead, their listeners grew
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1160+ words) When Massive Attack declared a fortnight ago that they wanted their music pulled from Spotify, it was a shot across the bow of the world's biggest streaming service by the highest-profile act so far. The Bristol collective, long defined by…...
Labubu, skibidi and delulu enter their dictionary era, for better or worse
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (305+ words) If you think a Labubu is the solulu, you're delulu. And if that sentence boils your blood, then best to skip this column for health reasons. What follows is news on the new, those words sidling into English as dictionaries…...