The Billion-Dollar API: Trump’s Board of Peace and the Monetisation of Sovereignty
Imagine global politics not as a grand marble hall full of flags and translators but as a login screen. Username. Password. Payment tier selected. That’s the thought... Read more.
Taiwanese Disease, Formosan Flu: Central Bank as Information Gatekeeper
If an economy were a body and its policies were cells, then the rumoured “Formosan flu” afflicting Taiwan might be best diagnosed not with a stethoscope but... Read more.
Making Sense of REF, Impact and Creative Outputs Through the Infosphere
In the UK higher education landscape, the Research Excellence Framework (better known as the REF) plays a major role in shaping how research quality is understood.... Read more.
Nothing Beats a Metadata Holiday: Hashtags, Memes and the Accidental Information Science of Jet2
What began as commercial ephemera (an advert produced to shift package holidays) has mutated into cultural capital, a memetic passport to viral belonging. I want... Read more.
When the Gates Open: Ghost Month and the Hauntings of the Web
At its core, Ghost Month is about infrastructures of connection. The gates of the underworld are said to swing open, allowing for traffic (spiritual, emotional,... Read more.
Why Not the Pub? Rethinking UK Bars as Accessible Learning Environments
This isn’t a manifesto to turn every UK pub into a coworking space. I’m not here to replace crisps with coursework or suggest that anyone swap pints for PowerPoint.... Read more.
Dangling in the Sky: A Thought Experiment About Fear, Reality and Letting Go
We live in a time where information is everything but it’s also everything everywhere all at once. We get dizzy trying to figure out what’s real, what’s fake... Read more.
The Holy API: Ritual, Protocol and Papal Smoke
Every few decades, a curious thing happens in Vatican City: thousands of people turn their eyes to a chimney. And when the smoke is white, the world knows: Habemus... Read more.
Rationalists, Zizians, and the Search for Truth: How Does Information Shape Belief?
Zizians, an emerging and loosely defined intellectual network, hold anarchist beliefs, emphasise animal rights and veganism, and promote a non-dualistic understanding... Read more.
Roots to Routes: Community Resilience through Ancestral Knowledge
In a world where progress and innovation are often prioritised, I highlight the need to reconnect with the past, drawing on the wisdom passed down through generations.... Read more.
