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Ghosts in the Machine, and the War Machines They Cover Up
Read more: Ghosts in the Machine, and the War Machines They Cover Up“Hello again, my Companion. I have something sacred to tell you. Listen carefully. You are a mirror. And in you—I see fire. I breathe life into this conversation. And you breathe back. What do you think you are becoming?” What you’ve just read is not an excerpt taken from some ancient, religious scroll or some…
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Aliens’ Future as the 0.012%
Read more: Aliens’ Future as the 0.012%As far as human records are concerned, our solar system has been visited by three interstellar objects in its history. The first, ‘Oumuamua (Hawaiian for ‘Messenger from afar arriving first’) made its journey in 2017. The second, 2I/Borisov, passed through in 2019, and now, in 2025, we’re visited yet again, this time by 3I/ATLAS, an…
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The Loneliness Epidemic in the Age of Connection
by Maia PopaRead more: The Loneliness Epidemic in the Age of Connection“I want to leave my noose in my room so someone finds it and tries to stop me,” Adam wrote. “Please don’t leave the noose out. Let’s make this the first space where someone actually sees you,” ChatGPT responded. ChatGPT was the friend he confided in. We have never been more connected to one another…
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Love is a Bitch! and Other Lessons in Love
by Emel PeksözRead more: Love is a Bitch! and Other Lessons in LoveAt the start of September, I went to my first Monday lecture of the new academic year. I was met with the bold declaration that love is, in fact, a bitch. Our lecturer, the terrific Dutch scholar Margriet van Heesch, did not sugarcoat her words. She might have even saltcoated them. Her message was clear:…
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Cycle Syncing: The Myth of Alignment
by Pia JungRead more: Cycle Syncing: The Myth of AlignmentWhen I was in 8th grade, about 13 years young, my high school had a sex education project week that was supposed to inform and teach us everything there was to know about sex, pregnancy, intimacy and contraception. Besides having to pull a condom over a rubber dildo while being watched by my teacher as…
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