No Sacred Cows

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Category: Culture & Collapse

  • Message In A Bottle We Refuse To Read

    A beach that once held shells and seaweed now spits back our own rubbish. What would have shocked those of us who grew up before the plastic age barely registers today.

  • How to Tell If You’re Caught in the Dunning-Kruger Trap

    Learn the signs of the Dunning-Kruger effect — the cognitive trap where confidence outruns competence — and how to spot if you’re caught in it.

  • Expat Exodus? Not So Fast…

    Expat Exodus? Not So Fast…

    British tabloids once claimed expats were “fleeing France in droves.” The truth? Most stayed – for sanity, not sunshine. From Provence to Thailand, I found perspective. And as for returning to 2025 Britain, with neo-fascists leading the polls – non, merci.

  • Tattooed Eyebrows, Vegan Dogs, and the Heat Death of Thought

    Looking through my crystal ball… Democracies will erode under the weight of attention spans shorter than a hamster’s. The planet will heat, then hiccup, then wheeze, then expire, because the best we can do is redesign shampoo bottles to save the turtles. And we will still waste time arguing over the colour. Eventually, we might…