Is the Internet Turning Us Into Fuel? Inside the Strange World of The Crazy Machine
In a hidden corner of the internet, a strange digital art project has been quietly evolving for years. Known as The Crazy Machine, artist Derek R. Audette’s experimental multimedia project explores algorithmic culture, digital mythology, and the unseen systems shaping modern identity. Is the internet turning us into fuel for invisible machines? This investigation dives into one of the web’s most mysterious internet art projects.
The Republican War on Knowledge: How the GOP Is Dismantling the American Mind
The Republican war on knowledge is not a collection of local grievances that happened to accumulate. It is a program — built on book bans, climate denial, and the systematic dismantling of the epistemic infrastructure democratic self-governance requires. Lucian Harrow traces the architecture of the assault, from Miami-Dade library shelves to congressional hearing rooms, and confronts the question democracies rarely survive asking too late.
Wealth Inequality Is a Choice: How the Global System Protects Power Over People
A provocative examination of wealth inequality, global hunger, housing shortages, healthcare failures, and elite political influence. Douglas Reid Ashcroft argues that the world already possesses the resources to feed, house, educate, and care for humanity — and that modern suffering persists because powerful institutions and economic systems have chosen profit over human well-being.
Finding Comfort in Cosmic Meaninglessness: The Joke Is on All of Us
The universe owes you nothing. No meaning, no plan, no explanation. Camus knew this. Nietzsche knew this. The guy who designed your health insurance appeals process knows this better than anyone. Here’s why finding comfort in cosmic meaninglessness isn’t resignation — it’s the only sane response available.
The Regulated Run the Regulator: Inside America’s Quiet Epidemic of Regulatory Capture
Regulatory capture — the process by which government agencies come to serve the industries they’re supposed to police — isn’t a conspiracy theory. It’s a fifty-year-old, thoroughly documented feature of American governance. The FDA staffed by former pharma executives. The FCC shaped by telecom insiders. The SEC’s revolving door with Wall Street. This isn’t corruption in the dramatic sense. It’s legal, it’s structural, and it’s working exactly as the industries involved intended. Callum Mercer on the watchdog that learned to love its leash.
How AI is Killing Human Artists—And Why “Theft” is the Only Word for It.
Is Generative AI a miracle of innovation or a calculated heist? Explore how AI Art is systematically displacing Human Artists through unauthorized data scraping and economic devaluation. Discover why “theft” is the only accurate word for the quiet violence of this technological disruption.
Why You Can’t Focus: How Big Tech Engineered Your Brain to Fail
Your shrinking attention span isn’t a personal failure. It’s the intended result of billion-dollar behavioral engineering. Here’s exactly how the attention economy stole your mind — and what that means for the rest of us.
Digital Authoritarianism Is Here: How Surveillance States Are Quietly Rewriting Democracy
Digital authoritarianism is reshaping democracy through AI surveillance and algorithmic governance. What does it mean for Canada and the world?
Scientism as Religion: Why Abandoning Faith for Materialism Solves Nothing
Scientism as religion: why abandoning faith for materialism simply replaces one belief system with another—and why science alone isn’t enough.
The Conspiracy Economy: How Viral Lies Are Destroying Trust and Profiting Tech Giants
Who profits from viral misinformation? Explore the $78B conspiracy economy fueling lies, clicks, and algorithmic chaos.