This week’s riots aren’t happening in a vacuum. We’re living and breathing on platforms that billionaires have optimised for outrage. This is the world that social media made. My piece for The Observer with contributions from the great Maria Ressa + more theguardian.com/media/article/…

Pure class.

Ran a successful format workshop SXSW in March w hugh garry this year. Hoping to be back in Austin in March 2025 with our entertainment-based lessons for #b2bmarketing. Love a vote if you have a couple of minutes, a comment would be a bonus! THANK YOU! panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/152193

Launching The Polis Project #culture vertical! #Art & #entertainment are the most powerful way to shape political ethos, & in this era of manufactured consent & propaganda, we are interested in creating a counter-narrative of resistance. All contributions will be paid!!

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I come here so rarely now that when I do it’s like going back in time…this place used to be special 😢

Fantastic launch of the latest issue of Wasafiri and 40th anniversary party on Saturday! Congrats team! Lovely to meet you in person AnnieZaidi 🫶 - here’s everyone’s reminder to buy Futurisms if you haven’t yet wasafiri.org/issues/wasafir…

~personal news~ I'm going independent and launching my own media outlet on Substack called User Mag. Please consider buying a yearly subscription to help me continue my work usermag.co/p/introducing-…

On this, highly recommend this interview with Malcolm Gladwell on this new book, which I’m putting on my reading list now! davidepstein.substack.com/p/q-and-a-with… x.com/gladwell/statu…

Join the British Library and Wasafiri for a deep dive into the magazine’s archives. Curator Helen Melody & Angelique Golding will offer insights on the magazine’s history, trajectory, and evolution within the changing landscape of publishing and academia: thebritishlibrary.seetickets.com/event/40-years…

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Warmest congratulations to Han Kang for winning the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature. We’ve made her poems (in English translation by Krys Lee) from our special issue, Korea: Divisions and Borders, available to read for free: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Ticket booked. Cannot wait.

PREORDERS OPEN! Our winter special issue Wasafiri 120: Armenia(n)s - Elevation, guest co-edited by Tatevik Ayvazyan (@tatoayvaz) and Naneh V Hovhannisyan, shines a light on modern Armenian identities and experiences. wasafiri.org/issues/120-was…

Back the Bakerloo line extension! backthebakerloo.org.uk/?utm_content= #BacktheBakerloo

This was a fascinating piece from @sahilbloom on AI and the Tragedy of the Commons. Worth your time. sahilbloom.com/newsletter/ai-…

I just nominated Wasafiri movementforgood.com/index.php?cn=1… Benefact Group

i don't want to read a book about how french people raise their children, i want to read a book about how people in spicy food regions raise their children and get them to eat their local cuisine

“The burden is not from the weight of what you're holding, but from how long you choose to hold it. Put the glass down.” A powerful read from @sahilbloom’s newsletter! sahilbloom.com/newsletter/the…

People absolutely HATE this, but it's true! It's just way better and more important for society for a young couple to be able to buy a larger house and start a family than it is to prioritize older owners hanging on to huge homes they no longer need, memories be damned.