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The People of the Algorithm: Homogenized Lives Behind Invisible Bars
How different can you truly be? How free do you actually feel? Or most importantly: are we trapped inside an invisible prison—one with no iron bars and wide-open doors, yet one we can never seem to leave? Why is it that the moment we stop consuming or scrolling through feeds, we are instantly flooded with…
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From a Pirate Flag to a Protest Symbol
One Piece and Gen Z’s New Language of Resistance What is a pirate flag from a manga series doing at protests in different parts of the world? In 2025, amid growing public dissatisfaction in Indonesia, an unusual flag began to appear in the streets: a smiling skull wearing a straw hat. For One Piece fans,…
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Am I Pretty Enough?
When was the last time you looked at yourself in the mirror and saw just yourself, without any judgment, without searching for the bad, without evaluating those extra pounds, already thinking about the next diet or workout routine? But just yourself, as you are. As I’m opening my browser to look something up, the first…
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My AI thinks I’m great
“Absolutely! That’s a fantastic idea. I’d love to help you with it!” Spend enough time chatting with AI and you’ll notice something: it’s remarkably supportive. It celebrates your ideas, compliments your work and rarely tells you you’re completely wrong. That’s not because it secretly believes in you. In fact, it doesn’t believe anything at all.…
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DO NOT THINK
Did you know that Cwmbran has the most roundabouts per square kilometre? It even got recognised by the Guinness World Records. At least that is what Google’s A.I. tool is trying to make you believe and all of that is just based on one article written by Ben Black, as an April Fools’ joke, as…
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The Story of One of the Greatest Mangaka
In 1978, a manga artist began his career, becoming famous with two manga: Dr. Slump and the second, the renowned Dragon Ball. Yes, you may have guessed it: it’s the great Akira Toriyama. We will recount his story to pay tribute to him, as it has sadly been two years since his passing. Akira Toriyama…
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Rojava: When Women Build a Revolution
In Syria, a special political experiment started after the civil war. This autonomous region, also known as Rojava has become a symbol of hope for ecological movements in the Middle East. Even though it’s threatened from all sides, this “women’s revolution” still inspires people with its universal slogan: “Jin, Jiyan, Azadî”. “Woman, Life, Freedom.” The…
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The Rise of Skopje’s “gaseri”
What are gaseri? Gaser is a word that refers to a member (oftentimes male) of an urban subculture that has emerged in the streets of the Western Balkans in the early 2010s. The name comes from the Slavic phrase “ide gas” which directly translated means – the gas is going, but its real meaning is…
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The Whale in the Swimming Pool
Millions of people tracking a ship pulling what looked like a giant swimming pool across the German coast to the Danish sea. Livestreams broadcasting the events 24 hours a day for weeks. Ministries, famous activists and influencers, as well as CEOs involved. And all this, for a dying whale. In the beginning of March, a…
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Money Talks
And for decades, women have been told not to speak too loudly. According to a 2023 report from Harvard Business Review, women are still less likely than men to negotiate salaries, funding, or investment opportunities, not because they lack confidence or competence, but because they are more frequently penalized socially when they do. At the…
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