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No Fracking Wonder. Earthquakes linked to Hydraulic Fracturing

31/03/2016

Fracking - not wastewater disposal - linked to most induced earthquakes in Western Canada ...

Make Better Music 81: Monetizing Music

23/03/2016

Doing it for the love will only last so long. What happens when you have to eat? How to make better music, and make money doing so....

Genocide By a Thousand Tory Cuts. (Employment and Support Allowance Slashed)

11/03/2016

Make no mistake about it: Persistent Tory cuts to disability benefits are a gradual, unglamorous, and barely reported-upon genocide. Essay...

Your Band is Awesome Live, So Ban the YouTube Fan Footage

08/03/2016

Well-meaning YouTubers could be wrecking your band's reputation. Maybe it's time to take control. Essay...

One of Us? Identity Politics and How Donald Trump Rides Them

13/02/2016

Still trying to understand the appeal of Donald Trump? The slick shortcut of identity politics, explained....

Smug-Shaming, or Why We Love to Hate Hippies

07/01/2016

When you don't seek out ethical products, you denigrate those who do...

Burn the Heretic! Hold the Phone! Religious People are Less Altruistic

07/11/2015

Religious upbringing associated with less altruism, study finds ...

Move Both Directions at Once: Traversing the Greed-Deranged Earth of Neoliberal Capitalism

07/11/2015

Our trajectory must be halted; it is crucial that we become waylaid by the pull of a force larger than ourselves...

Grovel and Go. Why Volkswagen Hope You’ll Forgive and Forget

01/10/2015

Study: Companies like Volkswagen often apologize, silence stakeholders, forget the scandal ...

Forgiving Jeremy Clarkson: Forgiving Ourselves. [Top Gear]

22/04/2015

The culture wars have become so divisive, even the organisation that tolerated Jimmy Savile is obliged now to take sides....

Nuanced Chuckles with Charlie Hebdo : Free Speech and the Freedom to Complain

14/01/2015

You can make your case and express your view, but riling up the worst elements and trolling isn’t free speech; it’s just being an antisocial jerk....

The Power of Guilt

28/12/2014

Highly guilt-prone people are less likely to free-ride on others' expertise, and they will sacrifice financial gain out of concern about others' welfare...

Walking With Plants

22/12/2014

Is a Native American Church peyote ceremony less shamanistic than a Neo-Pagan sweat-lodge simply by virtue of its using a teacher plant? ...

Time for the Twitter Bubble to Burst

05/07/2014

If your Twitter row is resulting in someone being fired, imprisoned or put at risk, it is time to get some perspective on your internet use...

Twitter Storms

21/08/2012

It’s dangerous, people are not who they seem on the internet. Inside those twitter storms (I’ve had a few) there are usually one or two who hang around for a week or so, its easy to pick up...