cheesemongering: a specialist seller experiments with fifty-six varieties to find the perfect grilled sandwich
vector portraits: photographs of drivers at speed traveling in Los Angeles
decision 2024: this is the biggest year yet—and possibly democracy’s biggest test with over half the world’s population voting within the next twelve months
run, rabbit, run: an AI-powered gadget designed to use one’s apps for one sells out electronics gives us a way of classifying things: Microsoft (now the most valued company in the world thanks to its part in AI, a font of misinformation) once explained to author Terry Pratchett how technology referees would make propaganda a thing of the past
squaring the circle: Substackers against Nazis—reloaded—and a reminder that one can’t be just a little bit facist
re-migration: a coalition of the far-right met outside of Berlin in November to discuss mass deportations
blanket immunity: Trump’s legal team presents arguments for a president above the law—setting up the US Supreme Court to either rule on his exoneration or eligibility
proxima swarm: US space agency supports bold proposal to reach the next nearest star system with a wall of tiny craft propelled by photons—see previously
flower taxi: a mobile florist from 1960s London
marie harel: producers of Camembert in Normandy fear EU recycling regulation could mean the end for their traditional wooden box packaging
