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Things July 2019: Bias, Co-operation, Location, Video Games

Extremely Generic Questions In earlier iterations of Things I would often set readers a puzzle or ask a tricky question, with answers reviewed in the next edition. I’d like to start a new series of these that I’m calling Extremely Generic Questions: questions often asked, but not very specific or even necessarily well-defined. The puzzle […]

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Things February 2018: YouTube series, Poor estimation, The Patriarchy

The patriarchal explanation The Octonauts is a charming kids TV series, based on the picture books of the same name (referenced in the Things Kids Special in 2013). It features eight anthropomorphised animals on a Star-Trek-style mission to explore the ocean and encounter the Interesting Sea Creature of the Week. I noticed that the same […]

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Things 25: Dead Fantasy, People Bucket, Oh No Pigeons

(Originally sent August 2008) This week’s film Clone Wars was terrible as a film, but it could be okay when it comes out as a kids’ TV series this autumn. Next Week’s film I keep going to American comedies and regretting it, but I think there may be something in Get Smart. I particularly like […]