The Rise of the Machines
‘Hey Siri, how will AI impact the Future of Work?’ If you have already worked…
Browsing: Society
The Horse That Kicks
For Daniel and Others ‘Is Heroin still a thing in Dublin?’ The academic, and Professor…
The New Abnormal
The pandemic has changed life as we know it. We are dealing with the ‘New…
Michael McNamara: “It’s About Society”
In an impassioned speech at the ghostly Convention Centre currently housing Dáil Éireann, Michael McNamara…
WARNING: The (Open) Secret lives of Content Moderators
Tick Yes or No: ‘I understand the content I will be reviewing may be disturbing.…
BREAK AN EXIT VI: Hmong Jamón — or the end of the Catalonely
Liberation For the first time since landing I’m allowed to travel the country. My plans…
Government Precautions: An Unethical Human Experiment
Sensory Deprivation It’s been difficult finding the words to express my worsening mood and deepening…
B9: Life in a Louisiana Care Home’s Covid-19 Cluster
A New Roommate Even before the sheriff issued his notice that you had to be…
Tea for Two
Delighted, I hold in my hand, one of only three known photographs of meself as…
Break an Exit V – The Arson Bells
[email protected] Mumruinho has made it. My sister managed to sneak a pack of menthols into…
Where have all the Lefties Gone?
Revolution? Really! Lately there seems to be something very right-wing about being on the ‘Left’.…
Covid-19: are we really all in this together?
Introduction What I don’t find nice, and I really don’t need, is people clapping. I…
Break an Exit IV: The Phsylicon Valley
Sea waves come and go, but the Ocean stays. Zen Haiku Truth is a metaphor…
I Do Not Consent
I didn’t particularly want to write this article. I didn’t want to get involved in…
Leaving Certificate Under Lockdown
Today is a better day, with the roof of my home intact and my family…
Porto Under Lockdown
Antiga, Mui Nobre, Sempre Leal e Invicta, the city of Porto, a place so magical,…
A Voice from the Cocoon
Here’s Mr Pip, aged parent”, said Wemmick, and I wish you could hear his…
Never Such a Meal
Years ago, arriving late one evening in Ostende by train – always my favourite means…
A Rat on the Wall
1960s Belfast Sat in silence on the bottom step, with my knees tucked under my…
International Women’s Day: WomenXBorders
This year marks the 109th International Women’s Day. The now universally recognized date first bore…