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A word with a woman who’s trying to pull off a crossbody phone strap
This is a light-hearted, satirical first-person piece from The Verge in which the writer humorously defends their attempt to make the “crossbody phone strap” trend look stylish and effortless. Written in an exaggerated, self-deprecating tone, it pokes fun at fashion trend culture, tech-obsessed lifestyles and the practicalities (and absurdities) of wearing a phone slung across…
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Microsoft sets third consecutive patch record amid AI discoveries
Microsoft has broken its Patch Tuesday record for the third time in a few months, according to sources cited by The Verge, with the September release including more than 650 security fixes for Windows alone. The surge has been driven by new AI models, including Anthropic’s Mythos and a cybersecurity-focused tool from OpenAI, which discover…
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Bizarre vending machine in Melbourne dispenses anti-overdose medication with critics saying it highlights exactly what’s wrong with the city
A new naloxone vending machine trial in North Richmond, Melbourne, has sparked a dispute between local council leaders and the Victorian Government over how to tackle the area’s opioid crisis. The machine, part of a A$95 million state harm-reduction scheme, is intended to give drug users fast access to a medication that reverses opioid overdoses,…
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Inside ‘DAU,’ the 20-Year Soviet Simulation That Became Cinema’s Strangest Ghost Story
Russian director Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s long-mythologised film project DAU is finally arriving at the Venice Film Festival, two decades after he began building a sealed, fully functioning recreation of a Soviet research institute in Kharkiv, Ukraine. What started in 2006 as a conventional biopic of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Lev Landau, nicknamed “Dau”, spiralled into an immersive,…
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6 Best Places to Buy Unique Sterling Silver Chains for Men
This article from Exposed Magazine presents a curated guide to shops selling distinctive sterling silver chains for men, moving beyond common curb, rope and box chain designs. It explains that the featured retailers were chosen for genuine sterling silver content, originality of construction (such as unusual links, textures or clasps), clear material and product disclosure,…
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Ronson investigates Connecticut castle scheme in sprawling modern masculinity study
Jon Ronson’s new book, The Castle, begins as a gonzo investigation into Chris Mark, a sixtysomething steel heir who invites young women to his Connecticut castle to be “adapted” into “princesses” for a reality show, and spirals into a broader, looser meditation on modern masculinity. The reviewer finds Ronson’s trademark mix of comic self-deprecation and…
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When Tim Curry and Roger Waters teamed-up in 1990
This piece looks back at Roger Waters’ 1990 performance of Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” in Berlin, a one-off concert staged to mark the fall of the Berlin Wall and featuring a surprise guest appearance from actor Tim Curry. The article traces how the album grew out of Waters’ response to former bandmate Syd Barrett’s departure,…
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‘Buffet Infinity’ movie review: A bizarre, scathing, and masterfully edited cult classic in the making
‘Buffet Infinity’ is a Canadian mockumentary from director Simon Glassman that joins a wave of 2026 horror films revisiting nostalgic media, but stands out by being entirely constructed from fictional local-television programming rather than merely referencing it. The film, told wholly through commercials, news reports and local notices from a fictional Alberta town, follows the…
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How Grotesqqque Turns One Creator’s Unfiltered Imagination Into an Anime Anthology
Atsushi Nishigori, a veteran animator known for his work with Gainax on titles like FLCL and Neon Genesis Evangelion, has directed Grotesqqque, an original anime anthology film from CloverWorks that lets him realise ideas he has stockpiled over decades in the industry. In an interview with Polygon, Nishigori explained that after years contributing to other…
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Star Trek’s Spock Actor Officially Confirms Dark Scrapped Episode [Exclusive]
Actor Ethan Peck has revealed details of a scrapped episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds that would have delved into a dark chapter of Spock’s past. Speaking on a panel at Tampa Bay Comic Con alongside co-star Christina Chong, Peck described his pitch for a story centred on a “blood debt” — a morally…