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Recent:
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Past:
  • The Outline
  • VICE
  • Washington Post
  • Slate
  • WIRED
  • The Telegraph

Past articles by Sam:

The sadness of Saturn

The sun is brutal, the moon is mocking, the stars are terrifying. But Saturn, spinning in its lonely rings, is kind. → Read More

Uber Still Hasn't Turned a Profit

In 2016 alone, the company lost $2.6 billion. → Read More

What the caves are trying to tell us

Whatever they once said to their authors, they scream their message of no message across the millennia to us now. → Read More

The long, slow, rotten march of progress

What I learned at a tech conference in New Orleans. → Read More

In post-Brexit Britain, events like Manchester will only strengthen conservatives

Theresa May will only benefit politically from the horrific attack. And that should worry ordinary Brits. → Read More

The Aztecs foresaw the end of the world

But then it didn't happen. → Read More

The Script We All Follow After a Terror Attack

In the past, atrocities in the UK were followed by speechlessness. Now, everyone has a bit to say and a part to play. → Read More

The Script We All Follow After a Terror Attack

In the past, atrocities in the UK were followed by speechlessness. Now, everyone has a bit to say and a part to play. → Read More

What happens when you stare at the sun?

The benefits of looking directly at the sun might outweigh the costs. → Read More

How Twitter Ruined Swearing

Cockwomble. Spunktrumpet. Arsebadger. RIP, swear words. → Read More

The Sad Truth About Milo Yiannopoulos

As his career falls apart, there's one thing we need to remember. → Read More

Don't Blame '2016' for Your Shitty Year

Heads up: 2017 isn't going to be any better. → Read More

Don't Blame '2016' for Your Shitty Year

Heads up: 2017 isn't going to be any better. → Read More

The Deranged Twitter Thread That Proves Establishment Liberals Have Lost Their Minds

You might remember a time, back before the election, when we all still lived in the real world and Donald Trump was an unhinged conspiracy theorist. Ne ... → Read More

How 2016 Became the Year Politicians Forgot How Politics Work

The world's scheming geniuses have spent the year completely screwing everything up. → Read More

I Went to the World's Biggest Lego Store to Take Back Control of My Life

I built a haven from Brexit Britain in London's massive new toy shop. → Read More

How Trump's Election Will Make British Politics Worse

The British far-right have helped a creature of their own take the most powerful job in the world; how will Trump's triumph impact the UK's quickening slide into dystopia? → Read More

Jack Chick Is Dead but His Horrible, Ridiculous Cartoons Will Never Die

The fundamentalist Christian, who died on Sunday, created a world of sin and death. As an awkward teenager, I loved his bizarre, stupid genius. → Read More

The World Is Stuck in an Endless Death Spiral

Our response when anything bad happens is to just actively make things worse. → Read More

Brexit Is On, We Are Doomed

Nobody wanted this. → Read More