humour and satire

A Very Kafka Christmas: Adventures inside the bewildering bureaucracy of My Bank

J R Leach This is a tale of dystopic woe. A bureaucratic nightmare. A glimpse into the Kafkaesque sinkhole lurking at the heart of our automated society. It began one bright morning in late spring when I noticed my current account’s balance was a little off-kilter—much lower than it should be. But I’d just been …

A Dog’s Technology

Sylvia Shawcross We are human beings. We are brilliant, superior adaptive creatures who have roamed about the planet for a good long time; eating, drinking and evolving to the point where we have become our dog’s technology. You knew that, right? Whereas we human beings push buttons to get things done, dogs have evolved exponentially. …

27 Covid-Skeptic Memes to Get You Through the Day – Part 17

Kim Usbourne Wow, is it meme-time already? Seems like only yesterday I was compiling the New Year’s memes. But since then we’ve had Novak Djokovic denied entry then allowed entry then denied entry again to the Australian Open (or should that be the Australian CLOSED?)… We’ve also had the most backtrackiest backtracking that I ever …

23 Covid-Skeptic Memes to Get You Through the Day – Part 14

Kim Usbourne Happy Monday Morning MemesTM everyone. So, yesterday evening the UK Prime Minister announced he’ll be rolling out a million booster shots a day to fight off the scariest of scary Moronic variant (typo: Omicron, excuse me). GPs will also be told to cancel appointments to prioritise jabbing as many people as possible and …

21 Covid-Skeptic Memes to Get You Through the Day – Part 12

Kim Usbourne Good morning, everyone, and I hope you had a Happy Halloween! There’s definitely been more “Trick” than “Treat” happening in recent times, so how about I try and make up for that? Here’s a WHOPPING 21 Covid-Skeptic memes to get you through the day: 1. Since we’re starting bright and early, hopefully this …