January and February 2026 have seen the most significant challenge to the Islamic Republic of Iran in decades, with protests spreading across the country over deep economic pain and broader political repression. What started in late December 2025 with shopkeepers in Tehran’s bazaar reacting to a currency collapse and soaring inflation quickly escalated into nationwide…
For a long time, AI-generated images were… let’s be kind and say enthusiastic. Australian wildlife suffered particularly. Kangaroos that looked like deer. Lorikeets that looked like they’d been assembled from fruit. But now AI Animation has arrived. That phase is mostly behind us now, and the change has been surprisingly fast. What’s really catching my…
In recent months there have been four confirmed shark attacks in Sydney Harbour, and that fact alone has been enough to set nerves jangling. Four incidents, close together, sound alarming when they’re stripped of context and dropped into headlines. Add social media amplification and suddenly the harbour is being talked about as if it’s turned…
