Coroner: (holding scalpel) 52-year-old Caucasian male. 191 cm. BMI in high 20s. Recent covid infection. What’s the CoD? Student: (nervous) MI? CVA? Coroner: Good guesses. But it was DCI. Student: Er? Coroner: (mock sighs) What do Universities teach anymore, besides wokeness? Domestic Cat Incident. Student: (scribbles in notebook of acronyms) It clawed him to death... Continue Reading →

It's the late 2020s. After the Great Rese... nsitisation of 2024, when El Nino led to a magical step change in public understanding of the enormous danger the human species faced, many things happened all at once. Enormous programmes to accelerate the replacement of fossil fuels with renewables began. Everyone radically reduced or ceased their... Continue Reading →

Hannah: “Have you decided if you’re coming to this?” Otto: “I’ll pass, but thanks for the invite.” Hannah: “You don’t care about these issues?” Otto:  “Sweet that you tried, but that’s not bait I rise to anymore, sorry.” Hannah: “Oh, you’re doing the ‘I’m so mature and zen thing’?” Otto:  “Or my ‘de-assholification’, if you... Continue Reading →