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Mark O’Connell

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The Enhanced Games are about something far weirder than money

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Mark O’Connell

No, you don’t need a cortisol detox. Why are we so addicted to the new language of therapy?

11.10.2025 10

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Golf thuggery is a thing now. Why are we so surprised?

04.10.2025 10

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There is too much content, too much culture - and that’s just the stuff made by us humans

27.09.2025 10

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‘That was my first elimination’: IDF snipers are blind to the humanity of their victims

20.09.2025 20

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I should enjoy watching the ritual humiliation of Silicon Valley’s top CEOs. But not like this

14.09.2025 20

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Idea of electing anyone other than Michael D Higgins as president seems like a category error

07.09.2025 10

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It wasn’t the internet that killed the old cultural order, it was U2

01.09.2025 30

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If you didn’t have qualms about Spotify before, wait until you hear what its founder has done

27.07.2025 10

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DJ Carey belongs to a strange and depressing category: a sporting legend turned conman

19.07.2025 20

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The role of Tony Blair’s staff in the barbarous Gaza Riviera plan was beyond satire

14.07.2025 10

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Using ChatGPT to write an essay is a bit like using a forklift to lift weights

06.07.2025 20

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I love Wikipedia so much, I hardly even minded when it killed me off

29.06.2025 20

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Please understand, a liveable future for humanity on this planet is really a very minor concern

22.06.2025 20

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What a surprise to learn this powerful wizard of the Dark Enlightenment is just another needy dork

08.06.2025 50

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Mark O’Connell