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How viral ‘crowd work’ clips are remaking standup for the social media age
The Guardian· 6 days agoThe front row of a comedy club is a scary place to be. Such unscripted back-and-forths – or “crowd work” in comedy parlance – have always been a part of standup, often seen as a benchmark to ...
‘Radical’, ‘a headrush’, ‘insanely clever’: the best Australian books out in July
The Guardian· 4 days agoAgainst this backdrop, Finegan Kruckemeyer’s debut novel is a startlingly optimistic work, a fable about making families and communities, about the practices that bring people
Yes, Uncle Sam, We Met on Tinder
New York Times· 3 days agoIt might include a watered-down story of our first date, when she expected me to pick her up at her house while I waited impatiently for her at the...
Streamlined collaboration can boost CRISPR gene therapies for rare diseases
Nature· 6 days agoLetter to the Editor
Cannabis will likely soon be legally classified as medicine. But medicine for what?
The Guardian· 5 days agoThe Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) proposed rules earlier this year that would officially give cannabis status as a medication rather than an illegal narcotic – that’s exciting news & ...
'The creepy ad that Labour created and was so proud of - should it be allowed?'
Hampshire Chronicle· 4 days agoIt was not for Durex or Viagra, or even a luxury coffee brand like Nespresso, all things associated with those situations, but for the Labour party. And ...
Far right using climate crisis as bogeyman to frighten voters and build higher walls | Jonathan...
The Guardian· 4 days agoA disrupted climate and diminished natural world are widening the dividing lines of ideological debate. Meanwhile, the threat of a second Donald Trump victory looms in the US and Britain’s Nigel ...