Latest Stories from Jamie
world cup surveillance secret + uk boots u-16s from social media
tsamina mina, eh eh, they’re raiding your apartment, eh eh. You’d love to be in the thick of it, sure, but there is an upside to watching the World Cup from afar… and it’s not just the thousands saved on tickets and drinks. The thing about a global event that wraps millions of people up in tribalism and sheer spectacle is, it’s a hella-effective distraction. Trump probably couldn’t point US talisman Christian...
Is Gen Z’s obsession with ‘mogging’ becoming toxic?
Gen Z streamers have brought ‘mogging’ into the everyday vernacular of young people. Is the trend dumb and fleeting, or does it have the potential to cause lasting harm? If your algorithm isn’t full of streamers in their early 20s telling people they’re ‘low-key chopped’, consider yourself lucky. I’ve clearly lingered on clips from Kick streamers like Clavicular, Marlon3lg, and Drago just long enough for their content to...
The UK under-16 social media ban is now official
It’s official. As early as spring 2027, social media will be banned for under-16s in the UK. Keir Starmer is also planning online curfews for under-18s to be announced in July. Touching grass is now mandatory. As expected, the Prime Minister briefed on Monday morning that a social media ban will be in effect for under-16s in the UK by this time next year. There are 10 major platforms in question: TikTok,...
Phones will soon have a ‘kill switch’ to deter muggers in the UK
Phone theft has been rife in London for over a decade, but Apple is planning on equipping iPhones with a ‘kill switch’ that will render them inoperable if stolen, effectively making them unsellable. The Metropolitan Police has struggled to get a grip on phone theft for years, and as a London resident, I should know. The capital has long had the unwanted reputation of being the world capital of phone...
viral loneliness + dating for self-improvement
Recharge your social battery, and your TikTok ring light. Here I am playing games and napping like a dumbass, when I could be going viral. I always associated alone time with being alone: drinking tea, watching Peep Show for the 1000th time, resisting Pornhub. Nothing about wearing cheap pyjama bottoms or wolfing down a chicken Big Mac has ever made me think it could be content. Never while scooping up washing with...
entry level: error 404 + YouTube runs cinema
they’ll still need us to run the AIs, right? By the time you have five years’ experience for that entry level job, AI might just render it obsolete anyway. It’s no secret that companies are looking to automate admin roles in the near future. An algorithm isn’t going to book two weeks off in Marbella, or send a message saying it’s got the shits 10 minutes before its shift begins. It’s not going...
99% of CEOs want to replace workers with AI within two years
Your fears about being usurped by AI in the coming years may not be massively overblown, after all. In a Mercer poll of 1,000 US executives, 99% revealed they have plans to replace workers with AI within two years. By the time you have five years’ experience for that entry level job, AI might just render it obsolete anyway. It’s no secret that companies are looking to automate admin roles...
gen z obsessed with obsession + murdoch guns for new media
so… that was fucking mental I’m a little late to the party, but last night I went to see Obsession. My God, am I glad I did. It edges out both It Follows and Weapons for me as far as modern high-concept horror goes, and sits comfy amongst Blumhouse’s very best. It also came as an absolute surprise package. The trailer didn’t do the final product justice at all, and I internally...
zebra stripe drinking + ‘chud’ the convict
from chat donations to praying for probation Is there anything greater than seeing a pal bolt awake after a boozy night out like a wobbly Nosferatu hellbent on finding anywhere appropriate to hawk their guts up? Maybe I’m just an arsehole. You might not glean the same level of sadistic pleasure from it, but you’ve almost certainly borne witness to it. Reckless abandon and the ensuing anatomical punishment, that’s the rite...
The rage bait economy is officially a public safety issue
Controversial streamer ‘Chud the Builder’ has been charged with attempted murder after a heated altercation with a stranger ended in a shooting outside a Tennessee courthouse. If Dalton Eatherly, better known online as ‘Chud the Builder,’ has somehow escaped your feed, consider yourself lucky. His brand of rage bait is exactly the kind of content that keeps the attention economy thriving. In the most predictable set of circumstances ever, the 28-year-old...
