Archive - Rarely Certain

When everything is artifice, what is real?

Must everything really be no more than a meme?

Apr 14, 2023 •

Let's not turn Substack into the next OnlyFans

People who are thick as mince are best ignored with extreme prejudice

Dec 18, 2023 •

All politics is kayfabe. I've nothing to add to the babble

Mar 30 •

Rachel's tears cost me £000s but objecting to a chancellor's emotional dysregulation is 'misogynistic'

LinkedIn is a craven conformity machine

Jul 7 •

Ricky Gervais ̶i̶s̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶f̶u̶n̶n̶y̶ ̶a̶n̶y̶m̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶ is funnier than ever ̶

Plus, it turns out that I'm writing a book

Jan 26, 2024 •

UFOs, white noise & muddy waters

Just because you're paranoid ... oh never mind

Jan 12, 2024 •

Why I'm cautious about insisting that I know things outside of my own domain

What I learned in the automotive industry that now makes me cautious about opining on things I'm not expert about. Also, systems can be weirdly subtle…

Jun 21, 2023 •

Networked emotional contagion, continuous performance assessment & the unquiet mind

Finally solving the mystery of my departure from the Twitterverse

Feb 15, 2023 •

How another of my favourite moral panics turned out to be a damp squib

These mea culpas are getting to be a habit

Nov 4, 2023 •

The ecstasy of Joe Rogan

May 11 •

On Hamas & Hezbollah

Oct 25, 2024 •

Wondering how best to deal with the Sacred Canopy and False Consensus Effect

No, I don't share your opinion about the Bad Thing that happened, but I'm scared to say so

Feb 3 •

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