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Pat Kane (www.patkane.global) is a writer, musician, activist, consultant, futurist. He is the author of The Play Ethic (www.theplayethic.com), runs the Scottish affairs blog Thoughtland (www.thoughtland.info), and has been an advocate for Scottish Indy politics since the late 80s. He still sings with his brother Greg in Hue And Cry (www.hueandcry.co.uk).
Pat Kane (www.patkane.global) is a writer, musician, activist, consultant, futurist. He is the author of The Play Ethic (www.theplayethic.com), runs the Scottish affairs blog Thoughtland (www.thoughtland.info), and has been an advocate for Scottish Indy politics since the late 80s. He still sings with his brother Greg in Hue And Cry (www.hueandcry.co.uk).
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WHEN trying to critique the overwhelming power of military systems, it’s always best to start at their cheesiest point.
I WOULD encounter my mum in the mornings, the garden light behind making her a shadowy outline...
IT’S my bad luck to be completing the last Frankie Boyle novel just when the Hate Crime Act is about to come into force in Scotland.
THE noted 1960s provocateur and dramatist Joe Orton once wrote: “Sex is the only way to infuriate them. Much more fucking and they’ll be screaming hysterics in next to no time.”
WHEN a philosopher explicitly inspires anything in Scottish public life, I’m there in a flash. Whatever can momentarily raise me above never-ending stramashes and deep-frozen ideologies. So I rushed with open arms to the news that the theme of this year’s Edinburgh International Festival (EIF), Rituals That Unite Us, was shaped by Korean-German philosopher Byung-Chul Han, particularly his 2020 book The Disappearance Of Rituals.
ONCE again, Glasgow as a warren of absolute chancers has bewitched the world. Everywhere, but especially US-based media, has enjoyed the spectacle of Willy’s Chocolate Experience.
AS a scientific paper – forgive the coming metaphor – it couldn’t be sexier. At Stanford Medicine, they’ve used the pattern-recognising powers of AI to robustly distinguish between a female and a male brain, boasting an accuracy rate of 90%.
NEVER mind virtual reality – actual reality is already cut-up, a designed and regimented thing.
AS the UK Labour Party hold their brimming champagne flutes before them, like a headwaiter in silk socks inching across a polished ballroom floor, someone tried to relieve a few glasses from the wobbling tray yesterday.
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