Dispatch № 25s

Influencers in the apocalypse

A former French cultural attaché in Jerusalem profiles Gaza’s Instagram influencers and content creators, showing how their activities shape the war, report on its horrors and provide a window onto

When the house always wins

As Thailand makes casinos legal for the first time in decades, Tawan Manakul argues that moral outrage misses the point Gambling has been around as long as people have been

Legalise comedy

Romania’s evolving political satire reveals what jokes can say and what they can’t In this thoughtful and subtly sharp essay, Romanian writer Dan Panaet traces the country’s long, awkward relationship

The delirious mythology of Italian brainrot

How AI chimeras, absurd nursery rhymes, and Gen Z humour has birthed a chaotic new online aesthetic Even in a world overrun by online content, the viral surge of so-called

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