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Theatre in 2020 - A Transformation to the Network?
The pandemic has shaken up the theatre world. In the midst of chaos, how has the theatre community in Toronto taken the time to reimagine equity in the arts?
Holding a Server Hostage: How Hackers Have Held Gamers for Virtual Ransom
When you ask someone about hacking, they tend to think of espionage and spy movies. But when you ask a gamer about hacking, there's an immediate sigh as they remember the horrors they’ve gone through playing their favourite video game.
How to Ethically Engage with True Crime: Reddit and the Doe Network
In an age where high-brow true crime content is released every couple of weeks, Redditors have figured out a way to ethically interact with it.
A Peek at the Network of Food
The food network connected history and present, shaped our daily lives. Whatever I could capture was only the peak of the iceberg.
How to Get into Your Neighbour's Pool (Without Trespassing)
If you think of everything as just an obstacle preventing you from entering a swimming pool, you’re already halfway to success!
How to Start a Cult
“I thought cults were terrifying and powerful. Until… I realized it was possible to start a cult over cheese.”
Community in Pixels
What makes a community is not the physical space, but the human connection.
Who is Still on Pictochat?
My place, your place, either way Myspace Tom is not invited.
Here’s to the People Who Lunge
Keep your back erect for the duration of this article.
The Forgotten People
Are you willing to sacrifice your comfort to restore someone else’s?
Lost and Found
The concepts of family and companionship have changed. Have we lost the essential elements of our tradition, or are they just being realized in a different way?
Cottagecore: The New Dimension of the Queer Community
Rolling hills, cross stitching, and Taylor Swift. Where did cottagecore come from, and why are queer people suddenly longing for a life in the country?
Atelopus Zeteki
Atelopus Zeteki? Not a Greek Yogurt brand, but a crucial frog for our rainforests.
The Future of “Diverse” Literature
“[…] a world in which diversity is a given is a world in which diversity can no longer be leveraged, unevenly prioritized, or weaponized. And what on earth would that be like?”
This is How I Will Explain It All
I need to talk to you, my dear child, about this strange time and what it taught me.
Facing the Future Through Astrology and Tarot
Most people see the word “astrology” and brush it off as a hoax. But what happens when the future can only be predicted through stars, planets, and cards?
16 A.C.
What will happen if a boy who was born and raised in social distance was suddenly thrown into a physical world? Disoriented and frightened, how could he overcome the fear and embrace the “new” life?
A Day Without Coffee
As working hours intensified and modern life advanced, caffeine became the ideal drug to keep up with this accelerated perception of time. Just like the goats in Ethiopia who discovered the magic of coffee, stressed and busy human beings in the Western world abused it.
The Future of the Military and their Conflicts
Invading foreign countries is old school. Now you can just hack a government website from your living room.
A Grad Student’s Look Back at UTSC
So you’re starting your first year: a breakdown of do’s and don'ts from a former undergrad
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