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polarisation
Politics

Polarisation takes us back to the 19th century

June 25, 2019 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

We seem to be on the cusp of another age of sharp tribalisation, where people of different beliefs and persuasions increasingly lead different lives and share different spaces, passing each …

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lovesocialism
Love / Politics

The case for love socialism

March 13, 2019 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

A friend of mine on Facebook has indirectly turned my attention to this Medium piece from a few years back, which summarises the results of a not very scientific but …

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t17
Love

Boys Gone Wild on Brisbane Tinder, Part IV: Special Valentine’s Edition

February 14, 2019 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

This morning we’ve had the latest installment of Girls Gone Wild, so for the sake of equality of the (two) sexes I cannot but now present some eye candy for …

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Love

Girls Gone Wild on Brisbane Tinder, Part XIII: Special Valentine’s Edition

February 14, 2019 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

You have all been very good regular readers of TDC recently, absorbing a lot of outrage, ridicule and cynicism emanating from these pages under the guise of impassioned political and …

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WTF

Lending a pinching hand

February 6, 2019 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

This guy will be very happy today: So will Julie Bishop. With a big emphasis on disability and 50 skin shades of same or different sex multiracial couples holding hands, …

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welsh
Love

40 times unlucky

January 23, 2019 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

I honestly don’t know how these things become news stories, even for the tabloids: A student who’s been on 40 “atrocious” dates in nine months has created a brilliant Tinder …

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tinderexperiment
Love

I was a female Tinderer

January 11, 2019 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Yesterday, a story caught my eye, which proved that people nowadays are so lazy, they will outsource just about anything to others – including their Tinder experience: Holly Bartter has …

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Love

Boys Gone Wild on Brisbane Tinder, Part III

December 22, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

As I said yesterday, here at The Daily Chrenk we are the equal opportunity mockers and judgers. It has been a while between the drinks – a year and a …

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Love

Girls Gone Wild on Brisbane Tinder, Part XII

December 21, 2018December 21, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

OK, OK, OK… This is a serious politics, culture and news blog; all killer no filler; no clickbait, listicles or celebrity gossip. On the other hand, those of you who …

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teddy
Politics

Drain the swamp, lock her up, build the wall… and break them up

November 20, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

In case Donald Trump needs more of an agenda post-midterms, here’s a helpful suggestion from Glenn Reynolds: I’ve just finished reading Columbia Law professor Tim Wu’s new book on antitrust, …

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socialmedia1
Politics

Unfriended by Facebook

November 12, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

I’m old enough to remember when the Silicon Valley was thought of as vaguely libertarian. Good times. If true, they certainly didn’t last: Facebook Inc. executive and virtual-reality wunderkind Palmer Luckey was …

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china1
Politics

China’s Trojan roads and information highways

November 9, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

  It would help greatly if more people conceptualised the relations between China and the Western world as a kind of a cold war. Of course, God forbid that it …

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Love / WTF

You’re only as old as the woman you feel – or want to feel

November 8, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Gender and sexuality being fluid, and increasingly colour and ethnicity too, why not age? When you abandon any objective standards – because they reflect the power structures in the society …

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Tinder
Love / Politics

Swipe left, swipe right, swipe it all about

November 3, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Politics ruins everything, part 578. As if there weren’t enough fake profiles on dating apps, whether bots trying to entice the unwary to other sites or sad individuals trying to …

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asmr
WTF

ASMR, or I don’t want to live on this planet anymore

October 23, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

There is plenty of disturbing stuff going on in the world – like a Saudi journalist walking into a Saudi consulate and being dismembered and carried out in pieces – …

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socialmedia1
Politics

Social media giants aren’t even pretending anymore

October 22, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Sure, they are private businesses and so they can do whatever they want with their users, but at least in the past they used to be less blatant and arbitrary about …

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Love

I swiped on a sexbot

October 21, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Well, not really. If I did, it would have made for a fascinating blog post, and I, no doubt, would have had a more enthralling online conversation than many one …

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dating4
Love / Politics

Make Dating Great Again

October 16, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Tired of being constantly dumped by your dates after they discover you are an ugly right-winger? Looking for a soulmate you can build a wall and drain a swamp with? …

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assange
Politics

Ecuador to Assange: clean up the KittyLeaks

October 16, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Julian Assange is, next to Rupert Murdoch, the most controversial Australian alive. Love him as the shaker and stirrer and speaker of truth to power or hate him as a …

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sharingeconomy
Politics

Not getting Uber rich

September 25, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Just as I am sceptical of the social claims of tech boosters, I prefer to take my breathless futurism with a grain of salt. Yes, new technology can be disruptive, …

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