caves, companions, and the end of post-apartheid

Monday, August 17, 2026

I was the first king of Ireland, before any others.

1. Art didn’t emerge from human minds — it created them
2. What happens when a neurodivergent child’s robot companion stops working?
3. Ken Opalo: South Africa’s post-apartheid era is over
4. AI hasn’t just enabled cheating — it’s hollowed out student interiority
5. Elizabeth Bruenig on the Lindsay Clancy insanity defense
6. Chekhov played at love his whole life — and never quite committed