The Vignette Gazette Edition #147 | Snooze

Tactics may appear legal, but target Black homeowners

What Science Reveals About Teaching Cats Tricks and Why Motivation Matters More Than Obedience

For a few weeks, Manus was exactly what the AI industry needed: a story. Not necessarily great technology, or not only that, but a…

A truly premium headset for less money…so what’s the catch?

Thanks to 91% automation, Xiaomi takes 76 seconds to make a car. What’s more, it does this so well that demand exceeds its production…

A note on terminology. I used gender critical philosophical beliefs, gender critics, holders of gender critical beliefs when discussing…

And now I am so sad

How the world became mean and what you can do about it.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer experimental — it’s a production-grade capability embedded in modern fintech, enterprise…

A brief history of the Pledge of Allegiance

The crappiest shoes ever

The daughter of a journalist disappears without a trace. Eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she’s returned to them…

Feminist Prose Poetry

A new interpretation of the famous painting of ‘The Fight Between Carnival and Lent’

Over the past year, I have tried, at various times, to watch Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator (1940) because I kept seeing Chaplin’s…

Sharing what Grant Wood taught me about our past…

There’s wondrous “medicine” waiting for you, if you’ll only step out the door and let it work for you.

Pick Of The Week — 28th April 2026

Getting my first “baito” in Japan

A tilt born from a pixel problem, a name no one can explain, and an arrow that refused to leave.

Were you a good customer today? 👀

I’m struggling, and I don’t know what I can do about it

“People read fiction for emotion… not for information.”

Written by J.J. Abrams

DC came up with this stinky comic book a year ago and has made it our problem.

The three action-adventure films brought together in this new Eureka Classics Box Set are pure entertainment…

Before last week’s lavish announcement of the long-rumored Black Flag remake, I was already replaying Assassin’s Creed Origins. The hype…

On thePrincess Lucrezia Commander deck, with a hidden restrictive theme. This is the third in the “creative constraints” deck series.

Yes, this is another of my cathartic rants.

I used to think the hardest battles were the ones other people started.

TikTok deployed an AI remix feature without telling creators. The response was hardly favorable.

As someone who has been on HRT for close to 26 years I have experienced all types of conversations trans women face over their healthcare…

Stay ethical and productive — before convenience becomes risk

Good Grief!

Life in the Japanese Countryside

The odd anachronism can make readers cringe and question your worldbuilding skills.

Nintendo and the 1980s rebirth of console gaming.

Before I left Norway last June, Brianne Jaquette and I worked on a piece that looked at the administration’s numerous references to Norway…

The AI hype is only getting louder and sillier

Instead of trying to stop a break-in, I went with knowing when it happens

It really depends on which angle you’re taking here.

I genuinely want to understand why you stay with an oppressive institution.

“Usually it’s about hiding whatever you wrote. The first time through people tend to tell each other what the scene is about, and in life…

Thirty-three of them have already been rearrested. Six on child sex crimes. One was plotting to bomb the FBI. One’s running for U.S…

Written by David Freeman

I regret to inform you that the Silicon Valley billionaires keep doing and saying dumb horrible things, and so I must continue to write…

Becoming the best isn’t free and buying favor isn’t cheap.

In 2022, gaming went all-in on chasing Skyrim

Like toe tags in a morgue