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Raygun, Reclaimed: Netflix’s tidy ending to a very untidy story

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By Melissa Hoyer Verified
| Substack
I just watched the new Raygun documentary Untold Raygun: Breaking Badlythe way most of us will - half out of genuine curiosity, half to see if Netflix could actually pull off the impossible: rehabilitating one of the most mocked Olympic moments in recent memory.
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The AI Slop Vortex

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By Melissa Hoyer Verified
| Substack
Everyone’s writing about AI and the effect on all of us. But here’s the thing nobody’s quite saying out loud: it’s not the AI I mind. It’s the ambush. Scroll X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook - pick your platform poison - and you’ll see it. A “gorgeous” photo. A “hilarious” clip. A “wholesome” moment that racks up thousands of hearts and “OMG so cute” comments before anyone clocks what it actually is.
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A carry-on holiday? Not on my holiday watch

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By Melissa Hoyer Verified
| Substack
There’s a slight smugness to the carry-on-only crowd. You’ve seen them - gliding effortlessly through the airport with one neat little wheelie bag, looking at the rest of us like we’ve packed for a permanent migration, not just a couple of weeks away. And you know what? Good for them. Genuinely. But I’m not doing it, and I’d like to explain why without apologising for it. A suitcase: Not that hard . . .
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