Today's quick reads
Three articles selected for you today from New Internationalist magazine.
The stories we tell
557 - September, 2025
Shared 3 times.
Tech oligarchs are co-opting fictional universes to sell us a false story of their inevitability. To defeat them we need to reclaim the power of fiction to imagine a world beyond their grasp, argues Elia Ayoub.
The Puzzler
Crossword Puzzle, Association Words and Wordsearch.
Reasons to be cheerful
Coal mines out; Cleaners in; Park life.
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