Archive - The Carpet

April 2025

Art is your birthright. Don’t let them tell you otherwise

On university chaos, old friends, and why my favourite photographer is a toddler

Apr 27 •

Radio’s Most Cynical AI Experiment Just Got Exposed

ARN tried to cut costs with a fake host. They gutted their credibility instead.

Apr 20 •

Meet Thy – the radio host I don’t think exists

Have AI personalities already infiltrated the Australian media?

Apr 13 •

Why aren't millennials rioting this election?

Lazy political distractions aren't addressing the bigger issues

Apr 6 •

March 2025

Am I the only one really depressed about AI art?

On despair and finding hope in dinnerware

Mar 30 •

I audit the predictions of Australia's most famous futurist

Bernard Salt wrote a lot about 2025. Did he get anything right?

Mar 23 •

Surfers Paradise and their weird shrunken heads.

The gruesome Gold Coast attraction

Mar 16 •

In defence of glorious failures

Coppola’s Megalopolis is a disaster, but at least it’s his disaster.

Mar 9 •

The world is a mess – here’s why you should look to a pigeon for guidance.

A lesson in quiet resistance

Mar 2 •

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