Darcy Jimenez

Digg • 8th November 2023

We Asked The Creator Of 'Rotating Sandwiches': Why?

If you feel like the internet is a lot less fun these days, you're not alone. For many of us, the online experience now consists of algorithm-driven sameness, punctuated by dangerous misinformation and the occasional horrifying image. But amidst all that, there's still Rotating Sandwiches — one of the few remaining sites on the internet that exist purely for fun, silliness or simply no reason at all.

The Guardian • 27th November 2019

Thousands of girl gang members are trapped in a cycle of violence and abuse

Kim was 13 years old when she started selling guns for a teenage boy she met at a party. “Being female, it’s a lot easier for me to sell the guns,” she says. “Because I was very young, I was the one that would do the drop-offs. It was quite fun at the time. I felt a bit invincible.”

Cosmopolitan • 29th January 2021

The young women choosing to go without contraception

Kate* had been with her boyfriend for two years when she became pregnant. The couple hadn’t been using birth control - but not because they were hoping for a baby. At 23, Kate didn’t want to conceive at all. She felt so uncomfortable using the contraceptive methods available to her that she had purposefully been going without, preferring to risk getting pregnant instead.

The Guardian • 29th September 2020

'Let down': calls for Gibraltar's Covid-delayed abortion vote to take place

Earlier this year, pro-choice activists in Gibraltar were hopeful that their territory’s abortion laws – the harshest in Europe – could soon be overturned. Terminations are banned in the tiny British territory, even in the cases of rape, incest, or foetal abnormality where the foetus will not survive. Abortions are punishable by life imprisonment, except when the woman’s life is in danger.

Pharmaceutical Technology • 1st December 2021

Lethal injection: can pharma kill the death penalty?

In October, Oklahoma prison inmate John Marion Grant was executed by a lethal injection. Strapped to a gurney, Grant convulsed and vomited – highly unusual for the procedure – after being given midazolam, a sedative and the first of three drugs that are usually administered for lethal injection. Grant was declared unconscious around 15 minutes after receiving the first injection and died roughly six minutes after that.

Digg • 16th February 2024

Photorealistic, AI-Generated Videos Are Here, And We Should All Be Worried

With technology like OpenAI's newly announced text-to-video tool, deception has never been easier.

Pharmaceutical Technology • 22nd October 2021

Pharma’s reliance on horseshoe crabs is threatening the species

Horseshoe crabs are a species of marine arthropod that have existed for around 450 million years – but for over four decades, the creatures have also played a crucial role in human health.

Vice • 13th May 2020

Guys Are Acting Out Abusive Behaviour on TikTok – and Girls Are Tuning In

While all of God's creations can be found on TikTok, one species is better recognised than most: the e-boy. Characterised by floppy hair, necklaces, and 90s T-shirts layered over long sleeves, they usually lip-sync and wink their way through songs. Among them, a new trend is emerging. Searching "crazy boyfriend" or "psycho ex" on TikTok reveals a plethora of posts where e-boys scowl, shout or grin menacingly at the camera in what are known on the app as POV (point-of-view) videos.

Digg • 17th January 2024

TikTok's 'Orange Peel' Relationship Trend, Explained

If you've scrolled on the app formerly known as Twitter recently, you'll probably have seen people talking about peeling oranges. It's all to do with TikTok's "Orange Peel Theory" posts, in which people ask their romantic partner to peel an orange for them, just because.

Digg • 11th March 2024

The Kate Middleton 'Fake' Photo Drama Just Got Even Weirder

The Princess of Wales has issued a statement after a family photo shared to her X account was accused of being "manipulated."

Mic • 7th December 2020

Inside the TikTok trend shaming corporations for destroying perfectly good stuff

Every day, hundreds of thousands of perfectly usable products are destroyed by retail corporations around the world. Food that has reached its expiration date is sometimes rendered inedible with bleach to deter "dumpster divers"; items in dented boxes are disposed of, rather than given away, to prevent employees from damaging products deliberately; designer goods are ripped to shreds so they can’t be resold for cheaper elsewhere.

Pharmaceutical Technology • 16th September 2021

Billionaires are betting on anti-ageing research, but can ageing really be cured?

Searching for the key to immortality may sound like the preoccupation of a superhero-movie villain, but a growing number of biotech companies – and billionaires with cash to spare – are investing in research that could prevent and reverse the ageing process in humans.

Metro • 30th January 2021

How lockdown is pushing women towards an alcohol crisis, with mums at the front

Two empty Dolmio sauce jars was all it took for the relief to kick in. Spotting them in her recycling bin as she added her empties from the week, Anna, 47, can still recall how the sight of them made her feel. ‘I remember being so grateful they were in there and not just beer and wine bottles clanking around,’ explains the mum-of-two.

Pharmaceutical Technology • 26th October 2021

Covid-19: vaccine pricing varies wildly by country and company

As the debate about vaccine inequity in low-income countries rages on, even nations with access to the leading Covid-19 jabs are paying wildly different prices for doses.

Digg • 2nd April 2024

This Online Store Is Selling Cuddly Plush Toys With Dark Backstories — And Very Weird Ads

A small but dedicated group of fans love Peepy, a stuffed creature with a criminal history and an unnerving smile.

Digg • 9th November 2023

After 14 Controversial Years, Omegle Is Dead. Here's How The Internet Is Reacting

While some lament the loss of an iconic chat site, others bid good riddance to a service notoriously exploited by racists, creeps and pedophiles.

Digg • 30th June 2022

This Twitter Account Uncovers The Weirdest Little Medieval Guys For Your Viewing Pleasure

While much of Twitter is, frankly, a cesspit, there are some corners of the site where wholesome accounts, designed only to bring joy, dwell. One of these is "Weird Medieval Guys", which gives peculiar little medieval drawings a new lease of life by sharing them on the platform.

Vice • 2nd April 2020

This Disturbing TikTok 'POV' Trend Is All About Domestic Abuse

One video begins with a teenager cheerfully applying blush and putting on jewellery – before cutting to her staring despondently past the camera, the makeup on her face now simulating bruises and a black eye. The caption: "You go on a date with your abusive boyfriend and it doesn’t end well."

Digg • 23rd August 2023

What You Need To Know About The First Republican Presidential Primary Debate

On Wednesday, August 23, the GOP's presidential hopefuls will go head to head in the first debate of the 2024 primary. The debate will be broadcast on Fox News at 21:00 EDT, and the network's hosts Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum will serve as moderators.

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Pharmaceutical Technology • 28th January 2022

How AI could unlock the medical potential of psychedelics

Research into the therapeutic potential of psychedelic drugs was pioneered by psychiatrists way back in the 1950s, but the emergence of advanced technologies in pharma appears to have breathed new life into the field.