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We can't stop talking about...
Should we quit them?
Pets  
Should we quit them?
A growing number of people argue that owning pets is unethical – and unfortunately, in this story, they make some good points.
Vegan food  
A vegan diet lowers pets' climate impact, and a new UK study suggests cats might even be OK with it.
Killers booed  
Meanwhile, in Australia, domestic cats kill around 323m native animals each year – and conservationists are pushing to contain them.
Inside, dude  
And why not? As Calla Wahlquist points out, keeping cats indoors is that rare solution in which everybody wins.
Cook this
Plant-based brulee
Plant-based brulee
Veganism: it's not just for cats! Once you get over your initial shock that custard powder contains no egg, you will find this recipe by London-based Australian baker Phil Khoury quite impressive.
Extremely online
Extremely online
Did Allison P Davis make a good point or is she the bad aunt friend? Trick question! Capitalism is the problem. In other big moments this week: this guy’s perfect impression of an Aussie gym bro; Jeremy Strong out-Stronging himself with a real estate listing; an excellent meme unfolding on TikTok; and people having fun with the Hollywood charity auction. 

Also, good reads on why we’re all lurkers, why TikTok is winning, and why all the rich assholes talk like Elon Musk.
The funniest things on the internet
Hannah Diviney shows us her tabs
Hannah Diviney shows us her tabs
Including but not limited to: Taylor Swift high on pain meds, Billy Connolly on maths, and Kevin Hart slapping the Rock with a tortilla.
Top of the list
A film – stage fright  
New mockumentary Theatre Camp stars Ben Platt and Molly Gordon as overzealous teachers at a kids’ summer theatre camp scrambling to produce an original musical to honour their camp director, Joan (Amy Sedaris), who is in a coma after a strobe lighting incident. It’s fun to laugh at theatre kids! In cinemas now.
New mockumentary Theatre Camp stars Ben Platt and Molly Gordon as overzealous teachers at a kids’ summer theatre camp scrambling to produce an original musical to honour their camp director, Joan (Amy Sedaris), who is in a coma after a strobe lighting incident. It’s fun to laugh at theatre kids! In cinemas now.
An album – pop bright  
Since announcing her retirement from music in 2019 (she didn’t follow through), any output from Mitski Miyawaki feels like a gift – albeit a sad one that shatters upon opening then rearranges its shards into something heartfelt, sardonic and striking. The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We is her seventh album, and it's out now.
Since announcing her retirement from music in 2019 (she didn’t follow through), any output from Mitski Miyawaki feels like a gift – albeit a sad one that shatters upon opening then rearranges its shards into something heartfelt, sardonic and striking. The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We is her seventh album, and it's out now.
A film – hot flight  
Haley Lu Richardson and Ben Hardy play two strangers who meet-cute on an international flight, in a romcom that is exactly what you expect from Netflix: oversaturated colour, cliched location shots and a breezy, comfort-food plot that you can half ignore. It's called Love at First Sight but it should have been called Love at First Flight?? Give us a ring, Netflix.
Haley Lu Richardson and Ben Hardy play two strangers who meet-cute on an international flight, in a romcom that is exactly what you expect from Netflix: oversaturated colour, cliched location shots and a breezy, comfort-food plot that you can half ignore. It's called Love at First Sight but it should have been called Love at First Flight?? Give us a ring, Netflix.
A book – Zadie's might  
Zadie Smith’s The Fraud fictionalises the life of a failing real-life Victorian novelist, William Ainsworth, who once outsold Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist and, in Smith’s telling, never shut up about it. The real protagonist is Ainsworth’s abolitionist housekeeper, who is questioning Britain's relationship with slavery, and what truth means in fiction. This one's finally out in Australia.
Zadie Smith’s The Fraud fictionalises the life of a failing real-life Victorian novelist, William Ainsworth, who once outsold Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist and, in Smith’s telling, never shut up about it. The real protagonist is Ainsworth’s abolitionist housekeeper, who is questioning Britain's relationship with slavery, and what truth means in fiction. This one's finally out in Australia.
 

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