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January 08, 2024

50 Years Later, ‘The Exorcist’ Continues to Possess Hollywood’s Imagination, Reflecting Our Obsession With Evil

In January 1974, The New York Times reported that the Catholic Church was receiving “a wave of inquiries from persons who believe that they, or their acquaintances, are possessed by demons.”...

January 05, 2024

Poetry 2023

Our Brew is the "only website that publishes good poetry in our neck of the internet", so said a poet, so here's a selection of last year's offering....

January 04, 2024

The Our Brew Articles You Loved Most this Year

Early 2023, we creaked open the heavy doors that locked us in our domiciles, sniffing the air warily for the poison in the air. Now after a volatile year of politics and skyrocketing prices, of worse-than-pre-pandemic traffic, here is a look back at what OurBrew considers worth revisiting....

January 03, 2024

New Bathing Suit

A poem about hope, of everyday survival — a woman's defiance against breast cancer....

January 02, 2024

Why Dimming the Sun Would Be an Effective Tool in the Fight Against Climate Change

After the powerful Pinatubo eruption, global temperatures dipped. Eruptions create a hazy layer of microscopic particles in the upper atmosphere that last for several years, dimming the Sun temporarily. We could copy this effect to fight climate change....

December 30, 2023

The US Military's Big Bet on Artificial Intelligence

AI gone awry. There was a simulation where an AI-enabled drone, tasked with taking down missile sites, killed its operator, and cut the communications system....

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