Harm reduction messaging for bloodborne viruses, such as hep C and HIV/AIDS, tends to focus on drugs and sex but there’s another activity, largely understudied and occurring in the shadows, which can also spread these viruses: DIY tattooing. Robbie Mason investigates the popularity of jail tattooing and the risks that come with this national pastime.

Two drugs with almost identical names are starting to enter mainstream drug cultures – 2C-B and “tusi” – but they actually have very little in common. Robbie Mason bursts the myths.

Robbie Mason self-indulgently provides an explanation for his erratic behaviour.

Carlo Sands discusses.

Robbie Mason rants.

Amid a spate of accidental opioid overdoses in NSW, Robbie Mason investigates who exactly is at risk and what it means for the state’s party animals.

As the top tier of professional football in Australia reaches crisis point, Robbie Mason investigates police aggression at A League matches, administrative mismanagement, declining crowds and the alienation of Australian ultras.

Robbie Mason reviews The Org, a dystopian novel by K. J. Hennessy. Just don’t expect this to be a normal review. This isn’t a normal book.

Robbie Mason dives into Australia’s flourishing indie publishing scene, Dead Internet Theory and the retro revival. This one’s for the struggling creatives out there.

An anonymous Sydneysider finds sincerity and warmth in a utopian drug testing pilot in the ACT.

No shroom for error: Robbie Mason tackles the pressing question of affordability and diversity within Australia’s infant psychedelic medicine field.

Robbie Mason chucks on medieval garb and discovers radical acceptance within Sydney's queer LARPing community.