ear rat

We're tired.

Tired of the modern web and its faux-sincerity, everything-is-so-great-isn't-it?, blinding-bright-polished bullshit.

Tired of having AI shoved down our throats around every fucking corner for every conceivable use.

Tired of sites tracking every single thing we do so that the ads for shit we don't need are PeRsOnaLiZeD.

Tired of corporate-sponsored garbage being carefully washed over us in a shiny package that says "premium content."

Fuck that. We're jamming our thumb into the eye of the big business big tech big shittyfucks who make the web this way.

This is Ear Rat. We're an independent lit and arts site.

This entire site, top to bottom, is hand-coded by the editors in HTML and CSS. That's it.

We don't use AI.

We don't create algorithm-jerkoff content.

We don't use cookies or trackers or scripts.

We don't paywall any content.

Shit, we don't even use a newsletter service or a 3rd party comment system.

Everything is done by us.

We're standing up against this endless pounding wave of technocratic destruction, aimed at arresting your attention as completely as possible.

This is Ear Rat. Welcome aboard.