The Current Situation

Happy Canada Day 2025!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_HX_yQJhrU It’s July 1st, which means it’s Canada Day! Have a happy one, everybody! And to celebrate, click on the…

9 months ago

June is Pride Month and Accordion Awareness Month!

Once again, it’s June, which means that once again, it’s both... ️‍️‍Pride Month, and Accordion Awareness Month! Get out there…

10 months ago

Notes for the kakistocracy, 2025-03-10: Even Peter Zeihan says we might be the USSA, the danger of one-party states, JD Vance’s much cooler cousin, and why we need to be bold

A reminder: kakistocracy means “a state or society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens.” Peter Zeihan: “For the…

1 year ago

Notes for the kakistocracy, 2025-03-05: DOGE is the real fraud, David Brooks on the Zelenskyy ambush, disrespecting veterans, defending institutions, and “Elbows up!”

Maybe the real fraud was the fraud that DOGE made up along the way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71hKowGIpHM The Legal Eagle YouTube channel’s…

1 year ago

Notes for the Kakistocracy, 2025-03-01: Facebook and content moderation, shut the f**k up, do not obey in advance, and no one is coming to save us

Kakis-what? Kakistocracy, meaning a government run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens. Its root is the Greek…

1 year ago

Notes for the Kakistocracy, 2025-02-10: Elon as Dwight K. Schrute, a Canadian call to action, Ezra Klein’s “Don’t Believe Him”, 3-ring government

Big “Assistant to the Regional Manager” energy I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s noticed the similarities between The Office’s…

1 year ago

Sign of the day (plus bonus comic)

Normally, I’d wait until Sunday to post this in the weekly picdump, but these are a little too important to…

1 year ago

Sunday picdump for January 26, 2025

It’s Sunday, which means it’s time for another “picdump!” Here are 136 memes, pictures, and cartoons floating around the internet that I found…

1 year ago

Palm trees and a puffy vest

My friends in my old home town, Toronto, won’t find Tampa’s current temperatures cold, but by local standards, it’s downright frigid.…

1 year ago