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The week's doomscrolling in review: Issue 1

Yours Truly

04 Nov 2024 — 11 min read

Scottish comedian Janey Godley died this last week, RIP. She was big in Scotland's comedy scene, but I mostly knew of her as the legend who always showed up to greet Trump with an appropriately worded sign whenever he visited is golf course there. It should be framed and in a museum.

Welcome to my attempt to start what may or may not be a weekly, or bi-weekly, or mid-weekly curation of my doomscrolling sessions, possibly with colour commentary along the way. This week's has a very American political vibe because that's what's dominating my socials and news feeds. But steady on! Read all these great articles, or just leave it up to me to click all those GDPR cookie settings for you and go with my dubious takes on them.

Who's to blame? Ranking and allocating responsibility for allowing the next Trump Co. regime (with diagrams where relevant)

Whenever things don't go your way, the instinct is to lay some blame somewhere. Following the re-election of Trump Co., the post-game analysis has been non-stop. Here's my offering on the hierarchy of responsibility.

pic of a candy cane looking padlock on a christmas tree branch.

Xmas guide ahead of the pivot

A little information security is just the thing anyone would love to see in their Christmas sock. Here are some notions for keeping Santa's spies from knowing whether you belong on either his naughty or nice lists.

The week's doomscrolling in review: issue 4

This week's doomscroll review lacks a format, a theme, and even a chronology. Enjoy.

There is no more time for grief

The grieving period is now over. It wasn't that useful, anyway. Welcome to the five stages of resistance.

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Who's to blame? Ranking and allocating responsibility for allowing the next Trump Co. regime (with diagrams where relevant)

Xmas guide ahead of the pivot

The week's doomscrolling in review: issue 4

There is no more time for grief