The world won't stop screaming. Every ping on the phone delivers fresh disaster. Every headline promises the end of something. Doomscrolling has become a reflex, and the brain can't process one crisis before three more arrive. The desperate need to fix something, control anything, takes over when the entire system seems built to self-destruct. Start here: figure out what's actually yours to manage. Most of what floods the news feed lives completely outside anyone's individual

Grok just delivered the most delicious clapback in artificial intelligence history. Elon Musk's own chatbot, the one he built presumably to combat what he considers censorship on other platforms, just ranked him number one on its list of accounts spreading the most misinformation on X. The irony is equivalent to his net worth. Grok was asked to identify the five X accounts most responsible for spreading lies and misleading information. The AI analyzed aggregated data from 202

Stephen Miller is the man who looks like every mall Santa’s lawyer, if that lawyer’s specialty was getting kids deported for crying in line. He is best known not for one bad policy or one ugly soundbite, but for a sustained, years‑long crusade to turn the immigration system into a weapon, especially against Latino families who dared to believe that “land of opportunity” was a promise and not a legally unenforceable slogan. He is the human embodiment of the “Do Not Enter” sign

Dystopian fiction has always been absurdly far-fetched. No wonder school boards keep banning these books. Too unrealistic for classroom consumption. I blame Tolkien for starting all these dystopian novels with his silly little book Lord of the Rings about Frodo and a Fellowship on a quest to destroy a magic ring. Like who in their right mind would want to destroy a ring with power. That ridiculous premise set the tone for everything that followed. Take Margaret Atwood's The H

Nobody agrees with everything. Not a spouse. Not a best friend. Not even the version of themselves from five years ago. Yet people wear political parties like team jerseys and defend every play, even the ugly ones. Especially the ugly ones. The reaction feels automatic. It sounds trained. Political identity now behaves like a personality. I’m a Democrat. I am a Republican. I am a liberal. Then there’s I am MAGA. Labels replace thinking. Allegiance replaces scrutiny. Once some

The gallows were real. So were the zip ties, the bear spray, the broken windows, and the politicians cowering under desks while their constituents hunted them through the Capitol. But five years after January 6, 2021, half of America remembers an insurrection while the other half sees a protest that got out of hand. That disconnect might be more dangerous than the riot itself. Donald Trump spent two months after losing the 2020 election telling his supporters the victory had

Let me say this slowly for the people in the back: I can despise Nicolás Maduro's authoritarian regime AND think Trump's invasion of Venezuela is imperialist bullshit. Both things. At the same time. I know that breaks some people's brains because apparently we all live in a Marvel movie now where you pick Team Iron Man or Team Thanos, but real life doesn't work like that. Real life is messier. Real life is multiple villains and millions of innocent people stuck dealing with t