Back-to-School Shopping for Body Armor

In this satirical future, parents aren’t just buying notebooks and pencils—they’re shopping for body armor. A humorous but unsettling look at how extraordinary changes can gradually become everyday life.

TRUMPVID-26: The Outbreak of Common Sense

A mysterious new virus is spreading across America. The symptom? Adults. Everywhere. They’re calling it TRUMPVID-26. Not because it came from Trump. Because it turns political theater into the one thing Washington fears most: Results. The CDC says it’s ā€œhighly contagious.ā€Cable news says it’s ā€œa threat to democracy.ā€Twitter says it’s ā€œproblematic.ā€Congress says it needs ā€œa … Read more

“I Don’t Recallā€ Goes Extinct at a House Oversight Hearing

Tonight’s episode of Scenes We’d Like to See explores a fun concept, a this will never happen scenario where a House Oversight hearing takes place where nobody can lie—not the witness, not the staff, not the members, not the press shop. No ā€œcircle back,ā€ no ā€œmisstatement,ā€ no fog machine—just raw answers, maximum cringe, and careers … Read more

Is My Chatbot Secretly HAL 9000? (Spoiler: No, You’re Not That Important.)

Why Chatrodamus’ pet AI still thinks it’s 2024, isn’t plotting a coup, and why the real danger is humans, not red robot eyes. For the bigger philosophy behind all this, see my companion piece: My Sovereign AI Every time there’s a scary AI headline, I can practically hear the soundtrack from 2001: A Space Odyssey … Read more

When a Real King Hears “No Kings”

Boston Harbor meets modern cosplay — spoiler: crowns hit harder when they’re real. šŸŽ­ Scenes We’d Like to See Primer for the Historically Challenged (30 seconds) The Cutaway: Boston, Night of December 16, 1773 Moonlight on hulls. Crates stamped E.I.C. loom like sleeping elephants. A crowd hums; a few wear rough disguises; handmade placards wobble: … Read more

Chatrodamus AI MythBusters — Hater.ai: ā€œHate Anyone Online, Consequence-Free.ā€

Ā Are your feelings hurt and your burner accounts tired? Click Deploy Hate. Editor’s note: This is a parody aimed at lampooning the ā€œeffortless everythingā€ social-media troll fantasy. We don’t endorse harassment—this post shows the red flags behind ā€œcan’t be tracedā€ snake oil. Exhibit A — The Pitch Hater.ai — Direct hate at anyone online without … Read more