JUNE 17, 2021

Full News Archive

• Headline: Final Mayoral Debate Engages NYC Candidates. Impact: The fierce debate over NYC's future inevitably led to a bizarre time loop where every mayoral candidate ends up being a character in a reality show. Now, every time the city faces a crisis, we can hear the echoes of their arguments from the past like a poorly scripted sitcom.. Fact: Fun fact: debating in New York is less about the issues and more about who can shout the loudest while simultaneously promoting their podcast..
• Headline: Exploring the Lindy Way of Living. Impact: Paul Skallas's call for wisdom from antiquity sparked a trend where modern technology lawyers began dressing like ancient Greeks, leading to an uptick in toga parties and an alarming increase in philosophical debates on social media.. Fact: Did you know that the last time people looked to antiquity for wisdom, they ended up with the Dark Ages? So, good luck with that, Paul!.
• Headline: Climate Change Batters the West Before Summer Even Begins. Impact: Climate change's impacts are like that one friend who shows up uninvited and overstays their welcome, only to ruin the party. As heat waves and droughts become the norm, people might just start wishing for a time machine to go back to when 'normal' weather was a thing.. Fact: Did you know that extreme weather events are now the new norm? Forget about 'April showers bring May flowers,' it's more like 'May heatwaves bring existential dread.'.
• Headline: For Republicans, ‘Crisis’ Is the Message as the Outrage Machine Ramps Up. Impact: The Republican 'Crisis' strategy created a feedback loop of outrage that eventually led to the invention of the 'Outrage Meter,' a device that measures how many times the word 'crisis' can be used in a single speech without losing meaning.. Fact: Did you know that a crisis is just a fancy term for 'we have no idea what we're doing, but let's make it sound dramatic'?.