So many of my students would refer to Shakespeare's plays as "books." Over and over (and over) I tried to explain that they're plays meant to be seen, not read.

It's been nearly two decades since I first heard that. I don't think this is a new trend.

I was excited to see that it was a standalone, and then I saw the replies explaining that nope, it's just the first in the series. I might give it a try based on your description, though.

Standalone novels, especially in fantasy!, deserve more love!

Since Elon has succeeded with his takeover of the government, there’s not really much for Trump to do anymore.

Interesting idea: a federal holiday to one of Musk’s assistants.

I mean, he is arguably the most pivotal of them, having unlocked the door for unlimited access to the government, but let’s be clear—it truly feels like he does work for Musk.

Robert Johnson was about to sell his soul to the devil, who smiled with glee.
But before he signed, an evil far worse showed up, making even Satan tremble. It was the record executives and their lawyers.
Just when things looked their worst, Elon Musk appeared in a cloud of sulphur. #hbp112

(I had a “friend” who called the French “cheese-eating surrender monkeys” because he was an a-hole. Right now, the French who let the Germans roll through in May 1940 showed more courage the the Democratic congresspeople of 2025. I mean: DO SOMETHING DAMN IT.)

(But, actually, where does Michael T. Citizen go today to meaningfully resist our new authoritarian governmental takeover? Where is our French Resistance?)

Sort of like discovering that your accountant used to be the comptroller for the Klan. Would you keep him on as your accountant?

Pretty sure he ruined his life as soon as he started working for Leon.

Will you ever hire anyone who worked for DOGE ever in the future? If I ever see that on a resume, it goes immediately in the NO pile.

"Doxxing" is now like "fraud." To Leon and his buddies it means, "anything we don't like." They're looking for "fraud" in audited government agencies, and if you disagree, you're "doxxing" them.

Indeed. I KNOW. I just keep thinking about what my grandchildren will learn in school about this time in US history. And I cross my fingers that it'll be "three crazy weeks in 2025" and that's it.

At least in my dream scenario we'd get something good out of it: universal healthcare! But this dumb real-life version just destroys. How lame is that?

I imagine that they’d scream and say, “that’s illegal! Congress funded the military! The president doesn’t have the power to do that!”

And they would be right.

It would be a constitutional crisis and a coup. And that’s exactly what’s happening now.

It has hardly aged a day.

flammable children's pyjamas, red dye no. 3, accurate weights and measures...

Who cares about any of this stuff anyway? I mean, we should count on consumers to simply know that items are safe and contain only what they claim to contain. They should be able to INTUIT the truth!

By which I obviously mean that they can hold an infinite number of parcels. Not, obviously, that they can circumnavigate the globe (with millions of stops) without the passage of objective time. Because, obviously, I'm still waiting at "out for delivery" now, for 6.5 hours.