Archive - What the hell is going on

Cyberpunk, but Make it Suck

Our country isn't just becoming a corporation – we're a corporation getting taken over by private equity.

Feb 9 •

Sarah Pappalardo

January 2025

When You Change Political Parties Because Some Online Rando Is Mean To You

The world is changing, it’s impossible for me not to come back to how tech is mirroring and amplifying those changes.

Jan 13 •

Sarah Pappalardo

November 2024

Did Trump Pull off His Own Version of the Southern Strategy?

Back in the late 60s, Nixon and Goldwater made a plan to take advantage of white grievance in the otherwise solidly Democratic South, completely…

Nov 27, 2024 •

Sarah Pappalardo

We Can't Change What We Don't Know.

You can't disagree in the face of facts if there aren't any facts to begin with.

Nov 25, 2024 •

Sarah Pappalardo

Kissing Ass as a Form of Survival

It's a subtle art that the Soviet bloc knows well.

Nov 18, 2024 •

Sarah Pappalardo

The Poltergeist

And the mainstreaming of conservatism.

Nov 10, 2024 •

Sarah Pappalardo

The Paradigm Shift is Complete.

And it cuts across all identity lines.

Nov 6, 2024 •

Sarah Pappalardo

December 2020

How We Fill In the Gray Areas

It's about COVID, but also not really about COVID.

Dec 29, 2020 •

Sarah Pappalardo

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