The only void spots in the practice of spilling daily here, three days apiece on two occasions, have come when I went on the road for extended trips to spend time with people I love.

After the first one I vowed to do better the second time, but I didn’t.

Tomorrow I’m taking off for the third, and I will in similar fashion take the vow, for a whole week this time, and we’ll see how good I am.

Maybe at least a haiku each day, friend.

So as I head off in this state of dubious commitment, here’s a little rundown of current affairs so that you stay appropriately mad while I’m in the mountains.

Scott Warren is being retried.

The asshole federal prosecutors weren’t willing to live with a hung jury and a mistrial, which by rights should have been an acquittal. Read it and weep.

There is no such thing as truth anymore. (video link)

Chris Hedges doing what he does best, with an emphasis on the nature of reality and present-day “reality”. 93% of Republicans believe that if Donald Trump says it, it’s true. For the same question, regarding members of their own families: 63%.

Big Tech Stole Our Data While Democracy Slept.

Shoshana Zuboff on the Age of Surveillance Capitalism

“… A new report backed by the former chief of Australia’s military suggests a “high likelihood” of civilisation coming to an end by 2050“.

No review of bad news and assholes can be complete without a mention of the biggest problem of all.

I’ll see you on the other side of Wednesday if I’m good, or … the Wednesday after if I’m not.