Multi-part investigations into society's most pressing absurdities. Best consumed in order, like a fine wine or a slow-motion disaster.
The morning after the 2026 midterms, Democrats wake up in control of Congress and open an investigation into how it happened. A three-part look at a party that won by accident, the office built to manage the hope it caused, and the 73 hours a year the nation gets back from Trump Saving Time.
Party leaders reclassify hope as a Schedule I substance and send the opposition research team after their own winners. Preliminary finding: "dangerously sincere."
November 5, 2026 Read Part 1 →A former airline gate agent takes over the agenda. Child care: delayed. Student debt: see agent. Medicare for All: overbooked. Everything remains on the table, where it will be kept for safety.
November 5, 2026 Read Part 2 →Economists value the windfall at $700 billion a year, provided anyone spends it working. Like daylight saving time, it saves no hours, and the evenings get darker.
November 5, 2026 Read Finale →What happens when all work is finally completed forever? A week-long exploration of humanity's adjustment to a post-labor existence, featuring horoscopes, weather reports, and the gradual realization that maybe we didn't think this through.
The tech industry announces that all work has been successfully automated. Celebration lasts approximately 47 minutes before existential crisis sets in.
January 11, 2026 Read Part 1 →Americans discover that the hobbies they "always wanted to try" don't actually fill the existential void. Pottery sales skyrocket, then crash.
January 12, 2026 Read Part 2 →Cosplay cubicles spring up nationwide as former workers pay $200/hour for authentic "Got a sec?" interruption experience.
January 13, 2026 Read Part 3 →Philosophy departments vanish mid-lecture. Final paper argues 'purpose' was just something we made up to feel better about Mondays.
January 14, 2026 Read Part 4 →One year after all work ended, 94% of population reports being "fine." Remaining 6% are "also fine, just differently."
January 15, 2026 Read Finale →