Year: 2026
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Disaster Zones
Teams has a fun “Decorate” feature that lets you quickly substitute in an AI-augmented version of your actual background, so… now the in-camera-view area of my home desk might also be a disaster.
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Powerless Elevator
On the plus side, this happened to me on a day I was bringing in treats for my work anniversary, so my thinking was a little bit: “how long am I going to be trapped in here?” and, at the same time, a bit of: “do I have a fork in my bag?”
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Dangerously Grumpy
Later, when my son heard of this exchange, he told his sister: “That is very rude.” She responded immediately, with zero remorse, “She’s dangerously grumpy.” Like, “Yeah, so? I said what I said.”
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Snow Drivers
And it’s not just the inexperienced drivers – the cities aren’t really equipped to do a lot to handle uncommon extreme weather, so they can’t do much to make the roads better, either.
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Island Town
I made this comic after a 100-year flood got me stuck at home (and not working) for a few days back before working from home was really a thing. Last month we had the largest flood since, and for a day or so my city was once again something of an island. This time I…