I’d call it a bizarre 2 weeks, but that describes all of 2026. And yet, doesn’t even scratch the surface.

The joke doesn’t work if I admit Slay the Spire isn’t a TCG, so hush. Plus, book recommendations for your Trans Rights Readathon!

We’ve got it all, fascist, pattern recognition obfuscated as prophecy, GenAI death spirals, and even some fun news like a new Spinosaurus!

I take one unwilling burnt-out week off and come back to hell? I suppose it tracks for 2026.

I know, I know, every week I say something about how weird this one was. But this time… I guess it just felt surreally absurd, a tonal mixed bag.

Last week bounced between banal and soul crushing, so Jules and I decided to force some joy! We have book reviews, TCG Shenanigans, and Dashcon 2!

Please, Please, I’m begging you here, do not make me have to report on the start of WWIII.Otherwise the rest of the news was… well normal by the wildly skewed standards of 2025-26.

After a week hiatus, I broke an hour, oops. We all know there was bad news this week, but there was good new too. Lots of trans literature, and even 2 Digimon stories!

On this week’s weekly episode of this Mutt’s descent into madness, we talk sodium batteries, non-burning goats, trump bs, the Nebulas, and autistic girl butts.

So, I fully expect these shorts won’t really get carried by YouTube naturally because, well, I’m discussing a transphobic doctor caught with CSAM.