I was just reading a think piece of modest length about how Millenials are finding themselves aging out of cultural influence/relevance and are now surrounded by the detritus of their peak years. The piece placed these struggles between the Boomers who own all the real estate and the Gen Z/Alpha crowds that now occupy the in-demand demographics.

Meanwhile, I feel like I am still fetching the key from under the doormat and letting myself into the empty house, left to look after myself because no one else is going to.

I am sure a relatively small group of already very people who happened to be in the right place at the right time—it’s called “insider trading” for a reason—made a bunch of money off of this whole on-again/off-again tariff nonsense.

But I remain convinced that there is no grand plan to any of this, and that we do ourselves no favors by imagining that there is.

It will always be true that it is easier to destroy things than to create them, and any bunch of clowns can knock things over.

🔗 It’s time to organize. — Ethan Marcotte:

In short, the world’s on fire. So I want to suggest that — now more than ever — you need a union.

A union is many things: it’s an engine of democracy in your workplace; it’s a path to a contract; it’s a community. A union also provides a critical layer of protection and stability. And that’s something you could use right now.

🔗 Fans Discover an Inconvenient Truth About ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ - WSJ:

So when Van Sistine visited New York last month to meet with clients, he was pumped to catch a live rendition of “Glengarry” on Broadway and hear those famous lines.

“I was on the edge of my seat,” Van Sistine said later, “waiting for that character to come out and give us the monologue, the gospel.”

He never appeared.