DreadPirateShawn

Second paragraph, "demographic collapse". You're not crazy. 🙂

Once I was the king of Spain.

Now I eat humble pie. 🤷

This just in, voters may have power. 🤷

"The game."

Is... is this irony? 🦋

Mel Blanc too.

"sh! it just works!"

Already hearing about resignations, starting (IIUC) with Robert Kagan. https://www.npr.org/2024/10/25/nx-s1-5165353/washington-post-presidential-endorsement-trump-harris

Biden used a policy called Humanitarian Parole, an extended temporary process stay which requires presidential renewal every 2 years.

More info: https://theconversation.com/presidential-election-could-help-decide-fate-of-the-70-000-afghans-living-temporarily-in-the-us-233941

That is to say, their current temporary status is itself the achievement that Biden has accomplished (once initially and one renewal so far), and that Harris will presumably continue and Trump will presumably revoke.

Dhalgren by Samuel Delany

(Close race with House of Leaves, but ultimately House of Leaves was telling a specific story, whereas Dhalgren is a semi-incoherent drug trip. Loved both books, though.)

Here, this link describes it pretty well: https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-bubble-anything-3489112/