Our Future is Fictional: The Toteboard Pays a Visit to Artificial Imbecility (AI)
In response to all the chatter about AI, the Toteboard wanted to find out for itself, and so it decided to ask ChatGPT a series of questions about a subject on which the former does have indisputable expertise.
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Four Months to Go: The Latest on the Midterms, and (Modestly) Updated Power Rankings
The midterm elections are just under four months away, and the Toteboard doesn’t really need to remind anyone just how much is at stake this time around. Trump has systemically assaulted American democracy, instilled a fascistic climate of fear and hostility, and pretty much fucked up most of the world, aided and abetted by a co-conspiratorial republican party and a malevolent wink-and-nod SCOTUS. It is critical – absolutely critical – that the voters construct at least some
Jul 1114 min read
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like 2006: Can the Democrats Actually Take the Senate?
The midterms are beginning to look eerily like they did two decades ago, right down to the vulnerable New England moderate and the dull midwestern interloper.
May 311 min read
The Heel Has a Soul: The Toteboard Pays Tribute to People We Lost
It has become customary for many publications to eulogize important public figures who died during the previous year. Along these lines, the Toteboard would like to offer its own tributes to a small number of people who rejoined their ancestors in 2025.
Mar 146 min read