Open Thread, Monday February 8

What's on Your Mind?

Let’s do more open threads. What’s on your mind? What topics would you like to see covered here, more?

I did do one interview over the weekend, for CNN railing against the doom-scrolling and doomism that has turned almost into a mood. (As usual, I emphasize that the current period remains grim, but there is no reason to give up hope as the future looks g…