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The reason 2020 seems so jinxed is that global civilization relies on natural and human networks of such complexity that their interactions generate unpredictable events with increasing frequency. It started as far back as Brexit in 2016 and has been accelerating ever since.

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) October 2, 2020

That all depends on whether the Chinese are "white people" too, which arguably they are, because they bid fair to dominate the world. https://t.co/IuFIkZWq2Z

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) October 1, 2020

Nov 2020 is less an election than a referendum . The candidates are incidental, what's at stake are 2 different world views clashing in some monumental OK corral.

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) October 1, 2020

Lockdown will by then have become a habit whose etymology only lexicographers will no. Just as decades from now people will still be putting their shoes through a scanner though no one can remember why. https://t.co/rC3wTthPfz

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) September 30, 2020

Influencers used to be able to ignore current events. Not anymore. Those who continue to face the risk of appearing so laughably out of touch that it renders anything else they have to say irrelevant. https://t.co/tRBXp0X927

— Stephanie McNeal (@stephemcneal) September 30, 2020

Way leads on to way and the unforeseen consequences march on.https://t.co/6sMKIRtxia

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) September 30, 2020

The political process looks like it's gone a hard 10 rounds with 2 to go. The weariness is setting in but no one will give an inch.

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) September 30, 2020