Things could have been different.
The leaves are dying, and every evening the sun clocks out earlier, uninterested in lighting the night sky. On Tuesday, the angel of history descends again—web 3.0 fascism could be dealt something of a defeat, or not. We know we must march forward: There is simply no time to contemplate other possible presents, we have the moment we have, and we must seize it, thanklessly. Our children need us to do this. But it's so hard not to wonder what could have been.
For instance: What if the Republican candidate for governor from Nassau County's name was Blake Bruceman?