My name is Don MacLeod, and I’ve spent decades in media, marketing, entertainment, and events, which means I’ve seen the serious, the absurd, and everything in between. 22,000 Days+ is a record of where I’ve been and what I’m noticing now. Not a diary, not a lecture—just my perspective.
This space is my way of pulling those threads together—today’s headlines, cultural moments that stick, and the occasional story from the past that still deserves a spotlight. Some posts will make you laugh, some might make you roll your eyes, and a few could make you think twice. That mix is the point: after 22,000 wake ups, the view gets interesting. Dave Chappelle stood outside a restored 19th-century schoolhouse in Yellow Springs, Ohio, on Thursday—not for a Netflix special, not for a comeback tour, but for a ribbon-cutting ceremony that probably… Anthropic just announced it built an AI model so capable of finding and exploiting security vulnerabilities that releasing it to the public would be — their words — potentially catastrophic… Welcome to Whacky Wednesday — the weekly roundup where reality stops pretending it has a plan. This week: a cabin door that decided altitude was the perfect time to open,… The National Hurricane Center’s iconic “cone of uncertainty” — the five-day track forecast graphic that’s been a fixture of cable news panic coverage since 2002 — is getting its first… Americans eat about 19 pounds of seafood a year. Iceland eats 200. The gap isn’t about access—it’s about appetite. Or more specifically, the lack of one when confronted with something…
Dave Chappelle Bought a Schoolhouse So a Radio Station Wouldn’t Disappear
Anthropic Just Proved AI Can Outthink Every Security Expert. Now What?
Whacky Wednesday: Aviation Malfunctions, Political Defiance, and Florida Being Florida
The Hurricane Cone Lied to You. Here’s What It Actually Means.
Tuna Nuggets and Shrimp Burgers: When Seafood Pretends It’s Meat
