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. Some weeks, the news cycle hands you a coherent narrative — political scandal, natural disaster, celebrity meltdown. And then there are weeks like this one, where the only through-line is… Two ticks. Kitchen floor. Tuesday morning. Not outside where they belong — where you expect the occasional wildlife cameo after a hike or yard work — but inside, crawling across… A text arrives. Chase Bank. Suspicious activity. Click here to secure your account. She clicked. The woman in question — a former bank teller who’d literally watched other customers fall… Turns out training large language models to write mediocre marketing copy costs more than anyone expected — specifically, it costs 67 million Americans a 76% jump in wholesale electricity prices… Turns out the universe was holding out on us — not because it’s coy, but because we kept staring at the same bright objects like tourists gawking at Times Square…
When Helicopters Land in Parks and AI Breaks Your Heart: Whacky Wednesday Delivers
Two Ticks on the Kitchen Floor — Emergency Rooms Are Seeing the Same Problem
Phishing Scam Recovery: When Mom’s “Suspicious Activity” Text Wasn’t From Chase
Power Prices Is Higher Because ChatGPT Needs to Think Really Hard
Revolutionary Discovery Uncovers 10,000 Planets Astronomers Completely Missed
