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. The machines came for the jobs. Now they want the bodies. RentAHuman.ai launched this week with a pitch so blunt it almost sounds like satire: “Robots need your body.” Founder… The United States Government Publishing Office thinks people from Indiana should be called “Indianians.” Indiana — and the rest of the country — disagrees. For nearly two centuries, they’ve been… Film professors at UW–Madison are curving final exams like never before — not because the material got harder, but because their students can’t finish a single movie. Half-watching while scrolling…. Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath stood before the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in mid-January and delivered a message that should have stopped the room cold: Gen Z… The Groundhog Day winter prediction came in this morning: Phil saw his shadow. Six more weeks of winter. It’s Feb. 2, 2026, and somewhere in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, a rodent emerged…
AI Rent Human Bodies — And We’re All Just Tenants Now
American Demonyms That Actually Work — Unlike Whatever the Government Recommends
Film Students Can’t Finish Movies Anymore
Gen Z Became the First Generation to Lose Ground Cognitively — Here’s Why
Six More Weeks of Winter: The Groundhog Has Spoken (And We’re Not Okay)
