Diatribe Chronicles
It is heartbreaking to see this happening.
A 12-year-old should be hiding safely, not guarding a military checkpoint. Iran’s IRGC recruiting children as young as 12 as “homeland defending combatants” is a gut punch. HRW calls it what it is: a war crime. Kids deserve protection, not deployment.
Most streaming services default captions to the smallest size, don’t carry across devices, finding where to adjust them varies. The How-To Geek article breaks down where to find the settings. For Deaf/HoH viewers, that’s not a minor annoyance. It’s a barrier.
What’s with Trump’s obsession with slapping his name on builidngs? Kennedy Center, Institute of Peace, & he now wants airports named in his honor. It’s not normal to be named after a sitting president. What exactly has he accomplished for the country? All I see is chaos and distractions. 🙄
Switched to ad-tier streaming and now every other commercial is for some medication. GLP-1 weight loss drugs even hit the Super Bowl. When did watching TV stop being about relaxing and start being a trip to the pharmacy? 🙄 Link
You might want to read this, “Why There Are More Drug TV Commericals”
Gas dropped from $3.13 last year to $2.90 now. Thirteen cents. That’s what we’re celebrating? With all the talk about what Trump’s doing for prices, I expected more than pocket change. Not exactly the massive improvement promised. 😕
Published on Substack on 1/26/2026
The Americans with Disabilities Act will turn 36 later this year. In the last thirty-five years, there has been a requirement for accessible hotel accommodations. And yet, NPR just published an investigation showing that wheelchair users are still dealing with the same frustrating barriers that shouldn’t exist after three decades of the law being on the books.
NPR talked to 50 wheelchair users and surveyed over 200 more. The stories were depressingly familiar. You call ahead, you book an accessible room online, you show up… and there’s no reservation. Or the room’s been given away. Or—my personal favorite—the room exists, but it’s not actually accessible.