Microdose magic mushrooms this holiday season

The holiday season is that magical time when we give thanks for the little things in life. Like the universal but unspoken pact between bosses and employees that Thanksgiving and the week between Christmas and New Year, at least, are both just elaborate games of pretend. It’s a delicate dance of minimal productivity, a skill some have been perfecting all year and will undoubtedly continue into 2024.

Not me, of course. There is no rest for those of us diligently skimming the abstract sections of climate change reports and then sharing them on social media so others will only half-read the title.

(Editor’s note: Reckon will continue working for readers throughout the season)

While a slow week is something to be thankful for, some people out there never stop hustling and have been rewarded lavishly for their efforts. But in obtaining extravagant riches and power, those people have also pushed the environment to its edge, according to the title of this article I didn’t bother to read.

This week in The Meltdown, we’ll look at the men who have gotten rich while literally destroying our planet. Then, we’ll discuss how to microdose magic mushrooms so you can survive your family through the holiday season and how to casually bring up climate change while looking your father directly in the eyes.

Drizzle

For every brilliant lightbulb moment throughout human history, men lurk in the shadows, eagerly waiting to turn that progress into profit, even if it means playing Jenga with the environment. All while the rest of us are trying to avoid injuring ourselves on the increasingly slippery and polluted Twister mat of life.

So, who are these poster boys of…