What's Next for Stuff Keeps Happening

Well, I guess we got our answer: America truly is The Bad Place.

Last night into this morning, the United States of America elected Donald J. Trump to be our next president. He will be returning to office with a platform that reads like if someone asked ChatGPT to sequence together all of the worst imaginable ideas for the economy, public health & safety, and social justice.

Look—I'mma be real: it's bad. It's going to get worse. It's going to be worse than we imagined, and I wish I could tell you otherwise. But ignoring the truth about the general population of the US is exactly what has gotten us here twice as we sit and shake our heads and wonder "how, just how can they vote for this man?"

The answer is disappointingly simple: they don't give a shit. They just don't. There is a massive chunk of the electorate in this country whose vote does not extend beyond "I vote how my parent/partner/pastor votes" or "things are expensive now and they weren't before." Of course that line of thinking is ignorant but that is the point. For every person out there who voted for Trump because they like his cruel nature there's someone who voted for Trump because they haven't paid attention or don't care beyond their own financials and have been duped into thinking he would be better for them.

I don't mean to sound completely dejected here. We all are going to be messed up for a while, but in this moment, I feel galvanized to move forward with purpose and use my relative privilege to continue providing a safe space for my countrymen whose lives will be unjustly disrupted by this election result.

A New Direction

I am planning my return from my hiatus. Over the next few weeks, I will begin ramping back up to producing regular content, and I want to take a sec to lay out some planned changes to my work.

Format. I will be changing the format of Stuff Keeps Happening. Specifically, I intend to break apart the different components: newsletter, videos, and podcast. Expect more posts with smaller, focused topics. I'll still be posting miscellaneous link dumps as Lightning Rounds as well.

Newsletter. The newsletter for Stuff Keeps Happening (you're reading it now!) will see a bit more action. I will publish more of my content here as long as it falls under the "SKH" blanket. I will also look into some more added value for those who have a paid subscription to the newsletter, as I am going to be looking into more monetization options to help fund my work. (You can always check out my Patreon, too!)

Podcast. This one I'm hype about. Currently, the Stuff Keeps Happening podcast is a slightly-different version of the audio from the main SKH videos. While I'm proud of the work I've done to make a unique podcast version of the show, I am planning to repurpose the Stuff Keeps Happening podcast into its own weekly show, giving myself a bit more space to explore topics I want to touch on, and possibly bring on guests here and there. It'll be a bit of an experiment and the format may change over time, but this is something I've been wanting to do for some time now.

Videos. Stuff Keeps Happening is a bit of a strange format to post in the places I post. I have wanted to try some new things for a while. Expect more "low fidelity" posts from me on socials like TikTok/Insta contrasting the more structured show style videos which will primarily be on YouTube. I will likely still post Lightning Round videos on TikTok/Insta, as well as any other videos that make sense on the vertical-first format.

Streaming. I dearly miss streaming. I really do. I don't have a return-to-stream plan to announce this moment, but I do intent to get back to it as soon as I am able. The plan right now is to target mid-morning streams (US East Coast time), so expect Brunch Time with Dev to be a thing.

Be Safe and Take Care

We are entering a deeply unknown future. Please consider your actions over the next few days carefully. It's easy to be reactionary and Post Something Online which may get you in trouble down the line. Remember to keep private thoughts private, and if you need to communicate with someone about a sensitive topic, do so in person or via voice call on an encrypted service such as Signal.

I will be making additional content about taking your digital privacy into your hands to help combat the surveillance state we find ourselves in.

I'm not going anywhere. In fact, this is me saying I'm coming back. I'm here with you all, and I am going to do everything I can to bring comfort, escape, information, support, and community to the folks who so dearly deserve it.

Wishing you the best,

Endeavorance 🕊️