As of Thursday, Jan 8th 2026, we're still here.

Today, the Governor of New York, Kathy Hochul — whose smile is at least in part giving Sir Nigel Thornberry, KBE — stood next to the new Mayor of New York and announced free universal childcare for kids basically all the way to kindergarten.

What a cool example of how “You Can Just Do Things” can be for a thing that isn’t, say, a war crime or international invasion or denialism about the existence of the Constitution. You identify specific, actionable things you want and when you have the power to do them, you just do them instead of spending tons of time debating bad-faith actors who want to hang you in limbo until your aforementioned power has expired.

This is opening a can of ass that can’t fully be whooped right now, but “Immediately use your power do things that are morally good and help people” is a bar that should be universally remembered for The 2026 Election Cycle and should be applied to anyone asking for that afore-aforementioned power.