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“Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.”*…

A simple white button with the text 'Make everything OK' on a light background.

These are harrowing times. Finally, an answer…

The “Make Everything OK” button is a website containing nothing but a single button. Press it, and after a moment of processing, you’re informed: “Everything is OK now. If everything is still not OK, try checking your settings of perception of objective reality.”…

Try it yourself at make-everything-ok.com. Via the always illuminating @boingboing.net.

* John Lennon (and others)

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As we press and press again, we might recall that on this date in 1949, after two days in which a few flakes fell, Los Angeles “enjoyed” a real snow fall (the first that anyone can recall).

Black and white photograph of a snow-covered scene featuring vintage cars parked in front of a large building with multiple windows and awnings, set against a mountainous backdrop.
Snow at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, La Cañada Flintridge, January 1949. Photo courtesy of NASA/JPL Archive. (As this post is being written, JPL– a leading center of study of the science of wildfires– has been evacuated due to the encroaching Eaton fire.)

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January 11, 2026 at 1:00 am

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