New Years Letter 2026: The Beast is Yet to Come

My reflections on the past year and predictions for the coming year.

One night I was abruptly woken up by a huge bang. The windows rattled and I burst out in shock “what the hell was that?!” Shortly afterwards I heard the sound of the police and fire brigade sirens. It felt like I was in a war zone. In the morning, I was met by the news that a entrance to a building had been blown up a couple of kilometers away and that …