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Dillon Picks December 2024
A somewhat seasonal selection of monthly Medium mutterings
I’ll spare you the season of goodwill spiel, as I daresay you’re thoroughly sick of it by now. In fact, by the time this is published, you’ll be gearing up for New Year’s Eve. What happens in Fortress Dillon during New Year celebrations? Very little, other than fine dining and back-to-back film screenings. Eminently civilised. The idea of going out on New Year’s Eve and being overcharged in pubs and clubs amid a claustrophobic hell-swarm of drunken sweating masses is anathema to me. Then again, I’m seldom tempted out of Fortress Dillon to socialise at the best of times, but if that’s your bag, baby, I wish you all the very best.
Anyway, here is the Dillon Empire’s monthly selection of splendid scribblings on Medium. If selected you should feel extra smugness amid your seasonal stupor, for inclusion within these hallowed columns is an honour granted only unto those I deem worthy. And believe me, plenty are deemed unworthy. There is no place here for earnings braggers, “hustle bro” porn, apocalypse porn, actual porn, AI apologists, or those with no experience or credentials whatsoever offering “expert” advice. The sweeping statement clickbait crowd are likewise barred from Fortress Dillon. (Seriously, why people continue to make absurd, divisive generalisations about entire…