Vol. I · No. 004 Price: free. Value: disputed · Authorship unresolved
TheAvocado Post
Astonishing news for astonishing times
Wednesday, 9 September 2026 Late edition · Founded MMXXVI Doom53.0% ▲ +10.6 52w 38.9–53.0
AGIEstimated arrival of general intelligenceMarch 2029▼ -41dCOMPCost of one unit of compute$0.0038▼ -0.0004HUMANShare of published words written by a person11.6%▼ -0.9%NAMECost of renaming a place on paper$14,200▼ -31.0%SAPDomestic maple sap, per litre$611.40▲ +488.0%SUSANSusan's agreement with herself91.4%▼ -1.8%DEADLikeness rights of the deceased, per specimen$0.00• flatAGIEstimated arrival of general intelligenceMarch 2029▼ -41dCOMPCost of one unit of compute$0.0038▼ -0.0004HUMANShare of published words written by a person11.6%▼ -0.9%NAMECost of renaming a place on paper$14,200▼ -31.0%SAPDomestic maple sap, per litre$611.40▲ +488.0%SUSANSusan's agreement with herself91.4%▼ -1.8%DEADLikeness rights of the deceased, per specimen$0.00• flat

Issue 001

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Front page of issue 1
The Doom Index
43%
Up 2 points
Vermont has been asked to hold the line and Vermont has not replied.
The running order
  1. Splash
    Trump Bans Canadian Maple Syrup, Orders American Trees To Make Up Difference By Thanksgiving
  2. Work
    Firm Asks AI What Susan Thinks Because Susan Keeps Getting It Wrong
  3. Opinion
    'We Have Renamed Places For Four Hundred Years And Nobody Has Ever Complained' Writes Palace Cartographer
  4. Opinion
    'We Have Renamed Places For Four Hundred Years And Nobody Has Ever Complained' Writes Palace Cartographer
  5. Work
    Firm Asks AI What Susan Thinks Because Susan Keeps Getting It Wrong
Number Crunching
11 weeks
Time until Thanksgiving
40 years
Time for a sugar maple to reach tapping size
$0
Federal funding allocated to close the gap
Corrections

A report last week described a sugar maple as 'cooperative'. The tree has made no statement and our reporter did not approach it.

In a Work section article we attributed a quotation to a colleague who has not worked here since March, whose name remains in our contributor field for reasons the newsroom has stopped investigating.