Toby Morton, a comedy writer who has worked on “South Park,” secured a certain web domain months ago, while President Trump was working to remake the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Now, after Trump’s name was added on the facade, Morton’s parody website is drawing attention.

Over the past 12 months, the world said goodbye to an array of exceptional people. Each lived a life that was singular and complex. Yet their stories offer universal lessons.

Here are lessons, big and small, from noteworthy people who died this year:

The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.

Kevin Curry, a food influencer and a former SNAP recipient, explains where SNAP recipients can get the most up-to-date information on their benefits, and how anyone can find free or affordable food. n.pr/4nPEa0c

I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

The lack of mainstream coverage of regular huge protests reminds me of a talk from a Twitter employees who explained that they had to drop BLM off the Trending Tags section because otherwise it would have been there permanently. The modern media environment has no appetite for sustained movements.

There’s no take backs on fascism. There’s no easy undo button. You don’t get a do-over on both-sidesing the big ol whoopsie of mass suppression and cruelty. Not adequately portraying the threat is both awfully short sighted and almost always viewed as complicity in the eyes of history.