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I’m cranky because we’re on day five of a heat wave here in the Bay Area (and much of the West). Temperatures have been in the mid and even upper eighties. In March! According to experts on the topic this is almost certainly a direct result of global warming. Understanding this makes it even worse. I don’t like warm days let alone hot ones so this has been a rough five days for me. We need rain, we get record-breaking heat. Fuck that.
Speaking of irritating: people sharing their Wordle score, people lamenting their NCAA basketball brackets, people talking seriously about astrology, people talking about their golf game, men discussing cars. Just don’t, no one cares.
Yesterday Trumpy made a joke about Pearl Harbor in front to the Japanese prime minister who raised her eyebrows and took a deep breath. He’s an embarrassment.
Worse, he’s a child rapist. Representative Dan Goldman read an excerpt from the Epstein Files into the Congressional Record the other day. It’s the part where Trumpy is credibly alleged to have raped a girl who was between thirteen and fifteen years old. Our current president also is reported to have struck the girl and called her a “bitch.” This from a 2019 FBI interview where the victim described Trump saying 'let me teach you how little girls are supposed to be,' forcing her head toward his penis, punching her after she bit him, and calling her a 'bitch.' Goldman said the FBI deemed her account credible enough for a 21-page prosecutor briefing and accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of perjury for claiming no evidence of Trump crimes, citing Epstein's email calling Trump the 'dog that hasn't barked' and flight records contradicting Trump's denials.
In other words the current president of the United States is a demonstrably horrible human being. (Yes, I realize you already knew that.)
BTW does anyone remember that the United States dropped a bomb on an elementary school in Iran killing close to 200 people doubtless most of them children? Has that already been forgotten? Because you know when that should be forgotten? Never.
Have you ever found yourself sitting around with nothing to do and wished there was more content? Of course. Fear not, for we have content creators. Say what, now? How the hell does one “create” “content?” Here’s what Wikipedia has to say: “Content creation is the act of producing (and sharing) information or media content for specific audiences, particularly in digital contexts. A content creator is the person behind such works.” As I understand it such content is often videos, memes, photos and the like. Things you might find on Instagram and TikTok and other social media platforms. What did we ever do before there was “content?”
(Say wait a second, don’t books, magazines and newspapers qualify as content?)
Okay so let’s assume you have sufficient “content.” How do you decide what to like? What do you select of the dizzying array of choices? Fear not for in addition to content creators we have….influencers! Let’s go to the dictionary for help on this one: "a person who has become well known through regular social media posts and is able to promote a product or service by recommending or using it online.” So go out and find yourself some influencers to be influenced by so that you’ll not what to like, what to buy, what to wear, maybe even what to think. Why bother thinking for yourself when others will do it for you?
It should be noted that you too can be a content creator or an influencer (maybe both?). You can make money at it too! What a world we live in.
Speaking of television….The missus and I are very much enjoying two shows on HBO (or are supposed to call it, Max like it’s the neighbor’s dog?): Rooster and St. Louis DTF. The former stars Steve Carrell who’s reliably good and the latter features Jason Bateman. Mr. Bateman has appeared in two brilliant TV programs, Ozark and last year’s Black Rabbit. He knows how to pick his parts and he makes those parts better. Next time someone tells me that Jason Bateman is in a TV series I’m just going to ask: what channel and what day and time? Money in the bank.
Meanwhile John Oliver, Seth Meyers and Jon Stewart are doing the lord’s work on their respective shows, looking at the insanity of the world and keeping us laughing in the bargain.
That’s it from me for today. If you’ll excuse me I’m going to look for some content and see if I can be influenced.
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