Had I Known That Type of Thing Was Looked Down Upon...

Diddy video. 

Women in the Workplace

This mirrors my lived experience. 

And All Of A Sudden...

The world shifts. This is a remarkable list of political changes for the Dutch government. Are they really doing all this?  

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Film: United 93 

On rewatch, still an astonishing film in my opinion. Just brilliant. I'm not even sure what other films one can compare it to. Battle of Algiers?

Harrison Butker

The difference between Butker and Kaepernick is that Butker is better at his position. 

Ant on Joker

"I just laugh..." "I don't know what we supposed to do..." 

Gut Impression

The West stupidly committing suicide. We are Hamlet. Can't decide upon anything. Can't decide if China manufacturing or global warming a bigger threat. Well folks - what is it? I know what it is. But you don't. You've been lecturing on global warming for years...so much so young folks are gluing themselves to artwork and refusing to have kids...and now we say - hold up, we DON'T WANT cheap Chinese EVs. Huh? Does that mean global warming ISN'T an existential threat?

Europe roots for Ukraine like the war is a soccer match. 

Any NBA coach of the remaining 8 teams would be a better presidential candidate than Trump or Biden.

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Film: Challengers

Zendaya has the swag but not the chops of a movie star. Nor does she have the legs of a professional tennis player.

Encampments

Maybe they are best understood as more affordable rage rituals.

The Sad People

What does it suggest that the folks who claim Israel is committing an intolerable genocide are unwilling to call for the one thing that would tactically end it: Hamas surrender. Or Hamas leadership resigning. In my mind it tells you everything. It means either:

1) They don't actually believe a genocide is happening and are play acting to damage Israel's reputation

2) They want Hamas to survive more than they care about this "genocide"

Maybe It's Always Been This Way

But yesterday I realized amongst young adults that it's more socially acceptable to admit you believe in conspiracy theories about 9/11 than it is to say something as banal and true as the 9/11 hijackers were religious fanatics. 

The Real Lesson...

The Kurds, Uyghurs, and Yoruba people should take away from the Palestinian example is that they just need to start ruthlessly murdering, raping, and sending rockets at their neighbors to get what they want.