Can't believe people make money writing about politics, because mostly people just hate politics, and avoid it. 

Realize this blog is just an expression vehicle because nobody wants to talk politics, and it's actually quite a big part of the problem, and we're about to enter a period where the left wing is going to be howling about all sorts of wrecking up and enshitification by the idiocracy. 

It's quite boring seeing the same memes over and over on Bluesky. Yes, air force one can be renamed con air. You get the sense that Trump does it all for the trappings. Nothing ever works but actually the government plane works for the right wing tinpot authoritarian 

I didn't go to the People's March, and it turned out to be a lucky thing because there was a crisis I was needed for. 

But before then I felt so guilty about not wanting to go alone, and not finding anyone to go with me. 

I also think about French Dispatch (2021), where the student is always protesting part. I love Wes Anderson, and I'm about to have a Wes Anderson marathon.

I took Tik Tok off my phone because it's Chinese, and I love the Chinese people and history, but i don't trust their government. Plus Insta, FB and YouTube have short videos, and I generally don't look at those anyway. My daughter likes it, maybe I should put Rednote on my phone.

Two arguments go in different ways. One says this is cutting off our freedom. Another says we're protecting ourselves from Chinese manipulation, but the China government can manipulate us from the other apps too, I suspect every dastardly country should have a kind of social media spin division. In the end it's protectionism for Zuckerberg, which is funny, he donated all that money to Trump and Trump is saying he's going to executive order it back, somehow, specifics to come later. If Biden signed it into law, it's law. But perhaps he can finesse the legislators to write a new law. Him wanting to do that makes me think China gave him money or will grant him some hotel concession or whatever that can complete the grift, government by highest bidder. I'd love to see an actual bidding war for Trump's policy. 

One thing you can be sure of that the Cacocracy is working it's magic of enshitification. 

AOC voted against it because they didn't make the case, no evidence of the actual problem.

Others are saying it's manufactured, it's banned, and Trump is going to rescue it. 

I love it that China and Russia have a clear favorite candidate for USA and we voted for him.

My pet peeve about my daughter's school is that it's not whole language hippy dippy learn to read when you're ready stuff, it's drill baby drill, North Korea, full on all the time. 

I'm wondering if my Taoism undercurrent, thinking things should be natural, is part of why I hate it, and find it unnatural. They would claim it works on a few kids, so it's worth it, but the consequence to the rest worries me, and the best kids who it works on would figure out how to learn anyway too probably, and can ramp it up later if they want. Not in 3rd grade.