@AlexanderVI I had to look that up, but you’re right. I hate that.
I also think it’s self perpetuating. If I’m engaged, I won’t turn to my other screen.
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Bodies of 8 Red Crescent medics found a week after Israeli soldiers fired at ambulances
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/red-cross-medics-killed-by-israeli-soldiers/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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@usluck @Nerde I’m aware this is an old meme, and I agree with the basic premise. But it’s worth noting that both can be true at the same time. It can be raining at my house and not at my neighbor’s and the journalist would need to report both if they were being honest. Otherwise, they’d be taking sides by claiming that one of us was lying.
My point is, it’s a lousy example.
Ten years ago geoblocking was a big news story on my site:
https://billbennett.co.nz/global-mode-action-canute-serious/
Some days I just want to live long enough to prove it can be done. I don’t need the wealth of kings. I am just trying to survive.
@willbradley I wasn’t suggesting we introduce it after the nap in Kindergarten.
Israel is just another pile of dirt. It’s not the Holy Land. They’re not the Chosen Ones. America isn’t God’s Country. It’s not the land of the brave and home of the free. Just another pile of rocks. We need to stop this nonsense.
There are no magical people. There is magic. But it’s not what you think.
I am watching “The Studio” in about 30 second sections. I have to turn it off. Then I come back. Then I turn it off. I know all those people are real and it’s sickening. For fuck’s sake.
I also tried watching Reacher and it was like a bloody Hallmark movie. That’s not a British curse. I mean violence and bloodshed and then over the top heart string pulls.
WTF, people.
Sometimes I fear that I am losing touch with society. So much of contemporary entertainment is cringe for me. There’s no subtlety. Everything is so on the nose emotionally. Take it down about 90%. We get it.
Is this all anyone understands? Am I that out of touch?
Here’s tonight’s 60 Minutes piece on the silencing of the Voice of America. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/voice-of-america-sunday-on-60-minutes/