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Mother was groggy (most likely a result of pain killers) when I called tonight. No, hasn't passed the kidney stone and is concerned she may need surgery.

Work was...better than Friday at least. ( Read more... )

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A social media friend, who used to be on DW and then migrated full time to FB, now wants to get into Instagram and TikTok thinking they are better?
(No, the same beast, just different teeth and claws.) All those things are ad-based services, which means they function off of a basic marketing logarithm that's primary purpose is to promote and market brands of advertising. It's kind of anti-connection, pro-gossip, pro-promotion. Which is why I feel like everyone and their cousin is advertising something or other on Twitter, FB, TikTok and Instagram.

Actually, I've no idea why they feel the need to get into Instagram and/or TikTok. I restrained myself from asking. The appeal of both are kind of lost on me. My sisterinlaw, niece, and various church friends/college friends do the same things on Instagram that they do FB, which is post a lot of photos promoting themselves and their activities. My sisinlaw uses Instagram to promote her business and sells clothes.

I feel like it is nothing but ads. I scroll through - and it's basically, friend, ad, friend, ad, ad, ad, friend/ad (the friend is doing an ad), ad..family member/ad...ad ad ad..

And unless it's an ad for a movie - you can't trust the ads. What's advertised is not what is actual.

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Audible has gotten into the podcast business, or the serialized novel performed by many voice actors, that kind of reminds me of the old style radio plays. Makes me miss my father - he loved radio. He grew up on it.

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I do not know what to make of these articles..

* How a Beginning Writer got her Book Published, and it rose to Bestseller Status

Honestly? This is why she got an agent and got published:
( a critical take on this article, it's not as positive as one might think )

Sigh. Sometimes I wish we could all just write and share our stories and books and ignore these annoying distributors entirely. Actually we can. It's called non-traditional or self-publishing. Thank you, Internet and in particular agencies such as Amazon for making it possible to ignore the traditional distribution channels - and potentially drive them out of business. Tee Hee. Also, kind of makes me route for the Government to squash the S&S and Random/Penguine merger.

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"The Justice Department has already reviewed the documents it seized from Mar-a-Lago.

The government said in a court filing today that it set aside documents it had taken from Donald Trump’s Florida residence that could potentially be covered by attorney-client privilege."

"The disclosure, which came days after the former president’s lawyers pressed a federal judge to appoint an outside expert to review the materials, could make their efforts unnecessary. The Justice Department also said it was actively conducting a deeper “classification review” of the intelligence implications of Trump’s retention of the documents.

What was initially an effort to retrieve classified national security documents has turned into one of the most challenging and potentially explosive criminal investigations in recent memory. Trump’s team is scrambling to find a defense."

Here's the article: Trump Document Inquiry Poses Unparalleled Tests for US Justice Department

I don't know what to make of this. Best not to think about it too much, eh?

Best thing that could happen is if Trump died of a heart attack tomorrow.