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1. Looked at the articles thrown at me by my browser - which are admittedly better than the ones thrown at me by my work browser (which are mainly ads for television shows and movies on streaming channels, psychological and health advice such as 10 Things That Show You are a Horrible Person, or 10 Bad Foods You Should Stop Eating, or 10 Habits That Annoy Other People all with pictures of twenty-something folks who look alike as if they jumped out of the same modeling catalogue (ie. how to drive me crazy in eight minutes or less.)

These are a bit more creative...

* 11 Songs Inspired by JRR Tolkien

* Eight of Literatures Most Powerful Inventions and the Neuroscience Behind How They Work

* Heat is Not a Metaphor - as the hottest summer on record draws to a close how do we make sense of the signs of climate change..

In Hawaii - Concerns over Climate Gentrification Rise in the Aftermath of the Maui Fires

Girl Trends and the Repackaging of Womenhood

Well maybe it's more interesting. The advice stuff is all about money. For some reason Firefox feels the need to throw money advice at me, while Microsoft Edge feels the need to throw eating and psycho-analysis at me.

Stupid marketing bots.

2. I'm tempted to just link you all to John Scalzi's post on current news trends. Why write it myself, when he already did it and possibly better?

Here's the gist or my take on these current events, in case you aren't interested in reading Scalzi's.

*( Georgia may do in the Doofus )

* ( California's Hurriquake )

* ( Xitter - Musk admits this was a colossal failure )

3. I've moved onto the Will Patton section of the audiobook, The Killers of the Flower Moon. The first section was told mainly from the perspective of Molly (Osage Indian and her tribe) - and they were all being killed off, one by one, in a variety of ways. By the end of that section - it becomes apparent that Molly was also being poisoned.

Here they talk about the beginnings of the Federal Bureau of Investigations aka the FBI. Apparently the American Justice System was a corrupt mess in 1925. Actually so was the US Government - with Congressmen and Senators being bribed right and left. Warren G. Harding (the President at the time) decided to put Edgar J. Hoover in charge of the FBI. (Now Harding and Hoover could give Trump a run for his money in regards to corruption.)

If some nitwit tells you how great it was back in the good old days of the 20th Century? Pull out a history book and whump them over the head with it.

4. Well, I finally figured out why Xitter was campaigning for Sandra Bulluck to give back her Oscar for The Blind Side. The Consequences of Hollywood Embracing the White Savior Trope - in movies like the Blind Side

I didn't remember the movie that well either. I did remember how controversial it was - just not the particulars.
( the skinny )

5. Weird ranking of Superhero Flicks - that I do not agree with

( LIST )

Movie watching and ranking truly is a subjective sport.

Off to bed, hopefully. I'm reading Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James at night.