So…re-watched #VforVendetta (2005) after almost 20 yrs & let's just say the Wachowski sisters-McTeigue adaptation of a Thatcher-era comic, swims in a sick miasma of #DejaVu, bolding how our current fascism was previewed by progressive/POC critics of Reagan, Thatcher, Bush(es). Set post-fascist takeover, w/a choleric Hitlerian dictator enriched by corruption & profit off a plague released to scapegoat "outsiders" & spread fear.
I get so tired of movies where people know what happens (deja vu, time loop etc) and know that certain things will happen due to their actions and still do the same thing expecting to stop the events.
How does that make sense at all? If your actions cause a chain reaction, shouldn't you stop?
It's so annoying when they persist despite knowing what will happen instead of trying a different course of action ... Or not doing anything at all?
Last night I set a new record for the length of time it took me to find a specific cybercriminal in real life. This one only took ten years, and hundreds of hours of research -- almost all of it in the wrong direction. I'm ecstatic, but also kind of mad at myself for missing key pieces of the puzzle that it turns out I had IN MY INBOX all along.
Anyway, the person in question is a big fish, and this going to be quite the story when it's ready. So, if I'm unresponsive to nudges etc for the next, er...week probably, you know why.
A certain big box retailer may be less than thrilled about a breach retrospective/whodunit coming out soon. The story isn't really about them, but I expect that a week before Christmas they probably would prefer not to see any story mention their brand and the word "breach." #dejavu
I searched a hashtag recently.
Found an account that looked interesting, similar interests.
Joined quite a while ago.
Similar flippers to mine.
Similar pavers even.
Hmm hey I did try Mastodon years ago, this is my account!
You’ve all heard of déjà vu, when we wrongly believe have experienced a novel situation in the past. But do you know of its twin, jamais vu? Science Alert elaborates: https://flip.it/SvZw3q #Science#Psychology#DejaVu
I wrote about the summer of 1988, when a dramatic heat wave almost woke America up to global warming.
From an editorial in the Burlington Free Press:
"In the summer of ’88, it is possible to feel the walls of the future closing in. The heat has been endless and stifling, but harder to bear is the little zing of fear that future summers will be worse. ... Next year, we can shrug, and adapt. Find cleaner beaches, or give up swimming in the lake; invest in air-conditioning; accustom ourselves to more expensive food. But this summer unhappily recalls the greeting-card cliche, ‘Today is the first day of the rest of your life.’ Is the summer of ’88 what the future holds?”
Thirty-five years later and the words still ring true.
Grüne Jugend will Privatjets von deutschen Flughäfen verbannen
Privatjets gelten als CO2-Schleudern, doch 2022 flogen sie so oft durch Deutschland wie nie zuvor. Die Grüne Jugend fordert nun, die Maschinen von deutschen Flughäfen zu verbannen. Wie realistisch ist das? Von Justin Andreae.
Cornel West enlisted Jill Stein to help with his presidential bid
The same Jill Stein:
Backed by Russian money
Who had an army of Russians post on her behalf in the 2016 election, aiding Trump’s win
Who raised more for her recount then for her campaign
…And the same Jill Stein seated with Vladimir Putin, Michael Flynn, Dmitry Peskov, and special guest stars (below)!
Russia thanks you for your patronage, Comrade West!