Utterly sick of American TV shows on Netflix that flex US gravitas and power, like Zero Day and Paradise. The charade has never been more apparent.

Hat tip to @alanferrier.bsky.social.

old Soviet joke for our times:

Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.

Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”

Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”

Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”

I want to signal that I’m standing up for:

* Not knowing - the solution
* Respect - even in disagreement
* Inclusiveness - to identify with the other
* Cooperation - for the common good
* Interdependency - as we are intertwined
* Courage - to stand up & use power responsibly