Saturday 22nd April, 2023 - Foie Gras For Everybody
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Another season 2 instalment…
It’s Saturday. It’s last Saturday. I’m starting to write this week’s issue even earlier than the past 3 weeks because if those issues were anything to go by then the week ahead is going to be tough.
It’s so early in fact that today’s issue hasn’t even been published yet. It should go out in about 3 hours. If this all sounds very confusing, yes it is confusing. I’m confused too. I’m also currently listening to what very well might be the last few podcasts I ever listen to. They’ve blocked my internet connection so badly that I can’t realistically download podcasts anymore.
Everywhere I go anonymous gang stalkers harass me. The theme of their harassment seems to be in some way centred around the internet blocking. People block food in shops by buying all the meals just before I get there. When there is food, they have often tampered with the meals and removed much of the nice nutritious bits. People block power outlets so I can’t charge my electrical devices, all while yahing me constantly. I’m often starving, often thirsty. People constantly call me a liar. They constantly call me an actor. They constantly shout No at me then all burst out into historical LOLs. They constantly ‘give me permission’ when none whatsoever is needed. Ok you may cross the road now. Ok you may leave the shop now. Ok you may sit down, stand up, be quiet, go to the bathroom, get up, go to sleep etc. I’m not even making any of this up. This is actually literally happening on a daily basis. It’s not just asians, it’s also quite often being done by westerners. Evidently this is what Asia is like sometimes. I’m living a nightmare. It’s endless.
I just listened to a podcast that I managed to download at some point in the past few days. My body is still aching from having to stand for such extended periods of time. It’s all about Tik Tok, there’s a fairytale segment about a regular guy chef that has made it big on the platform, and there’s a bit about regulation and the US - China geopolitics and tech war. I’m so cynical at this point that I don’t really believe the fairytale story, even though it’s a great story, in fact I really love the fairytale story, but I half expect the chef bloke is actually a software dev that’s trapped somewhere in a gulag and it’s his only way out. I can’t fault him for that. I hope he makes it. I wish the world wasn’t so f-ed up.
‘Chef Reactions’ blew up on Tik Tok. But will Tik Tok blow up? (Recode Media Podcast) https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vcmVjb2RlbWVkaWE/episode/OWYxNGEwOGMtMzUwNS0xMWVkLTgzZTgtN2YyODdlYjg2MThi?sa=X&ved=0CAYQkfYCahcKEwj4tK-wpqv-AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQBQ
Well now next weeks issue is written, and last weeks’s hasn’t even gone out yet. I’ve even thought of the perfect title.
Update: It’s nearing the end of the week now, and though there were one or two good things that happened, these were always followed by an avalanche of harassment. You can have a tiny amount of nice things, but also poison. The latest today, is that places I use to charge my devices have started boarding up their power outlets, and it’s been made clear they are targeting me. No power for you. As if unbelievably throttled internet connectivity wasn’t difficult enough, well that’s not even going to matter if I can’t even get power.
Another Update: I wrote a couple of blog posts! Maybe you’ll like them:
I miss watching films - It's been years since I watched a film and it occurred to me yesterday how much I miss it https://markjgsmith.com/blog/2023/04/20/i-miss-watching-films
Nostr and Damus first impressions - Writeup of my first impressions of Nostr and Damus, the decentralised alternatice to Twitter https://markjgsmith.com/blog/2023/04/20/nostr-and-damus-first-impressions
That’s all from me…
Best reguards,
Mark
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