{"id":32426,"date":"2023-01-04T12:39:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T19:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=32426"},"modified":"2023-01-04T12:44:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T19:44:42","slug":"wednesday-triple-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=32426","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Triple T*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>*Takes on Trendy Topics, that is. Or maybe Tawdry. I&#8217;m tired of talking about myself.<\/p>\n<p>Two headlines stick with me from my morning sweep of news sites:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prince Harry Tells Anderson Cooper Why He&#8217;s Not Stepping Out of the Limelight (CNN)<\/li>\n<li>Prince Harry Makes SHOCKING New Allegations Against Royal Family (E! News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m beginning to think our boy Harry is all about keeping his name in the news and his face on television. For a foreigner, he&#8217;s zeroed right in on what it takes to become American royalty.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also this, and it&#8217;s not the first time I&#8217;ve seen it:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Screenshot 2023-01-04 at 9.46.21 AM\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/halfmind\/52607054694\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52607054694_b1ff6a4e09.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot 2023-01-04 at 9.46.21 AM\" width=\"500\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fashy&#8221; for &#8220;fascist&#8221; doesn&#8217;t work for me. Nor should it work for anyone. The word is fascist. Call it like it is.<\/p>\n<p>On that fashy note:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Screenshot 2023-01-04 at 10.04.46 AM\" href=\"https:\/\/www.codastory.com\/rewriting-history\/war-on-librarians-united-states\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52606830646_6c967e4048.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot 2023-01-04 at 10.04.46 AM\" width=\"500\" height=\"490\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In recent\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?cat=47\">You Can&#8217;t Read That!<\/a><\/strong> posts, I&#8217;ve linked to stories about <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.codastory.com\/rewriting-history\/war-on-librarians-united-states\/\">this embattled librarian<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and the vicious threats she deals with daily. Christofascist groups like Moms for Liberty, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/critical-race-theory\/unmasking-moms-liberty\">bankrolled<\/a><\/strong> by the Florida Republican Party and the Koch Brothers, sicced the mouth-breathers on her, along with co-culture warrior Chaya Radchik, who fans the flames of book banning and intolerance on social media under the handle Libs of Tik Tok (no linky fashy fascists &#8230; you can look &#8217;em up on your own).<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/1899-netflix-canceled-one-season-1849945186\">Netflix cancelled 1899<\/a><\/strong>. Meh. Okay with me. The first episode pulled me in, but after that, the story didn&#8217;t seem to be going anywhere. I could say the same thing about <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt5753856\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\">Dark<\/a><\/strong>, produced by the same folks, but in spite of that I stuck with it to the end. I had started watching another German show, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt11455718\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\">Almost Fly<\/a><\/strong>. That one I loved, but in mid-watch HBO Max pulled it and no one else has picked it up.<\/p>\n<p>I was about to pull the trigger on subscribing to Paramount Plus, specifically to watch a show airing later this month, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt15487922\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_5\">Wolf Pack<\/a><\/strong>. The initial round of publicity made it seem that Sarah Michelle Gellar, the actor who played Buffy the Vampire Slayer (on whom I freely admit to having a crush), would be a regular cast member. But when I look up details she&#8217;s not listed as one, and it seems she&#8217;ll appear only occasionally \u2014 she&#8217;s actually an &#8220;executive producer,&#8221; a big name listed on the credits to draw viewers, more of a bait &amp; switch than anything else, so I may not subscribe after all.<\/p>\n<p>With that, it&#8217;s time to pair the new phone to my truck. That&#8217;ll probably keep me busy the rest of the day. How&#8217;s your new year going so far?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m beginning to think our boy Harry is all about keeping his name in the news and his face on television. 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