Echoes of Flavio's Ghost Dreaming

Just waiting to see how the show on the other side of the Atlantic pans out. I obvs. hope that Tr*mp is out of office by the end of this. Being a Latin-American I don't harbour many illusions about how good or beneficial any president of the USA may be to our countries, but if Biden would be a continuation of all that came before, with much evil coming from the 'leaders of the free world', Tr*mp is, I believe, the most dangerous thing happening in the world right now. The world needs him out. I hope this comes to happen now. Climate change, political instability in many parts of the world, the many horrid internal and external issues aggravated by the erratic, egomaniac, volatile style of Tr*mp need a change of course and with the 'other guy' at least there might be a possibility.

Life continues, the summer comes to an end, Infest came and went (and was a fantastic gathering, as always), the schools I teach at send me the usual letter welcoming the staff for the new school year, I have a mostly pleasant week-end with the usual -a goth club, a friend's birthday at a local rock bar, my rather challenging Sunday morning lesson away... not all of it fantastic but mostly good, like life in general.

It's when you zoom out that things begin to get scary. The Brxt runaway train continues its march, seemingly towards the abyss, with those onboard claiming it's all good while it gathers speed towards the edge of the precipice. Zoom a bit further out and the most powerful person, effectively the king of the world, is an impulsive egomaniac with zero introspection, zero negotiation skills, a loud mouth and a very short fuse. There seems a possibility of a major war that would affect us all in the near to mid-term future. Zoom a bit further out and there is the climate change issue threatening us all and those that will come after. There also would seem to be a rise in non-rational views of the world, fundamentalist religion, superstition, simple explanations to complex problems...

Well.... zoom a bit further out and there is the asteroid....

In the meantime, a couple of lessons, some guitar practice and maybe gym. Life continues its flow, its steady meandering currents as yet unaffected by the storm clouds gathering on the horizon.

@GreekAnalyst on Twitter:
Brexit 52-48: "Clear, decisive victory."
Trump 46-48: "The people have spoken."
Macron 66-34: "OMG France is so divided."

Opened the Youtube app in my TV, which I had never done. Couldn't be bothered to log in letter-by-letter with the TV's remote so just had a browse. It's an eye opener. The documentary and tech sections are full of the Ancient Hidden Wisdom of the Pyramids, the Antigravity Spacecraft that the USA manufactured using alien technology, General Flynn's Was A Political Assassination, Secrets of Area 51, Massive Lake of Molten Carbon Under US and a whole lot of other stuff like that. I'm not surprised now that people voted for Trump, for Brexit. I don't think Youtube moulds public opinion like that but it will confirm people's biases and wild beliefs, supporting them with a deep authoritative voice off screen and CGI or carefully edited footage.

On an early morning train to Watford for my school teaching day there. Still dark at 7:40 am, me no likes. People with long faces reading those free papers with lurid headlines. Scary to think that all those morning people on the train may derive their views on the world fr the free tabloid newspapers they’re reading.

I need more coffee. Good morning.