I Have Thoughts 13

It’s 2021, we’re still stuck in the plague and I’m still going to have thoughts. And then some of those thoughts will find their way here. So this is a series. Of thoughts. Published randomly. For no reason. Thank you for coming.

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Today, I learned the Chinese have started testing for Covid with an… anal swab. So yes, things can get worse. They almost always do before they get better.

I spent Monday watching (listening?) to a global climate conference. A lot of world leaders blah blahing about what they’re doing or not doing or trying to do to solve a problem that requires… global leadership. It was heartening to see a quite apologetic and humble John Kerry speaking from what looked like the library of an estate (which, of course, could be his since he married into a second-hand ketchup fortune). But it was good to see the potential for the mantle of leadership from the Americans. It was a confirmation that some things have changed. Not everything. But on this important matter, yes. The more people that want a common outcome, the better. Words matter. As we’ve seen, words uttered at the top change narratives, alter discourse, create a new center. So I’m more hopeful on this front than I’ve been in a while.