The wonderful THIS!—Welcome to this life, Sasha Madrone Butler! She arrived on 2 March bringing more light and possibility to Black Bart Trail. Mother & family thrive. Friends and neighbors celebrate. The world awaits developments.
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First of 3 thats—Call it informational water torture—NPR: “Good morning. Overnight the Dow plunged over 700 points from Heaven knows what level to God knows what level” (I fabricate for comic effect).–Have you noticed that the NPR news department has gone out of its way to eliminate two obviously informative prepositional phrases (“from . . .”) and (“to . . .”) which should follow my 7-second, parodic financial news report?–Here’s an unfabricated real bit of NPR news: “The Dow fell 1.8 percent, or more than 770 points, in mid-morning trading on Tuesday. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 also dropped more than 1.5 percent” (3/5/2025).
Now that I’ve mentioned it you’ll hear the absence of contextualizing info in many major on-air financial broadcasts. The decontextualizing virus appears to have spread through the media like
Texas measles: “Live—updated just now (NYTimes on-air, 3/4/2025 7:08 a.m. PST) The S&P 500 fell 0.7 percent at the start of trading, adding to a 1.8 percent loss on Monday that was its sharpest decline this year. European stock markets also fell in trading on Tuesday.”
Update (3/10/25): NYTimes online– “Markets Wobble as China Tariffs Deepen U.S. Trade War: The S&P 500 fell 1.5 percent at the start of trading on Wall Street, adding to last week’s losses, as Beijing imposed retaliatory tariffs.” And WAPO (3/25, late afternoon): “The growing conviction that Trump will stick by massive new tariffs regardless of the economic fallout — amplified by the president’s refusal to rule out a recession on Sunday — fueled the drop across equity markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 890 points, or 2.1 percent, while the S&P 500 fell 2.7 percent and the Nasdaq composite index plummeted 4.0 percent.”–Fell to, plummeted to, closed at WHAT? You do the math and figure when you can retire.–Also wish dear innocent Sasha the best in her time.
Second of 3 that’s:“During Starship’s ascent burn, the vehicle experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly and contact was lost. Our team immediately began coordination with safety officials to implement pre-planned contingency responses.”–Do Elon’s Musk boys (he owns SpaceX) really think the way they write, or are they funning us? The vastly expensive enormity BLEW UP at some cost, probably tax off-sets, to us taxpayers.
Third of 3 thats: There’s a swell new-ish family in this SWside Ukiah neighborhood. They were outside at play and chat on a warm evening a week or so ago. Age range toddler to 35. The toddler caught sight of me and Nick (leashed) homeward bound with our little bag of civic virtue. Toddler made a straight-line toddle past adult kneecaps toward Nick. As she got closer to Nick the group, watchful but not snatchy, moved with her. Toddler & Nick were eye-to-eye. He tried to lick her. I shortened leash, she stopped, surprised but unafraid. Innocent child, doggy dog. “Can she pet him?” “Of course. Nick’s friendly.” Nick got something between a pat and a swat on his muzzle and handled it well. An older child tentatively touched his shoulder and quickly drew back, seeming relieved or possibly pleased at her bravery. Or maybe she’s a cat lover going with the flow. A smiling adult said “Nice to meet you. We see you almost every day on our camera.”
The dance is timeless: parents and neighbors raising an adventuresome child. The comment places this instance in the second quarter of the 21st century, and makes me smile as I picture them all after dinner sitting down to watch passers-by on their security camera’s screen and noting that old guy with dog.
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