So, I generally do not look at Facebook in this morning, and this morning was the same.
I started off today looking at Fox Brothers Cloths as the British would call it. The tweeds in particular. I love me either herringbone, Hounds-tooth, or gun-check tweed. Wore a bespoke( Don't ask how I got it.) gun-check tweed jacket to my brother's swearing in as the District Attorney out in the Hill Country. The oldest nephew, and recent Tech grad, kept referring to me as " Professor." And I looked British. Checked shirt, tartan tie, flat cap, brogue shoes. The bunch in Burnet County Courthouse I am sure looked at me and expected either a Highlands or Yorkshire accent. Not the HARD East Texas drawl I actually have....
And Fox Brothers had these three tweeds well, I got more excited looking at them than looking at the Playboy Playmate of the Month back in 1975.......Come on man, old Playboy, seriously, great articles, Karl Hess, Gore Vidal, George F. Will......And turn the page there's a girl with Breastests the size of Ethiopia.
An Autumn Prince of Wales Check, a Hazel Gunclub Check with Apple Green, a Tonal Camel Brown and Pale Blue Houndstooth..... I got to keep up with Bryant Long. He's doing everything he can to out-dress me, and I can't let that happen. ( I tease) The sport coat he's looking at getting is gorgeous.
I got so excited looking at the swatches of cloth, well, I almost had to change my pants....
But, I digress......
Got a few dissertations this morning in my PM this morning on Facebook.
Mostly about TikTok......
I got to be careful. Real careful. My daughter in law now works for TikTok. It is why they moved to Seattle, well, not quite. They halfway expected what is happening to happen. They still have their house in Houston. As many of you know, she completes her second Master's in AI from Carnegie-Mellon in May. She'll get another job in a heartbeat.
April is in Shanghai for TikTok as I write this....And while I am certainly not a Chinese apologist, if you ever go to the "People's Republic" you'll be saying, well, it's their turn. We are too busy in this nation fighting/hating each other. Politically they are still authoritarian( I'll tell you about the 4 Hour discussion on Maoist Political Theory April and I had at my kitchen table one day.....When I got done, I thought," Who else in SETX just had this conversation?" No one.), but the place is so modern you'll be shocked. ( And there are poor parts, like we don't have poor people here.)
And all over Facebook, people are all upset about TikTok shutting their app down. That said, got a funny feeling the next administration is going to issue some form of a reprieve.
My question for you people.......Why, just why are you not running a VPN? What is wrong with you?
The ole Govteach has been running a VPN for years. I change it up through various Western nations. I looked up TikTok this morning....Popped right up. ( Running my VPN through Europe)
Again, all upset about the Chinese getting your information, yet X, Instagram, Facebook is okay with getting your info? Who knows who they are selling it to? Probably the Chinese......
I know a lot of people are switching over to RedNote from TikTok.....Another Chinese owned company.....
As many of you know, I am a First Amendment absolutist. Want to get on TikTok and act a fool? Have at it. I spent about 2 hours on the site one time in my life and decided it was for younger folks than me.
You got to remember this blog, my time on the radio, are First Amendment protected. And not everyone in the United States understands this.....Not everyone even in the media understands.
So, what's going to happen in the end? I don't know, nor do you, either TikTok will return, or it'll be replaced by something just like it or similar.
Okay, I got another blog coming on a second dissertation I got on AI this morning coming in a couple of days.....
I can go back and look at my Fox Brothers Cloths.
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