I don't do TV, but I'm toying with the idea of how much someone would have to pay me to watch Melania. Maybe 100 times more than what I would pay to see Becoming!
There is a saying in our family that in this computer age we are all one click away from disaster.. human error, computer programming quirks.. you name it..one button and whoosh, information goes to somewhere else than intended, or not at all.. who knows..! I am sorry this happened to the Michelle Obama film, it seems like a novel way to counter the melania movie! I am glad they got. it sorted. I do not have netflix, I read Michelle's book, and impressed with her and what she has accomplished. However, I have no interest whatsoever of watching a melania film (or reading any book of hers if there is one). It is easy for people to assume planned snafus, however, it is reasonable to be level headed and look at the whole picture before jumping to conclusions. Thanks for bringing a whole picture to an issue I was not aware of. If it happened here, it probably has happened with other data situations too for other sorting and prioritizing, though perhaps without the drama attached (no pun intended!). It points to the balance that is potentially easily disrupted when relying on this sort of tech for so much of out interacting and information processing.
When you add up a bazillion "glitches" in innocent algorithms created by humans living and working in a social structure of White Supremacy, you tend to get consolidation of White Supremacy.
After reading this piece, I’m about to give a cash boost to XPLISSET as he works to wrap the campaign. As of the time I read this piece, he is $258 away from his goal. Anyone out there in a position to match? I’m in for half!
On the same Saturday evening I rewatched Becoming during the opening weekend of Melania, I amused myself by checking Fandango’s listings of SF Bay Area theaters to see how many seats had been sold. I checked around 20 theaters and counted approximately 14 seats sold for the last two showings of Melania. Granted, it was Super Bowl weekend so that may have dampened the enthusiasm for watching a documentary in a theater here. I posted my findings as a comment on a FB page about Becoming. One person decided to take issue replying with a laughing emoji “This didn’t actually happen.” Since it sounded like something a bot would say, that word was my reply. Much to my surprise “Sheila” came back with “moron” and “don’t you have a TDS meeting to attend?” The conversation didn’t get any better, and she further called me a dumbass because I didn’t know she was married to a black woman. When she presented evidence that she had thoroughly checked my FB profile by stating that I must have personally benefitted by doing birthday fundraisers for World Central Kitchen, I decided it was time to stop communicating. I still think she was a bot.
Thanks for your honest reporting, so refreshing!
I don't do TV, but I'm toying with the idea of how much someone would have to pay me to watch Melania. Maybe 100 times more than what I would pay to see Becoming!
There is a saying in our family that in this computer age we are all one click away from disaster.. human error, computer programming quirks.. you name it..one button and whoosh, information goes to somewhere else than intended, or not at all.. who knows..! I am sorry this happened to the Michelle Obama film, it seems like a novel way to counter the melania movie! I am glad they got. it sorted. I do not have netflix, I read Michelle's book, and impressed with her and what she has accomplished. However, I have no interest whatsoever of watching a melania film (or reading any book of hers if there is one). It is easy for people to assume planned snafus, however, it is reasonable to be level headed and look at the whole picture before jumping to conclusions. Thanks for bringing a whole picture to an issue I was not aware of. If it happened here, it probably has happened with other data situations too for other sorting and prioritizing, though perhaps without the drama attached (no pun intended!). It points to the balance that is potentially easily disrupted when relying on this sort of tech for so much of out interacting and information processing.
Thanks for correcting the record when ignoring it would have been tempting (for me, for sure).
Bezos has 75 million for a vanity project but can't pay his employees a living wage. Interesting.
Thanks for clearing that up.
When you add up a bazillion "glitches" in innocent algorithms created by humans living and working in a social structure of White Supremacy, you tend to get consolidation of White Supremacy.
Thanks for digging up the truth. We’ve entered an era of machine malfeasance. I feel so much better.
After reading this piece, I’m about to give a cash boost to XPLISSET as he works to wrap the campaign. As of the time I read this piece, he is $258 away from his goal. Anyone out there in a position to match? I’m in for half!
How do I make a small donation to Xplisset?
Appreciate the clarification of "glitch."
Thank you again! I appreciate your honesty, Another reason I'm a paid subscriber!
Skynet has arrived, not with trumpets and fireworks, but more of a defensive denial of alternate realities.
On the same Saturday evening I rewatched Becoming during the opening weekend of Melania, I amused myself by checking Fandango’s listings of SF Bay Area theaters to see how many seats had been sold. I checked around 20 theaters and counted approximately 14 seats sold for the last two showings of Melania. Granted, it was Super Bowl weekend so that may have dampened the enthusiasm for watching a documentary in a theater here. I posted my findings as a comment on a FB page about Becoming. One person decided to take issue replying with a laughing emoji “This didn’t actually happen.” Since it sounded like something a bot would say, that word was my reply. Much to my surprise “Sheila” came back with “moron” and “don’t you have a TDS meeting to attend?” The conversation didn’t get any better, and she further called me a dumbass because I didn’t know she was married to a black woman. When she presented evidence that she had thoroughly checked my FB profile by stating that I must have personally benefitted by doing birthday fundraisers for World Central Kitchen, I decided it was time to stop communicating. I still think she was a bot.