21st January, 2025.
I was going to tell you I’d made a point of not watching Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Or mention the theatrical way he signed several Executive Orders.
Mention how he’s pulled the US out of the World Health Organisation, declared a federal emergency on the southern US border, and pardoned the January 6th Rioters.
Mention how pulling out of the WHO may save money: but could certainly affect American lives.
Mention how he’s halted many US government diversity programmes.
Mention how I personally think the man is a bloody idiot.
Or quote a line from Terry Pratchett’s Going Postal*:
“What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”
I won’t, though.
No.
Instead, I’ll have to tell you my boiler’s failed again: and I have to stay in for twenty-four hours, to wait for a repairman.
And that wasting the money that’s on my electricity meter†, boiling water for a bath while I wait?
Means I’m not the only one having a bad day … …
~≈🧐≈~
