It was rather hot last night. Again being wide awake
far too early I could either lay there awake, or get up. I got up and watched
an episode of “The Handmaid’s Tale” which had had me thinking quite a
bit. Have you seen the show? It portrays a rather dystopian future in which
effectively most people in society are slaves living in subservience to a small
minority. They do as they are told and are looked after.
Is this a bad thing?
Seriously… look at today’s society as exemplified by
my morning’s Facebook feed. Climate
change deniers, anti-vaxxers, people who phoning 999 because of problems with
their drain… Basing their life choices on their misunderstandings of a
factually incorrect You-Tube video presented by someone who was making things
up as he went along…
So many people are clearly incredibly stupid. Is
allowing them a say in the running of society *really* a sensible thing
to do?
I set off to work. As I drove the pundits on the radio
were talking about “financial irregularities”
at the Scottish Nationalist Party where an ex-chief executive was caught with
his hand in the till. Everyone else who was in any position of authority at the
time was very publicly trying to distance themselves from the matter.
Well they would, wouldn’t they.
And there was a lot of talk about the organised
shooting of pheasants and other game birds. Apparently organisers of these
events are legally allowed to shoot any crows and magpies
that might be in the area. They aren’t allowed to shoot, trap or poison birds
of prey, but it would seem they are doing so anyway.
Amazingly anyone can set themselves up organising game bird shooting; there’s
precious little legislation or control of the activity. And presumably a lot of
profit to be made; hence all the birds that might affect the business getting
blown away.
I got to work and had a rather busy day. I’d parked
where the car would be in the shade all day, but it was still thirty-four
degrees as I set off homewards. Apparently today beat yesterday’s record and
was the hottest
day of the year so far with temperatures a degree
higher than the works car park reported at Kew and Heathrow.
I came home with a vague plan to take the dogs out,
but it was still five degrees hotter than the warmest that I like to take them
out in. Instead I watered the garden and fed the fish.
We had a rather good bit of dinner which we devoured
whilst watching another episode of “The Orville”. It’s not a bad show but
I would enjoy is so much more if the ship wasn’t captained by the dog from “Family
Guy”.
I’ve another day at work tomorrow….
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