the way we have seen the (hypocritical, immoral, unfair but nevertheless present if only to be ignored) rule of law evaporate, fragment and dissolve over the past two months is terrifying. the resounding message received by everyone in the global south is that only violent force and the money that buys violent force matters. not difficult to see how this will affect everyone left standing. it's going to be a very cruel decade to come for all the people of the world.

In the early 70s Sesame Street was created with an eye towards educating poor, inner-city children for free, and became a massive hit with all children. In 2016, faced with going off the air forever after facing conservative efforts to destroy public broadcasting since basically its beginning, new episodes became a timed exclusive for premium cable network HBO. In 2022 HBO Max, newly merged with and taken over by reality TV channel Discovery, removed Sesame Street episodes and spin-offs from streaming as a tax write-off and scheme to avoid paying residuals.