On Friday, instead of posting early as he usually does, Christoforou got his vid up well into the evening–maybe eight PM in this time zone.

Ritual and habitual, I watched, even though doctrine says I should be getting ready to bed down by then.

It was especially unusual for me to be watching a video on Rumble instead of YouTube that time of night, because as far as I can tell, there is no way to stop the Autoplay of another video on Rumble. So I avoid putting on headphones and letting somebody’s talk drift me to sleep. Except on YT, where I usually pick out some kind of hypnodroning ASMR for that purpose.

But I was on Rumble, just up and listening, and doing other computer things when that video ended. So the next one played.

I didn’t know it yet, but the next one would keep me awake and alert, right to the end, another hour later.

It was an episode of Kim Iversen’s show. I don’t usually seek her out. But this time, she said … ‘our guest is Bret Weinstein, yadda yadda, and he’s written a book called

A Hunter Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century

So … a political discussion about the deterioration of the nation … through the lens of hunting and gathering?

Yeah, I’d be up for that …