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cyberbarf VOLUME 19 No 10 EXAMINE THE NET WAY OF LIFE MAY, 2021
BODIES OF WORK iTOONS FOUND BUT NOT LOST ON THE INTERNET ISLANDS IN THE STREAMS WHETHER REPORT
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cyberbarf BODIES OF WORK CYBERSAFARI The pandemic closed gyms, work out rooms, dance studios and any indoor place where people paid to sweat. But home confinement did not stop some from continuing to work out - - - to an extreme. For those whose looks are part of their career (actresses, models, singers, etc.), the work-out routine was their daily work just as an office worker sitting in front of a computer screen in a company cubical. For the past year, social media has been hit by personal posts by older celebrities. It appears older women feel more empowered to strike back at ageism and body shaming. With health and beauty products continuing historic rises in global sales, women do equate their appearance to issues of self-worth, self-esteem and career advancement. As a result, it has been said 50 years old is the new 40; 40 is the new 33; and 30 is the new 25. If one feels better about themselves, they look better - - - because attraction goes beyond physical appearance to include personality. The evidence is clear and striking:
Toni Braxton, 53, shows off her toned Abs in red string bikini video. The singer recently revealed about her lupus diagnosis and switching to a plant-based diet to manage symptoms. She uses exercise and diet to maintain her image.
Brooke Burke is turning 50 this year and she is feeling happy and healthy. She was a fitness pin-up model even after she got married. But she had some health issues which put her on a career hiatus. But she is back with some new body confidence. She remarks that age is merely a number, a theme that empowers women to stay fit and healthy even in troubling times.
Paulina Porizkova, 56, recently posed for the cover of Vogue magazine in a shear swimsuit leaving nothing to the imagination. A recent widow, she has begun to come to terms of dating and new relationships after her only courtship in her late teens. She seems to be an advocate that a woman's sensuality does not diminish with age.
January Jones, 43, went on her instagram account to state that she could not find a top to match her pants. The topless photograph caused a stir because this is an apparent reaction to SNS body shame trolls. She told her followers that she keeps in shape by pilates, yoga and handstands. The Mad Men actress' career has slowed when she reached age 40, but she appears ready to take on any new role.
Madonna, 62, was the original bad girl. Her loose and slutty fashion style in provocative music videos gave her diva status. When most women her age are looking toward retirement, she continues to shock her audience.
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cyberbarf FOUND BUT NOT LOST ON THE INTERNET
Due to social distancing and sudden spikes in Covid cases, a new business model has started because of necessity: the unmanned ice cream store. In Japan, the owner monitors CCTV cameras as his customers would come into his shop. The customers come in and pay without any contact with the store owner or employees. It seems that there needs to be a great deal of trust for this system to work. Source: Mental Floss
Meanwhile, a large monitor lizard was captured climbing the food racks in an Australian 7-11 convenience store. The large lizard is highly poisonous and aggressive. How and why it decided to enter a store is unknown. It climbed the rack to rest on the top. Animal control officials had to come to remove the land monster. No, it was not a cheap promotion for the new Godzilla film. Source: Various
The original artwork above, and the vandalized marks on the bottom An abstract artwork worth $450,000 was defaced by a couple. Alarmed by the defacement, the organizers of the Seoul exhibition called the police and reviewed surveillance footage to track down the couple, who said they mistook the setup as an invitation to collaborate. (It was not. The display of paint and brushes was a nod to the artist's creative process.) JonOne, who painted the graffiti-style piece, was initially shocked by what he thought was an act of vandalism but then realized how the couple could have been confused by the set-up. He thought it was cool that the couple was moved by his piece to decide to contribute to his art. No charges were filed against the couple. Source: Vice magazine cyberbarf ISLANDS IN THE STREAMS COMMENTARY Ken Burns' latest documentary series, Hemingway, was a disappointment. He used modern author's opinions of his works, now almost forgotten in literature classes, instead of interviewing people who actually knew the wild and crazy author. The series was more about the social and psychological assumptions and presumptions of Ernest Hemingway's bravado lifestyle, his many marriages, his estrangements from family and friends fueled by rampant alcoholism and mood swings. The focus on his process, his writing blocs, his need to experience the story before he wrote it, were dry and academic compared to his real life. There have been other, older documentaries, on Hemingway, that used interviews while he was alive as the basis of the portrait of a significant 20th century American writer. The current authors, for the most part, did not care for his blunt, simple and repetitive writing style which was new and brilliant in its day. But the one thing the new series had going for it was that it was new. New content widely available on PBS channels on basic cable. Cable television is becoming a vast wasteland of old UHF channel shows. Black and white shows from the 1050s and early 1960s. Billy Graham sermon reruns. Syndicated game shows from the 1970s. The only real time draws are sports programs which are now getting back to some form a normalcy after a disruptive 2020. Cable channels have been disrupted by the cable channels themselves. The content providers have begun to meet the cable subscribers long held desire for a la carte programming choices. Cable content providers like Disney have started their own streaming channels. It is a way to bypass the cable operators carriage contracts. Viewers pay the streaming services directly; no middle man. First run shows that used to show up on cable channels are now being premiered on streaming sites. Even re-runs of new cable shows such as Discovery's BattleBots, quickly move to exclusive reruns on Discovery +, which is advertising more new shows only aired on the streaming service. Steaming operators are now the new niche cable operators. They are programming their own content eco-systems. Netflix has shown that a subscription model can work if there is enough compelling content to drive revenue. Apple TV is a newcomer but is willing to match Netflix's large spending for new shows. Disney has a huge inventory of past shows that it is now self-syndicating on its streaming service. Even old cable standbys like HBO have turned into HBO Max streaming providers buying up show reruns to bolster its 24/7 program schedule. The new streaming services still have some legacy channels on basic cable, but those days are probably numbered. A few new original shows pop up on cable, but it may be as a means of good faith performance on their existing carriage contracts. Pretty soon, cable, which is still an expensive, will fall to the realm of the over-the-air antenna services. But do not feel sorry for the cable operators. They still own the pipe to the households. They have been selling broadband services required for people to link to their streaming sites.
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cyberbarf THE WHETHER REPORT |
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Question: Whether younger generation's use of YouTube as their new search engine continue as their primary search tool? |
* Educated Guess * Possible * Probable * Beyond a Reasonable Doubt * Doubtful * Vapor Dream |
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Question: Whether high profile police misconduct cases captured on body cameras create new societal change and law enforcement changes? |
* Educated Guess * Possible * Probable * Beyond a Reasonable Doubt * Doubtful * Vapor Dream |
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Question: Whether there will be a new Internet 2.0, independent of the current protocols, in the near future? |
* Educated Guess * Possible * Probable * Beyond a Reasonable Doubt * Doubtful * Vapor Dream |
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