When I started getting blasted with Medium email digests that were all articles about the war in Ukraine, that was it—-done. I interacted with one email out of

When I started getting blasted with Medium email digests that were all articles about the war in Ukraine, that was it—-done. I interacted with one email out of morbid curiosity a day or two before. Next digest I paid attention to I received that Saturday. I’m on the toilet, every single article in my email is political commentary. Irritated, I click into one. Two sentences in I realize I’m spending this valuable moment reading a political opinion from what seems like some kid who writes like they are halfway through their second political science class in college. Oh, geopolitics now? Why would any two people connect over a trite written artifact? It’s so obvious it’s all for internet clout. That’s the last article I opened and read since, except for the occasional, mindless zip through to find something relevant in the stack I’m coding in. I’m still irritated and offended as I recall this situation on the throne. Their credibility with me also flushed down the toilet that day! I think I just tolerated it for so long because I tuned out the opinions and some articles about software were decent or at least thought provoking and therefore useful. No trust now.