I have noted before in this newsletter that some strange invisible force tends to compel all the worst people in the world to find and congregate with each other. Whether it's in your community or in the public sphere, this axiom holds true. Seriously. Once you pay attention, you'll start to notice it everywhere.
This weekend, I watched a segment on 60 Minutes that almost convinced me to respect Jeff Koons, the man behind the hideous giant balloon dog sculptures that plague art galleries the world over. An art critic provided an eloquent case for the subversive power of Koons' art, yadda yadda. Then, the kicker: Koons is selling a bunch of little moon sculptures as NFTs, then placing them on that luminary clock against the sky to reside for all eternity—with the help of Elon Musk and SpaceX.
But Koons isn't the only individual of questionable taste whom Musk is helping to ascend to new heights. This evening, Musk is reportedly planning to help Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announce his presidential run via a conversation on Twitter Spaces. Remember Musk's disastrous Saturday Night Live appearance? Combine that awkwardness with DeSantis' general inability to behave like a human being, and one can only imagine how torturous this announcement will be. When you consider DeSantis' hateful politics, the dreadful prospect of a debate between him and former President Trump, and the potential for DeSantis to "Make America Florida," the Twitter Spaces announcement becomes almost too much to bear. Will you be tuning in?
—Abigail Weinberg
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