Bigger Brother. Matthew Vandenberg
for your entertainment. And to speak about climate change [2.] in a way that simultaneously highlights the need for Chinese students in the States to wear masks [1.] when publicly supporting activists speaking against Chinese authorities.
Now, they wear the same masks, but these don't appear at all out of place with their firefighting gear. But the Chinese acting actors playing firefighters cannot be recognized just yet. However, what if SenseTime's facial-recognition [1.] technology could be used to identify the Australians (just the white ones not wearing masks) worthy of praise for fighting fires? Also, iFlytek [1.] could be used for voice recognition. Drones could be used to fight fires, being activated by voice and facial recognition and without operations requiring any input from a Prime Minister elected by lay people rather than just expert firefighters. But all the while, these Chinese acting actors remain hidden behind a figurative smokescreen.
'Any ideas on how to fight fires better?' the voice above asks. 'We'd like to get many ideas from Chinese people because they're less likely to hold patents [3.] and so they can teach us all how to act free of charge, be they really free or not (they may be noticing new flames). Call them babysitters representing Australians pro bono. Because Australian leaders are acting like babies, except for those in the kitchen fighting fires.'
'We need help from the Chinese military [5.],' one Chinese woman says. 'In fact, members of both the States' and China's armed forces should help out Australians side by side, but competing to see who can extinguish the most fires in the shortest time period. Space research stations for the people can be fought for through the fighting of fires alone, and can be upstream or downstream, with the ecology of the new grounds (suitable for space farming) matching that of the grounds liberators are used to (a prison is a house on fire so anyone inside needs to be liberated): personal space can be made public as new ground is covered with fire or water in every move of firefighters from public square to public square. Vast [palatial parade] grounds for urging dismissal of private opinion (of corrupt Australian ministers [7.]) should be Chinese or belong to the States, or both, depending on the will of the people properly taking charge.
'The grounds are clearly known now. It's not even necessary to ground Chinese pilots in escaping fires or dealing with flames, because they know what they're doing. Why would you hold them back? It's escaping and extinguishing fires that matter more than nationality. If the Chinese can ground Australian pilots in escaping and extinguishing fires then Australians should be grateful they're alive. But, be warned, many men [5.] will come here, as very few Chinese women fight fires [5.]. However, Tokyo Shōbōchō is the largest urban fire department in the world, so surely some of the hundreds of Japanese female firefighters could help out.'
'We need to forget about imaginary lines,' a Chinese man says, stepping into the kitchen. 'Local cuisines are already touched by everyone, and privatization, so there's an overwhelming need to publicize dark underbellies of fat cats. Unfortunately, private firefighters are forced to only collect themselves like eccentric collectors. Why is it only fat cats who get to cooperate with one another? Can't the masses instead determine the greater good? I could be stepping out of line here but I forgot to imagine one, and so I'm tripping everywhere, and that's only light and not heavy (but weight is mental and this is still substantial and filling if food for thought). Think how big the oceans are, then imagine using water for good. That's actually using it for the greater good, for sure, and there's potentially a lot of weight for prospective leaders' words to carry. Greater good waters are in Greenland, but that's beside the point of leaders: they're never on top of this country.'
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References
1 The Economist, Chinese Students in America, The new red scare, https://www.economist.com/node/21777580?frsc=dg%7Ce
2 The Economist, Fires in Australia, The summer inferno, https://www.economist.com/node/21777549?frsc=dg%7Ce
3 The Economist, Intellectual Property, Laser Brain, https://www.economist.com/node/21777435?frsc=dg%7Ce
4 Australia's Burning: The Blame Game, https://youtu.be/17cxH9p-xps
5 SupChina, China recruits professional firefighters for the first time. 99.9% of them are required to be men, https://supchina.com/2019/02/20/china-recruits-professional-firefighters-for-the-first-time-99-9-of-them-are-required-to-be-men/
6 Hailee Steinfeld, BloodPop® - Capital Letters, https://youtu.be/pj6k-EFxqAI
7 ABC iView - Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell, https://iview.abc.net.au/show/shaun-micallef-s-mad-as-hell
Taxation With Representation
'My name is Gao,' Gao says. 'Don't get up. I don't want to sit on the sofa.'
Gao Yuan [1.] is squatting down in front of said sofa, her legs a figurative bow on her presence. No one can be certain about her identity because she's wearing a mouth mask, and - if we're nonetheless right - she's known for her pleasant and sincere smile [1.]. Her lips may as well be the labia majora and labia minora of a vulva given very little is known about them at present. Perhaps nerves will be fully tested if the mask is removed. Surely she has the sensation that she's being watched, but she could become such sensation, and the removal of the mask could cause another, so sensations become so common that air itself becomes orgasmic. In short, the nerves of the clitoris [2.] are sadly as overlooked as Gao's identity. It's like women drew short straws they can't find.
Matt and Sayuri are sitting on opposite ends of the sofa.
'I'm Sayu'li*,' Sayuri says, with a friendly wave.
'I'm Matt,' Matt says, also with a wave, but also with a smile that he hates is the most obvious one in the room. 'It's safe to breathe through my nose, right? I'm starting to wonder. Is this a gas chamber?' - he looks at Sayuri and then Gao.
Sayuri shakes her head, but with a smile coming out to play Go, and her sweet territory takes the atmosphere by storm.
'It's safe,' Gao says. 'But I can't let viewers figure out who I am.'
'So your name's not Gao then?' Matt asks.
'Call me Gao,' Gao says. 'And call me Chinese, and a strong woman.'
'In a weird way, you both remind me of women in Bondi,' Matt says. 'Noses are covered up [3.] like lips like vulvae, and no one wants their original noses to be seen, as special as they certainly are as they are. But so many women care for fake noses: plastic noses, minds, and money over a plastic medium that's simply words. However, to exercise your heart [4.] and lungs [4.] you need only take deep breaths through your original nose. You'll sleep [4.] and think [4.] better too.'
'You should move more when you talk and are somewhat sitting down,' Gao says, jigging about. 'Or you'll damage your spine [5.]. And there are no plastic spines to buy. Sorry.'
Matt smiles again: 'Smart.'
'Be careful talking to Matt, Gao,' Sayuri says. 'He likes vi'luses too much. Or going vi'lal at least.'
'You know, microbes - like viruses - can either get along with one another [6.] or compete with one another [6.], inside our very own bodies,' Matt states. 'There are so many viruses that are still undiscovered [6.], and the way they might interact with one another [6.] is obviously also unknown. Maybe we're all like viruses ourselves, getting to know one another in the body of a Big Brother house. Maybe cooperation is good [6.], but maybe competition is too [6.]. But think big, because tiny viruses die when it's hot [6.] anyway.'
'Exactly,' Gao says, nodding. 'I'm told I will speak to Uighurs here. Hence why I'm wearing a mask. I'm Han Chinese from the Xinjiang province, and we don't usually talk to these people the people in power deem outsiders, if not terrorists [7.]. But I know that the vast majority of them are just poor farmers [7.]. Journalists can't speak to them either [7.], so I guess you could call me a reporter emerging from a fire of a country to speak with underdogs underground in this secret location. Usually there is a vast desert [7.] separating us. Or maybe they're locked away in camps because they like their traditions [8.] and religion [8.] a little too much. So, you could say that they're the REAL hidden mouths. Mouth masks are the Chinese government.'
'They're