I'm biking round a hilly neighborhood here in San Francisco. On a corner with shops, I find a party--people drinking and dancing half-naked and setting off fireworks. At least 100 crammed into a curbside parklet no bigger than a bus.

Whoa. Here comes a real bus, also packed solid with stripped-down partiers.

Last and craziest, a third party on a longbed dumptruck with waist-high walls, bursting with drunken, half-naked dancers.

I'm attracted to the sexy vibe, all that bare skin--it's been cold, and they couldn't possibly strip so much if they weren't so crowded and sharing warmth. But I shy away, steering round them with difficulty (and, I admit, reluctance; I want some of those girls) ... thinking of Covid.

Only when I see the third group do I see the pattern. This isn't spontaneous rebellion. This is ORGANIZED. Deliberate defiance of City health orders trying to slow the virus's spread. The skin, the lure, may be sex (well, for me; for some, booze or dance or fireworks) but at the bone, it's political. "I wanna do as I please, I won't die of it... so who cares if I kill someone else."

• Covid worry: As I write this, covid cases are way up again all over the USA (what is this, the third wave? the fourth?) My home town is basically shutting down through December. By the new rules, I should stop recording at the music studio, even with a mask on. Thanks to idiots who NEVER wore masks. Thanks so much!
• A "party" deliberately spreads plague: Pun. Political party. The GOP. And not just the pandemic! Climate, racism, losing the election, and now plague... if they wanna deny stuff till it kills them, fine. But their denial kills us, too.

I get that self-indulgence looks sexy. It did in my dream. It's why Trump has traction. But when you endanger OTHERS, no. Just no.

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