Count on long-time newsman Dan Rather to understand what is important.

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Dan Rather

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From Dan Rather’s Facebook page:

Excuse me, Mr. President but your tantrum tweet storm this morning attacking the mayor of San Juan, a fellow American citizen dealing with a real-time life and death struggle for hundreds of thousands of her constituents on an island of millions in crisis, is not only far below the dignity of the office you hold. It fails even the most basic test of humanity. Did she have harsh words for your Administration's response to the aftermath of Hurricane Maria? Yes. It's called a reality check, and one that conforms to every firsthand account coming out of Puerto Rico no matter how much you try to deflect with your "Fake News" epithets. To take this personally is to put ego before country. And you also blame the Puerto Ricans themselves? That they want "everything done for them"? No. They just expect to be treated as any other American would.

I have seen more than my share of wretched desperation over the course of my career. I have reported from crisis zones where matters of life and death hang moment to moment in the balance between action and inaction, where communication is limited, and the sense of panic is building. I have seen the most steadfast of leaders feel the crushing weight of responsibility as they survey a landscape of almost incomprehensible need. It does not take a saintly amount of compassion or empathy to feel for those who are struggling to stay alive, who are worried for the fate of family and friends, and who have seen so much that they have known and loved blown and washed away.

You swore to "faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States" and that means a responsibility to look out for all Americans, even if they live on an island in the ocean, or look different or even speak a different language than what you think is America. I worry that whoever has your ear has not adequately impressed upon you the gravity of this situation, or even the political price you are likely to pay (although that can be no where near the top concern at the moment). Or perhaps you have been told and haven't listened. Regardless, what Puerto Rico needs now is not rhetoric but help, not a bumbling response, but the precision and competence we expect of our government. I do not believe "blame the victim" is what Americans expect of their president.

Times are desperate on the island.

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NBC News

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"I am done being polite. I am done being politically correct. I am mad as hell." San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz pleaded that the government end the "inefficiency" and "bureaucracy" that has prevented aid from reaching those in need. Read more: http://nbcnews.to/2fxNjKT

Want to help? Here's information on how you can.

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PBS NewsHour

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Nearly all of the Puerto Rico's 3.4 million residents need assistance recovering from the storm. Here's how you can help.

Good advice.

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Why you shouldn’t unlock your phone with your face – freeCodeCamp

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Today Apple announced its new FaceID technology. It’s a new way to unlock your phone through facial recognition.

Ten years of iPhone. Good article outlines the progression.

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The iPhone 10 years in: Everything that's changed from 2007 to 2017

The original iPhone

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A decade's worth of iPhone design, features and more.