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Mr and Mrs Smith was just terrific TV but oh man oh man that ending ooof!

My immediate reaction to Sora was I can’t wait for motherfucking republicans to create their own alternate reality with AI created videos and become even more unhinged from reality than they are. And for Facebook and company to say it’s not their job to tell the user if it’s a AI generated video or not coz freedom of speech and all.

This whole national anthem before any fucking event has to stop in this country. It makes me feel nothing as an American and just makes me smirk at the jingoism. Like I am at a swim meet and there are just two events tonight and we must do this national anthem song and dance just because. So ridiculous. Trevor is so right in his comic special.

Yep, the economy and stock market maybe booming (& even tech stocks) but the ground reality is quite different. I wonder if this is going to catch up by November at election time.

In the first two months of the year alone, PayPal, Cisco, and Amazon, among others, have announced layoffs affecting thousands of workers, a continuation of the mass layoffs from last year. All in all, nearly 300,000 workers in the tech industry have lost their jobs in the past year, according to Layoffs.fyi.

I don’t get this Bezos hate going on presently because he sold 4 billion worth of shares and by moving Florida and saved on nearly 300-600 million dollars in taxes. Internet’s up in arms about how bad he is. I’m like, dude’s doing what any smart rich man would do. Why isn’t that hate and anger directed at Florida that enables and creates loopholes in their tax code so that billionaires like him take advantage of it. Imagine if every fucking state made rich people pay fair share of their taxes? Imagine to what good public use might have those 300 million dollars been used in Florida if they taxed. Stop whining at him. Get angry at your government, vote and force the change through legislature. Oh wait, who am I kidding - one one side we have brain dead amoebas called republicans and on the other hand we have the young keyboard warriors who need a perfect sunny 80 degree weather with nothing else to do to go out and vote.

On Valentine’s day me and wife agreed that if we were ever to divorce then we’d drag each other to the courts to decide who will keep the dog and also simultaneously try to wash our hands off the kid. Since we are in near perfect agreement on this, I dont think we’ll get divorced.

I am in my mid forties and I already feel exhausted plowing through the week with a 9-5 job and pre/post work activities but sure, let me complain that my 80 year old President whose 24-7 schedule and crises demand he work with tenacity of a 20 year old is somehow unfit for the job and he really needs to have the acuity and energy of a 8 year old to earn my vote. Ok.

OK, I saw that Jon Stewart episode again about Trump v Biden and I still dont change my mind that it was poor from Jon; not only did he too fall victim to Biden is too old trope, but he seemed to double down on it why Biden being too old matters a lot because Trump is on the other side. Hopefully he gets better with future episodes but if Jon is going to keep taking both sides in 2024 i am outtahere.

Is it just me or Jon Stewart’s takedown of Biden vs Trump felt like he was out of touch? I was very surprised by his take that it did not matter who won in November and no one has to worry about it before, after or forever? Is he really suggesting that Trump is not as bad a choice as we’d think. At other point he suggested Biden should and must get more scrutiny because he’s against Trump, and I was like umm, say what?! I admit I was quite bewildered by his take on the election. Feels like he was really trying to be both sides to kick off his return to Daily Show.

Oh no! How will MAGA reconcile Taylor Swift conspiracies now?

Jesus must be so desperate these days that he’s had to come out with so many ads on Super Bowl. Didn’t know even gods were so insecure about themselves.

Haha Australia defeated India in the U19 World Cup finals also. The heartache continues but I am so glad we have a competitive team outside of India.

The Earth is literally getting greener. Here’s why that worries scientists. - Vox

Is there any fucking that doesn’t worry scientists anymore?

Earth is getting wetter. Here is why that worries scientists.

Earth is getting colder.

Earth is getting hotter.

Earth is getting…..

Just make up your goddamn minds!

Met some friends last night that we hadn’t connected since the pandemic started! Back then both our daughters attended the same preschool and were close friends. While driving there this was our conversation with kid:

Me: Do you remember X? You both used to be best friends! Are you excited to connect with her again?

R: Yeah. I’ll see if she matches my standards!

Me: What do you mean standards?

R: Well I have standards you know. Like I’ll decide if I want to continue being her friend or not after today.

Me: Well thats not nice. If you have a high standards and act like this you will not make friends.

R: Dont worry dad, I said I have standards, not high standards. Anyway my standards are pretty low thats why I have a lot of friends!

The level of practice in the swim team has picked up significantly in the last few months. Preciously I used to feel maybe I could attempt to do as many laps as the kid in maybe twice the time. Now I don’t even think I can do as many laps as their practice in half a day. I’d probably just collapse.

Major changes and reorgs at work today. Most likely will lead to increased work for next few months. Or maybe land grabs and politics. Who knows. Will keep a close eye on my paychecks each month.