congratulations!!!

had a nightmare that i got fired and had to go back to working in consulting. that’s probably the worst thing that could happen to me

this is one of the few things that crunchy people are 100% correct on

I think we are about to see a rebirth of Moral Hazard Politics in the US. A lot of risk takers right now who are growing increasingly unsympathetic even while the going is good. Expect even less sympathy if it goes bad.

Probably important to how macro dynamics play out over the next few years

this isn’t even to mention how much slower things feel on a one year old Pro line phone either!

every other day i get hit with a black screen & spinner that returns me to my lock screen when i’m trying to do something mundane, and there are a number of visual bugs too (particularly w/ notifications)

iOS 18.1 is the buggiest OS i’ve used since i ran Arch Linux in college

hoping to change that next year, and get back into the groove of music discovery beyond what the algos feed me

tangentially related but it’s wild how much music i used to listen to. i think did more this year than last but it’s still nowhere close to as much as i did in my teens/in college

A list of top artists from my Apple Music Replay with their listening time for the year. I listened to 2,454 total artists. 1. Skee Mask - 963 minutes 2. Mall Grab - 813 minutes 3. Machinedrum - 485 minutes 4. Lone - 343 minutes 5. Bladee - 326 minutes

A screenshot from my Apple Music Replay showing that I was in the top 500 listeners for Skee Mask

compro good album

La fameuse fenêtre d’Overton

just watching the race now and i feel so bad for gasly

in other news: the new Mogwai is good, i finally listened to the latest GY!BE (also good) just in time for the concert i was going to see them at get cancelled, and i’ve been rocking Clark’s OST for The Last Panthers a ton recently despite never seeing the show

i wish i was in more of a posting mood since now is the prime follower-acquisition window, but i am so burnt out from work lol

This is literally (part of, etc) why we got Trump. Become Eunji Kim-pilled, realize that ‘apoliticial’ slop entertainment media is politically powerful. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

the first one is pretty good!

sounds a lot like the craft sequence! i’d check it out but i cannot for the life of me stay focused when i listen to a podcast

there’s definitely too much metapodting rn but i’m hopeful that will die down. discover is pretty meh, this is better bsky.app/profile/did:...

unlucky that gene’s term ends next year

you can check here clearsky.app/deepdishenjo...

also I have no idea what will happen if he just Does It w/o first clearing the way. past experience has shown that he probably won’t face any meaningful consequences!

i don’t think this passes the house with the thin majority they have, although that may just be wishcasting. no idea on what the SC will do tbh

need to take some actual classes this spring though

3 days of duolingo has gotten me enough to recognize 中国

they’re gonna rake so much from shop items

yeahhh :(

i’m not a political historian, demographer, or sociologist so this is mostly just me talking out of my ass but the above would be like the worst case. boomers die off leaving the conservative Gens X & Z outnumbering the progressive Millenial & Zillenials

I wonder if Gen X is Like That due to growing up under Reagan or if it was just the lead. If it’s substantially due to the former then I worry that we’re going to be dealing with late-Gen Z hampering us for the rest of our lives since all they’ve experienced is Trump & reactions against him

i guess this is good for a non-profit but it feels low