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Caught up with new teammate in Bay Area who joined here in the last month. after pleasantries she says she is getting her British citizenship this year and moving with her family. Second such person I know who is planning. Then says I should get the fuck out of dc lol. Yes woman, I hear ya.

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Interesting approach as we heard from corp strategy person this morning during orientation on what does this company not want to be – rage baiting, eyeball grazing and enabling doom scrolling are a strict no-no as company’s values even at the expense of being less popular. They do not want to stray away from intent based social media at any time. Of course time will tell if they will hold, but I like these values a lot and hope they stay.

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I have literally been thrown into ads world with little or no hand holding. Sink or swim – that’s the only way to learn. I am aware this method does not work for everyone but it works for me coz I can quickly prioritize what I want to learn to stay afloat. I am exercising a part of my brain that I haven’t used in years I feel like, especially after getting into management.

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Talked to an ex report of mine who stays in Minneapolis this morning. I was checking on her (though she is as white as they come) and she was scared. The situation there is far worse than media says or indicates she said. Also a lot of anger at politicians including mayor and governor for giving speeches but not doing much, even though they understand not much can’t be done. Much much anger at guard and police as well with understanding that they are very much in cahoots with ICE on ground.

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I get that the great citizens of Minneapolis are all out protesting and all but what the fuck are local police and national guards doing? How are they not actually fighting against ICE on behalf of their local communities? The mayors and governors can keep saying constitutional shit but what action are they actually taking? what are they waiting for? Who are they waiting for?

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First day of new job done and dusted. Weirdly enough, I missed people. I have been RTO-ing in some form or another for last 2 and half years and now switching back to WFH feels like an abrupt change. Throughout the day I was like oh shit if I am not in a meeting who do I talk to? This is going to be an interesting transition for me.

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Sean Penn doesn’t win any award for his diabolical act in One Battle After Another while Rhea Seahorn wins best actress for Pluribus where all she did was to channel here inner Karen mode. (Never mind that she should have actually won for multiple seasons for BCS but didn’t). And then Severance. Like season 2 was simply epic and it goes completely award less? And Zionist Wyles wins for Pitt? Thank god at least Adolescence rightfully won all that it deserved.

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First day at new job tomorrow and I am definitely feeling the butterflies, mostly because I am changing my domain completely and I have zero idea about the space I am getting in. I am confident that I will pick it up but I definitely feel the jitters. Not to mention it’s also been 2 and half years since I RTO-ed so the idea of just being home and not meeting anyone is weighing on me.

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I have finally gotten to a good state with this photo migration project. Thanks to Google auto detecting duplicates, what was almost a 1TB of photos on Amazon photos is somehow only 650gb on Google Photos and I attribute all of it duplicates. I never paid much attention before on how I backed up my photos so it’s not surprising that I had like duplicates of duplicates floating around.

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ज़माने में जो देखा है वो बिल्कुल सच है दोस्तों,
जो कभी अपनों के न हुए, वो गैरों के नहीं होते !

Looking at white people reaction to Renee Good, all I can think of is above and then I feel oddly ok that it’s not me or my color or my country – they are just like that only 😆