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> [Apple iPhone 16 demand is so weak that employees can already buy it on discount](https://qz.com/apple-iphone-16-pre-orders-sales-intelligence-ai-1851651638)

Not surprised at all. Older phones are lasting longer, newer phones are expensive and not enough juice to justify the upgrade anymore. I am getting the 16 pro after 3 years and I am already contemplating whether I should return it back anyway coz I dont know why I need another monthly installment.

I feel like Kamala may be falling into same zone as Hillary. While Trump seems to be doing anything and everything possible to be in news – be is crap tweets, stupid news conferences or town halls or well crap rallies – all you hear from Kamala is rallies. She really needs to get out there and do more. Why not townhalls? Why not interviews? Sell yourself and whole damn package! I really don’t want to see a Hillary repeat but gosh she really is not in news cycle as much as she should be at this point.

Pennsylvania being real close aligns with my non scientific theory of lawn signs. The amount of Trump signs I saw in suburbs of Philly was distressing. It was not a whole lot, but it was more than I remember seeing, and so few Harris signs. Harris better a have plan without Pennsylvania coz I do not get the feeling it’s in the bag for her at all.

It’s official, we are returning to a 5 days a week workplace starting next year. While I absolutely hate it, there is a glimmer of hope in between that they don’t really want to do badge tracking as they do now. I think subtext of the announcement is, if you are in the HQ locations you are most likely going to be OK, but if you are in remote locations, well you are screwed. I anticipate a lot of other companies are going to follow suit with this approach. We are not going back to how we worked during pandemic – which effectively means all these smaller cities and states that saw the post pandemic tech boom are most likely going to bust.

All the safety features for lange change alone make the price of upgrade worth it. Gosh once I get used to this it’s gonna be hard going back to older ways!

Two elementary kids yelling on street while at walk:

YOUR MOM’S SKIBBIDI!

NO YOUR MOM IS SKIBBIDI!

NO YOURS!

Kids let me tell you all of you are SKIBBIDI! Take it from me!

In the last 3 weeks, two of my direct reports have quit. A very close team member has already told me everyone’s looking to jump ship. None of it is my doing, but the org. Maybe the time has come for me to brush up my resume and look internally as well. I wanted to push this to beginning of next year, but maybe sooner is better.

Pete is a fucking genius. I can’t wait to see him as POTUS one day. I dont think Kaitlin Collins realized that while he was speaking about Trump, he was also taking a [dig at people in media](https://x.com/PeteButtigieg/status/1834566832117723527) like her.

There is such a weird fascination (read: racist) about something smelling like “curry”. Heck White House would be so much nicer if the smell of chai and butter chicken emanated from its hall then the stench of suits and sweat of 4000+ people working there. No thanks I will take the curry.

Today morning the kid asks me – Who won the debate? I say Kamala and then say, btw, Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala after the debate. And then my usually politically savvy 13 year old lost complete interest in debate or Kamala and went off on a tangent on Taylor Swift and how amazing what she did was and yada yada yada. Unless you are swiftie dad/mom you are not going to realize the weight of her endorsement and how much weight Taylor can move with the younger generation. I am honestly surprised Swift actually endorsed Kamala, fully knowing that half this country have turned into rabid dogs bitten by trump and they could threaten her personal safety. Especially after what happened in Vienna, and considering her last leg of Eras tour are all in red states, I did not expect her to endorse Kamala/Walz so heartily and openly! Kudos to her for speaking up and realizing the influence she has!