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Been on 16 Pro max for a few days now and frankly I don’t see any difference from 13 or 14 versions of the same phone except it’s lighter. This was a completely skippable upgrade if we didnt already have plans for the 13.

Oh fucking hell the clouds are back again. I want a fucking drought. I am done with rain. I could not care less if every fucking tree dried out and DC area became a desert at this point, but please please please stop the fucking rain!

For once I want a democratic candidate to stop saying *America’s best days are ahead of us!*. No they are not. Not by a million miles. This is a society in rapid decline. And it’s going to take decades for America to just become… a normal society. America’s best days have gone by and it would be nice if they actually acknowledged it. I know they can’t coz hope-shope and positivity and all, but come on pretty much everyone knows this at this point. FWIW, I think America peaked at Clinton.

OMG The sun is out and my eyes are hurting coz I haven’t seen the sun in weeks!! Welcome back mood booster. I am nicely perched on the deck rest of the day soaking it in!

[Biden confronts the limits of his influence over Israel](https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/02/biden-iran-israel-influence-limits-00182172)

> Biden deemed Israel’s response “over the top” and did stop one shipment of American arms to Israel. But even as pressure grew from fellow Democrats to create distance from Netanyahu, Biden’s reflexive instinct was to support Israel despite the swelling humanitarian crisis. As his influence over Netanyahu shrunk, the president’s anger grew. Phone calls between the two men were increasingly turned into shouting matches, according to one of the officials and one other senior official not authorized to discuss private conversations.** Biden told confidants that he did not believe his Israeli counterpart wanted a cease-fire deal, arguing that Netanyahu was trying to perpetuate the conflict to save his political future and assist Trump in November’s election, the officials said.**

So the leader of the most powerful country in the world is simply going to sit around and let a rogue terrorist country do whatever the fuck it wants and commit genocide day in and out, and his response not listening is just *ok*? No wonder American influence is totally weaning in the world and there is absolutely no reason for any country to take America seriously lol. Can’t even get a shitty pig like Netanyahu to behave.

Honestly think Vance was a smooth operator last night which scares me where he might be in 4 years but definitely think he undid every fucking thing in the last minute of the debate by not answering question about election. I mean if you are on the fence voter and you actually watched the debate that last minute alone should tell you all there is to this. Walz really got THE viral moment of the night and he nailed it! Fuck off Vance.

Vance is a far smoother talker for sure. Walz has substance but don’t think he can top Vance’s BS smoothness.

Israel really wants a war before election doesn’t it?

We moved back to VA because of our friends and the little ties we have left off as a family. But increasingly the weather out here is getting so miserable and wretched we are seriously considering moving out after the kid goes off to college. When I moved twenty plus years ago I do not remember these endless stretches of rain engulfing the area. We actually have seasons here which I love, but it increasingly it feels like it just rains forever and ever. Take for instance the last two weeks. It has rained non-stop literally for the last two weeks with litle or no end in sight. Lack of sun really depresses me and I am at that point where I am just low. I truly don’t remember weather being like this in our area – climate change has made everything so much worse. Fuck it, if Arizona turns reliably blue for a while we will seriously consider a sun drenched city there!

I opened a role in my team last Thursday. In the 4 days it’s been open, I am looking at a pool of 300+ applicants. I have another 50+ messages to sift through that came in internally or via LinkedIn. 99% of the applicants are Indians or South Asians! In spite of clearly specifying the locations I am hiring for, I am getting pings from folks in India who are like *dont worry about visa issues, I will figure out how to get there, just give me the job!*. I am like bro, WTF are you even on and no I am not entertaining such requests. It’s such a tough market out there ooof. [*I am surprised though at the lack of non south asian talent pool though. Or my company’s reputation is so down the drain only south asians apply anymore because majority of them have visa issues?*]