The whole TikTok saga will go down as one of the most incredulously self-own by the democrats in a long time. First they went after the wrong problem, then forced TikTok for sale only for Trump to come in and get the sale done for his buddies who have promised to make it into a right wing propaganda machine. What the heck did you achieve Biden? All this for what? What a fucking self-own this that will hurt them so much over time. Idiots.
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My kid has been struggling with math in high school. She is refusing help and she is not strategizing how to get around this problem, and that’s driving us up the wall (well mostly her mom more than me), leading to lots of fights between us and the kid lately. Her mom was definitely more accomplished academically so she takes this far more seriously while I have to keep reminding her I nearly failed my 12th grade, took a long time to find myself even in engineering days (and yeah math/mechanics was my nemesis back then) and finally turned it around in grad days. But of course I don’t say all of this to my kid lest she gets similar ideas that it’s ok to emulate her dad lol, so I join forces with mom and go after her knowing fully well that she will probably turn out ok just like us – except maybe hate us along the way. The joys of parenting!
Kal Hamara Hai (Tomorrow is ours) poem by Shailendra, was used beautifully in Dhadak 2. Everything leading up to this rendition makes it all the more powerful when it happens. Not gonna translate this because its effing hard to to do so.
How the fuck does high school yearbook cost 75$? This is insane – and that is without any added customizations, text or otherwise.
I really want to watch One Battle After Another.
A very active weekend once again with friends from Philly over. The doggos had way too much fun as usual.
That was a much closer match than it should have been really.
🍿 Dhadak 2 (2025) – ★★★★☆
Calling a sequel to original dhadak was such a crime. This is a very gritty coming of age story of a dalit man and a privileged woman. Much parallels to today’s times as well. And yes this dark side of India does exist. Highly recommended even though dark and grim.
📺 The Ba***ds of Bollywood (2025) – ★★★☆☆
The first five episodes were good, and the mindless absurd humor meets the mark. The numerous cameos work wonderfully well (seriously is there any Bollywood actor who did not have a cameo in this series?), and the meta references on everything and everyone Bollywood often land, because they are not over explained. Then the series becomes a mess in the last two episodes with a twist that just doesn’t land. Still, I feel like there is a good director in Aryan who really felt he had to prove he could direct any genre. Maybe next time stick to a couple. That said, absolutely fab acting by Karan Johar playing himself, and how good was Arshad Warsi in a hardly 10 minute role but lands it so well that every other cameo looks sub par.
Why do the icon sizing look so weird on IOS26? I am sure they are all the same size but the Liquid Glass treatment creates a weird optical illusion making some icons for some apps feel like it’s stretched out in bottom. It feels like visual metaphor they were going for is looking down physically. Just doesn’t seem to work – I can see how it could work for a VR device but on the phone it looks off Ux wise. So unlike Apple this!