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Sigh. The rower deal fell through. The seller was nice and invited me come to their house to check the rower out before finalizing sale. They lived in Burke which is like booneylands of fairfax county. Drive there and see a Trump 2024 sign outside their SFH window. I nope the fuck out of there – make some excuse and call off the sale, and block the seller. They were very nice over the whole interaction though prior to this, and I don’t have a reason to believe they would have done anything bad, but I just don’t have it in me anymore to engage with Trumpkins even in good faith.

For giggles I asked gemini how many emails are generated every second across the globe? Gemini came back with a specific number: 4.5 million emails are generated every second, with 392.5 billion emails per day, and 143 trillion emails per year. The carbon footprint of those emails is 42.9 million tonnes of CO2 yearly, and requires the equivalent energy output of approximately 4 to 5 large nuclear power plants running constantly just to keep the servers spinning and the data centers cool. SO STOP FUCKING EMAILING!

A R Rahman took the bait and went with it. While I agree that the country has become more communal, that is not the reason for him getting less movies. He’s been producing shitty music for over a decade now. Surely there are one-off hits here and there but even he should realize how bad his music has been for more than a decade now.

I am investing in a used rower for our basement. We had been looking to add a rower to our basement for a bit and eventually I have settled on a used Hydrow which was a great price and the owner was willing to deliver to me locally. While I know Concept C2 is the gold standard in rowing, I was not willing to invest into it, even a used one (which would have been around the same price). Hydrow is quietest when compared to water rowers or C2s, resistance can be changed a bit and has 22″ screen, though it’s made to be used with membership. We plan to just use the row feature for now and see how it goes, and if we lose interest it’s not much money down the train. We may even do the membership for a few months to use off the “health” credit that A gets each year. Looking forward to this equipment joining us tomorrow!

I have decided to stop cross posting on Bluesky. Looking my at interaction history over last two years, most if not all of it happens over mastodon. I follow very few people and interact with even lesser and it’s been mostly mastodon. I will keep the Bluesky account though to interact with others or follow accounts that I used to follow on twitter. Let’s see how it works for a while.