Major implications for healthcare as well. Posting this to alert everyone

"As always, the best way to understand the greatness of women’s tennis is to watch women’s tennis." As usual, @tumcarayol.bsky.social sticks the landing. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...

That first line though “Today’s Battle of the Sexes, a hemorrhoid on the ass-end of the 2025 tennis calendar…” 😂 Well worth a read

My Poshmark sales are going well on an absolute basis, but I'm really too scared and end up selling at close to 70% discount. I have no poker face, I assume it will all end badly, brief interludes of peace are just that

I didn't know this until this year, so maybe it'll be helpful for other adult children of vaccine-skeptical parents: your GP can order a blood test and figure out what the gaps are and you can vaccinate yourself It is not too late, but it may get to be if we don't do it ourselves

It’s worse in Korea where youth is foisted upon women as the ultimate prize, anti-aging and plastic surgeries start in secondary school.

The days between Dec. 26 and Jan. 1 are scary. *Almost* wish I had work to while my time away. I should learn one constructive skill during this downtime…but that can wait till ‘26 arrives

My cousin’s kids are in high school in the Bay Area. He mentioned school dances and proms are being canceled because none of the students want to attend. They’d rather play robotic video games over the phone with each other. What a world…

Arguably it was time to buy earlier this year, but certainly it seems like prices will simply continue to rise and rise so if you need it, better get it asap. The ram I bought for my computer in July at ~150 euro now can't be got for less than 900 euro and you'd be lucky to get it at that.

I was called upon in the 3rd grade class

What's a few life-threatening mass blackouts when you can type in a few keywords and get a picture of Sydney Sweeney as Lara Croft but with 3 boobs

13 people gathered for lunch/dinner. Got to meet cousins I hadn’t seen in over 20yrs, as well as three nephews whose names I have to remember. One’s a rugby player, he was running around and giving everyone big hugs, spreading joy.

Is this where everyone goes to frolic? Since mostly departing X, I find Reddit and here to be a useful source of info for tennis news.

Here is Vogue's article about Venus Williams' wedding. An all-week affair. Complete with 130+ pictures! www.vogue.com/slideshow/ve...

Famous bakery in town opens for next-day pick up at 10pm each night. I’d been observing which cakes tend to sell out faster, also needed a cake that wouldn’t melt on a 2-hr drive. So i ordered the $27 carrot cake, only to be given a ~$50 holiday Parisian cake. They mixed up the order 😮

TL;dr: No ill will between Alcaraz and JCF. Financial terms of contract not an issue. Alcaraz’s group the one who made the decision for him, JCF needs time to process what happened b/c he’s still hurting 🥲

Anna Kournikova welcomed her fourth child at the age of 44. Congrats to the happy parents!

Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.

Strawberry Fields forever Fall color on strawberry plant. #macromonday #minimalmonday #minimalism #strawberry #gardening #digitalart #autuumn

Now my loyalties are all spread out thru the California baseball teams. Song with the San Diego Padres, Kim Hye-soung with the Dodgers (🥇), then Lee Jung-hoo with the SF Giants (I feel detached from him…he’s a descendant of Korean baseball royalty, he's too slick for my tastes)

This memory from 6 years ago popped up on my phone. 2019, short trip to Tokyo at the fantastic Tapas Molecular Bar, where they created this smoke cigar dish that had you blow away smoke

Lighthearted moment of 2025: When the internet was up in flames over Luka Doncic’s trade to the Lakers. Trillions of men finally expressing how they feel on TL (lost, lonely, confused)

Millennials and GenX generations, we have been thru enough. The Y2K, the pre-WhatsApp/kakao era when we logged into Hotmail accounts and then gradually lost all access b/c we forgot the passwords (this was all before 2FA and Gmail were a thing

I doubt there’s real drama behind it. JCF is wealthy on his own, has a wife and three kids of his own, thus less likely to concede on what appears on-surface as a “small matter” (training location, etc)

Mardi leaves tomorrow morning 🥲 He’s had so much fun with the children and all the grass patches here

The body of a man suspected in the killing of two students at Brown University and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor was found in a storage unit in New Hampshire on Thursday night, law enforcement officials said. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4rZQgqF

This article says Juanki and Alcaraz’s father had some disagreements, seems like they had differing approaches to how to handle the spotlight, etc

So there was some drama in their break-up. I’m linking the Sports Illustrated story but will also link to one that describes in more detail

After flipping out over how to get the id . me site to approx my documents when all the ones they’d accept I wasn’t in possession of. No one to help, until I learned that talking to an agent before 2pm PT meant I didn’t have to talk in circles with a dumb bot. So that’s one thing done today

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Carlos Alcaraz has split from his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero 🎾 screenshots c/o @tennisupdates.bsky.social

In a severe case of irony, a recruiter reached out to me about a role that would be perfect for me, but he didn’t seem to be aware that this company doesn’t take boomerangs. Ever. I had to educate him on that, told him to speak to a Korean person at HQ first. Sure enough, they “changed their mind”

Must be a sign of the times. Got a phone call from the LA Philharmonic basicallly pleading with me to make even a $25 donation over the phone right away, they’d accept Venmo. The lady gave her name but I think this might’ve been a scam attempt.

It just gets worse…

I really wish I'd become a lawyer. Or an engineer but really a lawyer. I am now taking courses to get certifications for AI and ML b/c it's all that's being sent my way 🙃

People stood outside overnight in the cold, online orders shut down after two minutes, for the release of Samsung’s world first tri-fold phone

Roomba maker iRobot is filing for bankruptcy after being steamrolled by cheap Chinese rivals. The 2023 acquisition attempt by Amazon got blocked by regulators because Amazon might favor iRobot while selling vacuums on its marketplace. So instead we get… bankruptcy. Congrats? 🤦🏾‍♂️

My brother and Mardi were supposed fly back to Korea today but Mardi was missing a necessary document for international pet travel. My mother is secretly thrilled.

Awwww man.

One cultural difference b/w Korea and US that I feel, Americans are more willing to give and share with someone they’ve likely never met. Crowdsourcing may its downsides, but times like this, it’s great to see the comaraderie

The well written recap by Dana Goldstein, she herself an alumna

This is far more difficult than any IB or SAT exam. Students who graduate from university find themselves working in convenience stores b/c the competition is so tough

Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.

Shocking news to wake up to. Safety and thoughts to all those in the area

My alma mater 💔 They’re showing the surrounding area, all places I frequented. Can’t imagine what it’s like for the students and the families awaiting news

Right around final exams. This is still an undergoing situation. Stay safe to all those in Providence, RI

Does Federer’s presence increase or decrease the odds that this would be Djoker’s last Slam?

Look what I found in my closet, what timing. I’d keep it but I’m not 25yo anymore, I can’t wear ex-Small 🙄🎾

Here's how this will go down: 1) Adversarial attacks on Sora will be unrelenting, putting Disney characters in all kinds of compromising videos 2) These will be a new firehose of slop that fly-by-night content farms will monetize on Facebook & elsewhere 3) Fan backlash will be significant