Week 24 - Elon Musk's Trillion-Dollar AI Mania, Knicks' NBA Finals Drama, and Canadian Political & Crime Concerns
… and with that, ladies and gentlemen, the 2025–2026 sporting season has come to an end.
No post celebrating the Canes because, well, I haven’t read one yet, but man, they killed it. Respect to the Carolina Hurricanes and the New York Knicks for both winning their respective championships.
Let’s get it straight, though. Something about seeing James Dolan being handed the championship first, only to have it snatched out of his grubby hands, is just weird. I think the NHL and European sports have it right: the championship, first and foremost, belongs to those on the field.
Yes, the execs helped put it together and they’re an important piece of the complete puzzle—but not important enough where they should be the first ones to hoist the trophy.
With the last two major championships over, all my bandwagon fandom can now be directed squarely at the FIFA World Cup. Bear with me as I let my complete casual fandom loose.
Sports
I respect it.
In an age of milking every second for its commercial value, I respect them for sparing us the extra ten minutes, even if we get tossed a bone with picture-in-picture.
I say this like I’m watching Telemundo. I’m not.
But I respect them for it.
He deserves it.
I thought this was going to be a cakewalk for the Spurs, but Brunson said, ‘Forget that!’
This was easily one of the most legendary playoff runs by a player who constantly gets written off.
I’m happy for Brunson, OG, and KAT.
How have the Knicks only won two championships in their entire history?
What a fraudulent franchise!
The way they talk, you’d think they had past dynasties or something.
The YouTube Golf Prodigy Child.
I wonder how many videos I need to watch before I can break 90 this year.
My golf season has had a super slow start so far, and I’m back to having some serious club face issues yet again.
But this isn’t about me, now is it?
I wonder if he’d be down for a video challenge?
How does that saying go? ‘A bird in hand is worth two in the bush,’ or something similar.
Either way, FIFA is a bunch of criminal slumlords for the way they price gouge.
Invest in a solid media room with great sound and a screen. Ditch the bootleg IPTV for a proper 4K stream and enjoy.
If you want the fan experience, go to BPs.
Trump cursed it!
The Knicks, who held a commanding 2-0 lead coming back home to Madison Square Garden, had their playoff momentum stomped out by Donald Trump.
The Spurs are going into Game 4 with all the momentum now.
Dolan is going to be paraded out in the streets by Knicks fans after this inevitable collapse.
Tech
I’m starting to think our ਬਜ਼ੁਰਗ (elders) were right about money.
It’s all bullshit.
What exactly is a trillion dollars? How does one amass wealth worth four commas while seemingly losing money?
If you can’t physically interact with it, is it even real?
Have fun wiping this image out of your brain!
‘Grok – your pedophiles’ favorite AI.’ While catchy, I doubt it changes the type of people who use it.
I think as a society, things have gone so over the top that even when it’s true, people just shrug.
For example, there’s the guy trying to get a selfie pinching Elon’s nipple.
AI is in every part of the process.
Like it or not, it’s here.
Look at any open role for development; there will be an AI requisite.
If you want any job in modern development, you’ll get quizzed and judged on how you use AI, formally or informally.
Hopefully, market pressure changes things, but I’m doubtful.
Is this stealing Musk’s hype?
What if the goal here is to make consumers think, ‘Oh, hey, I want to save the stock money that Grandma gave me for Christmas, and instead of buying Musk’s turd, I’ll save it for Sam’s turd?’
It will be interesting to see how all these trillion-dollar IPOs pan out with everyone broke.
The AI bubble shall go ‘Blam!’
And we’ll all have sticky, goo-like residue stuck all over us as we wake up from the hypnosis that it was.
I love Ed Zitron’s writing on AI, maybe because I’m more ‘doomer’ than ‘boomer,’ and more resentful of everything I read on LinkedIn.
But their articles always hit the mark.
Politics
This is getting a little too close for comfort.
Home invasions in the old neighborhood have me checking in on friends and neighbors.
Hopefully, they catch these creeps.
Twerking for Bibi.
I wonder what Netanyahu’s poll numbers look like within Israel.
The man single-handedly set Zionist PR back three decades and got Trump to completely wake up the Anglo-fascist right-wingers to the Zionist control of the Republican party.
Two in one week.
This is a little sad.
If cop dramas have taught me anything, there is going to be a lot of pain coming as they crack down on things.
Organized crime, tow truck wars, and waste management involved?
This situation is definitely going to get a documentary.
An endorsement for Ford.
The White House had complained to business figures in Washington, stating that Mr. Ford is viewed as a major problem by the Trump administration, according to one source.
With rumors circling about Ford’s eventual move to replace Pierre, this seems like the biggest endorsement one can get.
