s20e03: Yeah, it’s the future

0.0 Context Setting

Tuesday, 13 August 2025 in Portland, Oregon where it’s still pretty hot but not too hot, you know?

I have a half or maybe third-finished draft of the next episode sitting in iA Writer but not the brain space to finish it today.

So I’m attempting to throw out my No, It Has To Be This Way rigid thinking in favour of “just do whatever”.

Meanwhile, I mentioned a chat I had with Ted Han in the last episode and completely forgot to tell you that we have a... podcast? Or at least we talk to each other and occasionally have a guest on and you can watch us. It’s called Han to Hon Combat, which means it has the best podcast name ever.

1.0 Some Things That Caught My Attention

Fair warning this episode is a short one.

1.1 Yeah, this is the future

I am watching the new FX/Hulu series Alien: Earth1. The ads during the show are:

• for a smart ring body monitoring device, Oura, (which kind the current U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services has a plan for as many people to wear as possible); and
• for an online injection-based weight loss drug (“ro”, and the generic “GLP-1”)

Meanwhile:

• Robots deliver packages in downtown