Four Observations

 1.  The future.  I watched a podcast this week, which got into the design/capability of Grok/AI (Elon's  'creature').

The thing pointed out making Grok different.....'he' reads everything....from printed science papers....to useless junk.  The thing pointed out....from the useless junk....Grok might find a thousand pages of such material....binding them (individually together)...to present some idea/concept....as legit.  

In so doing this...every single day....Grok might add another layer to technology.....that didn't exist yesterday.  So, you can imagine....a year or two might pass, and by this Grok path....things that would have been created in 2040....might actually be created and working by 2030.  

Just me talking....but I suspect this worries people.

2.  Just by the exit-path created in Portland and Seattle....I'm likely to believe that both will be on the 'road' to Detroit-status within the next three to five years.

Note....I don't believe the locals grasp that, or even worry about it.  It's just an odd  perception....wanting a city to dissolve into nothing.

3.  Over the past week, I've watched/read several hours of stuff over the re-districting 'game' being played out.  Personally, I don't think the Democrats (even from the 1960s/1970s)....ever imagined that the correction would occur....where gerrymandering would be thrown out.

At this time...oddly....states are  being forced to clean-up their voting rolls....with several million names removed.

Yeah....it's possible that you see forty-odd districts shift....to the Republicans.  

4.  Finally, rumors started up today....Venezuela is set to depart from OPEC.  If you ask me....oil prices in about four months will be down to around $50 a barrel.