I've always told people in Texas that California's progressive reputation is undeserved. Its liberal politicians are expert at paying lip service to identity issues, but its a state ruthlessly run, top-to-bottom, by real estate, tech, and finance capital
A "vibecession" basically means that even though the economy is fine, people are miserable, and it should terrify economic planners and politicians more than it does because it indicates a rot that can't be fixed by "line go up." Instead, they mostly just scoff about it.
Getting harder to wax poetic about the end of the year. My life is still defined by health struggles just as it was a year ago, and the year before that, and the year before that. Progress has been and is being made, I guess. Idk. I’m tired. I just want to live. Happy new year.