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(NNTN) – Not Necessarily The News<\/strong> no vague gas-lighting, just the fax pure unadulterated satirical facts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf0e<\/strong> The world kicked off today with a hand full of cotton candy, wearing Crocs and dreams full of high tech optimism only to have it all dismantled by reports from Fast Company<\/em> which echoed loudly on platforms such as LinkedIn by “people” who still have \u201cvisionary\u201d in their bio. Over in tech-world-meets-Hollywood-delusion, Sam Altman of OpenAI<\/strong>, Dario Amodei at Anthropic<\/strong>, and about twelve founders who look like rejected extras from Silicon Valley<\/em> B roll all made the rounds this week promising \u201cAI tools that enhance creativity.\u201d which had many middle management personell pondering if ChatGPT can now replace three meetings, Tim in the mailroom, fashion designers, and the intern who ordered the pizza wrong. Fast Company<\/em> was also pitching what it dubbed \u201cethical automation\u201d causing venture firms like Andreessen Horowitz<\/strong> to start throwing money around like the featured dancer was about to hit the main stage at the local strip club \u2014 confusing, loud, and somehow someone was spilling five beers that nobody asked for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, over in climate and environment news, The Guardian<\/em> and National Geographic<\/em> report Dr. Julienne Stroeve<\/strong> from University College London<\/strong> and Dr. Walt Meier<\/strong> at the National Snow and Ice Data Center<\/strong> made bold claims that Arctic ice loss is accelerating faster than earlier models predicted \u2014 which is scientist code for the movie studios will be producing even more cataclysmic end of the world films picture Deep Impact<\/em>,\u00a0not good. This caused coastal planners from Miami-Dade County<\/strong> to Norfolk, Virginia<\/strong> to re-re-update flood maps while the rest of us debate and stress-eat popcorn pondering whether it counts as a dinner if it\u2019s artisanal all while binge-watching The Day After Tomorrow<\/em><\/em>, pretending it\u2019s just a fictitious movie hoping for Bruce Willis to save our asses from Armageddon<\/em>. Spoiler: don’t expect a season finale if the asteroid hits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sam Altman of OpenAI<\/strong>, Dario Amodei at Anthropic<\/strong>, and about twelve founders who look like rejected extras from Silicon Valley<\/em> B roll all made the rounds this week<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

And finally in culture-meets-economy news, the real betrayal raises it’s ugly head like the Judas it truly is: snacks. Bloomberg<\/em> and Eater<\/em> confirm that PepsiCo<\/strong>, Nestl\u00e9<\/strong>, and General Mills<\/strong> are quietly \u201crebalancing portion sizes,\u201d a move consumers call \u201cshrinkflation\u201d and therapists call \u201ca trust issue.\u201d Movie-theater popcorn tubs are thinner, frozen pizzas from brands like DiGiorno<\/strong> and Tombstone<\/strong> are mysteriously lighter, and experts at the Consumer Federation of America<\/strong> say shoppers are noticing faster than Taylor Swift fans spot an Easter egg in a snow drift. Experts at the Consumer Federation of America suggest shoppers are growing more brand-skeptical, which explains why half of us now stand in grocery aisles squinting at boxes like we\u2019re decoding ancient runes from Egypt or the Mayan Empire. So tonight, when you\u2019re holding that one last sad slice of pizza from Dominos and wondering where the rest went, remember: this isn\u2019t your imagination \u2014 it\u2019s capitalism doing a soft reboot on your bottom, and you didn\u2019t even get the director\u2019s cut. This means throwing popcorn at the movies may become a federal crime.\ud83c\udf55\ud83c\udf7f<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sam Altman of OpenAI, Dario Amodei at Anthropic, and about twelve founders who look like rejected extras from Silicon Valley B roll all made the rounds this week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pizzanpopcorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-6.png?fit=258%2C312&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgXSPI-xs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1617,"url":"https:\/\/pizzanpopcorn.com\/?p=1617","url_meta":{"origin":2074,"position":0},"title":"Not Necessarily the News","author":"admin","date":"January 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"When real-world news starts feeling like a vibe killing marathon sponsored by chaos, mischief-makers, dimwits, and the occasional full-time scallywag, make this your exit ramp. 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