SOC - Ohio State 2025

I'm gonna do that thing where I start the SOC with something I had been writing this week (but didn't finish) and then end the SOC with the actual SOC. I know I don't need to tell you that each time I do it, but I feel that it requires a "parts of this Stream Of Consciousness were pre-written" disclaimer. It was going to be a very short post anyway, so here's the condensed version...