Wednesday evening roundup
Happy Wednesday! Here's what I'm reading before my 8pm meeting, now that my 6:30pm meeting just ended:Alexandra Petri finds exactly the right analogy for the Republican complaints that an investigation...
View ArticleBrooding about cicadas in suburban New York
Long Island went from idyllic farmland to completely urbanized in 75 years, thanks in part to Robert Moses inability (or unwillingness) to comprehend that any form of transport existed except...
View ArticleHow to talk to the vaccination-wary
I confess to some difficulty talking to people who exhibit willful irrationality. If you don't want to wear a mask or get a vaccine because you somehow equate that with a political party, I don't know...
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Hiking
Cassie and I took on a stretch of the Ice Age Trail near La Grange, Wis., this afternoon:She is snoring peacefully on the couch now, and probably will continue doing so for many hours.Note to self:...
View ArticleDouglas Coupland is annoyed with Canada's government
The author (most notably of the generation-defining novel Generation X) wants Canada to follow the science and quit screwing over my generation:People my age and younger got the leftovers – which is...
View ArticleOne year later
A year ago today, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd under color of law:The NAACP kicked off Tuesday by holding a moment of silence for Floyd at 9:29 a.m. on its Facebook...
View ArticleMasking some fascinating statistics
NBC has a story this afternoon about people who have gotten full vaccinations against Covid-19 yet prefer to stay masked:As mask mandates ease across the country, many people are finding that their...
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Doe!
This morning while walking Cassie I saw a deer placidly grazing in St Boniface Cemetery by the Lawrence Ave. fence. Now, in most parts of the world, deer hang out in cemeteries about as often as...
View ArticleWeep, O Mine Eyes, and Sea Snot
The Sea of Marmara, which lies between the Black and Mediterranean Seas, is covered in mucus:[A] thick, viscous substance known colloquially as “sea snot” is floating on the water’s surface, clogging...
View ArticleRemoving highways
About two weeks ago I told a relative newcomer to San Francisco about the Embarcadero Freeway, which used to cover the Embarcadero from Fisherman's Wharf down to the Bay Bridge. From its construction...
View ArticleWell-designed phishing attack
I had planned to note Bruce Schneier's latest essay, "The Misaligned Incentives for Cloud Security," along with a report that Microsoft has noticed an uptick in SolarWinds attacks against its own...
View ArticleHow long until the end of the Republic?
Via James Fallows, Eric Scnurer worries that we've gone from the Gracci to Sulla to Cataline—a span of 57 years of Roman history—in only two years of ours:Despite...Catiline’s intent to murder Cicero...
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Spooky Boi
Remember the deer in the cemetery? He's getting bolder:He (I think it's a male fawn) let me get pretty close, and held still when I took photos through the fence:A local artist named him "Spooky Boi,"...
View ArticleWelcome to Summer 2021
The northern hemisphere started meteorological summer at midnight local time today. Chicago's weather today couldn't have turned out better. Unfortunately, I go into the office on the first and last...
View ArticleRansomware in the news
I've just received my third nearly-identical fake DMCA takedown notice, which I may decide to turn over to the FBI if I can muster the shits to give. I find it funny how each one of them has a few...
View ArticleThird day of summer
The deployment I concluded yesterday that involved recreating production assets in an entirely new Azure subscription turned out much more boring (read: successful) than anticipated. That still didn't...
View ArticleThe Republican Civil War moves to Oregon
The Multnomah County, Ore., Republican Party has suffered what one might call a psychotic episode:The story in Multnomah County, which is home to both Democrat-dominated Portland and a strong...
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Teaser photo
I took 540 photos at Montrose Dog Beach today. I expect to post a bunch this afternoon and tomorrow evening. For now, though, here's a quick taste:Did she have fun? Oh, my yes.
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More beach photos
I didn't have as much time to edit photos yesterday as I expected, so I only have two more for today:And I want to give a big shout out to this little guy, named Bear, who forded the 5-meter-wide tidal...
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Yet more Cassie beach photos
Just look at this beauty:This dog had way too much fun on Sunday. Towards the end of her time at the beach, she chased this dude all over:I have almost as much fun as she does, watching her open up to...
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