When I say the shortcutting rush hour traffic is stifling people riding and walking, this is what I mean. Here’s my street on a weekend.

People either are unaware of how awful cruises are when it comes to carbon, or they just don’t care.

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Flurry of productivity: sign my mom up on the walk-in waitlist, b-line over to dentist to make her an appointment, oil change for car (yep, I have to drive) as we wait, into doctor.

Provided a reference for someone to get a job in journalism. Feels good.

Well the question, 'Does Troy Pavlek carry the podcast?' has been answered! The answer is a resounding 'No.' Articulate and thoughtful analysis this week by Stephanie Swensrude (she/her) and Mack Male that works well despite, maybe even because of, the lack of sass.

Do I love that the Green Onion Cake Man is also a skilled engineer who likes to golf, and has invented his own driver? Yes.

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More than 700 horsepower. Weighs 6,000 pounds. Legal on the street. But I’m not allowed to put up large slow down signs.

We built an expensive city to operate.

Tweets I didn’t expect to see today.

The cynic in me sees a big city win turning into a reversed loss over the coming days.

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In personal achievements news, last night I believe I reassembled a mechanical watch movement into a working state. I struggle with calm, deliberate manual work so this is like a form of forced meditation (plus managing my frustration when I break it and have to start over.)