Otay Mesa "Detention Center" (prison camp) in San Diego, CA: lataco.com/captive-loti...

The Head and the Heart (at intermission) with the Seattle Symphony.

Is two years enough time to add the SS guardposts and the stone tunnel?

We're more than a little short on snow, but still got a three-day workout at Crystal Mountain

ICE Agents Still in Hospital After Being Shot Repeatedly by iPhones: tinyurl.com/36ud2nxf

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

Constitutional amendment establishing gray duck as the correct version of the game.

Zambonis are acts of violence.

one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

Chris Murphy: "The amount of training that's given to an ICE officer has been cut in half by this administration. The number of days of training they get are 47. You know why they get 47 days? As an homage to the vanity of POTUS. No wonder the number of violent incidents are going through the roof."

"How much do I know To talk out of turn You might say that I’m young You might say I’m unlearned But there’s one thing I know Though I’m younger than you Even Jesus would never Forgive what you do"

Well, this actually happened. So fuckng disgusting and antithetical to everything America and our public lands used to represent. Glad I ordered early and got a December 2025 pass.

NEWS | Paul Rothrock has signed a new contract, keeping him with the club through 2029. LET'S GOOOOOOOO, PAULIE 🤩 READ ➡️ sndrs.com/c1r1gx3a

Well, there goes my desire to visit the "forbidden kingdom" of Lo someday. Should have snuck in there back in 1999 instead of hanging a right at Kagbeni.

The issue extends far beyond fire/EMS reporting. Similar consolidation and buyouts have hit the simplest systems for scheduling, alerting and training and the most complex for dispatching. And the impacts aren't limited to the cost issues discussed here: Innovation and customer service also suffer.

This is what happens when I return after a weekend away.

Ran a thing. 26.2 things, actually.

“I think we want to win every single night,” Nicole Hensley said. “We know it’s a long season and we try to stack points on top of each other.”

There will only be one inaugural home opener for women's hockey in Seattle

Ordering a new 2025 pass (with a beautiful bird on it) now, good through most of 2026, to avoid this fascist garbage.

Gavin Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Thomas, 20, planned to take over Gonave Island and murder all men on the island, prosecutors alleged. n.pr/4puzyhb

Group of Mountain Climbers Dies on Mountain Everyone Dies On: tinyurl.com/emzu2z7v

Zella trying to lick her nose clean of the ice cream splattered everywhere by her impolite eating habits

🚢 It's been 50 years since the #EdmundFitzgerald sank in Lake Superior. The tragedy has fascinated Minnesotans for decades.

Sounders playoff match

Zelenska says black cats deserve a spoonful of ice cream today.

National holiday in my honor, you say? Sorry, I can't even.

Among the most mundane news items of the era, I managed to put a pair of new bearings in each of a pair of these mini splits. Blissful silence again.

here, damn

I think this cat is half prairie dog. Also, the blanket was nicely folded over the back of the couch until she pulled it down to make her burrow.

Zelenska Marie provides towel warming. I provide dripping water on the floor of the shower for her entertainment.

Progress in Nepal, and the articles have started describing actual reasons (corruption, inequality) for the protests in place of yesterday's stories about kids wanting their socials.

Firefighting veterans believe the management team overseeing fire crews played a key role in handing team members over to immigration authorities, shares Stateline. buff.ly/CicG9BT

The worst one so far from september-8-nepal.vercel.app. That's a child in the typical school uniform of Nepal apparently shot in the head, his backpack soaked with blood.

Graphic photos and videos from Kathmandu

God I fucking love pissed off civic technologists so much americabydesign.fail

I've been stewing about this for a few days now but I just can't contain it anymore. what the fuck is this bullshit. americabydesign.gov

Some cats are good at camping, others not so much.

The laziest of cat fights was interrupted by a low-flying airplane.

My record holder for hundreds (thousands?) of hours of music listened to before seeing them live was wiped out by this evening with Alison Krauss and Union Station. And opener Willie Watson was like a visitor from another era.

Diversions

This stuff has been a game-changer for post-run recovery as I work back into marathon shape. Its hint of flavor compared to normal sports drinks makes it quickly drinkable.

Despite having old-af Port Townsend as the test crowd for jokes about being young in the 00s, Amanda Knox is fucking funny. And all the heartfelt and sad and inspiring things you'd expect.

An exceptionally relevant and informative if demoralizing read