Amanda Walker

Buc-ee's isn't exactly representative of American gas stations...

Fascinating if reproducible.

Not incoming. Well underway at this point.

Corollary: you can tell what any organization's actual priorities are, regardless of what anyone says, by where they place and use their resources.

He badly needs an editor, but this is great.

I hope this email finds you on the couch with the necessary amount of blankets, snacks, and pets

Sports are segregated in order to protect men from that kind of humiliation.

A late twilight aerial photo of Philadelphia, PA (and Camden, NJ). The city lights fill most of the picture, with the Delaware River clearly visible. On the horizon at left is the very last bit of color from the sunset, and in the middle left is the jet engine nacelle of the airliner the picture was taken from.

Philadelphia as we flew past.

Marcin, I believe you have found the topic of your next book(s) :-).

I'd put it on a roundel ("on a roundel sable NATO logo argent" or vice versa).

A freshly baked loaf of whole wheat bread sitting on a decorative wooden cutting board on a white countertop. One end of the loaf has been sliced off, and the bread knife is sitting on the cutting board in front of the loaf.

Agreed. I've started baking bread every 2 weeks, just as a grounding exercise.

He's managed to unite Europe! That's not a small thing.

the problem with an untrained secret police squad that shoots people in their cars isn’t that they’re untrained

"Don't make us mad." "Look at what you made us do." Classic abuse language.

"The key to success: survivorship bias" :-)

"Just circling back after the holidays..."

We are setting a good example! Leadership!

Right there with you.

Wow, that's amazingly clear.

Tweet from 2022 that says "I believe the majority of the vaccinated will not be around to see the year 2025."

Happy New Year to my fellow vaccinated people who made it to 2025

I loved my Pacifica Hybrid. Alas, someone totalled it while it was parked a couple of months ago. But it's a great vehicle.

Especially if they are very careful to distinguish between "mitigate" and "remediate"...

Well, it certainly doesn't seem like the usual SF-85P "public trust" background investigation that HHS requires.

They seem to be the latest version of McMansions. They are popping up all over the DC area. Giant white boxes with black trim on tiny lots.

I've worked on health care related projects for HHS. I am sad to see political appointees destroying the Department's mission and legacy every time I check the news.

Too bad this regime doesn't vet appointees as thoroughly as they do employees and contractors.

DC residents have been refusing to call that airport anything but National for almost thirty years, we certainly can refuse to call that arts center anything but the Kennedy Center for three

And anyone who thinks wheelchair service is a way to cheat airport lines has never experienced getting through a busy airport in a wheelchair.

Tall wide angle view of the rotunda of Bahnhof Enge in Zürich, Switzerland. The circular rotunda has gray stone walls and a wooden ceiling with lights suspended from it, with a high circular light in the center of the ceiling. Hallways lead away from the rotunda to shops, the street, and the train platforms. Taken on December 11, 2025 with an Insta360 X5 camera.

Some train stations are prettier than others.

Plus a winter weather advisory! Snow and freezing drizzle should make tomorrow extra fun. I have an evening event in DC tomorrow, but I'm now having second thoughts.

military. I want an edit button, darn it.