You are in a twisty maze of Chesterton’s Fences, all alike.

I wonder how many Gs that is at the surface. https://mastodon.art/@Nick_Stevens_graphics/115867175659795575

Let's start the year with some good news: National Guard troops are officially out of Portland, Chicago, and LA. https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/12/31/repub/trump-gives-up-on-national-guard-deployment-in-3-cities/

Happy holidays, folks. I hope the lights find you.

A fun new transit option to visit in Paris: gondolas on cables! https://www.urban-transport-magazine.com/en/greater-paris-frist-urban-ropeway-cable-c1-opened/

If you’re ever curious about what I consider fun. (I’m totally printing this so I can complete it with pencil and paper.)
https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/115701946110058114

The new train stations are here! The new train stations are here! #train

(3 new Link light rail stations are now open in the Seattle metro area.)

https://www.soundtransit.org/southkinglink/events

Does the sauce ever thicken slightly? Does it really?

I helpin u read #caturday

I do love @wikipedia so much. Their homepage today shows a solid way to honor Transgender Day of Remembrance, laying down facts in the prominent Did You Know section:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

#NewGlenn Launch webcast is up on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/e9WpN-c9VCQ

Puck is still such a kitten. I honestly can’t picture what she’ll be like as a grownup cat. She’s unlike any cat I’ve lived with. #caturday

We carved turnips; they didn’t end up spooky. I think it’s me, not the turnips

Watched Clue tonight. I love that film so much.

Feeling extra autumn today.

We’re here to burgle yer turts!

Raaaaain!

I like rain.

Magnitude 8.8 earthquake? What even is that?

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000qw60/executive

(I saw the tsunami warning for Washington State.)

Canceled my Paramount subscription today. I was prepared to go spend a bunch to replace the #StarTrek shows I like to watch, but it turns out the economics of the future are a bit different.

https://globalspin.com/2025/07/streaming-star-trek/

I'll miss Strange New Worlds, but hopefully it won't be too long before I can pick up Season 3 somewhere.

I'm still glad of local independent media. The Spokane Range brought the numbers yesterday about ICE raids in Washington State so far this year.

https://rangemedia.co/immigration-arrests-surge-washington-trump/

The article shows that not only have arrests increased, but ICE is definitely taking people based on racial profiling, and increasingly taking people without even a pretext of criminal history.

Not exactly a surprise, but confirmation that this is real and happening here.