Finished reading: Rogues in Hell 📚
14th book in a complex shared-world series featuring (mostly) historical figures in a bizarre & funny conglomeration of hells from across various cultures and faiths. I enjoy the series, but if you start at this point you’ll be completely lost.
Life in the tower: Who controls Seattle’s drawbridges?
Who knew that drawbridge operators need to check their blind spot before raising the bridge? Not me.
Federal judge halts deportations after Trump invokes Alien Enemies Act
He also ordered planes in the air heading for Venezuela to turn around and come back. I fear this will be the order the administration chooses to ignore.
Trump invokes wartime law to target Venezuelan gang and speed up deportations
This appears to be not even remotely legal: we’re not at war with Venezuela, and we can’t be at war with a gang. That’s not how anything works. Analysis from the Brennan Center.
And speaking of Amazon idiocy…they sent me an email telling me my deleted seller account was reactivated at my request (no such request was sent) followed by another email demanding copies of my government-issued ID and a new credit card. Further evidence it’s time to get unamazoned.
“Walking into Spring”
Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/30s, ISO 400. Hardesty Trail, the same day there was a foot of snow 3000 feet higher.
Software Development Job Postings on Indeed in the United States
Absolutely cratered since the post-pandemic highs. So much for any stray thought I might have had about unretiring.
Donald Trump, In DOJ Speech, Calls CNN And MSNBC “Illegal” For Reporting Negatively On Him
I need to start figuring out which non-US news sources to follow. It seems pretty clear that the intent is to stamp out free press in the US. Of course, once we get the “Great Wall of the US” internet blocks, it won’t be possible to get independent news anyhow.
Finished reading: Rough Sleepers 📚
Tracy Kidder digs into the work of Dr. Jim O’Connell with the unhoused community in Boston. A scary look at the mostly-ignored people in America. And I fear this group is going to grow and be worse off in the next few years.
“Snowdodendron”
Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 35mm, f/5.2, 1/125s, ISO 320. Along the Eula Ridge trail.
