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@RadioFreeTom If you could unblock me at the good place. wiredog@bsky

@RadioFreeTom @DorothyDawe Germany does not have Nikes *yet*. I suspect they could within six months or so. So could Japan.

@capitalweather I’m sitting on the front porch in a beach chair wearing a Hawaiian shirt, shorts, and sandals. In Reston.

As trick-or-treaters venture out, it’s in the upper 70s. Is this Labor Day or Halloween? Is this DC or Miami Beach? 🍂 🌴

@capitalweather Earlier in Reston.

@capitalweather Aurora in Reston!

@MatthewCappucci Aurora is apparently visible in Loudon County and Front Royal.

Raining lightly here in Red Deer, Canada — but clearing is coming. Will we get a good auroral substorm? I’m ready.

@CockDoc @EasterbrookG I would say it’s less dangerous, not safer.

@EasterbrookG People are dying of alcoholism and alcohol related health issues every day in this country. Nothing is TRULY benign (there are people addicted to eating the filling of their couches…) but MJ is safer than both alcohol and tobacco, which are legal everywhere.

Well-done report from NYT. Alex Berenson got the heave-ho from Twitter in no small part over his 2019 book saying marijuana is not benign. Seth Steinzor a lawyer for the Attorney General of Uncle Bernie’s Vermont warned about marijuana a decade ago nytimes.com/2024/10/04/hea…

@MatthewCappucci I know people in Hendersonville and Asheville. Hoping they’re ok…

Catastrophic flooding is ongoing in the Carolinas. UNC Asheville has cancelled classes until October 9. Meanwhile, another tropical threat may visit the Gulf of Mexico later this week: washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/0…

@MatthewCappucci It’s getting real! tallahassee.com/story/news/hur…

Big Bend folk — BE READY FOR THE EYEWALL. This storm is moving fast. It will go from breezy to “things are flying off my house” very fast. You may experience mesovortices, miniswirls and tornado-like wind speeds. BE READY FOR THIS.

You need a manual to work on my 1979 International Harvester Scout. Donald Trump and JD Vance have a manual, too. It’s called Project 2025, and it tells us exactly how they’re going to stick it to the middle class.

@RadioFreeTom For some reason you’ve got me blocked over there. @wiredog.bsky.social

@JamesFallows @SaltLakeTribBRK Notice.. Thanks auto carrot.

@JamesFallows @SaltLakeTribBRK I’ve always wondered why Pat Bailey, the SLTrib cartoonist, hasn’t gotten more national not.

@kairyssdal WAMU did it too.

@kairyssdal Astronauts will not return to Earth in Boeing Lawndart.

@dodgerslifer @RadioFreeTom Of course, you realize, this means war.

@RadioFreeTom Up there, but neither eclipses the Bullfight for me

@Lileks Saw your former employer in the NYT today.

Finished mowing the lawn, aka the Brown Spot Revelation Initiative.

@capitalweather @HazardWriter @kairyssdal

The 4.4 magnitude earthquake that jolted the Los Angeles area this week hit in the area of a fault system that could pose an even greater threat to parts of the city than the notorious San Andreas fault. Reporting by @HazardWriter ⤵️ washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/0…

@MatthewCappucci Dude, you’re at least 3 years from throwing out your back with a sneeze and the adventure of “what new pain do I have today”.

Welp, 27 years around the sun today — I’m officially at one third of my statistical life expectancy. I despise my birthday. 🤪 On the plus side, celebrating it in Denmark was cool. Goals for my next third? Ideally a family, some more TV hits, keep my hair, and more tornadoes.

@EasterbrookG @WSJ I expect that TMQ may mention this.

Just learned that Walz coached high school football. Now that's more like it! High school football can be a great learning experience for coaches as well as kids. wsj.com/politics/elect… via @WSJ