Mom asked, "I wonder when cherries bloom in Japan?" So I found 1200 years of data online and made her a plot.

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Tech folks! My team at the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia Enterprise — the for-profit arm of our non-profit Foundation — is hiring! Senior Software Engineer, Wikimedia Enterprise: https://t.co/UdZUDHCInt We have an opening for an intermediate engineer as well.

Tom Lehrer has put all his songs online (including lyrics & sheet music), and given away all rights to them. The site will only be up for a limited time. This is a very niche tweet that will make a small segment of people very happy. https://t.co/sowetybPhT

“An obliterating narcissism and sawed-off selfishness is latent in American culture like lead in contaminated water; in the absence of countervailing principles, it will naturally make its presence felt over time.”

Local politics will always be fascinating to me and this election was the most interesting one in a LONG time. Because it marked, for the first time, a major shift from the Boomer-centric politics of Austin yore to the Millennial/Gen Z demographic. #austinpolitics

Probably the biggest consequence of last night's Council elections is that the caucus of diehard supply side skeptics has been reduced to two. There's now a veto-proof majority for a broader, more rapid approach to increasing the housing supply in Austin.

“Although the choices of those with privilege have created these systems, for some reason it seems to be the job of the marginalized to ‘fix’ them.”

“We don’t have to accept this housing denialism as part of our civil discourse. The sea levels are rising. Astronauts did land on the moon. And Austin does need more housing.”

Please don’t vote for Linda Guerrero. To still be arguing in 2022 that Austin doesn’t have a housing shortage is delusional. Let’s be done with that sad, desperate perspective on the city council and move on to actually solving our problems instead.

“I’m not saying to convert to Judaism for the purpose of maintaining Jewish enemies, but it is worth considering.”

We might not be able to identify the flaw in our reasoning -- you can't see the back of your head -- but in general, the more the conclusions posit future, abstract benefits to justify proximate cruelty & suffering, the more suspect they are.

“You see, he is not done ruining things yet.”

I just heard someone call Texas the land of gun care and health control; never heard something more true.

“The Estate of Édouard Manet Wishes to Remind Museum Visitors That the Best Way to Prevent Climate Change Is to Throw Bucket After Bucket of Hot Sloppy Soup on the Eminently Mediocre Paintings of That Son of a Bitch Monet”

“The entire history of capitalism is a lesson that you can be very successful and also very terrible.”

That Time a Car Manufacturer Decided He Wanted to Own a Publisher in Order to Advance His Own Political Agenda 🧵

Last day to buy fancy nuts and chocolates at slightly inflated prices to support my lovely daughter Evabel's Girl Scout troop!

While I've got you here: Evabel is only $180 shy of her fundraising goal for her non-profit karate dojo. Only one day left to support! Can you help her get all the way?

Our daughter Evabel's Girl Scout troop is raising money by selling delicious nuts and candies (and magazines, too, if you're still into that paper magazine thing.) Grab some! I recommend the Dulce de Leche Owls and Butter Toasted Peanuts, but you do you.