I watched the Maryland Cycling Classic from ~7 different spots today and Roland & 36th in Hampden was my favorite.

This is the men's peloton on their third lap, bombing down Roland on their way back from Northern Parkway. Doing around 45mph here.

Saw a support minivan catch air on the 4th lap.

yo! I got one from pretty close to that angle, too.

I rode to the gym and it was high, rode back a couple hours later and it was a foot higher.

Spooky to have that much water moving where it's not supposed to.

splashing against the side of White Hall Mill

and down at Art With a Heart in Falls Rd

Jones Falls River as high as I've ever seen it near the Meadow Mill building.

still running into no emoji-having font packs IRL

My instructor surprised me with my blue belt on Tuesday.

I've been training BJJ a little over two years, three times a week.

Progress for myself, on myself, feels really meaningful right now.

my gym is hosting a tournament put on by the DMV Queer Fight Club (www.instagram.com/queer_dmv_fi...)

likely to be bonkers packed, but i support my community and dig live jiu jitsu. $5 for spectators.

I can vibe with this

speaking of career, i'm trying to learn a new field as fast as i can and everyone is selling but i'm not sure what to buy

pictured:

"Agents are not enough" www.arxiv.org/pdf/2412.16241

"More agents is all you need" arxiv.org/pdf/2402.05120

Traded my youngest a Common Ground Cafe chocolate chip muffin for a drawing and it absolutely came out in my favor

how many BTUs in a 300' x 100' x 15' pile of wood that had been seasoning for up to 8 years?

From the Baltimore Polytechnic parking lot.