It’s funnier than you think. They surge out then withdraw to clear the sidewalk so people can pull into the parking garage. I waited for them to clear out of the road last weekend and they only did so when someone drove around my car to pull in, then they did this backup thing.

View of the chaos from the Willamette

I think it’s high time we take back the national narrative. For centuries Americans of all races, genders, religions, and abilities have worked to create a more perfect union, and we should shout from the rooftops that WE are America. Not these idiot white supremacist authoritarians.

All of AWS business is run out of regional data centers that can be chosen by customers. Capacity growth is driven by which centers are getting more business, and US data centers get a lot.