There have been significant delays and some cancellations at SFO the last day plus, owing to weather (low cloud, wind gusts reportedly up to 65 mph) on top of the gov't issues. If the shutdown continues, I'm wondering if I'll be able to get to LosCon this year.

Glad you had a safe and apparently uneventful journey. Now get some rest!

As many times as they've assured people that this time it's the real deal, it may have more in common with Groundhog Day. (The movie, not the event in February).

Not rejoicing. Saving that for a different occasion. But definitely not grieving.

You're in Exeter? I'm SO jealous.

I suspect Musk has a copy of a lot of relevant material. We just need his feud with the dictator to heat up a little bit more...

You got there safely, that's what counts. CalTrain was twenty minutes late getting into SF from Santa Clara, which didn't bother me, but they apologized repeatedly for the delay which surprised and amused me.

"Grown men with tears in their eyes saying to me, 'Sir, sir, what is a Panican?'"

That's the problem. His Maker doesn't want any part of him, either.

I like beets but not at every meal every day, thanks.

It's been reported (The Guardian, Politico, et al) that there have been at least twenty group chats on Signal involving national security.

Can anyone tell me what we import from the penguins? I need to recalculate my budget, but I'm not finding anything under penguin-made products.

Don't worry, you'll have other opportunities. Trade War Escalation Day, Mother of All Trade Wars Day, and of course Bestest Bigly Trade War Day. Might want to lay in a bigger stock of cards and buy extra stamps.

Just subscribe to it and you'll get an email link to the recording soon after the live version, even with the free subscription. Also, it's not always at four, it depends on his schedule.

No, it's not the country I want to live in anymore, but I'm 1) old and 2) not obscenely rich, so what choice do I have?