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17:45: Welcome to the experiment. I'm at Spiteful with Cassie watching the Big Game, but also doing a field test of the Daily Parker mobile editing experience. So far, no score on the TV but the editor is doing well. And the fact that the page auto-saves every 30 seconds is helpful. Keep refreshing: you will see me typing in near real time!

Lots of morning meetings, then stuff so far this afternoon, and now...a quick breath. Of course, given that it's still 2025, I'm not exactly breathing sweet summer air: The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked the (obviously unlawful) Texas redistricting effort, using logic that would very likely bolster the way California passed theirs. Paul Krugman muses that the billions the cryptocurrency industry spent to "buy a president" may not be the winning investment they thought, perhaps because they got...

I snapped this on my just-before-sunrise departure from SFO on Sunday: Also, if you have any doubts that the earth is round, see the above. (And why are you reading this blog?) I'll have my usual ranty news-related post after lunch.