Brutkey

Matt Blaze
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Matt Blaze
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11 inches of snow so far in DC, which means the local supermarket has probably long ago sold out of fava beans and nice chiantis.

Matt Blaze
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A non-trivial minority of Americans believe that protest is always illegitimate, and that police use of force against protestors is inherently justified. This is a failure of civics education, but it's been clearly with us throughout at least my lifetime. No matter how "perfect" the victim may be, those whose positions have metastasized this way will never be convinced.

That does not mean that protest is futile, only that we should expect that some people won't be reached by it.

Matt Blaze
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I think the worst part of this, aside from the loss of life, is the near certainty that at some point today, Trump will find words that will make the situation much, much worse.

Matt Blaze
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Be warned: The latest death video from Minneapolis is graphic enough to weigh heavily on you, but not detailed enough to really help you understand much about what happened beyond what’s been widely reported.

Matt Blaze
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The National Park Service removed signs referencing slavery at the President's House site in Philadelphia this week, in a shameful attempt to erase important national history.

But the site from which the signs were removed is right on Market Street. It occurs to me that the Philadelphia city government could erect copies of the forbidden displays a few feet away on the sidewalk.

https://share.inquirer.com/N7CjWa

Matt Blaze
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Useful for keeping an eye on the storm: US air traffic "misery map" showing delays and cancelations by airport: https://www.flightaware.com/miserymap/

Right now Denver is the winner, but I suspect the rest of the country will catch up soon enough.

Matt Blaze
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Current snow forecast for DC is for up to about 20" over the weekend, which is double the level at which cannibalism becomes temporarily legal under local law.

Matt Blaze
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I promise we will great you as liberators.

Matt Blaze
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Possibility of 2' of snow in DC this weekend, which would create an excellent opportunity for Greenland to annex us.

Matt Blaze
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This was a rather opportunistic capture with a Leica M240 camera, a 35mm lens, and a tabletop tripod on a windowsill, just before a late afternoon thunderstorm.

The light always does most of the work in photography. Sometimes it works especially hard.