Mastodawn

No hot takes. No name calling. That is the self-imposed guidance for our new, weekend radio show/podcast, America @ 250: Due Diligence. https://open.substack.com/pub/newsguy/p/new-us-radio-show-seeks-to-foster?r=1g77q&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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Dan Kegel May 21

Followup: it's not a pots cabinet, it's a traffic signal cabinet. And it's still unlocked, despite reporting it twice to the city, and to the crew doing work on a new signal cabinet two blocks away.

Dan Kegel May 2

Jesús Espino Apr 29

The paperback of Deep Dive into a SQL Query finally arrived.

I ordered a copy from Amazon to check the print quality myself, and it came out better than I expected. Different feeling seeing it on paper instead of a screen.

Kindle and paperback link in the reply 👇

Dan Kegel Apr 29

Carl S. Gutekunst Apr 28

How to tell you're traveling in rural Japan? Instead of a Shinkansen flying over the countryside at 180MPH or an smooth interurban at 85MPH, you get a 50-year-old rail diesel car snorting and lumbering down the line at 50MPH... if the wind is blowing the right way.

But JR West turned their aging KiHa 40 series DMU's from a minus to a plus with a livery (inside and out) of Shigeru Mizuki's yōkai. Boarding at Yonago's Platform 0 — which is also yōkai themed — adds to the general weirdness.

#Trains #Japan #JapanRail #Sakaiminato #Tottori #TrainStation

Dan Kegel Apr 26

Carl S. Gutekunst Apr 24

#Walking the Okōchi Sansō #Garden, #Arashiyama, #Kyoto, #Japan. The place is absolutely beautiful, but considering its size, the length of the trail, and all the elevation changes, it felt more like a hike than a garden stroll. 😄

#FootpathFriday #Footpaths #Pathways #JapaneseGarden

Dan Kegel Apr 23

Steve Herman Apr 22

FBI began investigating a New York Times reporter last month after she wrote about the bureau’s director, Kash Patel, using bureau personnel to provide his girlfriend with government security and transportation. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/us/politics/fbi-times-reporter.html?unlocked_article_code=1.c1A.GRjC.KQNdYmmMvEh-&smid=nytcore-ios-share

F.B.I. Said to Have Investigated Times Reporter After Article on Patel’s Girlfriend

The bureau said it is not pursuing a case, but the scrutiny is an example of the Trump administration weighing whether to criminalize routine news gathering.

The New York Times

Dan Kegel Apr 21

Fun fact: claude and copilot together tend to be useful for code review.

This may be more important than many other uses of those tools.

Dan Kegel Apr 18

Spending some quality time with Claude at the farmer's market. Bob's donuts are quite good. Too bad Claude's on a diet.

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Dan Kegel Apr 14

Called it in this morning. Still not locked. I taped it shut with a bit of duct tape to keep it dry.