Me: Hi, I’d like a wake-up call.

Operator: The seven hottest days in the last 100,000 years all happened in the last week.

An angel asked God what He was doing.

"Making Canadians," He said.

"Awww they're so nice," said the angel.

"Oh yeah? Watch this," said God as He dropped a hockey puck.

Hey Engineering, Product and Design leaders!

Orbital Studios brings together small peer groups of other industry leaders to share challenges and best practices.

This Fall, we're running Studios (all 100% virtual) for directors, managers + ICs.

Dates, deadlines and details here: https://orbital.nyc

If you or someone you love is an Engineering Manager, the deadline to apply to our next round of Orbital Studios is Tuesday 8/15!

We're running two (virtual) cohorts with 9am ET and 9am PT start times.

Dates and details on our website: https://orbital.nyc

And, some words from past participants here: https://mastodon.social/@garychou/110815766927106983

“The reason most public transportation is seen as ‘losing’ money is precisely because it charges for trips. If you don't charge fares, suddenly it can't ‘lose’ money. It just costs money, the same as the roads.”

This random comment has given me my new favourite argument for removing fares from public transit.