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Sometimes a contractor or service-provider will ask if I’d rather pay in cash. The implication is that a cash transaction can be done without tax – and either or both of us can “save” some money.

What’s not said, in these exchanges is: Hey, want to cheat on our taxes…

Heard today: asking questions is a form of leadership. 👌🏻

I’ll be performing my first-ever solo electronic set as nightmother this Saturday evening at the Circuits in the Woods festival in Brattleboro, Vermont. (Er, at least my first IRL solo electronic set.)

You can check out the festival info and schedule here: https://circuitsvt.org/

I’ll be playing at around 7pm at…

According to U.S. President Donald Trump, Russia “has been fine on Ukraine” and “hasn’t been doing much” to the country it has been attempting to violently conquer for over a decade.

“Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven’t been doing much,” Trump told reporters on Oct. 19.

This…

October 19. Thanks Chad for two tangents from the last post, this comment:

It's already well-known in sports that putting all your money in a few superstars delivers worse outcomes than developing a broad team strategy. It reminds me of that study where a hen breeder bred hens for maximum…

Stopped for a while in Albany. 🚂

Mohawk River in Schenectady. 🚂

A few more details in this Fortune story about the short-lived coup against Matt Mullenweg, but still no real explanation for why it happened:

A remarkable level of secrecy surrounded the drama. None of the board members have publicly explained why they suddenly wanted him out of the company.…

I’ve been meaning to write something, anything, about my experiences over the last, like, five months–holy shit, it’s been nearly five months since I left the US. Holy shit! I thought just now, sitting on the couch, wondering what I should do with myself, since my wife is traveling…

Matthias Pfefferle blogs about a clever way to render OPML in browsers using JavaScript, via @jlelse. I’m going to look into doing this for Micro.blog’s OPML too.