I'd like to jam this out and have some extended guitar solos, like a "Dancin' in the Streets" from the spring 1977 East Coast tour. "Watercolors," is a lovely jazz instrumental that popped up in my feed. I enjoyed this very much. youtube.com/watch?v=bmy6ft…

If you live in the U.S. and are often disappointed in its anti-intellectual culture, you probably hear a lot more about the times experts get it wrong compared to the times they mostly get it right. So here are some of the times climatologists made predictions that came true.

All this liberal confidence in not just a Harris victory, but perhaps even a resounding one, is grating and unhelpful. Please, just keep your cool.

Powerful. Longing. Sadness. Regret, but thankful. When I first heard these words sung to a mournful tune, I was struck. 20+ years later, I am still struck This wasn't the music of my generation, but finding it meaningful might partially explain why I decided to study history.

I struggle to think of anything positive that has come out of the Trump era. And it's been almost TEN years. It has only produced madness, embarrassment, baseless attacks, and hatred. A Harris victory MIGHT de-escalate some of the tension. A Trump victory would continue it.

Okay. Significant progress made on the #bridgefire today. When I awoke it was 11% contained. Now CalFire is reporting containment of 25%. That is good. Undoubtedly this was helped by lower temps. Hoping for more progress.

The FED is going to meet tomorrow. It's likely going to cut rates by 25 or 50 basis points. Aren't y'all excited?