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1. 13th book of 2024: “Bliss Montage”, by Ling Ma ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60243188-bliss-montage").

   Bliss MontageA new creation by the author of Severance, the stories …Goodreads

   I forget why this got my attention but I will cop to the “by the author of Severance” blurb helping more than somewhat, not realizing that it’s a novel that predates the show by four years and is completely unrelated to it.

   What a lovely mistake! The stories were excellent and I will probably grab the novel too. Warning: maybe check the content before starting on the first two stories?

   

2. saw Bill Frisell’s solo show last night in Berkeley and it was pretty trippy for me that he opened his 8PM set with You Are My Sunshine, which is the song my wife sings to our kid at his bed time, which is 8PM. it’s like I hadn’t left home.

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBtjKTEHKUM his performance of it last night had a lot more skronk on it, but, this, generally

   Bill Frisell - "You Are My Sunshine" | Fretboard JournalBill Frisell performs "You Are My Sunshine" at the Fretboard Journal magazine HQ. On this track, Bill is playing his heavily modified Fender Telecaster with ...YouTube

3. https://web.archive.org/web/20240413115023/http://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/sf-traffic-ticket-decline-data-19383950.php

   Charts reveal stunning trend in S.F. traffic tickets — and point to huge challenge for citySan Francisco has seen a decade-long drop in traffic citations, a trend that police have vowed to reverse. A Chronicle analysis shows the drop in detail.San Francisco Chronicle

   doomed

   infrastructure cannot be corrected by process controls

4. I’ve never used a modal single-letter keyboard command in Slack on purpose.

   

5. gravely googling: reliable source of pearl onions in sf fresh or frozen

   it’s only coq au vin, small shallots will do