If you are even a mild St. Vincent fan, I recommend her fantastic new live album:

Delta Air Lines…responded to the continuing shutdown by suspending special services for members of Congress, including airport escorts and red coat services.

I applaud Delta for doing this, but why the heck do members of congress get special services in the first place? Sure, for certain situations I could see it, but generally they should be in the airport mixed in with the rest of us citizens. Pat them down!

Related, we’re flying out of Des Moines today, heading down to Phoenix. With some time to kill we took some inspiration from the Thingelstads:

The Des Moines airport was a bit of a breath of fresh air. We were literally the only people at security when we walked up. Everyone was mostly chipper. I suppose! (Though the shuttle to the airport had a happy-to-tell-you-what-he-thought driver. 🤷‍♂)

Trying to wrap up my work tasks before our vacation was an absolute flurry. I’ve not felt much more busy (in a good way) in my career than I have with 2026 and We Are Good Enough. Maybe it’s the ownership aspect? Maybe it’s that I really love the products that we’re working on? Maybe it’s the catalyst of LLMs helping me accomplish more work than I should be capable of?

In any case, I’m going to do my best to make this vacation a week-off-the-grid style time off. Family, food, reading, and a pool. Repeat.

The sing along lyrics in “The Subway” are so fantastic.

I’ve seen several Chappell Roan concert videos that have the song lyrics onscreen, which I think is genius (assuming the artist wants that type of concert). So many times I go to a concert and know the words 50/50. Properly done this can enhance the experience, and it also builds in accessibility in a cool way. 👏