Weeknote #88 (20260531-20260606)

7 jun 2026

happened

You may have already seen this on one of my social media accounts, but if not:

(Trigger warning: car vs ped, everything comes out mostly okay…)

Mx19 and a friend went into the city on Wednesday to see Wicked. (Friend won lottery tickets, 5th row, $55!) After, they took LIRR back out to where their school is. Walking from the train station to the parking garage, crossing a street, they were both hit by the driver of a car.

The driver first struck the friend, then tried to drive around them, and ended up running Mx19 completely over.

Luckily, there was a cop across the street, two ambulances nearby, and this happened a block from an NYU Langone branch.

Mx19 was alert and responsive at the scene, got transported, has had CT and X-ray, and is about as well as you can be after being run over with a car. They were not concussed, there’s no internal bleeding/injury, the only broken bone is a slight non-displaced fracture of part of one hip.

They do have A LOT of road rash. They spent the night in the hospital, and have been discharged. They hurt, particularly when moving/walking, but they will heal.

TheWife has gone out to Long Island to be with them and help with aftercare. I’m extremely grateful this wasn’t a worse outcome and I’m happy that we’re privileged enough that she can drop everything to make the trip.

Big shout out to the Hofstra Dean of Students, who was amazingly supportive and visited Mx19 and friend in the hospital last night.

read

I have continued to re-read the older Murderbots in advance of starting the new one; this week I finished Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy, Network Effect, Fugitive Telemetry, and System Collapse, so I’m ready to start the new one!
“Making Linux Startup a Little Less … Linuxy” is pitch perfect. No notes.
Unread bookmark count: got down to 182 at one point, but is now back at 195 doublesigh

listened

Behind Your Blue Fields is a fantastic collection of indie pop gems from The Laughing Chimes

watched

This Will Destroy You did an in-studio on KEXP LAST JULY and none of you fuckers mentioned it?! I thought we were friends.

cooked

Monday: grilled sausages and hot dogs
Tuesday: pork shoulder steak, marinated overnight in soy sauce/Worcestershire sauce/fish sauce/minced garlic/black pepper, grilled over a mix of conventional + hickory charcoal, served alongside a caprese salad
Wednesday: roast chicken, grilled asparagus

looking forward to

A short period of time in which shit is quiet and boring. Unfortunately, there is zero chance in hell that this is actually going to happen.

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