Here in California certain highways are really little more than guideways for thousands upon thousands of 18wheel trucks.

Yet these highways run roughly paralllel to railroads that carry enormous consists carrying nothing but containerized freight.

The railroads are far more efficient - whether that is fuel, emissions, or employees-per-ton/mile.

Many of those highway truck's cargo should be on trains - trucks are for local delivery or special loads tha don't fit on rail cars.

In a sensible world those truck's cargo would be on trains, but it is not.

Hedge funds have been ripping up railroads, leaving the US with barely enough trackage - squeezing dollars out rather than improving their offerings to induce truck cargo onto trains.

Once again, we are dying the death of a thousand cuts, caused by short-term "quick" profit and "shareholder value" nonesense.

Saw Hiromi Uehara perform again tonight. Excellent show!!! I've seen her several times and this was the best.

Hiromi was great (as usual) and Simon Phillips on drums was ... wow. Here's a photo of his setup.

The Kuumbwa is a great place for this kind of performance - it is small (about 200 seats) and it lets the musicians and audience really interact.

#jazz

I want this doormat!!

How many authenticator apps do I need?

I've got:

- Google Authenticator on my iPhone/iPads

- Authy (on some platforms)

- 2Stable

- RSA Authenticator (which seems incompatable with the Google one)

And now ID.me wants me to download their authenticator app.

Hey guys, can't we just have ONE standardized time-based authenticator that runs on Windows, Android, MacOS, iphone OS, iPad OS, Linux, and maybe *BSD?

And also, not cost $50/year - I'm looking at you 2Stable.

@nprofile1q... - I just came across your piece, "The Nuremberg Caucus"

I've been working on a similar idea.

(I also included a link in my references section pointing to your piece, with which I agree.)

"The American Tribunal - Justice After The End of MAGA"

https://tribunal.cavebear.com/

It was just brought to my attention that Cory Doctrow has proposed a post-trump "Nuremberg Caucus" that is in rough alignment with my proposed American Tribunal.

I rather like Doctrow's proposal to create lucrative bounties to incent ICE/CBP agents to provide information to convict other ICE/CBP agents.

Compare:

https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/10/miller-in-the-dock/#denazification

https://tribunal.cavebear.com/

Add another item to the growing list of reasons why my resistance to the death penalty for ICE/CBP agents and their managers (all the way to the top) is fading away:

"Deportees Recount Harrowing Journeys to Africa: Shackles, a ‘Freezer’ and Blows"

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/world/africa/us-deportation-flight-ice-detention-liberia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9VA.hGEW.elx2vOMTBdoa&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Is Christianity is the most intolerant and murderous of all religions? Islam has often been described as being spread by the sword - but it seems to me that that description is more appropriately applied to Christianity and its modern blood-lusty fundamentalist evangelists.

"Pete Hegseth’s holy war: the militant Christian theology animating the US attack on Iran"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/10/pete-hegseth-christianity-iran-war-crusade

If El Cheato wants to go after corruption here's one that is close to home...

To me this item suggests that we really ought to leave DHS unfunded, permanently.

"Homeland security awarded $250,000 contract to Trump-aligned consulting firm"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/26/homeland-security-contract-trump

As far back as 2011 I posited the idea of each state enacting laws over the corporations chartered on that state's laws as a means to restrict the effect of the Citizens United decision.

I have been glad to see that idea grow into The Montana Plan and now this piece and possible action in California.

(Note that this state by state approach will probably leave "corporate havens" by states that want to reap the benefits of attracting corporations to move their incorporation to those states.)

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-california-can-neuter-citizens