Dolphins welcomed NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 after Splashdown.

Drawn by all the hubbub and hullabaloo. But that’d be a cool sight after over 8 months in space.

Today, I heard from a friend in the UK who hadn’t been in touch for a while. She said she missed me and that I “understand things effortlessly that most people cannot even think about.”

If that’s not a great damn compliment, I don’t know what it is. It’s not as effortless as it looks, though. Behind that instant intuition is tens of millions of pages of books. It was good to hear from her. She has a damn fine mind herself and is much funnier than I will ever be. She wanted my take on the changed world and the future that lies ahead. I gave it and she said she’ll stay in touch more.

I hope so.

I know, it’s great!

So glad the time changed! It’s the best thing since eukaryotic life. Why anyone likes it getting dark at 4PM is beyond me and always will be.

Zelensky’s “I need ammunition. Not a ride” after the second Russian invasion is one of the most badass things any living human has said.

I’m pretty brave but I’m gonna be honest: I probably would’ve been on the first plane to Warsaw or London. The odds were not in Ukraine’s favor.

And to think, we used to be a country.