Just had a thought.

With all our ticketing/workflow systems, it seems like it should be easy to produce a monthly or quarterly report showing the *fraction* of tickets filed by people that ever have the highest priority, sorted by that fraction (descending) and grouped by role (e.g., direct customer support, management, development, architecture, operations, etc.). Maybe with a cutoff for low numbers of tickets filed, so we don’t get bogus data due to small denominators.

The intent being to (gently) highlight those folks whose lack of planning leads them to file last-minute, high-priority tickets. And maybe encourage them to plan a little better. Maybe a little root cause analysis, five why’s -type stuff. (I’m ignoring those folks who simply think their work is more important than everybody else’s, but that might come out, too.)

I don’t know why this never occurred to me before.

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-he-ordered-cutting-off-all-trade-with-spain-2026-07-08/

51% of the US electorate voted for this. Don’t say you didn’t. Don’t say you didn’t know.

A third of the US electorate still supports this. Are you stupid or evil? (Or both?) Pick one, because there is no way this is reasonable, in any light.

https://karenattiah.substack.com/p/when-beautifying-your-grief-does

«To embrace hopelessness is to realize that beauty and discipline can easily tip into the ugliness of avoidance— a way of trying to run from death and the reality of impermanence. Instead of rushing to re-invention, there is true strength in sitting with my multiple deaths, and resisting the urge to put fake flowers and plastic glitter over the very real bones of old dreams.»

Not a sentiment one runs across very often.

This is a really great essay.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/us/politics/trump-coin-crypto-investors-loss.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vFA.mu_c.DREuTYhq4VNF&smid=url-share

A million lost $4,000/person while half a million profited $8,000/person. That’s a wealth transfer from the stupid to the clever.

https://www.popehat.com/p/a-bit-of-tedious-drama-at-bluesky

«Elon Musk is autistic trillionaire Radio Rwanda.»

I just had a crazy thought, having seen my 8,000th picture of Pete Hegseth: is he gay?

Just kinda hit me. I’m sure 100,000 people have wondered this before me; I’m kinda slow, but I get there.

I mean… the whole emphasis on manliness. Haven’t we seen this before?

I know, all the gay men out there are saying, “Oh, welcome to the party, John.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/19/reform-uk-weaknesses-makerfield-nigel-farage-labour

«And the next year or so will be one of the most crucial and fascinating political periods that the UK has ever seen.»

And I’m over here going “Huh? What? Who’s Andy Burnham? Where’s Makerfield and why is it important? What’s a by-election? What happened to Keir Starner?”

Watching spider noir. Nick Cage is a crappy Humphrey bogart.

https://indyweek.com/news/durham-budget-shortfall-property-tax/

A boring story of boring property value assessments and appeals.

This is one of the ways how the world works.

https://open.spotify.com/track/6ApOqDPnIq3S0ExGiEq1rG

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«I’m not looking for love
I won’t let you in my heart
But you were always on my mind»