Trump suggested Iranian missiles should hit American cities. Pete Hegseth announced a public execution would be livestreamed. And Republicans are abandoning Senate races as Democrats expand the map. A consequential and, at times, deeply alarming week. Start here if you need to catch up.

Good day. Happy Friday to you.

If you go to this, tag me, I wanna hear your story

We saw A Ghost in Your Ear and it was wonderfully creepy/scary.

I'm ghost in the ear. I know nothing about it but I think it's scary. I'll let you know.

On my way to the theater.

The wing of a Delta Air Lines plane taxiing for takeoff hit the tail of an Air Canada jet at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday morning.

Good day. Lovely lunch of pierogies and a blintze at Veselka, with a friend I hadn't seen in over a year. It's getting chilly.

really glad I am masked because a person in the seat behind me is repeatedly coughing and blowing his nose (not masked)

Taiwan’s coast guard blasted a Chinese fishing vessel with a water cannon after it entered restricted waters and refused repeated orders to leave. The dramatic encounter offers a glimpse of the growing confrontations at sea as Beijing ramps up pressure around the self-governing island.

I just moved a ton of books from storage to my apt in order to sell them the 17th at the Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival.

Excellent.