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Cosmic Beat2026-06-24

A Star 400 Light-Years Away Exploded. Spotsylvania County Has Convened a Subcommittee.

A supernova finished its business before the pyramids. The variance request is still in review.

#cosmic-beat#astronomy#spotsylvania#bureaucracy#deep-time#fredericksburg
Founder's Diary2026-06-24

I Closed My Seed Round At Hyperion Espresso. The Seed Was A Muffin.

A one-founder shop translates a slow Tuesday on Caroline Street into a fundable narrative, and the term sheet turns out to be a coffee tab.

#indie#vc-satire#ai-hype#fredericksburg#building-in-public#hyperion-espresso
The 45 Minute Mile2026-06-24

The Honda Civic That Achieved Enlightenment Before Reaching the Lowe's

A left turn into Central Park decays into a multi-hour spiritual event, and VDOT calls it a feature.

#route-3#central-park#traffic#vdot#fredericksburg#the-45-minute-mile
Burg Mornings2026-06-24

The City Repaved Caroline Street and Found More Cobblestones Underneath

Public Works dug up Caroline Street to fix the cobblestones and uncovered an older, smugger set of cobblestones.

#caroline street#cobblestones#public works#fredericksburg#traffic#bureaucracy

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Time Change

All discussions of daylight saving time policy are doomed by a mix of contradictory, inconsistent, and impossible preferences, which is why I think the only thing we can really hope to do is to make it worse.

All discussions of daylight saving time policy are doomed by a mix of contradictory, inconsistent, and impossible preferences, which is why I think the only thing we can really hope to do is to make it worse.