Commanders specifically ordered Navy SEALs to fire on and kill two survivors of (alleged) drug boat sinking in September. "The order was to kill everybody". Analyzing this as an unlawful order or as homicide or as a war crime is, of course, necessary, but at the same time it seems morally inadequate. It's a revolting, shameful stain on our country. https://wapo.st/49KbUJ1 [gift link]

Sad news. Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, one of the West Virginia National Guard members shot yesterday near Farragut Square, has succumbed to her wounds.

270 Park Avenue (Under Construction), NYC, 2021. All the pixels, no hardhat required, at

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270 Park Avenue (Under Construction), NYC.

16 August 2021. Manhattan. Construction of the new JP Morgan building at 270 Park Avenue. I imagine this is how Piet Mondrian saw everything. Ro...

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FFS. For the first time, non-citizens will be charged a hefty surcharge to enter US national parks (an extra $100/person, and annual passes for noncitizens will cost $250 instead of $80). Our national parks are absolute jewels, and a significant contributor to US tourism. Or were.

Entrance Passes (U.S. National Park Service)

The National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass Series is your ticket to more than 2,000 federal recreation sites, covering entrance, standa...