The Ant Garden, 12th Day of Spring, 525 M.E. (Atlas): Although I've covered the Jimmy Carter 39-Mile Challenge and completed my miles by the 10th of the month, my total walking/hiking distance is only 265 miles so far this year. That's the linear distance from my house to Panama City Beach in Florida, and a circle with r = 265 miles centered on my house takes in parts of nine states, including all of Georgia except for the southernmost tip of Trail Ridge (that dick-like appendage dangling down from the state's southern border) and the southern two thirds of Cumberland Island. The circle crosses the Atlantic coast at the northern end of Cumberland and again just south of Charleston, South Carolina. At two points along the Redneck Riviera, it reaches the Gulf (Gulf of Mexico? Gulf of Chicxulub? Gulf of Jimmy Buffet? Gulf of Margaritaville? Gulf of the Depends Adult Undergarment?). 

If you've been anywhere near the news, a talk show, the radio, social or antisocial media, or virtually anywhere, you've probably heard that Trump's cabinet discussed highly sensitive war plans over an unsecured private app, and accidentally invited a journalist to listen in. Idiots. But here's the thing: forgetting the "guest list" for a moment, the use of third-party apps that do not retain data is obviously to avoid leaving a discovery trail. Project 2025 training videos allegedly recommend this very strategy to stymie subpoenas. Russians and the Chinese may be listening in, but at least the Dems won't get the chance to hear what they're up to. 

This is a coup, folks. The evidence is mounting every day, every hour.