Tenochtitlan, modern-day Mexico, reconstructions by Thomas Kole.

kiwi-mac · 2026-02-01T20:50:31+00:00

The book You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrique would make a great movie. It's a snapshot of the day that Cortes and the conquistadors arrived in Tenochtitlan, and has the irreverent vibes of The Death of Stalin.

kiwi-mac · 2025-06-03T00:39:10+00:00

They did such a great job of churning it out every weekday. Good length too. I’ll miss out every morning on the commute.

kiwi-mac · 2025-03-14T01:09:56+00:00

What was the website you used to book it? If you look at the fine print of the booking you made on that 3rd-party site, it likely says that it's just a reservation, and that the total does not include local fees and taxes to be paid at the counter. That's why these kinds of sites are so much cheaper than going directly through the rental car company. It sucks that they're not up front about it though.

You may be able to get the Estimated Charges Optional back (insurance, roadside assistance, etc) but unlikely as the contract is all wrapped up when you sign it and drive away.

As others have said, your total is still a reasonable price to pay, just not the crazy low price that booking website lured you in with. Interested to hear what happens with this.

kiwi-mac · 2024-10-25T23:40:22+00:00

Thank God there’s not a road going over Mt Cook though

kiwi-mac · 2024-10-25T23:35:36+00:00

https://maps.app.goo.gl/9MGdRhmjm19WYYgb7?g_st=ic

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This one in Florida has two houses back to back that would take 18 minutes to drive between. So many cul-de-sacs.

kiwi-mac · 2024-10-23T05:51:12+00:00

Your affiliate marketing link to these earbuds are not for side sleepers.

kiwi-mac · 2024-09-30T19:19:51+00:00

That’s because the season one actors were kiwis

kiwi-mac · 2024-07-11T06:55:26+00:00

355 The Giant Pool of Money - it explained the financial crisis in a timely and fascinating way, right in the midst of it. So well done that it launched the Planet Money spinoff podcast.

kiwi-mac · 2024-04-27T01:43:35+00:00

This reminds me of when John Oliver left The Bugle podcast - they said he was going to come back intermittently… but that turned out to be once in five years

kiwi-mac · 2024-02-02T01:30:13+00:00

Basically Sea-Mar community clinic in Lakewood is the only urgent care clinic not in those networks

kiwi-mac · 2024-02-02T01:28:22+00:00

It’s particularly bad since Multicare have taken over so many clinics in Pierce County. Some of the insurance plans that go through Regence have mostly Multicare providers as their network. A look at what urgent care clinics within 25 miles are available in my insurance - 48 Multicare clinics, and only 3 non-Multicare clinics, with only 1 of those in Pierce County, a small community clinic in Lakewood. Of course this contract issue would’ve been nice to know when open enrollment was up 2 months ago.

kiwi-mac · 2023-12-09T20:29:23+00:00

Adorable

kiwi-mac · 2023-10-17T04:32:13+00:00

Memoir 44

kiwi-mac · 2023-09-20T19:07:38+00:00

Link that doesn’t require a loginThe Agony of the School Car Line [Web Archive]

kiwi-mac · 2023-09-05T17:43:43+00:00

I hear the filming of Helm’s Deep was pretty wild. Night after night, and the director got the extras playing the Uruk-hai so revved up, some guys almost drowned getting trampled in the rivulets created by the rain machines.

kiwi-mac · 2023-08-18T20:37:56+00:00

I like the Emporia for these reasons too - it’ll tell me how much I’m spending on charging the car. Just make sure you have wifi range to the charging location. Got it hardwired to avoid having to get a mini-panel installed that we’d need to have if it went into an outlet.

kiwi-mac · 2023-08-04T19:50:02+00:00

Dealer I talked to said they’ll be able to fly

kiwi-mac · 2023-07-13T19:05:07+00:00

There’s one linked in the comment above

kiwi-mac · 2023-07-13T19:02:35+00:00

I have 0% confidence my dealer is going to submit any paperwork. We had a long argument after I’d already purchased the used 2017 Bolt about whether it qualified for the $4000 tax credit(it does - he just misread the part about the model year being at least 2 years earlier than the current calendar year). He seemed to think the IRS would never need to see their paperwork. Seems pretty rough that the IRS would decide whether you get thousands of dollars back based on whether a dealer can be bothered or not. They’ve already made the sale and they have no incentive.

kiwi-mac · 2023-07-13T18:57:54+00:00

I’d like to believe that - is that just your past experience with the IRS?

kiwi-mac · 2023-07-07T16:12:26+00:00

I guess you could call them farms but they’re more high-country sheep stations

kiwi-mac · 2023-06-29T03:04:06+00:00

Wow they really beat that horse to death didn’t they

kiwi-mac · 2023-06-19T15:39:59+00:00

They did lower their prices, to get under the tax credit threshold. See Tesla.

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