I don't advertise this broadly but if I have time, each purchase of a compass for a kid comes with an explanation of how to use it involving a map of Rhode Island spread out on the rug. It's usually the highlight of my day.

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Mom tells me she has a bad sense of direction because she's a woman. I tell her that scientists find gendered differences in performance disappear after a few weeks of practice. Boys tend to be better only because we give them toys like Legos. "I LOVE LEGOS" the girl says. They buy a compass.

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There's this 8(?) year old girl in the store who, with a wide conspiratorial grin, just grabbed a massive tome about 19th century British geology. She's not gonna get far reading it it but she has really latched on to the wonders of a BIG BOOK.

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NYC is going to put $500k into making pet food available at food pantries. Almost 25% of pet owners have considered rehoming a pet bc of costs. 12% of pet owners have. Sheltering/policing ownerless pets is MORE expensive than making it possible to keep them. This is cute politics and good policy.

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Everything he says is a router password

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