Weeknotes for 2025W03

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+title: "Notes on 2025W03"
+slug: weeknotes-2025w03
+date: 2025-01-19
+categories: weeknotes
+tags:
+  - Weeknotes
+  - Me
+  - Birthdays
+  - Public Transit
+  - japanese
+  - Space
+  - Politics
+  - Mass Transit
+---
+
+My birthday was this week. I'm 37, which is a [pretty neat number]
+({{< ref "/blog/2025/thirty-seven" >}}), as it turns out.
+
+---
+
+Blue Origin launched their New Glenn rocket on Wednesday night. A very cool
+launch of a very large rocket.
+
+Conversely, SpaceX launched Starship 7 and it .. blew up catastrophically and
+spread debris all over the Gulf of Mexico. I hate seeing the environmental
+and human impacts of such accidents, but it does give me small joy when Elon
+takes the L. :upside_down_face:
+
+---
+
+Some articles I read this week:
+
+* [The Abuser Economy](https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/abuser_economy)
+* [A Secret Weapon in the Fight Against Trump: Better Public
+Transit](https://newrepublic.com/article/189842/public-transit-democrats-trump-climate)
+
+---
+
+An acquaintence referred to [Bunpro](https://bunpro.jp) in a conversation we had
+on social media about Japanese grammar. This site has lots of detailed
+information about the language and how it works.