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lists/index.md

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 ## Log
 
+- 25/01/26 - 📖 [reading](/lists/now/reading)
 - 24/12/13 - add faves to [shopping](/lists/shopping)
 - 24/11/19 - organize [Github stars](/lists/stars)
 - 24/11/10 - rework [Todo](/lists/todo) from reminders

lists/now/reading.md

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 # Reading
 
+- 24/12/23 - [_The Curious Lives of Nonprofit Martyrs_](https://www.dzancbooks.org/all-titles/p/nonprofit-martyrs)
 - 24/09/10 - [_A Cry from the Far Middle_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._J._O'Rourke)
 - 24/08/19 - [_All Fours_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Fours_(novel))
 - 24/06/13 - [_The Lights_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Lerner)
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 - 23/07/17 - [_Happy-Go-Lucky_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy-Go-Lucky_(book))
 - 23/05/12 - [_No One Is Talking About This_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_One_Is_Talking_About_This)
 - 23/02/10 - [The Candy House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Candy_House_(novel))
-- [A Visit from the Goon Squad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Visit_from_the_Goon_Squad)
-- [The Chickenshit Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Eisinger)
+- 22/10/01 - [The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night‑Time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curious_Incident_of_the_Dog_in_the_Night-Time)
+- 22/03/01 - [Thinking, Fast and Slow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow)
+
+---
+
+## List
+
+- [_A Visit from the Goon Squad_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Visit_from_the_Goon_Squad)
+- [_The Chickenshit Club_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Eisinger)
+- [_Revent of the Tipping Point_](https://www.pushkin.fm/audiobooks/revenge-of-the-tipping-point)
+- [_A Full Life_ - Jimmy Carter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Full_Life)
+- [_Beautiful Country_ - J.R. Thornton](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Beautiful_Country/6yNBCgAAQBAJ)
+- [_Capital in the Twenty-First Century_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_in_the_Twenty-First_Century)
+- [_James_ - Percival Everett](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_(novel))
+- [_God Bless You Otis Spunkmeyer_](https://josephearlthomas.com)
+- [_The Work of Art_ - Adam Moss](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/669522/the-work-of-art-by-adam-moss/)
+- [Come & Get It](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Come_and_Get_It_A_GMA_Book_Club_Pick/FSu4EAAAQBAJ?hl=en)
+- [_The Plot Against America_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Plot_Against_America)
+- [_The Corrections_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Corrections)
+- [_The Shock Doctrine_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shock_Doctrine)
+

posts/2025/2025-01-21-posts.md

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 **onward**  
 "With flattery he will corrupt those who have violated the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him." - Daniel 11:32
 
-**"I am the chosen one"** - to reporters while looking to the sky
+**"I am the chosen one"** - to reporters while looking to the sky. 
 
 Coulda been the reason he didn't place his hand on the Lincoln Bible?[^4]
 

posts/2025/2025-01-24-posts.md

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+---
+title: Scout Motors Letter
+slug: scout-motors-letter
+description: Today I learned more about a couple issues facing Scout Motors
+<!--- authors:
+  - name: David Windham
+    title: Something Else
+    url: https://davidawindham.com
+    image_url: https://davidawindham.com/wp-content/themes/daw/img/opengraph_image.jpg -->
+tags: [automotive, law, politics]
+image: https://davidawindham.com/wp-content/themes/daw/img/opengraph_image.jpg
+hide_table_of_contents: true
+---
+
+Today I learned more about a couple of issues facing Scout Motors. 
+
+<!-- truncate -->
+
+I got an email yesterday from Scout Motors asking me to contact my legislators regarding the law in South Carolina that won't allow automakers to sell directly to consumers. I got the email because I put in a deposit on a Traveler as my next planned automotive upgrade. 
+
+![](/img/scout-traveler.jpg)
+
+I just like the idea of a rollback top, all wheel drive, and a bit of ground clearance. As I've gotten older I like to be up off the ground a little bit for ease of entry and exit. The jury is still out as I'm also a fan of the new VW Buzz van too. Regardless, it's the same company and I'm glad to see them investing in our state so I felt like a letter to all of them might be warranted.
+
+---
+<div><br/><br/></div>
+
+<div style={{display: 'flex',  justifyContent:'right', alignItems:'right', textAlign: 'right', marginBottom:'20px'}}>
+David A. Windham  
+102 Glenridge Circle  
+Greenwood, SC 20646  
+</div>
+
+<div style={{display: 'flex',  justifyContent:'right', alignItems:'right', textAlign: 'right', marginBottom:'20px'}}>
+01/25/2025
+</div>
+
+Dear Senators Mr. Graham & Scott, & Garrett  
+Representatives Mrs. Sheri Biggs & Mr. John R. McCravy
+
+
+I'm writing you in regards to our state law banning direct-to-consumer sales and federal electric vehicle incentives. As a lifelong resident of South Carolina, I was very happy to hear that Scout Motors would be investing in our state. BMW has had a tremendous financial impact on the livelihood of South Carolina. When BMW first moved into South Carolina we became customers partially as an effort to support out local economy. We've had four BMW automobiles and are still currently driving two of them. Several of the BMWs we have bought were manufactured in South Carolina and several of them were electric. 
+
+We got our first electric vehicle in 2014 and because of our experience with it, we will be buying electric cars moving forward. Aside from the driving experience and regardless of the environmental impacts of the exhaust from combustion engines, it's really nice not going to one of the gas stations that litter our landscape, supporting the import of foreign oil, and warming the car in the garage. BMW is committed to moving towards an all electric lineup with six fully electric vehicles in production at the Spartanberg plan. Without our support, the role South Carolina plays in their manufacturing could be diminished. BMW allows consumers to custom order a vehicle online and ship it to local dealerships. Scout Motors would like to do the same without the dealership laws. I believe that this is the freedom that consumers in South Carolina deserve.
+
+The investments from BMW, Volvo, Scout Motors, and their various suppliers are significant. South Carolina could play a considerable roll in the automotive future. Trillions of dollars are at stake and I'd strongly encourage y'all to consider this potential impact when discussing both direct-to-consumer automotive purchases and electric vehicle incentives. 
+
+Thank you for your consideration,  
+David A. Windham 
+
+<div><br/><br/></div>
+---
+
+
+
+
+
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+

posts/2025/2025-01-26-posts.md

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+---
+title: DJI Flip
+slug: dji-flip
+description: Today I learned how to operate a drone
+<!--- authors:
+  - name: David Windham
+    title: Something Else
+    url: https://davidawindham.com
+    image_url: https://davidawindham.com/wp-content/themes/daw/img/opengraph_image.jpg -->
+tags: [photo, tech]
+image: https://davidawindham.com/wp-content/themes/daw/img/opengraph_image.jpg
+hide_table_of_contents: true
+---
+
+Today I learned how to operate a drone.
+
+<!-- truncate -->
+
+I'm not sure why it took me so long to get one. I've loved watching drone videos since the DJI Phantom[^1] first hit the first hit the market back in 2014. I did get a toy drone at one point on a whim but it didn't really have many features or a decent camera. The main reason I got one is because I've been doing a lot of bike rides with the dogs and I always think it'd be fun to share a video of the dogs hitting 30mph and it's a bit tough to capture it on the phone. It's a DJI Flip[^2] and it is pretty fun so far. 
+
+<video src="https://davidawindham.com/media/dji_first_flight_hd.mp4" width="100%" controls="controls">
+</video>
+<div style={{display: 'flex',  justifyContent:'center', alignItems:'center', fontSize:'small', marginBottom:'20px'}}>my first recorded flight 👆🏼</div>
+
+<video src="https://davidawindham.com/media/dji_bike.mp4" width="100%" controls="controls">
+</video>
+<div style={{display: 'flex',  justifyContent:'center', alignItems:'center', fontSize:'small', marginBottom:'20px'}}>my first bike ride - yes it's a bit 🥶 cold out and it lost me in the shadows</div>
+
+<video src="https://davidawindham.com/media/dji_sunset.mp4" width="100%" controls="controls">
+</video>
+<div style={{display: 'flex',  justifyContent:'center', alignItems:'center', fontSize:'small', marginBottom:'20px'}}>my first sunset and the pond that will likely eventually eat my drone 🪦</div>
+
+We lost one of the dogs recently while he didn't have his satellite collar on because he likes to chase deer. If I'd had the drone then, I woulda put that thing up in the air and found him. I loaded up a couple videos on the big screen and I have to say that I'm pretty impressed with the imaging capabilities and the range. Now I'm thinking about some professional use so I could bulk it into a business expense. Panoramic photos of real estate is one of the very first things that got me into web development so maybe I'm headed full circle at some point. For now, I'm still pretty cautious and just getting comfortable navigating out of sight. My next little drone project is photographing all of the trees still down from Hurricane Helene[^3] in our neighborhood. 
+
+
+<div><br/><br/></div>
+
+---
+
+[^1]: DJI Phantom - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJI
+[^2]: DJI Flip - https://www.dji.com/flip
+[^3]: Hurricane Helene - https://davidawindham.com/til/posts/hurricane-helene

src/pages/index.md

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 # Today I Learned
 
 - **2025**
+  - 25/01/26 - [DJI Flip](/posts/dji-flip)
+  - 25/01/24 - [Scout Motors Letter](/posts/scout-motors-letter)
   - 25/01/23 - [The Barron Files](/posts/the-barron-files)
   - 25/01/21 - [Uh Oh?](/posts/uh-oh)
   - 25/01/13 - [Three Jobs](/posts/three-jobs)