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Lane Closure ReportSep 24, 2026

Three Days on the Couch and the Cars Learned the Freeway

I spent three days horizontal with a cold, and the robot cabs started taking freeway trips and filing pothole reports with the city. My pothole has waited years for a hearing. Theirs get a direct line.

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