He was a government employee and the images were government-produced. They’re in the public domain. In recent years, some government organizations/employees seem to have gotten it into their heads that they have “intellectual property rights” in their work-related content. They don’t. I doubt that Aldrin makes that…

$13 seems like an eminently reasonable fine for defiling bar vodka with ginger beer. If it’s a quality vodka, stronger measures are called for.

“Under current U.S. law, drivers are unable to collectively bargain because they are technically independent contractors, not employees. But they are also unable to set their own prices, unlike independent contractors in nearly any other industry.”

“I’ll be surprised if Americans take to it”

Generally when Amazon doesn’t make its two-day cut, the problem seems to be with the shipper (always the US Snail — I’ve never had a UPS or FedEx delivery take longer than initially predicted). I’ll see that the mail carrier listed my address as “mailbox, driveway or porch inaccessible,” when in fact nobody on my…