A driverless car just delivered a baby

Welcome back. Today’s lineup includes a robotaxi delivery room and a man who turned roadside debris into public art. It’s the usual reminder that the world keeps spinning, sometimes without a driver. — Doug Marlowe

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A baby arrives, and the driver never shows

A San Francisco woman gave birth while riding in a Waymo self-driving taxi on the way to the hospital, turning a routine commute into a story for the family scrapbook. The car’s support team noticed something “unusual,” called the rider, and alerted 911, which is comforting, and a little unsettling, all at once. This matters because driverless cars are no longer a test case; they’re now part of life’s biggest moments. It’s one thing to trust a robot with a left turn. It’s another to trust it with a delivery room.

A Baltimore cyclist has spent the past two years collecting more than 700 lost hubcaps and turning them into art. What started as a curious impulse on a bike ride became wreaths, sculptures, and a rolling inventory strapped to his backpack. It matters because not every good idea needs an app or a pitch deck, sometimes it just needs patience and a good eye. There’s something quietly hopeful about someone pedaling through town, picking up what the rest of us drove past.

If either of these made you pause, chuckle, or quietly sigh, you’re not alone. Send a note if one stuck with you, or if tomorrow’s headline already has you worried. — Doug