The current temp of 81F in D.C. is closer to freezing than the current temp of -38F is in Fairbanks - by over 20F.

Now that the Iditarod is properly underway, it was time to start making my #Igivearod donations...for the seventh(!!) year. That just seems crazy! Join the fun at igivearod.com and make a difference in the rural communities along the trail at igivearod.com

A month after 5" of snow and 2-3" of sleet fell, and DC still has plenty to go around. Though I guess the Capitol Beautification Committee realized that a mountain of dirty snow would still be an improvement over the current majority, so that's a plus.

Seated in 32C for DEN ✈️ IAD

The Grammys.

A battle for the ages! Which mail truck will prevail‽ (hint: not the one stuck on a snowbank with its rear wheels in the air) cc: @popville

Nothing like a humvee rolling up your residential street to make you feel like you’re living through an occupation.

Gotta love a snow-day ‘spro.

This is a more accurate metric of impending bad weather than the Waffle House Index

This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis. He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden. (After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)

@ataokennel.bsky.social I saw this and immediately thought of Queen Ophelia. Can't believe how long it's been since the quilling!

Rather noisy protest on Mass Ave just west of Scott Circle. Cc: @popville.bsky.social

Kristi Noem probably thought she was acting in self-defense when she murdered her puppy, so I can understand her current confusion.

TFW there’s a tiny desk concert by a band I already know and love!

Oh, goody, they're setting off fireworks over the Washington Monument to celebrate Insurrection Eve.

Once again, the best video of the year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_1t.... Thanks, @weratedogs.com

The Dunning-Kruger Effect and the Streisand Effect, when merged, become the Bari Weiss Effect

still trying to figure out where their sled is. #uglydogs

TFW jury duty is over. Even if it ended with a mistrial.

Opinion | Trump’s crude remarks about Rob Reiner are unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner.

In the district courthouse and walked past a naturalization ceremony…think I arrived too late to see ICE lying in wait for some of the people walking in.

Sigh. I sit down to eat lunch in the Potbelly right off Pennsylvania Ave (yay, jury duty) and this photo is over my table. So I can spend lunch ruminating on the now-destroyed colonnade. At least the food is good.

Time for the Aimee Mann and Ted Leo Xmas show. Yay!

missing @darth already. sleep well, sweet little panda and we'll see you in the spring.

Dupont holiday market for 2025 under construction in its new location on NH. cc: @popville.bsky.social

The "art" of the "deal"

"There's something about flying a kite at night that's so unwholesome” Mostly because I’m a pro kite flyer who sometimes has to fly kites at night.

More of this please!!! 🧐

Hooray! I’ve only been waiting since…March? But my shirt from Q’s run finally arrived today! So I can celebrate @quincemountain.bsky.social in style… Perfect timing, since the recent update from @blairbraverman.bsky.social. #UglyDogs

Nothing like opening your front door to walk your dog in the morning and finding the national guard loitering outside your front gate. #PerformativeNonsense

What she said about what he said.

omg, that thing where Girlyman shows up in your inbox after exactly 13 years and the video they link sounds as good as if it had been recorded 22 years ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytfI...

Country Feedback

Oh, goody, a school bus full of national guard parked in the alley behind the Liz on 14th. Guess the 14th and U ‘hood will be sooper safe tonight. #FreeDC

Was very confused this morning walking my dog around my DC neighborhood when I saw a family of tourists — mom, dad, two kids — and they didn’t look terrified. Then again, my dog seemed pretty calm too.

That thing when you’re in Vancouver and notice the museum across from your hotel has an Emily Carr exhibit so you feel obligated to listen to Veda Hille’s “Here is a Picture” while driving around.

Seated in 3C and going dark for DCA ✈️SEA.

huh. Was just listening to Milla's "The Divine Comedy" and got curious about the one time I saw her live -- and it was exactly 31 years ago tonight -- July 14, 1994 at 15 Minute club in DC.

today's the fourth of july another june has gone by and when they light up our town i just think it's fucked up we elected that guy

Huh. New pope?

So, uh, @darthbluesky.bsky.social this potato trend have anything to do with you? www.popville.com/2025/06/pota...

You know you’re in the right cafe when the first three songs you hear are by Metric, Feist, and Neutral Milk Hotel. @ ellé in Mt Pleasant, DC

Finally checking out the new Sleep Token. It’s pretty good!

In high schooI I worked at a movie theater and sold tickets to both Sugar Ray Leonard and Ted Koppel (not for the same movie)

celebrating #worldpride in DC today with an assist from Pepé, @blairbraverman.bsky.social, @quincemountain.bsky.social

I guess VZW really wants to make sure Grindr is available during the parade on Saturday. Folks at Le Dip should have really great connectivity! cc: @popville

TIL that tourists in DC's monumental core wearing stupid red hats don't like it when the word "moron" is called out near them. That's okay. The leopards will get their faces eventually.

I don’t mean to alarm anyone, but the orcas now have two F/A-18 Hornets

Kites up in Long Branch, NJ. Hoping the rain stays away until the end of the festival at 4.