If you're a D.C. resident, be aware: Paying your taxes this year could be total chaos. Why? Republicans in Congress are again trying to mess with the city's local budget and finances, something they know little about: 51st.news/republican-b...

ten years ago today no one clapped

Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

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rest in peace, king

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.

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What are you doing this weekend? We've got an expanded 23 (!) picks from @ilechelm.bsky.social, including: 👵 @metrobardc.bsky.social's Golden Girls party 🥾 Hike with @washingtonwalks.bsky.social ❄️ @folger.edu's Frost Festival 🎤 Punk rock karaoke at the @blackcatdc.bsky.social

Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.

this soup season, i’m thankful to @hels.bsky.social for the gift of roberto

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using nerds gummy clusters to pavlov myself into enjoying doing laundry

Paul Newman from the lemonade and salad dressing

📽️ WATCH: The U.S. government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain citizens. So ProPublica did. We found more than 170 incidents since the start of Trump’s second term. Americans have been kicked, dragged and held for days without access to lawyers. ➡️ Full story: propub.li/3LjuAVS

Remember that tomorrow is All Souls Day, the traditional Catholic holiday for texting all the people who have ghosted you in the last year.

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NEW: For years, the Phoenix nonprofit Keys to Change has run a mail room for thousands of homeless people. Now the U.S. Postal Service is cutting its $24,000 investment, leaving the organization to raise the extra money to keep it open.

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I think I speak for everyone today when I say: Rest in Peace Haru Urara

Doing a "who's on first" thing where I say "what else did the director of Barbie do" and when they say "Little Women" I go "yeah I know what Barbies are"

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"It's not MSNBC anymore, Lemon. It's MS NOW. We bought the name off of a defunct multiple sclerosis awareness organization. It wasn't cheap, but we were able to save some money by selling Brian Williams to a Saudi prince who wanted to expand his harem."

As a DC resident I do feel that the city has been overrun by "violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals" and I would like them to leave the White House and stop destroying the federal government.

NEWS: President Trump is federalizing the Metropolitan Police Department, which means he will control it for up to 30 days. He is also deploying the D.C. National Guard, all to fight what he says is an increase in crime.

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by age 30 you should have: * strong opinions about birds * 12 different "when i get time" projects on indefinite hiatus * sandwich(es) you fruitlessly yearn to have again * a growing list of obituaries you're looking forward to reading * parasocial friendships with other people's pets

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please enjoy this unexpectedly wholesome penis worm story! defector.com/behold-a-sur...

Gandalf is not a big fan of all the thunder happening this evening @capitalweather.bsky.social

nothing more indulgent than eating a ripe peach on the way home from the farmers market

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my deep dark secret is that i actually love a heat wave

I did not edit this, this is the actual parade with the actual music being played. CINEMATIC

it's giving

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cast diego luna as paul mccartney in a beatles biopic

an AMERICAN can for AMERICAN hams

letter of recommendation: playing charli xcx for a baby

anyway here's the email I sent to jim bankoff last week. i'm still heartbroken. I have been insanely, destructively angry for weeks, and I think I will be for a long time.

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In light of the DC raids we want to reshare our ICE watch 101 graphics. Reminder to verify, document, and then report to our hotline.

I sincerely believe any organization that picks up @ilechelm.bsky.social is in for a terrific surprise. Of all the editors I've worked with she's my favorite, partly bc she made the process collaborative and enjoyable, partly because she really made the final product/presentation so much better

I’m looking for a new job! A few weeks ago I was laid off from Atlas Obscura, along with a number of my colleagues. If you or anyone you know is in need of an editor or writer, I would appreciate any leads! In the meantime, here a few of my favorite things that I worked on during my time at AO.

If you'd like something of a break from the news...I have a new column up at Atlas Obscura, on the Lost Colony of Roanoke, and how we use unsolved mysteries to, in the words of historian Robert Arner, to transform "unacceptable facts into at least minimally acceptable fictions.”

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