Michelle Cassidy
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Editor, formerly at Atlas Obscura, NatGeo Books Thank Gandalf It’s Friday. (she/her)
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you can’t spell “women” without “omen”
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Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
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sam³⁰⁰⁰
13 days ago
As I painstakingly removed the peel from an eighth consecutive Cutie to meet the bottomless appetite of my two-year-old son, I thought to myself: "They should make larger oranges"
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patrick just said to me “i feel like if you were good at jumping you’d talk about it a lot” and now i need to figure out how to file for divorce
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The 51st
19 days ago
What are you doing this weekend? From soccer to skipping small talk, or Persian New Year to Pi Day, there’s something for everybody on the calendar. Here are
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18 things to do around D.C. this weekend
From soccer to skipping small talk, or Persian New Year to Pi Day, there’s something for everybody on the calendar.
https://51st.news/dc-things-to-do-weekend-march-12/
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Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
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Brendel
26 days ago
Billy Joel writing We Didn’t Start the Fire: ok JFK died, moon landing *gets bored* uhh candy bars, there were movies
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Martin Austermuhle
about 2 months ago
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...
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Republican bill targeting D.C. could create tax season chaos
It’s the second year in a row that Congress could throw a wrench into D.C.’s budget.
https://51st.news/republican-bill-targeting-dc-would-complicate-tax-season/
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depths of wikipedia
about 2 months ago
ten years ago today no one clapped
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Ash Ponders is desperate for work
2 months ago
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.
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Rian Johnson
3 months ago
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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James Vincent
3 months ago
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
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rest in peace, king
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani
4 months ago
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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Thank Gandalf It’s Thanksgiving
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The 51st
4 months ago
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
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23 things to do around D.C. this week
There are plenty of things to do if you're in town over the long holiday weekend.
https://51st.news/dc-events-things-to-do-thanksgiving-weekend/
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Adam Serwer
4 months ago
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.
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this soup season, i’m thankful to
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for the gift of roberto
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5 months ago
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using nerds gummy clusters to pavlov myself into enjoying doing laundry
5 months ago
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Paul Newman from the lemonade and salad dressing
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ProPublica
5 months ago
📽️ 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
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Ash Ponders is desperate for work
5 months ago
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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ProPublica
5 months ago
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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U.S. Postal Service Cuts Funding for a Phoenix Mail Room Assisting Homeless People
The loss of support comes at a time of uncertainty for one of Arizona’s largest homeless services providers as the Trump administration calls for reducing and restructuring homelessness assistance grants.
https://www.propublica.org/article/phoenix-post-office-homelessness-funding-cuts?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
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Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
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kate bush’s husband
7 months ago
I think I speak for everyone today when I say: Rest in Peace Haru Urara
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Cape Cod Demon Hunter
over 2 years ago
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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7 months ago
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Jon Tayler (Jon Tayler’s Version)
8 months ago
"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."
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Binyamin Appelbaum
8 months ago
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.
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Martin Austermuhle
8 months ago
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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Beccas can't be choosers
8 months ago
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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Sabrina Imbler
8 months ago
please enjoy this unexpectedly wholesome penis worm story!
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Behold: A Surprisingly Beautiful Depiction Of Being Swallowed By A Toothy Penis Worm | Defector
When scientists discover new prehistoric species, the fossils alone fail to conjure the creature in the flesh. It’s impossible to summon the entirety ancient shark from a single tooth, or some weird o...
https://defector.com/behold-a-surprisingly-beautiful-depiction-of-being-swallowed-by-a-toothy-penis-worm
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Gandalf is not a big fan of all the thunder happening this evening
@capitalweather.bsky.social
9 months ago
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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
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Timothy Burke
10 months ago
I did not edit this, this is the actual parade with the actual music being played. CINEMATIC
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Jerry Chen
10 months ago
it's giving
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cast diego luna as paul mccartney in a beatles biopic
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Ian Bogost
10 months ago
an AMERICAN can for AMERICAN hams
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