It's not ok to deadname or misgender someone just because you don't like them If you think it's ok to deny someone's rights because you hate them, you are not an ally, and you need to do some soul-searching

Morning lights above an icy cove at Iceland's Þingvallavatn lake.

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Displaced Lebanese return to devastated towns and destroyed homes, many hesitant to stay for fear the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel could collapse reut.rs/4mBtmU9 📷 Adnan Abidi, Louisa Gouliamaki, Zohra Bensemra

Is he talking about DC’s mayor? 👀

Another Iceland sunrise. Spring is on its way.

I’m basically pro-technology. I’m a NERD, for God’s sake! I grew up on R2D2 and Mr Data! You think I’m rejecting this stuff for laughs? No! Show me the good bits! Make good tech! And stop asking to be excused from planetary chemistry and the free market you claim works so well.

Are you a wish-cycler? Well, you’re not alone. Sorting waste for kerbside recycling is tricky and what’s accepted in your yellow bin really depends on where you live. I wrote a piece for the Conversation with links to tools to help make recycling easier. theconversation.com/what-can-you...

🕊️ Lebanese taverna founder dies 🏛️ House passes ALERT Act 🤔 Anti-drone lasers near DCA? 🐱 Pilots meow at DCA

bsky is already in its rate limit exceeded era it took Twitter 15 years to get here and we did it in 3 That's the power of AI

A Russian Geran 2 kamikaze drone flies next to a building in Kyiv, Ukraine. More photos of the week: reut.rs/4mCmN3N 📷 Valentyn Ogirenko

If you live or work within walking distance to Freedom Park in Rosslyn, it makes for a nice, quiet space to read or veg for a bit. Underrated.

Bluesky has been unusable today. Guess it’s great to vibe code right into production.

I mean, come on Alexandria

TIL about this awards show

It’s only 90°. It’s April. I’m not sure me or Metro are gonna make it to July.

Just saw a Porsche Boxter with Virginia antique plates and now I am deceased ☠️

Woke up from a dream where I was returning a rental car and Cybertruck in front of me on the highway started to fall apart and one of its wheels went through my windshield. I should go back to sleep for the rest of the day.

Beautiful blue virus watercolors, perfect for a science-loving friend with a small space #sciart ko-fi.com/s/44054b7b68

Kiyomi, from one of DC's top sushi chefs, is back! It opens in a new space on Tuesday, April 14 for lunch only with a $40 sushi or handroll omakase menu, plus a la carte offerings. Dinner coming soon. All the details: washingtonian.com/2026/04/13/a...

Programming in 2026.

The Computational Policy Lab at the Shorenstein Center at Harvard Kennedy School is seeking Software Engineers with specialized expertise in software development, generative AI, and data science. If you are interested, hit me up for more deets.

Glitchy sunset #seestar

Just a demoralizing Monday. Maybe I’ll just have all that ice cream I made yesterday for dinner.

“Pope LEO is weak on crime!” Blend of imperial stouts aged in pisco, grappa, and Malort barrels, $36/500ml bottle, brewery only, no holds

Coming in March 2027!

🚨 Albi chef Michael Rafidi is opening a Levantine-inspired pizzeria in Georgetown. washingtonian.com/2026/04/13/a...

„Óljóst er um flughæð vélarinnar en heimildir mbl‍.is herma að eyjamönnum hafi verið mjög brugðið og einhverjir talið að vélin væri að hrapa. [...] um hafi verið að ræða flugstjóra frá Vestmannaeyjum sem hafi verið að fljúga sitt síðasta flug.“ vissi hann að þetta yrði sitt síðasta flug?

Today begins a run of temperatures in the upper 80s and low to mid 90s that will last through at least next Saturday. No real rain chances in sight outside of a stray storm or two here and there, until at least the 26th. #RVA #Virginia #DC #Maryland

Xylem Vessel, watercolor on cradled wood panel, ready to hang #sciart artologica.etsy.com/listing/4441...

ICM (intentional camera movement) can look quite dreamy. #bluebells #creative #CanonR5markii

One of the most surreal skies I have ever witnessed, as vibrantly blue undulatus asperatus clouds rolled over the St. Mark's Lighthouse at sunset to create this dreamy scene. #Photography

Today is ice cream making day. On tap: roasted strawberry; roasted cherry; Tyrkisk peber (Valdís clone, #iykyk); chocolate tahini sorbet; and there will be enough base for one more flavor, thinking vanilla bean salted brownie? 🧵 #icecream #recipes

This looks like just a star field at first but if you embiggen you’ll see Markarian’s Chain, a whole bunch of galaxies in the Virgo Cluster. You can see several disks and more star-looking, puffy elliptical galaxies. Taken with my SeeStar S30 for about 90 minutes last night.

Today’s playlist, already have three hours worth of songs, but there are so many more to add music.apple.com/gb/playlist/... For those not familiar with her music, she’s the Asha from Cornershop’s Brimful of Asha (music.apple.com/gb/album/bri...)

#arlingtonVA family looking for child

Just once I want one of these rescue guys to put on an ape mask, just for a second.

The problem with farmers markets is they’re a morning thing. Despite my body’s best efforts, my mind is still not a morning mind and I can never figure out what I need for the week that early. What I need right now is a nap. Yes, I know it’s 9:30a!

⚒️🧪 Got an @earthscope.org email saying that the #ArtemisII re-entry shockwave may be audible in coastal southern California between 17:00 and 17:15 PDT or so today! If you're in this area, fill out a USGS felt report with details of what you do (or don't) hear! earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Here's the live feed on Youtube, if you need it: www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK...

Artemis splashdown in just a few hours, 8pm ET. We're being treated to some more incredible views on the live feed as they make their way home.

What better way to commemorate the 161st anniversary of Lincoln’s Assassination than to sip whiskey and listen to me talk about the final hours of Lincoln’s life? www.ticketweb.com/event/whiske...

Tired of being the awkward participant in the meeting who has the bot to record? Otter has a solution for that: A new app version that does it all without informing anyone they're being recorded. Because, apparently, fuck privacy and disclosure and maybe the law in two-party states. 🤬🤬

New playlist 🔻EARLY DAYS OF THE POP UNDERGROUND 2001-2005🔻- a transmission from the alternate universe I lived in when I was in my early 20s, many great songs lost to time 🔺Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/4TC... 🔺Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/... 🔺YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

In case you’re wondering how much I’m disassociating this week, I have a magnitude more points at my lo cal airport than the next highest player in SkyCards. (SkyCards lets you catch airplanes and gives you points depending on rarity of the plane towards a top ten list for the destination airport)

Does your blood pressure need lowering? Has this week been just bullshit? Put your feet up for three minutes and watch some aerials near Mývatn, Iceland. Not quite the moon, but crater-filled nonetheless. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnJg...