"John Fetterman and Dave McCormick may be on opposite sides of the aisle…" are they, though? are they really…?

Streetview picks up the darnedest things sometimes. In this case, apparently literally.

#DCpol query: does Chairman Mendelson still routinely refuse to hear amendments not offered a full week ahead of a legislative meeting....?

i particularly love when these "i know better than your so-called scientists" replies come from people who seemingly can't even figure out how to set their display name (or, often, their profile pic)...

In addition to deciding who gets to appoint the next Director of the office that manages our failing 911 and 311 operations, #DCision26 also gets to decide if the Councilmember who has seemingly failed to do oversight of OUC as it crumbles for nearly 4 years should get a promotion...

I’m sorry, Facebook, the *what* fair?

Jacque Patterson, running for DC Council at-large, to the Ward 1 Dems endorsement meeting, which is ranked-choice just like the actual election this June: "I hope you'll rank me number 1, but if not....I'll be your side piece." 🙀

👀‼️ "The burly bronze bison busts are a gift to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary" and, apparently, also a gift to poetical journalists... wtop.com/250-years-of... ("burly bronze bison busts"…try saying that five times fast!)

This is so shitty and disrespectful. Marisa fought for MONTHS to get access to this information and NBC sliding in to try to scoop her is unprofessional and shameful. Seeing mainstream outlets consistently use her reporting, including her FOIA work, with no credit is galling.

ok, clearly i need to acquire the Sabres pride jersey somehow

Keep an eye on www.rideofsilence.org/locations-do... just in case, but the #BikeDC #RideOfSilence 2026 details will likely be the same as in recent past years — on the Third Wednesday of #BikeMonth, meet at Pennsylvania & 13½ St NW, roll at 7pm. Mark your calendars and plan to join us.

GET THE PRESIDENT OFF MY FUCKING TV SCREEN COME ON

Was enjoying this Lions game, but then they had to go do an extended interview with some local schmuck and now I've had to mute the TV and might need to bleach my screen...

the radio show Dorm Talk will call it the "worst dormitory of the millennium"…

gee, it'd sure be nice if there were anybody running, wouldn't it? . ....bueller?

When Mayor Gray-era DC legislation is mentioned, it can be…fun…to look it up & see who voted how. B19-585, the “Immigration Detainer Compliance Amndmt Act of 2011” (lims.dccouncil.us/Legislation/...): just another thing Councilmember Bowser supported that Mayor Bowser apparently wants to roll back.

Apparently Government Efficiency is when you fire 90% of Government Employees, then ship in ten times as many National Guard to do their jobs.

I hope this ends quickly, but that everybody remembers this in nine months when MMB's re-election campaign tries to beat us over the head with the stadium deal. including the part where she has literally left town in the middle of all this.

Even more than this — DC is great, it's the people the rest of you send to Washington you hate.

we are apparently once again be entering the 'bread and circuses' phase of the mayor's pre-re-election campaign, except we seem to be out of bread and i think i'd rather have actual circuses.

Just noticed the copyright statement on DC's 311 system pages, and... if DC has been turned into or is being run by an LLC, that could explain a *few* things, tbh.

"_Driver of_ truck carrying tank after Army's 250th birthday parade kills pedestrian in DC The _crash_ occurred on the evening of [Monday,] June 16." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... FTFY, @usatoday.com.

ah, but, see, that enhanced lighting will also render everything in pastels, even in the depths of the underpass...

Nice night for a Nice walk. #Nice.

Apparently my partner's dad, who _rarely_ texts, just sent "Meeting JD Vance killed Pope"... And then my phone tried to correct that to "JD Cancel", which.......

Admittedly couldn't remember who Ken Paxton was. State attorney general who just lost over $6M to whistleblowers in his own office—who reported him for taking bribes from his girlfriend's employer—is a hell of a look for today's GOP (ok, ok, it's right on brand). apnews.com/article/texa...

As "nearly all" Cybertrucks are recalled —at least the 8th recall of that model alone— apnews.com/article/cybe..., a bunch of the White House's office "terminations" have also been "walked back." www.bisnow.com/national/new... which made me wonder, at what point will DOGE's recalls eclipse Tesla's…

Slotkin wins where others cannot? She's a Democratic senator from a state that has elected one Republican senator in her lifetime—Spencer Abraham, who served one term and lost re-election. Her predecessor, Debbie Stabenow, beat him and was re-elected three times before retiring last year.

lol. Bisnow looks into the federal office leases that the new administration claims to have 'canceled', and it turns out .... most either had already expired or were about to, and in some cases the space had even already been vacated. www.bisnow.com/national/new...

“I didn't pay attention to lyrics...” Lol tell us something we didn't know.

Can't decide if 'executing' is a poor choice of words to describe what the woman who famously killed her own dog and goat and then bragged about it in her memoir (www.theguardian.com/books/2024/a...) will be doing in her new job, or if maybe it's just perhaps a bit, er, on the nose...

wow, apparently even DC's weather has taken a big step back in time this week.... /ducks

babes, are you a digital nomad or merely working in places with bad ergonomics [winces in 'middle age']

"Maybe instead of simply getting tired of going along with what the mayor wants, the Council could consider another approach.…"

Dear Greyhound: fuck you, it isn't over yet. (If I had room to move I'd be rolling on the floor laughing at this email sent half an hour after my scheduled arrival asking if I liked my trip — which left an hour and a half late and is now running closer to two hours behind...)

what's a horse's favorite wine? chardonneigh you've just been dad joked

Truth.

my pronouns are add/bacon

New gender dropped

he popped his friend and he's so proud of his work

honestly....relatable. www.theguardian.com/world/articl...

Who wants to write a short fun history of euchre for Belt Publishing? A fun project for a Midwestern card playing historian! Is there a bluesky feed for this? (I am serious about wanting to do such a book)

Breaking news! Transit advocates will be hosting a fundraising call for Harris/Walz on Thursday, August 15th at 7 pm ET. Several high ranking speakers have been confirmed. RSVP to join us. Please share! 🚌🚆

I have to admit I have never been thrilled with the concept of two-factor authentication, but I am ever more convinced whoever came up with and popularized the concept had never lost or broken a cellphone…. Phone melted down and was replaced a month ago, and I'm _still_ having Authenticator issues.

What most people don't know about RFK Jr. - but I do, as an autism historian - is that this bear business isn't NEARLY as wacky and "off" as his descriptions of autistic people and theories about vaccines. And Trump has offered RFK Jr. a job in the White House. www.nytimes.com/2024/08/04/u...

If the @washingtonpost.com cares to know, it's deeply unserious, navel-gazing twaddle like this, deeply disconnected as it is from from the stakes of this election and unconcerned with it's impact on governance, that led me to cancel my subscription. A potential fascist takeover is BORING!?!?

Mary Shelley doesn't get enough credit for not only anticipating the silver-spooned narcissist techbro who recklessly creates technology without thinking through the consequences, but also for knowing that said techbro would be an absolutely terrible father.

I don't recall having ever watched an Olympics opening ceremony, but apparently this go-round I've missed a doozy...

Duolingo: "I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords."

you know, i wish we didn't have to rely on big sacrificial friction surfaces to stop the wheels of a car turning but hey, them's the brakes