Some really odd campaign mailers showing up this week.

Today's inflation numbers....YIKES! A 27% increase in energy costs since last May!

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First lightning bugs spotted!

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Area squirrel has thoughts.

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Wow

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A view of DC from Arlington, DC.

Reflecting Pool is still being refilled. And the UFC weigh-in setup in underway in front of Lincoln Memorial.

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Violet Grohl at The Atlantis tonight.

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Excellent map of sightseeing to do over the next 10 days!

CFO drops a “what’s in the box” Friday afternoon warning.

For the public space nerds, Mayor's Order updating the Public Space Committee has been issued: dcregs.dc.gov/Common/Notic...

"We've been getting a lot of media inquiries about third places over the past year, and I would say the majority of those inquiries are student newspapers," Nate Storring, co-executive director of the Project for Public Spaces. www.axios.com/2026/06/05/t...

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🚨 Update on scofflaw vehicle enforcement: 🪝FY26 YTD: DPW has impounded 5,209 cars with total of $27M in unpaid citations 📌 Of those, 2,301 were "high value scofflaws" (more than $3k in unpaid fines) that owed $23.4M in unpaid tickets

Today: 🏛️ DC Council holding a hearing on greenhouse gas emissions. 🏭 Trump announcing $700M package for coal plants.

Definitely an interesting study, but the police deployment data is very odd (pretty sure there’s not a ton of MPD deployed on Haines Point & Rock Creek Park).

Excellent AI map.

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Excellent AI map.

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El. Oh. El.

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On the one hand, I didn’t need 2 scoops of ice cream from Mr. Charles on Kennedy St. On the other hand, I didn’t realize that I did in fact need the 2 scoops of ice cream.

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There’s approximately 2.73 million people walking around Petworth today listening to Porchfest bands.

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I don’t recall the last time I’d seen a couple hundred people in that park picnicking, hanging out, and enjoying the working fountains. Incredible activation of that space.

Friday night at the club.

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“Prices are low because investors expect Trump to end the war before prices get too high; but because prices are low, Trump faces less pressure to end the war.” www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026...

Old man at dusk.

That’s new.

Urban Smurfs density.

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For DC residents: • Pepco is increasing rates another 6% June 1 • DC Council is proposing to raise water bills and phone bills October 1 • Gas prices are getting close to $5/gallon now

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Current weather report.

The residences of ambassadors are where diplomats work to further national interests. Few people have access to these spaces. The Post went inside seven of D.C.’s most exclusive and historic diplomatic buildings to give you an up-close look.

I did not have "The Pope cites Gandalf in an encyclical about Artificial Intelligence" on my nerd cultural supremacy bingo card, but maybe I should've.