CONNECTIONS SPOILERS Whoever designed today's NYT connections messed up bad by putting these in here and calling this group a mistake!

I just got a new Tile to replace an old one that broke, only to find that the battery is no longer replaceable. The company's explanation for this is... Kind of psychotic!

@capitalweather.bsky.social The rainbow here in Sherman Circle

@capitalweather.bsky.social Sherman Circle about 20 minutes ago

Seems like healthcare lobbyists could kill the Big Beautiful Bill if they wanted to... But I guess execs wants that sweet sweet tax cut even if it means millions of patients lose access to care or a bunch of rural hospitals shut down

Fun to see the 15th St bike lanes get a glow up ahead of pride!

I did not know this about Wisconsin and it is extremely funny and absurd. My favorite thing I've learned this week, easily. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

If you want to be inspired today, come learn about the Rise Up Federal Workers Legal Defense Network. Almost 1,000 lawyers have volunteered to provide pro bono legal support to federal workers who need legal help navigating this moment. workerslegaldefense.org

Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

Embarrassing that this lawsuit had to be brought by a handful of individual small businesses. What exactly is the point of the Chamber of Commerce if it can't bring itself to fight the single most significant and economically destructive government action of any of our lifetimes?

Thrilling to join so many of my fellow paid protestors this afternoon. In this economy you've got a take whatever work you can get.

Just catastrophic. The Court is basically saying that the government gets to illegally terminate thousands of contracts at one time, with no individualized determinations, but litigants have to challenge the government's decision in piecemeal litigation. Brutally asymmetric.

Here's my pessimistic-for-D's take on last night. The D special election overperformance seemed to be in the ~15 point range. Go back and look at 2017 specials and that number is about the same. It led to winning the House and holding a bunch of dicey Senate seats in 2018. 1/

I wish we could get Obama to poke his head up and deliver a serious speech right now, warning the country that we are losing things that we can never get back. Allies, scientific leadership, functional government, rule of law, economic stability. America will become unrecognizable. 1/

the legal profession is tightly bound by professional societies, many of which are highly regulated. the fact that the establishment cannot overcome the prisoner's dilemma to uphold rule of law is grim. rule of law is the basis of their jobs! without it, the job turns into glorified bribe broker!

Our alliance with Canada is over. I guess we aren't far from leaving NATO altogether. Our investments into scientific research (and bringing the best minds in the world to help us be global leaders) are evaporating. We're purposely ending millions of jobs and exiting global trade. 1/

Maybe the easiest place to start - Congress could, tomorrow, turn off the tariffs. Huge majorities of the country are concerned about Trump demolishing US trade for no reason. Every day these tariffs are in effect it is because Congress is *making a choice.* Hold them accountable!

The town hall & Bernie/AOC energy is great. We need to channel it into concrete demands for action in Republican-held districts & Senate seats. It needs to be clear what we are asking Congress to do in this moment. Because right now I worry about America making it to 2026.

Very biased here obviously, and views 100% my own but... Independent multi-member Commissions are Congress's attempt to design some government institutions that force a degree of bipartisanship and provide some stability and continuity. 1/

I'm going to work here in a minute, and I've started just not looking at socials during the workday because it just doesn't help. But before I go, I need you to know what's going to happen in DC today, in all likelihood. The Senate's going to vote on a continuing resolution to fund the US govt.

Of the Chiefs of Staff, vice chiefs of staff, and judge advocates general of the three branches, Trump fired all the women and Black people.

Any DC politician who votes for surface parking lots at RFK has lost me as a supporter

Really great, humane reporting about the senseless and brutal situation our nation's civil service is being put through. Warning that it may trigger tears.

As someone in the legal / good governance movement who was here in 2017 too, here is another thing that feels *very* different this time around: many law firms are sitting the fight out, too scared to be seen fighting Trump. 1/

Omg. After the Google algorithm created the problem of recipe sites needing to post long ass articles with their recipes, Google has finally decided to fix it.... By just extracting the recipe from the site and placing it directly into search results

The 51st presents: Overheard in D.C.! Each week we'll be publishing the funny, bizarre, heartwarming, and otherwise unbelievable stuff you hear in the District. Send your submissions to [email protected]. Include where it was said, who said it, and a little context if possible!

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH** * Currently paused by Executive Order ** Grant reviews now all canceled www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

Just checking in on today's @washingtonpost.com cartoon after Ann Telnaes was fired and they abandoned the "democracy dies in darkness" motto. Don't worry, they are still fearlessly tackling the tough issues of the day.

How you can read this and thank anyone for these pardons is beyond me 😪 www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pres...

Guys when Chris Rufo and Trump say "We're destroying DEI, we're salting the earth underneath it" and they're talking about regulations that reach back to 1965, they're not talking about corporate diversity trainings. They are talking about civil rights

Elon Musk frantically calls Draymond Green for tips on how to explain his natural saluting motion

Can't say I'm thrilled to be having to file lawsuits like this again! But it's time to stiffen our spines and call out corruption that is deeply harmful to the American people. Our government needs to belong to the people, not to a handful of craven billionaires.

the 'they're all corrupt, nothing matters' attitude is one of the reasons Russia is a godawful place and it's very worrying how much it's spreading in the United States

Hey #bikedc I'd be thrilled if anybody has a report on the conditions on 11th St NW (in Columbia Heights / Park View) and the 15th St NW cycletrack today!

I only watch Disney movies now and I only listen to Disney songs now. But let me just say, 5 years after the fact, Frozen 2 is a banger. And the AdultzBop version of Into the Unknown is awesome.

This piece from @nsementelli.bsky.social and @ggwash.bsky.social is a great overview of the serious land use tradeoffs involved at the RFK site. The takeaway is that even getting to borderline acceptable land use will take serious boldness. ggwash.org/view/98029/t...

America should be investing in municipal ebike programs/subsidies, the payoffs—for traffic reduction, health, mobility—are tremendous. Great piece by @clivethompson.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202... cc @brenttoderian.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social

Four stills from a film you consider a masterpiece. No title. One movie per day for 20 days. #filmsky

Ward 4 and DC are lucky to have @janeese4dc.bsky.social fighting for us for another four years!

This from Noah Smith is a terrific piece of writing, if dark and depressing about the world we have entered

My final newsletter is out, covering a lot of the work I have done and some of the work that lies ahead! Thank you all for your support and the opportunity to serve these last two years! anc4d06.substack.com/p/thank-you-...

Just biked home in this, and felt comfortable the whole way. Very stupid point but it's incredible what dressing appropriately can accomplish. I felt much more miserably cold biking earlier today when it was 10-15 degrees warmer but I was not appropriately bundled.

Last night our Commission held its last meeting, and I passed my last resolution, calling for the Mayor and DC Council to timely implement Initiative 83. 1/ resolutions.anc.dc.gov/ViewResoluti...

Fun write-up of Humanity's Podcast, the one that will come with me to a desert island, the one I turn to when things like "Trump wins again" happen www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

I finally chose a Christmas ornament

What is crazy is that Georgetown has more tree cover, 30x the income tax base, 80x the property tax base, and the same level of NIMBYism.

If there is no bike lane, always take the lane

I guess I spend a lot of time going north-south

One of the reasons why I snap a picture from the same spot each day to show that 🚲 are a year round method of transportation.