Friday drinks for @seriousllama.bsky.social’s bday at an undisclosed bar

Gonna be super fun to dynamite this thing into oblivion in 2029.

DC implemented a new policy for its streeteries that cost restaurants $20,000 to implement. The result: virtually every restaurant eliminated their outdoor dining, many have reduced their hiring, & now a few cars can park more easily. Congrats on the successful policy change, DC government!

Yes, yes, it is the provenance of the steel in the ballroom that is the issue here.

If the 2028 Dem nominee doesn’t campaign on blowing this thing up on Day 1, what are we even doing?

He attended the Citadel. She is a future Trad Wife.

This is no way to run a country.

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I think a lot of his voters wanted this. Not all of them, but for a considerable number of them “lower prices/costs” was a fig leaf for “I want him to f*** up the people I don’t like.”

For @51st.news, wrote about my favourite park in DC: Malcolm X! When I heard about the park closing for the summer, I was distraught! My neighbor (or Park Uncle) was skeptical - he's heard of enough of these beautification efforts in his 41 years near the park 51st.news/opinion-malc...

cc @hgil.bsky.social and @exsk8pnk.bsky.social

I’m pretty sure the building we’ve relocated to is vacant or haunted…maybe both. Have been here two days, have seen precisely one other person, the elevator makes weird noises, and the parking garage is full of Maybachs and Teslas.

Incredible!

Jacksonville, Florida

Heard the fireworks while sitting on a restaurant patio and for a moment I thought It had happened.

Not only is it not a ban, the president doesn’t have the power to ban them anyway

Add food to a movie title: E.B.L.T.

<Stares in Fort Myer>

Feels like it’s worth noting that, while perhaps not all of the specifics were knowable, quite literally nothing he has done—or will do—is surprising to anyone who’s paid attention for the last ten years. This is a guy who stood in an arena and mocked a disabled person. Nothing is out of bounds.

There’s nothing this guy’s gonna do that’ll push these numbers in the other direction. The numbers only move one way.

Turns out huge permitting delays at the hands of NPS—something we’re all familiar with in DC—played a big role in the potomac interceptor failure. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Love to consume breakfast wheats filled with a thick fruit paste.

I think many people miss this point re: AI writing. Sure, you can churn out a draft of something in seconds, but the amount of time you’ll spend editing, revising, and fact-checking the piece will almost certainly exceed the investment of time if you’d just written the thing yourself to begin with.

Going to be temporarily relocating to some place called “Alexandria”. Apparently said place was once part of the original diamond. Rumor has it, it may well be again. #SleeperCell

Good morning, DC

“Hi, I’m Hulu. You know that show you’ve been watching for multiple seasons? Yeah, I buried it on the Home screen under five layers of other shows you AREN’T watching, and aren’t interested in. Good luck finding it!”

NEWS: The D.C. Council has unanimously voted to override @mayorbowser.dc.gov's veto of @robertwhitedc.bsky.social's bill requiring MPD officers to document the names of federal agents present at arrest scenes. (The feds don't have to share their names, though.)

Quick, end the season!

I am shocked—SHOCKED—that the driver on their phone not paying attention at the intersection has over $16,000 in unpaid traffic tickets.

It took us the better part of six months to acquire the necessary permits to update our house, and we aren’t even in a historic district. Meanwhile, this MFer bulldozed an entire wing of the White House and has started building this gaudy thing with barely any oversight at all.

Best railcar graffiti I've ever seen

My mobility-impaired father, who is not in good health, felt it important enough to join upwards of 2,000 others in deep red Delaware, Ohio at a No Kings protest this afternoon. All I can say is that if outlets like the NYT aren’t taking this seriously, they’re missing a swelling tide of anger.

Deleted a post that shared an AI-generated image of supposed protesters in Philadelphia, and blocked the account that shared it. The real NK turnouts across the country are no less impressive, we don’t need to make shit up.

Wow. Thousands already gathered in DC for today’s #NoKings protest! 👏 Poetically, they have gathered at the sight of Trump’s proposed new arch. @50501movement.bsky.social (📸 Andrew Leyden)

Chevy Chase is turning out for the protests today. Ct Ave + Friendship Heights Metro protests appeared very well attended.

So, hold up. A bike lane was causing all the cherry blossom traffic, but shutting down entire streets is fine?

Friday night vibes

Finishing up work on Friday at a top secret upper northwest coffee-serving establishment.

I feel about the DC Metro similarly to how I feel about public libraries: It’s a quasi-miracle that it exists, and if it were proposed today there is a 0% chance it would move forward.

Reminds me of when a group of Spring Valley residents tried to get a parking lot declared historic to block the construction of a two story building.

FWIW, I suspect there are many staff at NPS who understand that this is a senseless move, so an approach focused on throwing sand in the gears until whoever’s pushing this in the administration gets bored and turns to something else seems like a reasonable strategy.

A member of Kennedy Center’s board of trustees is asking a court to block its name change and impending two-year closure for renovations. “No president has the authority to shut Congress out of the governance of the Kennedy Center, much less unilaterally rename or demolish it.”

I'm very disappointed that the House once again ignored DC residents to pass legislation that would make our communities less safe. The legislation would codify the presence of federal agents on our streets and encourage further harassment and kidnapping of DC residents.

Nine guard members milling around and doing absolutely nothing at Metro Center this AM:

Whenever I find myself feeling frustrated about the political status of the District, I’m reminded of how unbelievably depressing the Maine senate race is.

Five House Democrats joined Republicans in voting to treat DC like a colony and give sweeping authority to an unelected, unaccountable, reactionary Trump-created commission: Cuellar Davis Golden Gray Perez

Hi @metrorailinfo.bsky.social one of the panels of the front pair of doors of car #3247 is not opening at stations.

I don’t think we really appreciate how gross it is that there are so many people willing to support or oppose a war strictly based on how much it costs them to put gas in their vehicles.

The streetcar was destined to fail the moment it was denied a dedicated right of way, and the city-wide network was scrapped. What we’re left with remains streets choked with traffic that nobody seems to like yet nobody wants to meaningfully address.