Norfolk’s popular First Fridays block parties have been cancelled. Again. www.pilotonline.com/2026/04/17/n...

We all have days like this

Ashes of American Flags ---> Heavy Metal Drummer.... What a transition

Expand the Tide!

I would call myself an extremely plugged-in voter and I personally refuse to go downtown and deal with parking/traffic at the Norfolk city hall complex, so one can imagine how lack of satellite locations impacts turnout here.

The state of journalism is so dire they only let Caity Weaver wax poetic about fast casual appetizers every 18 months or so now.

MAJOR UPDATE: I found the best free restaurant bread in the United States www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

NEW: Growing fears of food shortages on USS Tripoli & other US ships in the Middle East. This photo is the kind of meals now being served. It was sent by a sailor to her family. Families are now trying to send food parcels to the ships. Full story 👉 www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

It really is laid off if you do, laid off if you don't with corporate media www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/b...

wrote about unc, and the way that the internet works as an accelerator of cultural appropriation aftermath.site/unc-aave-afr...

Seent an ambulance — with every noisemaker going full — practically pushing a car up Tidewater for blocks because the driver would not get out of the way, and that — is Car Brain

BIG BUSCH GARDENS NEWS: ANAMATRONICS ARE COMING TO VERBOLTEN www.pilotonline.com/2026/04/15/b...

user was blocked for this post is the first great account that bluesky truly owns. hats off to the creators.

The most patriotic thing you can do is hold your government accountable.

Former Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax shot and killed his wife inside their home and then shot and killed himself, authorities said. "This seems to be an ongoing domestic dispute surrounding what seems to be a complicated or messy divorce.” His son called 911, police said. Both children were home.

I have some huge news! I am making my debut on a Criterion disc for their stunning 4k restoration of Neil Jordan's THE CRYING GAME. I wrote an essay for the booklet and I'm very excited for everyone to check it out. www.criterion.com/films/33812-...

Poor Sleep Linked To Gong https://theonion.com/poor-sleep-linked-to-gong/

oh really

In a wild development, the fire alarm at the Hilton went off just as Norfolk State of the City was getting going. We've been told to remain in place and everything is fine. The police chief hasn't left yet so I'm also remaining.

they simply ain't making 'em like this anymore

Wait, Allbirds doesn't have anything to do with birding? It's not an eBird knock-off?

A very important personal message for you all today: No, @vimiller.bsky.social and I are NOT the same person. And the fact that y'all keep confusing us says something about Society™️ in case you need more clarification: chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/2026...

BREAKING: Norfolk plans to close the westbound lanes of Norview Avenue between Military Highway and Azalea Garden Road for six months. Some City Council members aren't happy, saying the city is road construction-fatigued. www.pilotonline.com/2026/04/14/n...

free speech is when you're free to shut up and sit there while i give a speech

The cheek! '“Getting to work shouldn’t be a barrier to opportunity,” Virginia Beach City Manager Patrick Duhaney said in a news release.' 🎁

i'm reminded of lana del rey authenticity discourse i also found kinda funny

Incredible sequel. Edge of my seat!

Democrats have raised three times as much money as Republicans have for Virginia’s redistricting referendum (VA doesn’t have donation limits). Election Day is just one week away, and early voting is well underway

It doesn’t affect how I regard the band (which I like!) but does make it clear how hard it is for unfunded acts to break into the mainstream, and how folks with money to spend can manipulate the digital cesspool Many such cases ofc

Maybe I’ll write about the Affordability Discourse one day but I think that one thing (among many both material and perceptual) that this hard to untangle is that everyone—including those who are doing fine in material terms—has a lot more visibility into how well the rich are doing than in the past

bet it's fun as hell to operate the cranes

'I can change him'

Current status of the Strait of Hormuz dispute

How did I not notice this until last night?

Norfolk’s mayor announced plans to construct a recreation center and library at the Military Circle Mall site a year ago at his State of the City address. But Norfolk’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year includes no funding for the project in its CIP. www.pilotonline.com/2026/04/09/n...

Never gotten over how Columbia had a whole micro-site paying tribute to its 60s protests and building takeovers; then, when Gaza protesters repeated that strategy they called in the NYPD

He was delivering DoorDash when police arrested him at ODU, hours after March’s shooting:

New: 150 unionized ProPublica workers are on strike TODAY over AI, layoff protections, wages, and more. They're asking readers to not visit ProPublica or engage with content on other platforms. It's the first work stoppage of its kind at the newsroom. www.theverge.com/news/908401/...

If I were the Israeli government, I would be a little nervous for the long term that a lot of unnamed WH officials are telling the NYT that Netanyahu all but tricked Trump into starting this war.

howdy, think tank expert here! this isn't funny, think tanks only do this when they're in extreme distress

"it's giving war crime" in a southern accent is just going to play on loop in my head the rest of the day

Sure, I spent the '80s watching action movies that were mostly military revenge fantasies about the Middle East. But then I went to college and spent the '90s watching movies mostly about Tehran schoolgirls trying to accomplish various simple tasks. The Iranian New Wave would fix a lot of people.

Hooo Boy! New Maine Senate poll just dropped via in the Maine Resource Center via @notus.com Primary: Graham Platner 61.1% Janet Mills 28.0% General: Susan Collins 39.3% Platner 48.3% Mills 41.9% Collins 45.0% #MESen static.notus.org/0b/9f/97515a...

I would read Patrick Radden Keefe's investigation of literally anything -- the phonebook, a ham sandwich, you name it -- but I'm not reading a profile of him or any other journalist. It's against man and God for us to be written about

New Trump post on Iran

That headline hasn't aged very well. Never heard anyone discuss this before

this part struck me because these are also the *exact* traits of an AI chatbot