@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social I'm watching Parlor Room: Monikers and wanted to point out this math mistake that looks like you actually won

D.C. doesn’t have its own prison, so its residents are sent to federal facilities all over the country. This is a bad system that serves no one, Askia Afrika-Ber writes. This writer is a D.C. resident currently incarcerated at USP Hazelton in West Virginia, published here via More Than Our Crimes:

We rule that the mass executions may proceed while the larger Constitutional case works its way through the court system. by John Roberts, joined by Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh (2026)

It’s disappointing that Ring has chosen this moment, when police and the government are infringing civil liberties left and right, to revive its tech’s most invasive feature: helping police get videos captured by home security cameras. www.consumerreports.org/electronics...

Joe Biden wrote the Violence Against Women Act. Donald Trump says domestic violence should not be considered a crime. Can the two parties find common ground?

The House Oversight Committee will vote on a bill to eliminate our locally elected Attorney General, replacing the position with a presidential appointee not subject to Senate confirmation. This is an egregious overreach and a dangerous consolidation of presidential power.

It may not be immediately apparent the damage Phil Mendelson does as Chair of the DC Council. But the incessant putting of fellow Councilmembers and neighbors in their places because he’s “responsible” and “knows better” limits action, progress, and - most importantly - accountability.

New: ICE just spent millions of dollars on facial recognition technology to track down people the agency believes have 'assaulted' law enforcement officers. Comes as charges are dropped around the country because officers misrepresented what actually happened www.404media.co/ice-spends-m...

A beaver in Rock Creek Park. Amazing.

Thank you @transit.app for having accurate arrival times. I was able to tell a mom and kids their bus was coming and the @wmata.com posted time of 36 minute wait was wrong.

I can’t get over how absurd and pointless this all is. The National Park Service “used to have 200 people assigned to maintain thousands of acres of trees and gardens in D.C., and now there are 20, a Park Service official told The Post… So the National Guard is picking up the slack.”

Holy fucking shit

I got the complaint in the horrific OpenAI self harm case the the NY Times reported today This is way way worse even than the NYT article makes it out to be OpenAI absolutely deserves to be run out of business

"In the week before the takeover, 39% of all arrests in D.C. were for violent crimes. Since the takeover, that number has fallen to 36% of all arrests, MPD data says." www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/p...

This is a great read for anyone in DC, especially for those who want evidence to counter the crime, crime, crime accounts online who think increased patrols are always the best and only answer.

Ten days— That’s how long it took Bo Hines to go from executive director of the White House crypto council to strategic advisor for Tether. www.reuters.com/world/us/whi... tether.io/news/tether-...

Thank you, Boston Globe. This is how it's done.

Six states have pledged more than 1,100 National Guardsmen to DC, joining the nearly 900 DC Guardsmen activated

As if this week were not bizarre enough: Mount Pleasant residents tell me a group of federal agents gathered for a photo-op near a pro-immigrant banner, pictured below, then tore it down. In its place, they left a dildo. A neighbor's Ring camera captured the whole thing...

As the president takes over the DC police department and sends federal immigration agents onto the streets, @mayorbowser.bsky.social jets off to Martha's Vineyard.

The EO allowing MPD to share immigration information with feds is outrageous. My colleagues and I are discussing the legality of this move and what actions we can take. We are a city that welcomes all and protects our residents.

Instagram has what appears to be a QA issue with not allowing enough horizontal space for the full text of Follow and Following buttons to display. Clearly there is enough room to display Follow if Followin fits.

Don't mind us. Just the two of us getting some summer camp reps in for #TranspoBingo 2026. Thanking bus drivers and trying out all the seats for the best views.

NEW FOIA Files SCOOP: The FBI redacted Trump’s name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the Epstein files under two privacy exemptions before DOJ & FBI concluded “no further disclosure” of the files “would be appropriate or warranted.” www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

What's interesting is that MPD seem to regularly budget just $17.5 million for OT (242,000 hours), but blows through that pretty quickly. In the last fiscal year, MPD ended with 1,009,910 of OT hours on the local side alone.

Interesting: Per a new report to the D.C. Council, MPD officers have done $110 million worth of overtime so far this fiscal year (Oct. 2024 to date). Of that, $61 million was paid by the city, significantly above the $17.5 million budgeted for the entire year.

Fox News has aired 168 segments about Tulsi Gabbard's revisionist claims regarding Russia, Obama, and the 2016 election (Rob Savillo/Media Matters for America) Main Link | memeorandum Permalink

It is wild that we think 500+ residents waiting in a queue for hours to testify in a marathon session is good government. This potentially will run all day and well into the evening. With a vote Friday there is almost no way to make this easier for residents and break this into multiple sessions.

USDOT will impose a 1.2-mi setback for wind turbines from highways & railroads, claiming they "potentially obstruct radio communication" www.transportation.gov/briefing-roo... Doesn't seem to be a problem in France, Taiwan, Netherlands, etc., which routinely place turbines next to high-speed lines.

Emmett Till would be 84 today. Not 114. Not 104. 84. He would be my uncle. Not great-great or great uncle. One of my parents' siblings. This is why we remember.

In one swift moment, a traffic stop turned into a violent arrest. Video footage of the incident show a group of officers detaining three men. Afterward, agents can be heard bragging and making light of the arrests, calling the use of a stun gun “funny”.

We just translated a wave of our ICE coverage into Spanish. No paywall, no email signup necessary. From leaks about Palantir's work with ICE to ICE's new facial recognition app, we think there is a massive public interest in this info. Read why and support us here: www.404media.co/were-publish...

Accessibility chat hours~ Please do not forget that using special "fonts" in your usernames and posts can mess with some assistive tech. Heads up that the link contains a video example and it is PAINFUL. https://twitter.com/kentcdodds/status/1083073242330361856?t=1KGRXW3dqhwhxb-5tjOgQQ&s=19

🚨NEW: A horror story emerges from hacked flight logs of the March 15 flight to El Salvador: mass disappearances. It's possible there are DOZENS of additional people the Trump admin sent to be imprisoned in El Salvador without trial who are imprisoned there whose names have never been disclosed.

Trump on Powell: “I was surprised he was appointed” (Trump appointed him)

I wonder if the Transportation Committee @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social can consider legislation for PEPCO to meet some SLA metrics in order to allow them to request rate increases. Why should PEPCO make neighbors pay more for services but also get to unilaterally delay traffic safety fixes for them.

NEW: Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”

Big wins but also… There is still $0 for permanent supportive housing for individuals experiencing homelessness. This means no one, NO ONE, will start the process to receive housing until 2027, assuming it is funded then. It is an abject failure to support our unhoused neighbors.

If there are progressive advocates, it suggests those on the other side are conservative advocates. Yet we only label progressives, either in elected office or advocating for change.

Abusers never take no for an answer. nypost.com/2025/07/13/u...

I love that we as a city defund the critical infrastructure of public toilets to give a grift guy a nepo job. Might wanna probe this one further, @wcp.bsky.social, the timing is wild.

A great and also frustrating article explaining the cuts @cmbrookepinto.bsky.social is making to violence interruption programs and the potential that her cuts will close one of them here in Petworth. 51st.news/opinion-dc-c...

US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza.

GOP reconciliation bill's effects: —Poorest 1/5 of earners: *declining* after-tax incomes —Those making >$3 m/year gain $118,000 —12 m people become uninsured —3.2 m people lose food stamps —US stops its efforts to combat climate change —$122 billion spent on deportation & concentration camps

It’s a terrible bill. It will literally kill people. The most vulnerable among us will suffer as the wealthiest benefit. It’s perverse. I wish there were something I could do. But alas, I am only a U.S. Senator from Alaska whose “no” vote would kill the bill. So I voted yes. You get it.

One of my favorite Western States storylines this year are the six men over 70 - one of which is 80! - hoping to finish 100 miles by the 30 hour cutoff. Shoutout to Jan Vleck, Michel Poletti (of UTMB), Nick Bassett (80 y/o!), Jim Howard (1981/83 winner), Ed Willson and Michael Koppy. #wser

A nice reminder of the immense power contained in saying “no.” When people refuse to comply, it raises the costs ($$$, political, social, etc) of enforcing authoritarianism. They very well might try anyway, but every person that says “no” is another point of friction. www.npr.org/2025/06/28/n...

Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

The phone network launched by the Trump Organization now says that the smartphone will be 'brought to life in the USA' and 'designed with American values in mind', after last week pledging the product would be manufactured in the US https://on.ft.com/3HVbQu9