Apparently you can just walk into barmini without a reservation these days

Hooray for them but this might be the most annoying livecast of a rocket launch I've ever watched.

I dumped my Prime sub and the NBA Pass on the app is terrible, so I’ve started listening to basketball games on the radio again and my god I love it so much. It also makes me miss Chick Hearn all over again. 10/10 would recommend 📻

Lots of important news flying around today, but take a minute to read Eos's coverage of the failure to meet the Colorado River compact deadline and what that means for nearly everyone who uses water in the American West.

get their asses, Anish

First crack at NGC 253, the Sculptor Galaxy.

Everything is terrible but @jamiebear.bsky.social got some tickets to see Jenny Holzer’s exhibit at Glenstone so at least I got to stand in the dark and think about art for awhile.

The jury — which feasted on sandwiches for lunch on Thursday, according to a person familiar with jury lunches

great place to celebrate the sandwich verdict is YOUR ONLY FRIEND where the sandwiches are too fucking good to throw at a cop

Oops I meant to say I’m at Archives-Navy Memorial lol but there’s actually another WCK service at Navy Yard so you’re good either way 🙃

Furloughed feds, come get coffee and a meal from @wck.org at Navy Yard between 11-1 today (and through the shutdown)!

Says assault requires a “reasonable fear of immediate bodily harm,” and none exists given agent’s long-sleeve shirt, long pants, boots, gloves and ballistic vest that is created to “keep you safe from military rifle fire” and so is “definitely going to keep you safe from a sandwich.”

Helpful thread about what the heck is going on with the NASA nomination...

And redistribute it to recurring monthly small payments to your local papers, podcasts, and reporters who've hung out their own shingles.

“Turn the volume up” is just insane contemporary speech work.

I’m gonna live off this speech for a very, very long time.

Dick Cheney would have loved this

Tonight’s Supermoon for tonight’s super electorate that’s doing a bang up job so far.

Wandering aimlessly around my house with the news on in the background mumbling “come on Virginia!” “come on New York!” like I’ve got bets on the worst March Madness in history

Our local government emulating the way the feds currently govern is really not going to go over well here.

Everyone involved in this case, including the Border Patrol agent, should be dying of embarrassment being involved in such a ridiculous prosecution.

oh my god, this thread is perfect.

That's right.

BREAKING: In a second case over the suspension of SNAP benefits, a federal judge in Rhode Island has issued a TRO from the bench against the Trump administration. There is no written order yet, but here is CNBC's report: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/31/s...

Listen to @segravesnbc4.bsky.social on today’s @citycastdc.bsky.social talk about the Feds, w/MPD, who shot 3x into the drivers window an unarmed Black man (who wasn’t hit) and @mayorbowser.dc.gov’s Trump-like response to his questions. Unacceptable. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Great, good decision.

Me, blearily doomscrolling in the middle of the night: Wait…what did the Supreme Court do this time? 🧐

I feel the fires of incandescent rage rapidly evolving me into my final form

Lest you forget we have no representation, we’re under occupation by the Feds, our police are coordinating with DHS, and we’re liable to have a billion dollars in our local tax dollars taken from us because the GOP doesn’t like us. We District residents aren’t the problem.

A news tidbit: I've heard that the D.C. Council could consider a bill next week that would start the process of decoupling the city from the federal tax code. This would be done to counteract federal tax changes that critics say benefit the wealthy and decrease revenue.

I just watched the Jose Andres episode of Chef's Table: Legends on Netflix last weekend. There are so few good and truly inspiring leaders in the world and I continue to be proud to have one here at home.

No representation in Congress, no representation from our Mayor of her electorate's views. Pretty bummer era for democracy we are in. (Notable exception: Thank you @councilofdc.bsky.social for pushing back on this.)

This fighter squadron is on its 5th god damn pass over my house during the government shutdown and we’re about to starve millions of families when SNAP benefits expire on Saturday in case you wondered what efficient government looks like in the US of A right now.

A federal judge just heard almost three hours of arguments on D.C.'s lawsuit against the Trump administration over the deployment of the National Guard. D.C. wants the deployment stopped, the Trump administration has asked that the lawsuit be dismissed. No ruling today.

Here's the final installment of Postcards of Home, staff photographer @darrow-m.bsky.social’s trip through his early archives. Take a look back: buff.ly/Qj2pbbr

MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.

BREAKING: Judge Illston says she is expanding her TRO blocking shutdown RIFs as to any AFSCME and AFL-CIO members or bargaining units to include NFFE, SEIU, and NAGE union members or bargaining units AND any members/units removed under EO 14251 whose removal is subject to legal dispute.

When I was in Budapest last December I spent a whole day going to nearly every bookstore in the city, and when I asked one proprietor what I should read from a local author she handed me this. Seems like a good day to crack it open!

Nice clear sky last night so I took another try at Andromeda while I watched The Battle of Algiers for the first time.

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

The captain on our trip home was on his retirement flight, so we got a water canon salute on the taxi to the gate! Lots of clapping, there was a cake waiting for him. One last performance to round out our Vegas trip, ha.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Got to see Paul McCartney with 40,000 of my friends last night. Man is over 80 and rocking out banger after banger for three straight hours. 10/10 experience.

Go @lvaces.bsky.social !!!

I don’t really miss pre-sunrise alarms but the view never lets me down.

Finally got to reading Chocolate City, just a really really stellar history of DC since pre-Revolution days. Especially today, with my heart on my sleeve for this city and a Statehood for DC button on my bag, I’m so grateful for this story of radicals and rebels.

Wow! Ely, MN is absolutely popping off with aurora right now, and we still have not seen a full substorm expansion. This next substorm *should* be a great show for everyone above the 45th parallel with views extending down to the central U.S. go.theauroraguy.com/webcams

Last game of the season. The White Sox got their second home run right after I took this lol.

A venn diagram that's a perfect circle for @volcanojw.bsky.social interests.

This statue is on the lawn of American Red Cross HQ directly across the street from the White House.