not me crying because MICHELLE YEOH in the wicked: one wonderful night special tonight 😭

It’s November 6th and I already have Christmas presents purchased and in hand for my mom and brother and I feel weirdly proud of this right now.

I have just found out that there are millennials in the world who have never read the "Dear America" series growing up and I just. SPEECHLESS.

I am happy to report that thanks to the impeccable thing that is women’s sizing, I can once again…wear size 0 jeans as someone who is normally…a 2-4?

the best part about the (brief) period between elections in Virginia? no more campaign commercials 🙌🏼

The FAA will reduce flight capacity at 40 major airports across the U.S. starting Friday, officials say

tbh i wonder if my neighbors are sick of me just singing at the top of my lungs to get through the work week the past few weeks. this has also proven that i am ready to slay at karaoke bars now.

now that the big three races in Va have been called before midnight, this gal is excited to go to sleep at a reasonable time on election night.

JUST IN: Associated Press has called the VA AG race for Jay Jones.

A seeming bit of history tonight as Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Asian American to win statewide office in Virginia - and the first Muslim woman to win statewide office *anywhere* in the United States.

Amended: Ghazala Hashmi is the first Muslim woman to win a statewide race in the U.S.

As it stands right now, here's the Albemarle County statistics that are starting to trickle in on the Virginia Elections site.

Honestly the MSNBC (soon-to-be MSNOW) and NBC News split is weird. Election Night without Steve Kornacki is WEIRD (but now I am watching NBC News Now and he's there!)

RESULTS! ARE! COMING! IN! You too can be a giant nerd by following along here: enr.elections.virginia.gov/results/publ...

POLLS ARE CLOSED (though don't leave if you're in line at a polling location)! Stay tuned with VPM News throughout the night for coverage from races across Virginia.

Polls have closed in Virginia! And now, we wait.

okay election day news dumps, you can stop at any minute now.

And ICYMI: The visual dispatches over time that led up to today, because election season in Virginia is so packed events, speeches and more, that it's impossible to be everywhere at once...unless you're @theshabomb.com, who gets closer than just about anyone who isn't actually running for office.

Happy Election Day, Virginia! Looking for our election coverage today? You can find it all here 👇🏼

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Charlottesville City Market Offers “Harvest Special”: $20 in Free Produce for SNAP Customers. www.charlottesville.gov/civicalerts....

City of Charlottesville voters! I have seen a few posts online today about the polling place mixup and am sharing this over here for folks.

if u do not have anything nice to say well sometimes u are not wrong

what a time to be alive!

today’s teen vogue news just makes me sad. why? because i love what they evolved into from when i was a teen and it was a fashion-focused magazine. in all honesty, i would’ve loved to have the current iteration of TV back then because there have been so many great writers in recent years!

Newest UVA ALERT: UVA Emergency Alert: 4:43 PM. Situation at Shannon Library is ALL CLEAR. After extensive investigation, police identified no evidence of attack or threat on UVA Grounds or nearby. Investigation into false report ongoing. Clear to resume normal operations.

Latest update from UVA: UVA Emergency Alert: 3:58 PM. Update - Police are continuing to investigate at Shannon Library. At this time there is no evidence that an attack has occurred. Continue to follow RUN-HIDE-FIGHT protocol until All Clear is issued.

UVA Emergency Alert: 3:34 PM. Police are currently at Shannon Library continuing to investigating. At this time there is no evidence of an Attacker. For more information go to: at.virginia.edu/SIP-RHF; uvaemergency.virginia.edu/active-alert...

As this is going on, I am NOT live posting what the scanner says. I have also not gotten any more updates from the UVA Alert system, and I am going to keep monitoring the situation.

Latest University of Virginia update: Academic buildings on Grounds are going to Access Control only. Unsure if that's a full shelter-in-place, but I have NOT seen shelter-in-place orders sent out yet via the UVA alert system?

Active attacker alert at UVA ongoing

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

I am so tempted to start using the Microsoft Teams status messages as if they're AIM away messages.

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some news: i'm affected by this round of layoffs at paste so my last day will be nov. 14. it really sucks to have this happen right before the holidays. now looking for full-time and part-time work opportunities so please reach out if you have any leads

my god that replay was absolutely brutal and 10/10 would not watch that again oh my god

I LOVE FOOTBALL AGAIN

IT’S TIIIIIME! The McRib Man has just informed me that they are returning on Nov. 11th and he plans on eating at least two in an airport this time.

Will Smith has a reading foundation and visits public schools. Just so you know the guy who hit that game winning homer has done good things for the LAUSD

Wise words from my brother, who does not pay attention to sports and also knows absolutely nothing about baseball:

UVA being good at football this season and Penn State just crashing and burning horrifically is…weird to see.

As the auntie, I take sword duty very seriously.

Big day for millennials who listened to British boy bands! (me)

All of this *just* happened in two totally separate cases, so be careful with differing stories about where things stand: - TRO granted in the Rhode Island case (Judge Jack McConnell), but no written order yet. - Trump admin was given until Monday to act in the Mass. case (Judge Indira Talwani).

There's some really cool Charlottesville-y folks who worked on this video! Proud to call one of them a pal too :)

And there it is... Announcement is made that the US House will be out of session again next week They haven't voted since mid-September

the first time i watched the 2003 texas chainsaw massacre left me with an irrational fear of chainsaws. and not just because i watched it in my basement while home alone with what looked like leatherface's sewing machine directly behind me.

On this very special Halloween edition of Curious Commonwealth, @seanmcgoey.com asks: "I keep seeing houses in my neighborhood decked out with decorations every bit as insane for Halloween. Has Richmond always been like this?" VPM News found the answer to be… no! Read (and listen) if you dare 👻

A Kimono decorated with skeletons, from Japan, 1840-1860 CE, now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London

public radio music stations matter noncommusic.org/stories/prmd...

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