First day at THE NEW OFFICE!: "I forgot some of you have legs!" - @exit265c.com

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger's vetoes today bring my count to 29. That's close to the 33 vetoes former Gov. Glenn Youngkin in his first year, when the legislature was split. www.vpap.org/visuals/visu... (@vpapupdates)

Gov. Abigail Spanberger vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have allowed Virginia to (finally) start legal recreational cannabis sales in 2027. The veto is another setback for state Democrats who were banking on her support after years of Republican vetoes — and her pledge to support the measure.

i've seen so many BAD technology-related news hit the skyline today and i just. lol. EL. OH. EL.

did i accidentally pay the final electric bill for the old place twice? yes, yes i did. am i now on hold with dominion to sort that out? yes, yes i am, and i appreciate the jazzy hold music that almost sounds a little like the monsters inc. theme song.

a new @deck.blue font change has hit and...this is weirdly nice?

NEWS: NPR plans newsroom restructure and modest jobs cuts as it confronts era without federal funding. CEO Katherine Maher says NPR intends to save $8M from newsgathering & related units; shows and podcasts not eligible for buyouts or targeted for layoffs. www.npr.org/2026/05/18/n...

A bit of breaking news Monday morning: Florida-based NextEra Energy, the largest electric utility in the US, announced plans to buy Dominion Energy in a $67 billion transaction expected to close in the second half of 2027.

Downside of the new house: our bedroom window faces the woods and THE FOXES WONT STOP SCREAMING

lip smackers brought back their flip gloss and I am 9 years old again. strawberry breeze still hits the same way it did in 2000. only downside? they’re not AS nice as the og ones. They’re not metal and plastic because they’re just all plastic.

As I’m putting my vacation reading list together for Maine, the top of this year’s is an @alixeharrow.bsky.social book!

I haven’t gone on a run in two years and I am very out of shape. And my summer plans include doing more exercise to get my rage out about this news cycle.

I did in fact, purchase the whale shorts today. As much as I loved the romper, it is $200 😭 But boy do I love the “thar she blows!” print with my whole heart.

5/16: Cville: trustworthy folks are reporting a batch of cocaine in town that’s cut with fentanyl. Please test your supply and don’t use alone. Reshare this post. Cville Harm Reduction is distributing test strips and Narcan to restaurants on the corner and downtown if you need one.

Ever since the TikTok girlies have discovered Ube and calling it “oob” I can’t unhear that and it’s so funny to me. OOB!

lilly pulitzer brought back their 1968 whale print and i am over here living for this because the print isn't overly neon and it's WHALES. only in warm weather does the super basic side of me come out.

i think im gonna have to make a trek to philly one weekend this summer to see not one, but TWO versions of van gogh's sunflowers so i can cry even harder than the first time i saw it in person.

any time i see a photo of will sharpe, i always have to do a double take because he looks EXACTLY like my brother...but without all the tattoos.

“Today, over 5,000 faculty across Penn State campuses, including University Park and the Commonwealth Campuses, won their faculty union, the Penn State Faculty Alliance, SEIU Local 668, with 2,510 faculty members voting Union Yes!!! …the union won with almost 75% of the vote!!”

will this prolly leak everywhere? yeah, but DANG I need this. why have a water bottle when I could have a WATER SWORD

The collective bargaining veto is out, along with Gov. Spanberger's explanation.

things i am looking forward to next month: spending time next to bodies of water in maine.

today in casual Richmond news:

The NAACP and Advancement Project are asking SCOTUS to overturn Virginia’s high court ruling striking down the state’s redistricting referendum, arguing the decision disenfranchised more than 3.1 million voters who approved the measure in April. virginiamercury.com/2026/05/14/n...

I ordered Lucy Dacus's Na Nin candle (RVA, IYKYK!) and it smells delightful. Less tomato vine-y, and way more earthy, like you ARE planting tomatoes in the ground.

things that still hold up, nearly 21 years later: coldplay's x&y

it is 11pm and I would like to not have chattahoochee stuck in my head as I try to go to sleep.

it is rather comical to me that my band tee collection is still mostly black band tees, but we're coming up on all forms of camo now. I DO NOT WISH TO BE SEEN, THAT'S ALL.

i was hibernating when jamelle posted this great thread but agree with it completely tbh

I’ve been very excited about The Discourse over AAPI month and the current media darlings of the Wasians, but it’s also making me feel bad and I dont like this. So many conflicting things! It’s bad enough I’ve made bad jokes about myself over the years!

Daytrotter is back?!!!?!?

I am extremely here for Turnstile covering Inside Out!!!!

In news that should surprise absolutely nobody, this. I’m not (one of those) crazy girls, but dangit do I love belting things at the top of my lungs.

I keep forgetting that Caroline Polachek was in Chairlift and it’s such a jarring thing to be brought back to the late 00s when I hear their music then hear her solo stuff.

This was filed by @ssurovell.bsky.social, @donscott757.bsky.social and Louise Lucas to SCOTUS.

former proud boy jason kessler has filed a defamation suit against proud boys’ founder gavin mcinnes over gavin’s claims that jason was the SPLC’s paid informant at unite the right

the millennial song debate on here is just reminding me that when mgmt played at penn state in 2013, they did not play "kids" and there were very unhappy people in the crowd (i thought it was hilarious)

Things I am still puzzled about after seeing them in the news: how a PCR test can be "mildly positive." It's either positive or not and...what.

This is wild: Yomiuri News reports that due to the Iran War, Japan is facing a critical shortage in naphtha, a key material in making potato chip bags, and printing ink. As a result, the snack giant Calbee has announced that they are adopt black-and-white packaging for most key products 🫠 🫠 🫠

To the small child who just told me she liked my outfit (just jorts! And a striped tee!) at bodo’s, thank you. My day has been made.

how many records is too many? asking for a friend.

It is still wild to me that Virginia’s liberty bell replica is in Charlottesville.

IKEA coming in strong with the millennial jams today. Currently playing: Meg and Dia’s MONSTER.

Spencer’s gonna come home from crozet and see me in prime emo gal mode bc of today’s news cycle: laying on the sofa with dashboard confessional blasting from the speakers.

VA Dems asked SCOVA on Friday afternoon to stay its ruling nullifying the state's redistricting referendum while they prepare an appeal to SCOTUS. The request for stay does not make clear what constitutional grounds the appeal will be based on, only that they plan to file one.

Republican opponents of the new maps celebrated the overturning of what they saw as a misleading power grab, while Democrats pushed back against the court nullifying the will of the voters. Some Democrats even said they would try to challenge the ruling or explore other avenues.

it has been A WEEK for having crisp, cold stress sodas.

BREAKING: The Virginia General Assembly didn't follow the Constitution of Virginia when presenting voters with the April 21 ballot question on redistricting, the Supreme Court of Virginia ruled Friday.

Meanwhile in PA, it looks like there's...a measles outbreak in Lebanon. Lebanon County holds HALF of all of PA's measles cases this year. Yikes.

BREAKING: In a loss for Democrats, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled the congressional map voters approved last month to counter GOP gerrymanders cannot go into effect. The decision overturns the will of voters for technical reasons and gives Republicans a leg up for the 2026 midterms.