Made my way up to where the Potomac Interceptor sewage pipe broke late last month just north of Cabin John, Md. The C&O Canal between locks 12 and 10 is being used to divert sewage around the broken portion; it’s essentially an open-air sewer at this point.

"About a year ago, during employee appreciation week, it opened another food pantry — for its own employees. The workers were surprised and puzzled, seeing food assistance as an inadequate response to their repeated requests for higher pay."

New hard data show the same pattern of intense anti-Trump backlash that polls do. Protests against Trump are happening at 4x the rate as 2017-18, and special election swings offer more data on the same point www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-back...

if you tell me a good use of leftover egg whites is a souffle, and then proceed to tell me that the souffle also needs 4 egg yolks, then i'm throwing you into an oubliette

I see a movie by myself every Sunday and smuggle in grapes as a snack. It felt wrong to sneak in a glass storage container—so I now have a silicone grape purse

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

Something that you might not know about mumps is that it can lead to a complication known as mumps orchitis, which is the inflammation and swelling of the testicles. It was such a problem in the military, pre-vaccine, leading to loss duty time, that they pushed for the development of a vaccine.

We wanted to understand how mRNA vaccines work. So we talked to three cocaine addicts in a gas station bathroom off Route 6.

Everyone moved on and I'm still here #TheTraitorsUS

how we got here

cannot stop thinking about trans mage alan cumming

happy valentines to them 💘

This is what the internet was made for.

** If you don't know what's eligible to be nominated, the Hugo Award Spreadsheet of Doom has a lot of excellent suggestions. Especially helpful for the fan categories - writer, artist, and fanzine - which many struggle to find eligible nominees for. **

never seen a better clapback to "just playing devil's advocate," this made me screech

I’m starting to pull together my nominations for the Hugo Awards—getting some last minute reading in. If you have any recommendations, I’m all ears.

The only Republican challenging Dem Sen. Ben Ray Lujan is disqualified by New Mexico SoS. The ABQ Journal says this would leave the GOP without a Senate candidate for the first time in "modern history," and just six years after Lujan won by only 6 points. www.abqjournal.com/news/four-ne...

Somehow a car wound up on the Metro tracks in the middle of I-66 just west of the Dunn Loring station. Orange Line trains are not operating between West Falls Church & Vienna. Metro says they’ll let us know when they have more information on how in the world this happened. #wmata

Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says. The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp... By Julianne Le

My view: when you look at those leading the antivaccine movement or seeking to convince Americans to engage in dangerous health behaviors: 25% for political points with Project 2025; 25% monetizing the internet wellness influencer industry; 50% unaccomplished ne’er do wells desperate for relevance

This is - objectively - the most insane, hilarious, idiotic and downright crazy thing I’ve seen a press team (?) do and I have been the chief of staff for the Governor of Illinois for 8 years.

When AI slop gets to the FDA, people's lives are destroyed. "Researchers ... found that 60 FDA-authorized medical devices using AI were linked to 182 product recalls,.. about twice the recall rate of all devices authorized under similar FDA rules" www.reuters.com/investigatio...

That halftime show is what people mean when they say "joy is an act of resistance."

i keep seeing that "repost if trans people deserve boneless wings" image, and i hate to be that guy, but i just think trans people deserve better than boneless wings. i said it.

lol i'm sorry is that a 38 point swing from the presidential vote

Wait, THIS is young Anton Chekhov? This? Good lord. Let that gun go off, daddy

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

I don't know what happens next, but Liam and his family are not being deported today.

Panicked thinking I lost my favorite winter hat that was a few years old and purchased overseas. Ordered duplicate hat to make myself feel better. Found old hat. Now I will have two cool hats.

yikes ok, unfollowing now. really enjoyed her exhibit at the louvre, had no idea she’s in the epstein files.

☀️ Morning, friends Inspiration from one of our greats—Dr. Bill Foege, whose leadership helped eradicate smallpox. Near the end of his life, he reminded us: public health can be great again. And he believed in all of us to carry it forward.

how to cope with all the news in the galaxy

Third, journalists, non-profits, social media influencers, and everyday people need to be VERY discerning and careful about not amplifying unsubstantiated rumors about ICE or other law enforcement at or near the polls, because false rumors (even if well-meaning) WILL suppress the vote.

All the icy snow just slid off the roof/solar panels and took out my garden flag pole. At least it was about five minutes before I was going to walk out the front door into its path…

this is a very cool thing to do and also highlights one of the biggest keys to Zohran's appeal: he just thinks New York City is really neat people who live somewhere want to vote for someone who likes it there and wants to make it better, not someone who wants to use it as a springboard

"Good old JK!"

I COULD HOLD A CURLING TOURNAMENT IN MY ENTIRE BACKYARD BUT BY ALL MEANS LET’S ASK A BIG RAT WHETHER IT’S SPRING YET

Don’t worry guys, everything is very cool and normal at the Wegman’s parking lot!

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

It was literally two days ago that he used his social media platform to endorse her, calling her a "phenomenal Candidate" and "incredible supporter of our Movement" while urging "America First Patriots" to "GET OUT AND VOTE"

Deepest Texas swings 30 points left as a union man crushes a fancy Republican who outspent him 10-to-1. Fort Worth Latinos moving 50 points left in some urban districts.

Sir, “white settlement” has gone woke.

And the Republican outspent him by 2.2 million dollars to boot. Money can’t always save you.

I can officially confirm that the snow in NC is roughly one (1) corgi deep