extra evening light is increasingly noticeable

221-205, House passes the “motion to discharge” the Jeffries 3-year ACA funding extension. NINE (!) Republicans join unanimous Democrats in voting to advance it. This tees up a final House vote tomorrow; it’s poised to sail through.

This seems significant: not a FORMER DHS official, but a SENIOR (current) one saying the officer who fired acted counter to training. This is not an admin that admits mistakes. And they are hanging this guy out to dry on Day One. I think they know this is bad. Really bad.

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Record warmth far outpaced cold again last year: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...

Record December snowfall in Juneau, Alaska triggered an emergency across the capital city, with more snow still to come. The sheer weight of the snow sank several boats at this marina. 📹: @jordanhallwx.bsky.social

Big guy is cray and stuff but also a bluffer. IMO Greenland stuff is bluster.. totally blowing up the system doesn't solve much. Maybe a stupider version if him trying to get NATO to increase defense spending which I guess you could argue sorta worked tho there are other factors.

This is likely a spec ops package to seize the Bella 1.

Yes. My 10 week break helped my mental health significantly and a big part of it is not consuming news nonstop every day. On my return I am still pretty afraid of getting too into the stream.

Having an admin that lies about everything with no consequence feels very unsustainable.

And they do nothing during the call. No "you are number X" in the queue. No callback option. No "you are important to us." Just crappy hold music without end.

Greetings from the Ellipse, where 10,000 members of the media have gathered to watch a J6 five year anniversary event.

still makes me livid to think about. like many other things the current guy ruined pardons even if the power was already sketchy.

I've been waiting for a CareFirst person to pick up for 45 minutes so I guess healthcare is still a problem. Tried to figure out if I can lower my insane bill via DC Health Link and instead they seemingly screwed something up with my current plan.

@wxchip.bsky.social 🌪️

2025 turned out to be my most prolific #birding year to date where I saw 340 different species. On the photography front, I hit some really nice highs including this bald eagle on 1/1/25 last yere here in DC. Some more shots in this thread. #birds #birdphotography

It's good TV. Except TV is real life and we're super screwed.

The best annual report has arrived. www.xweather.com/annual-light... "Shady Grove, Oklahoma: The US lightning capital saw 1,160 total lightning events per km² in 2025"

Made it almost exactly 20 years in DC without a car but partner got a job she has to drive to. Need to buy used in next 2 weeks or so. Any tips?

Gift Article wapo.st/4pjdAx3

i'm pretty concerned that they don't seem to be lending any support to having the opposition (i.e. Edmundo) take over. I bet they strike a deal with remaining PSUV party leaders and the repressive regime continues.

I don’t have any photos of them together yet, but my cat Fuzzy and my bunny Oliver have become friends.

Chose a crappy time to return to social media.

Trump is pretty dumb but I’m very skeptical he has any interest in controlling Venezuela with troops. The guy is incapable of long term thought.

Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide: "International law is universal and binding for all states. The American intervention in Venezuela is not in accordance with international law."

Ppl are only reading headlines and chomping at the bit to tear mainstream media apart. While at the same time sharing info, photos videos gathered by people who work for the same orgs. Complex/critical thinking does not mix well with social media.

The US produces >13 mn barrels of oil per day. Venezuela produces <1 million bpd There's a global oil glut i.e. lower prices. That's bad for US producers, who need higher prices to break even. Hard to imagine they're eager to make big new investments in an unstable place w/ decrepit infrastructure

as someone who was almost blindly pro military before trump I’m still wrapping my head around that op. Pretty sick. … Especially the part pretending it was in support of DOJ. I am a little tired of the Trump gov acting like they are the only great Americans.

Fascinating to me that NPR is going with the Secretary of War nomenclature.

Trump is a major joke but he’s also dangerously deranged and unhinged. insane speech.

Just a few hours ago Chinese Special Envoy was meeting Maduro for three hours in Caracas.

You’d think the Pentagon would learn to order from their own cafeteria by now.🙄

Good luck with that since the VP is around and the military is intact. I guess we're gonna need more illegal war from the guy who demands a peace prize.

What a lawless cowboy country we are. Trump loves blowing stuff up and he just does whatever he wants.

since the fireplace has gone dark it is time for 💤

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glad to hear they caught the responsible party

Late October in Boston. It's good.

The NHC will initiate advisories on Tropical Storm Melissa at 1100 ET this morning.

the weather world for many days:

#NoKings, except this guy and only in my house... #Corgi #CorgiCrew

(all those corgi repostings were specifically for @ianlivingston.bsky.social )

LA NINA IS HERE, DC. What will it mean this winter? * This looks like a weak La Nina; by itself, would lean us toward near average temps/snow. * But La Nina may fade, making other climate patterns more important. Detailed analysis on La Nina and DC winters: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

That failure by the press is critical to Trump holding together a coalition of ravening internet lunatics and relative normies who still think they are voting "conservative"

Narrow band season

just to let you know, when i was on the Grand Jury for Travis County (3 months of looking at a million cases to decide whether to indict or not), i'd say an easy 80% of cases relied solely on nearby door cams for photographic evidence of crimes

THE PERFECT TORNADO That Everyone Missed www.youtube.com/watch?v=24ec...

Sunday’s Sunrise over Constitution Gardens in #DC! @capitalweather.bsky.social @ianlivingston.bsky.social @meteormolly.bsky.social

Good morning, America. Nice work yesterday. I love you.