This last shot in The Family Stone hits different this year. RIP, Diane Keaton.

Something I noticed the last time I flew in Sept. I forgot to add my KTN and had to go through regular security. The line was almost nonexistent. The Pre-check line was massive and I was through security several minutes before my friend who went through Pre-check. Yes I gloated.

Update: Sean C. Dunn, a.k.a. ‘Sandwich Guy’ found not guilty of assaulting a federal agent. The sandwich is to be cut into 330 million pieces and shared with every American as the most expensive sandwich in the history of this country.

Had one of those "Thank goodness @estherc.bsky.social is on the radio singing today" mornings.

A friend commented recently on how good my “highlights” look. 🤣 She for real thought I had this professionally done. Them highlights are popping today.

Here's my final video of tonight's Beaver Supermoon. The brightest biggest one of them all! Well. For 2025. Roughly 4x speed, 4 different clips edited in DaVinci and finished in capcut because bluesky's upload limit 🌕🛰️

A House of Dynamite left me so stressed out I had to cleanse my palate with The Hurt Locker.

Something I noticed the last time I flew in Sept. I forgot to add my KTN and had to go through regular security. The line was almost nonexistent. The Pre-check line was massive and I was through security several minutes before my friend who went through Pre-check. Yes I gloated.

A House of Dynamite left me so stressed out I had to cleanse my palate with The Hurt Locker.

I had a dream last night that I was trapped in a town at the base of an erupting volcano. I understand why I had that dream but my awareness doesn't make it any less terrifying. It's a terrible feeling to wake up to. My blessings to those who actually live at the base of a volcano.

The Bezos bump

Tangentially, two of these states, Wyoming and Vermont, have fewer residents than Washington D.C., which is not a state and therefore no voting representation in congress.

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

Republican Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (incumbent) has been defeated by Democrat Jay Jones. (Decision Desk)

Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Muslim to win a statewide race in Virginia. She will be the commonwealth’s next Lt. Gov. (Decision Desk)

BREAKING: Democrat Abigail Spanberger will be the next governor of Virginia, according to the AP. She will be the first female governor of the commonwealth.

Sam Corcos, who entered government with DOGE earlier this year, decided to kill DirectFile after one meeting with with tax software lobbyists. www.wired.com/story/doge-d...

I'm making ratatouille tonight. Don't look so surprised.

My second longest relationship has been with my current hairstylist. I realized this when I got my hair cut last week. I walked in and she greeted me by saying, “What up, bitch?” This is a special friendship that is as meaningful to me as any I’ve ever had.

My second longest relationship has been with my current hairstylist. I realized this when I got my hair cut last week. I walked in and she greeted me by saying, “What up, bitch?” This is a special friendship that is as meaningful to me as any I’ve ever had.

Timeline cleanse: I present a series of photos of irritated animals

My costume this Halloween is my B-52’s shirt from their Halloween 2024 show in D.C. A bucket list experience.

position the stem so that it's pointed at NW D.C.

man! they can't stop mandering gerry.

Where my brain goes anytime I see "ACME" as the name of an actual company these days...

Can confirm. time.com/6293708/amer...

Every person in the world could be fed within days if that's what we wanted. Hunger is a completely unnecessary tragedy.

"Even high school students will say, 'You can't expect me to rehears for my death and then expect me to me to go back and learn math.'" I cannot begin to imagine what it must be like to be a child living in America today. It's heartbreaking. www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...

While on furlough, Isaac Stein is fulfilling a childhood dream and passion project as a hot dog vendor. n.pr/3Lf0l28

Attacks on trans rights are often framed as efforts to "protect women." But the reality is that such attacks only protect the patriarchy. Because enforcing a strict sex-based gender binary makes it easier to tilt that binary into a hierarchy where women are subordinate to men.

I burned the inside of my mouth so bad with hot food that I got a mfing blister on the roof of my mouth. Never done this to myself before. Thinking of naming the blister Marla Singer.

I burned the inside of my mouth so bad with hot food that I got a mfing blister on the roof of my mouth. Never done this to myself before. Thinking of naming the blister Marla Singer.

This is where I’m posting from.

So it appears the suspects who allegedly robbed the Louvre were just as careless as the villains in the Great Muppet Caper and NOT like the brazen yet flawless thieves in A Fish Called Wanda.

ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today. abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...

Well, here we go. www.scotusblog.com/2025/10/cour...

I am the worst at remembering anniversaries. October 1 marked five years hosting Morning Edition on WAMU. Five years waking up in the middle of the night, downing coffee like water, and bringing you the regional news you need to start your day. Thanks for listening to me all these years.

Just saw a national commercial that was filmed in D.C. and shows a couple walking along former Black Lives Matter plaza. It was obviously filmed before March 2025, when Mayor Muriel Bowser dismantled the giant yellow letters that lined 16th St. NW at the demands of the Trump admin.

For the sake of transparency, this is my most controversial tattoo. Someone once asked me, “Is it a gay thing?” To which I replied, “Yeah, it’s a gay thing.”

By the way—everything I ever sent any of you on this app is off record. You guys aren't journalists so it's weird saying that but just letting you know.

“Listen, sometimes Cheerios fall out of the bowl.” — the toddler in my life.

“Listen, sometimes Cheerios fall out of the bowl.” — the toddler in my life.

This one hurts. We're going to miss Geri here. wamu.org/story/25/10/...

Every time I glance at photos of the now demolished East Wing of the White House my heart breaks a little more. It's getting harder to not cry.

I don’t care about the White House. I am interested in the visual of a storied American symbol being torn down.

The Muppets have captured the mastermind behind the Louvre jewel heist red-handed. Some are asking, “What color are his hands now?”

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.

I jogged a little over a mile on the treadmill at variable inclines. Please clap.

Solidarity is the only way