"An out-of-town hedge fund is the new owner of the Richmond area’s medical marijuana dispensaries."

Sun sets on a sledding day at Forest Hills Park, Richmond, Virginia. #scape #RVA #streetphotography

Trump's determined to MAKE AMERICA GAG AGAIN - a photo of a smog-draped Manhattan, 1966.

Which of these is not like the others?

Gotta be my favorite headline of Trump 2.0 so far, in today's NYT:

#RVA #music #Richmond #Virginia #libraries

While the regime crows over today's job figures, this from The Guardian for perspective:

So grateful to have seen these good people when they came through Richmond - the streets lined for miles to greet them here

so funny to see republicans complaining about this as if they have not been pulling this shit for 15 years.

Today is Charles Dickens' birthday. Here's his writing desk, at his home in London. #Dickens #writing #London

Let’s build some houses.

Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program. This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE. boltsmag.org/virginia-spa...

Pretty sure the Bible has something to say about the worship of gilded idols?

Our boys went to James River H.S. Glad to see students stepping forth in this way! #Protest #ICEOUT #RVA

This is the old railroad coal tower in downtown #Charlottesville, #Virginia. Key site for my first novel The Coal Tower (see www.tonygentry.com). #BWphotography #writing

Luckily, was able to join the lines of people greeting the March for Peace monks as they strode towards Richmond this icy afternoon. #buddhists #RVA #Peace

Tomorrow at the VA Hospital here in Richmond, a vigil in honor of VA ICU Nurse Alex Pretti. Info at this link: #RVA #Veterans #AlexPretti #Virginia www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

Thanks to all the protests against it here in Richmond this past frigid week, DHS has backed down from using a warehouse here as an ICE detention facility! Whoot! #RVA #Resist #ICE #Virginia www.youtube.com/watch?v=60sMbpWONO8/

A helpful rundown of the state of some Charlottesville homelessness interventions in light of potential federal funding changes www.cvilletomorrow.org/proposed-cha...

#WalkforPeace will be in RVA on Sunday at Firehouse # 17 on Semmes Ave for lunch and a pubic event & a Peace Rally at the Capitol grounds at 3pm. #BuddhistMonks

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

New Packer essay, read here for free. #ICE #Minneapolis #NoKings #protest theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

As a former VA health care worker married to a current VA health care worker, this is the caring side of the VA you should know about. And then Trump goons murdered this good man for daring to help a lady in distress.

Snow day, Forest Hills Park, #Richmond, #Virginia #RVA #streetphotography #sledding

Richmond comes out to Maggie Walker Plaza on a soggy Saturday to say with one voice, "Fuck ICE!" America is not going to stand for neighbors getting abducted and murdered in the streets.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

It's Virginia Woolf's birthday. This bust is in Tavistock Square, London near her home. #writing #books #statues

Alex Pretti's parents speak out, from Guardian article:

His name was Alex Jeffrey Pretti -37-year-old Male -U.S. Citizen -Registered Licensed Nurse -Worked for Veterans Affairs Executed on the streets of Minneapolis by the Gestapo Nazi Scum known as ICE and DHS.

Damn. 😞

The man murdered by ICE in Minneapolis, Minnesota while he bravely shielded women from being brutally attacked by Trump regime thugs has been identified as Alex Pretti. He was a US citizen, a registered nurse, an athlete, a son, a brother, and a hero. The regime murdered him. #3E #GoodVsEvil

He was holding a phone not a gun, his crime? Opposing the regime. So they murdered him.

He was filming. They tackled him. They disarmed him. Then they killed him. He was never a threat. He never brandished his weapon, which was registered.

What did you just do is exactly the right question to ask. Answer: Murder.

Here’s an excellent profile of the 8 Dem candidates by @harrychancey.bsky.social, and context on why any of them will make a better representative of #VA01 than Rob Wittman. #FlipVA01

Afraid he meant to spell it "Bored of Peace"

In today's NYT By the Book interview, John Sayles provides my chortle of the day:

Why don't we all join this Friday's no work, no school, no shopping day in solidarity with Minnesota?

Between Mamdani and Spanberger, the establishment of "instantly repeal all the bullshit the last pig put in place" as Democratic priority #1 for both democratic socialists and ex-CIA types is an extremely heartening development.

It's Cezanne's birthday; this weekend dazzled by the roomful of his paintings at the National Gallery in DC, among them this still life. #Cezanne #art #painting #museums #NationalGallery

Resistance Street Art: Visiting DC, this poster on a wall across from our hotel. #Trump #Epstein #Venezuala #streetart

Our son and I have run almost all of these over the years - our favorite race always and by far. #RVA #running #10krace #Virginia

How does #OccupationalTherapy aim to promote participation in occupation at individual and systemic levels? Is there a clear evidence base for enabling participation in the occupations of making art, dance, community choirs? How do these impact physical, social and emotional wellbeing? #science

In DC for the weekend, posted on wall across the street from our hotel:

One of Ernest Hemingway's typewriters, on display at his home in Key West. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks #writing #books #Hemingway #typewriters #KeyWest #Florida

Robert Frost's writing cabin, Ripton, #Vermont. Exterior and interior (note chair with lapboard). #AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks #poetry #writing #landscape #scape

Best joke, sad to say, See-B-S News.

Renee Nicole Good's award-winning poem "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs." poets.org/2020-on-lear... #poetry #poem #ICE #Minneapolis

Just so we're all straight on this, today's NYT:

A toasted buttered slice of Sub Rosa Bakery's classic loaf has been my cherished coffee side for years and years. Then the 2nd fire and the long wait. Today, at last. So glad they're back! #SubRosaBakery #RVA #bread #Richmond