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Took the 1st pic Saturday. Assumed the inch-thick road salt DDOT inexplicably put down a few hours before rain started on a 50° day would disappear. 2nd photo is today. A lot of the salt is still there. Maybe instead of sewage, we should worry about our gov turning our freshwater streams brackish?

Hey 🐔 ❤️ers — Capitol Hill native Chef Rob Sonderman opened his new Little Engine restaurant across from Eastern Market —and we made a video! Get your chicken on

I could REALLY DO WITHOUT the helicopter that has been hovering over the neighborhood for at least 4 hours now.

For those who don't know, that's Galena, a cute town near Dubuque. (The image lacks alt text, which would have helped make that clearer.)

Our tax dollars are just going into buying more little flags to wave at Maryland drivers, hoping they will take pity on the meat bags crossing the street and let us pass without being struck and killed. Oh frabjous day!

The Alaska #Petrofuture map has been challenging. Getting all those little islands to align with modern elevation data has been a complete PITA. But worth it! #Alaska #climateChange #seaLevelRise #maps

This is it. (h/t @talkingbird.bsky.social)

Which side of Parish Brewing’s Bock dark lager looks better? (The beer itself is a damn solid dark lager.)

REMEMBER: All the "Don't use em-dashes" "don't use rule of three" advice because it makes your writing "look like AI" is because they stole actual writers work, and their "predict the next thing" stuff just simulates what WE FUCKING DO. Keep writing well. Use every style and trick you have. Fuck AI.

This was a joy to produce, host and perform in. Next shows are in March/April. Message me here to get on our mailing list to be among the first notified!

Holy christ tax the damn rich.

Did Johnny Weir just call that a “fluffy” triple lutz?

We're getting Michael Jackson AND Madonna in the women's short skate this year? 1980s me would be surprised and pleased! Anyone skating to Whitney Houston?

Oh god, that commercial started out with "just one more lane bro" stuff, and I'm thinking "ooooh, we got a good War on Cars item happening here," and then it turns out to be an ad for flying taxis at the 2028 Olympics? Yikes - no no no no no.

NBC is talking about the US women's figure skaters now, and they keep calling them the "Blade Angels," except their on-screen chyron said "Blade Angles" 🤪

I (mostly) appreciate this answer, but I have to ask the question that @peterkrupa.bsky.social often raises: what are you going to do when your cops just say “no” and refuse to follow the guidance/rules set down by the executive? See Los Angeles last week.

The RFK number seems like a massive failure of the media to explain what RFK is doing to our public health system and how catastrophic it will be

Okay, the ability to sit and watch hours and hours worth of Olympics every day might be one of the biggest good things about unemployment.

my Boomer parents were unambiguously right, here: they raised me to believe that culture and art were every bit my birthright, regardless of how much money we had. anyone who wants to tear down public access to the humanities is stealing our most precious heritage, and that theft demands *redress.*

I keep seeing fantastic writers with substacks and it's terribly tempting to check out the platform, but this incident from three years ago is why I never do.

Food is great. It Unites us as a Country of diverse tastes. Kind of a true equalizing force Isn't it neat to Come together Enjoying our memories?

Tonight’s beer was the second Long Island beer from this batch. Good stuff!

We all need more opportunities to call Larry Hogan a dumbass

📍We’re back with another game of Where in D.C. is Darrow Montgomery? Reply with your guesses to win some City Paper merch.

Holy moly this feels like someone just gave up. cc: @oranv.com @pqkate.bsky.social

Having a big social media platform where you can have a bunch of hatespeech dribbling out of your mouth like diarrhea from a butt without getting your jaw immediately broken by a bunch of regular people is unnatural. It is inhuman.

Before podcasts guys like nick fuentes had to spout off all their hateful nonsense in person, which usually would result in them getting the shit knocked out of them and then chucked into a snowbank, which is the natural order of things.

Key here is the LLC problem. It has been a known issue in DC politics for decades ( @bryanweaverdc.bsky.social ran on it! ) yet no one has fixed it. LLC ownership needs to be 100% transparent. It needs to be done yesterday. The next mayor & council should make this a day one priority. #DCision26

Tonight’s beer was alive with the sound of…

Isaac watches nothing but Monster Jam monster trucks and the Pink Panther reruns on Roku's live channel, and now it's offering recommendations of Fox and Friends and Turning Point USA channels. 🤮 There is literally no media platform that isn't trying to turn your kid into a hateful conservative.

Tonight’s beer is from Greenport Brewing on Long Island. Can’t you tell from that map? ;)

Just got a poll that felt like it was put in the field by the McDuffie campaign. The entire thing was focused on “grade these negative statements about Janese Lewis George.” #DCision26

Watching men’s figure skating all afternoon with Isaac, and I have you tell you, their commentary is every bit as good as Weir’s or Lipinski’s.

You can see a very blurry @bogrosemary.bsky.social and me out there in the peanut gallery!

Isaac is playing a PBS Kids game, and they are teaching kids about how hard it is to identify fake images made with AI (Isaac picked correctly!), and how it’s hard to trust anything online. Thank goodness for quality public media.

TIL that "Area of Responsibility" is a military term for territories assigned to different combatant commanders. #ICE #ImmigrationEnforcement #AreasOfResponsibility #AOR #USMap #GeographicRegions #MilitaryTerminology #BorderPolicy #ImmigrationPolicy #SocialJustice

How Sanctions Work By me and @kevinwmoore.bsky.social

NEW: attention parents @dcpublicschools.bsky.social — the school calendar has changed. March 12 was parent teacher interviews; now it will be a classroom day. The last day of school is now Thursday, June 18.

UPDATE: OAG has started paying restitution to DC homeowners impacted by a title insurance kickback scheme. We settled these cases in 2024 with five title insurance companies for a total of $3.7 million in restitution and penalties. Impacted households are expected to receive about $500 each.

So the LAPD Police Chief Jim McDonnell said he wasn't going to enforce the law in California that requires #ICE to unmask. Here's some of the response. What do you think about what's being said by Angelinos like Catie Laffoon ⚠️ Warning ⚠️ Strong language

I feel like this ad misspelled BEHEAD

AYO #Hyattsville ICE IS COMING TO THE OLD FEMA / PGP KAISER BUILDING Library, high school, elementary school, community center, metro all within blocks. Assume they're planning to use those PRIVATE garages to stage their roll-outs.

DELEGATE: @robertwhite-dc.bsky.social l accepted @brookepintofordc.bsky.social DECLINED COUNCIL CHAIR: @chmnmendelson.bsky.social n.bsky.social accepted Jack Evans- Accepted

🚨On March 5th we're co-hosting a Public Education Candidate Forum for Mayor, Council Chair & Delegate to Congress. MAYOR: @janeese4dc.bsky.social accepted, @garygoodweather.bsky.social accepted @kenyanmcduffie.bsky.social NO REPLY ✏️Register Here to Attend: events.humanitix.com/dc-public-ed...

Chuck Schumer and Phil Mendelson are long lost brothers. Prove me wrong.

Trying my first beer from @destihlbrewery.bsky.social - Black Angel American Stout

Good news: After 3 weeks, DPW finally picked up trash & recycling on our block! Meh news: they threw all the recycling in with the trash, so all the stuff we had sorted out is going to a landfill anyway. :( Bad news: DPW destroyed our recycling bin. Ripped off the lid. Hope the fix will be quick.