dog days of summer. 💛

C’mon USPS. Be for real. The parcel is not traveling ~260 miles to my home in Baltimore in nine minutes.

From what I can see, the Sun is the only media outlet with a page specifically addressing weather for the 4th & fireworks in Baltimore. @thebaltimorebanner.com, @wbaltv11.bsky.social, & @cbsnewsbaltimore.bsky.social - room for improvement.

Is red wine still ok if you accidentally left it in your car for a week during 100+ temp heat wave? Asking for a friend. 😬🍷

I’m a regular long-time listener and admirer of NPR, but the Totenberg/Alito thing is beyond shameful. Where were the editors?? If it wasn’t NT you know that would have been a fireable offense.

eff all the way off with this nonsense.

The curse of being a good packer is you can fit so much crap on a carry on suitcase it comes with a ‘caution when lifting’ tag.

Very important informational update. The peach cobbler nothing bundt cake is not worth ordering. 👎🏼 (Which is a real pity, as their other cakes are really good.)

champions, baby 🏆

Bougie white ladies of BlueSky, will one of your cohort please explain the appeal of Trader Joe tote bags to me…? Like, I get tote bags for free at every non-profit conference?

Go for a routine physical, they order bloodwork. - Hopkins MyChart: nothing about fasting, including in the orders for the phlebotomist. - LabCorps: nothing about fasting, including in the appt reminders. - Day of: did you remember to fast for 12 hours???

Ok Riverside peeps how is no one at the Henry Street park in this truly incredible weather???

Breaking! There are baby turtles at the National Aquarium Floating Wetlands in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. I repeat: There are baby turtles at the National Aquarium Floating Wetlands in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

Unpacked my suitcase from a trip within 24 hours and did laundry; please clap.

Amazing play! Go see it!

It's #pridemonth! God’s love extends to all. Love wins. 🏳️‍🌈

Using an un-tested AI tool to announce graduates is already the dumbest shit ever, but that no one thought to *STOP* it the second it missed a name, and let hundreds of students go unacknowledged rather than just read it themselves. Unbelievable.

Will never not be profoundly annoyed by media outlets (talkin’ to you @npr.org) using the word “troop” to refer to an individual rather than as a collective noun.

It’s like a week out and #Artscape has neither a map nor a schedule posted. Who even runs this thing.

Okay Midway airport I was unfamiliar with your coffee labeling game 🫡

Three weeks, three trips, less than 24 hours at home. View from Chicago hotel (leg two) is pretty rad, though.

Y’all. People who answer (seemingly non-urgent!) phone calls in public restrooms with the sound of flushing all around you: WHY?? And those initiating the calls, why are you not hanging up?

First time taking the light rail from BWI. Some thoughts as a frequent public transit rider: 1) it’s pretty dirty relative to other systems bc shitty people leave trash, even though the trains themselves are nice. 🧵 1/x

Okay, Charleston. Get to Edmunds Oast right this very minute to get their softshell crab over grits. Holy cow was that good.

Today I learned the Saskatchewan slang term for a hoodie, and it’s pretty charming: a “bunny hug.”

Just in case anyone else gets this ridic and misleading text about grocery coupons…

Sure wish Ft. McHenry would have extended hours during cherry blossom season - 9 to 5 is tough for folks with office gigs - but Saturday was pretty darn beautiful.

You're really telling me the only way to give a household member access to a Blink doorbell camera is to just give 'em your username and password? Like, there's no way to add a household member to the account??

Baby I ain’t taking time to review a parking garage. Be so for real.

Genuinely, how is Amtrak still in business? Thought about booking a weekend trip to NYC (from Baltimore). Coach seats for 2 were ~$400 rt, even months in advance. If I book a luxury bus (reclining seats, power outlets, etc), it takes 30 mins longer, but rt tickets for 2 was $85.

We need more beverages that are 1) not diet with Stevia and aspartame shit, but 2) not full on sodas, either. Spindrifts and the Topo Chicos with sparkling water + juice are great!

"RFK Jr was quoted in Politico as having said he really liked this accreditation agency. Have there been any communications between HHS and Ed about this agency?" (Answer: no.) #NACIQI

Idk who the camera operator is for #NACIQI, but they are kind of behind the eight ball during conversations. Makes it harder to know who is speaking.

David Barker and Jeffrey Andrade opening #NACIQI by lambasting Biden administration. 🙄

Why is it not standard practice to identify your name before posing your question? So annoying for listeners. Can't always see name plate and camera doesn't always catch up in time. #NACIQI

Alioto's role on this committee this meeting seems to be posing questions about cost (first, the funeral group, now MACTE) that have nothing to do with federal regulations or compliance. #NACIQI

“I wanted to respond to the complaints about the partisan seating chart. We did that intentionally.” 🙄 #NACIQI

Someone removed ACEND from the consent agenda but transpires she has a conflict of interest, so now it remains on consent agenda #NACIQI

spring #NACIQI meeting. here we go.

Was it an intentional bit that one of the individuals presenting the sound award, Melissa McCarthy, couldn’t be heard…?? #Oscars

TIL there can be a tie at the #Oscars.

WBAL in Baltimore helping viewers understand the difference between watches and warnings

I’m sure (I hope?) it will be beautiful on the inside, but that building sure looks like a Minecraft jail to me.

Why is Waymo sometimes an independent app, and sometimes only through Uber? 🤔

Some feedback about booking seats as a Southwest credit card holder. It turns out that in order to book a *standard* seat for free, you actually have to click the button for an extra legroom seat, which is not intuitive or user friendly. 1/🧵

The sexual assault nurse scene on the Pitt hits a little bit different knowing LaNasa’s son drugged and assaulted a 15 year old girl. 😐

Someone who thinks birth control pills are a “disrespect of life,” and can’t say that they are cheap, safe, and effective for MILLIONS of women has no business being surgeon general. Please call your Senators. ☎️

No snow sticking in Riverside yet, just rain… ❄️ #mdwx

Um, UPS, what “severe weather,” exactly? Roads have been clear of snow and ice for a week now, including my alley.

I am in love with the Polish pierog 🥟