If I eat the lobster corndog, does that mean I get to be president of Maine?

If you can't tolerate me at my July DC weather (humid as hell, average temp similar to surface of the sun), you don't deserve me at my October DC weather (absolutely perfect, no notes)

Pope Leo in remarks to journalists tonight: "Someone who says I am against abortion but I am in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don't know if that's pro-life.” www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...

One of our friends has nicknamed Cleo and Luna as 'Slinky and the Chonk' While I will hate this woman forever, I can't fault her creativity.

DC is plurality black and 1 in 7 residents are immigrants

Was totally unprepared for how cool and beautiful Edmonton is. I'm still on East Coast time, so I've been able to watch the sun rise over the river each morning. Pairing this tranquility with some preseason Oilers this evening and will return to the US in a state of absolute bliss.

Meloni's poker face is so freaking funny

Not sure there is any constituency that makes me angrier than degrowthers. Entitled, selfish and unimaginative.

because Americans generally like America and you should wave the symbol associated with America in protests in America where your primary goal is to convince and win over Americans to your side, not some shit that only the people in your book club recognize.

Goodnight.

When a piece of equipment isn't functioning at a cement plant, 10% of the time the correct solution is just to whack the shit out of it with a hammer like this until it starts working. The other 90% takes a decade of experience or a master's in mechanical or electrical engineering.

I love how foreigners, who have actually experienced us, view the United States. "I really don't know if anything sums up America better. It's simultaneously preposterous, incredibly laughable, impressive, charming, expensive, overpopulated, wonderful. American." Tocqueville tops this, barely.

NEW: We are suing to block the unlawful deployment of National Guard troops to DC. Armed soldiers should not be policing American citizens on American soil. The forced military occupation of the District of Columbia violates our local autonomy and basic freedoms. It must end.

Me usually: social media is dogshit, this whole place needs to be lit on fire Me after a genuine experience with strangers: okay maybe Zuckerberg was right about like one or two things

The Republican Congress is going to try to rewrite the history of RFK Jr.’s confirmation as HHS Secretary. “We didn’t know” “Nobody told us” “He promised he wouldn’t…” This thread will be about the warnings from thousands of scientists and HCW who loudly and publicly opposed his confirmation.

DUCK DOWN, PUDDLES HAS LOST HIS HEAD (h/t @kwade.bsky.social)

National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC

Cement emissions are down because production is down. I'm not a steel expert, but I assume there's a correlation. China is installing 95 GW of coal generation this year.

Going on vacation tomorrow so spent Saturday night making maps of all the places in Ohio, West Virginia and South Carolina with higher violent crime and murder rates than D.C. Perhaps better places for those governors to focus resources! www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...

Lmao. Stop lying about my city and trying to excuse this Adminstration's unprecedented actions. My neighbors and I are safer than we've ever been in 30 years. I do not need nor want FBI agents outside of my Whole Foods.

Washingtonian: The 12 Best Subs to Throw at Federal Agents Eater DC: Jose Andres Offers Lunch Special on Federalist Pig Sandos The 51st: Your Rights After You've Sandwiched a Fed, Explained WCP: Darrow's Page 4 Sandwich Shots Axios: EXCLUSIVE: Fed Saddened by Sandwich

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy defiantly declared Ukraine "will not give their land to occupiers," after Trump suggested a peace deal would include 'swapping' of territories with Russia. "The answer to Ukraine's territorial question is already in the constitution of Ukraine."

Q: Should New York's independent redistricting commission should be disbanded? Gov. Kathy Hochul: "Yes. I'm tired of fighting this fight with my hand tied behind my back."

I am not a civil engineer, but building a city on rock and roll seems very dangerous. I would at least use concrete footings, jet grouting if the city is in a seismic zone

Trading my garden-grown, pickled jalapeños to my neighbors for their homemade habanero hot sauce:

What the path back to finance looks like for Jeffrey Epstein, Ghisaine Maxwell By CJ and me

I recognize that every few months more Americans are learning about the limitations the 700K residents of DC have to govern ourselves. Welcome. Support DC statehood.

Holllyyyy shit, let this man cook

Find yourself someone who loves you as much as this dog loves sitting in chairs.

In the midst of federal upheaval in the United States, Mark Carney is positioning Canada to lead the global CDR market’s next phase. www.latitudemedia.com/news/canadas...

Fun fact about White: he regularly beefs with teenagers on Instagram, so if you call him short or weak on social media there's a non-zero chance he will see it and get mad

One of the funnier parts of growing up in DC: you inevitably have some notable neighbors. When I was a kid, Ashcroft lived a couple houses down. We could hear him playing piano, his detail would pass out candy on Halloween. My dad would give cups of hot chocolate on cold days to his detail.

This is exactly who Lamb has always been. It was drowned out because people felt Fetterman pulling a gun on an unarmed, innocent black jogger was not disqualifying. PA Dem electeds hated him too, and that's something you should also consider before voting for Shrek in basketball shorts.

This reminds me, I was at a cement plant a few weeks ago and the daily highs were around 110/115. One of my colleagues brought a bunch of electrolyte popsicles (basically frozen Gatorade). Imagine a bunch of grizzled cement operators, surrounded by heavy industrial machinery, eating popsicles.

2025 DC Fireworks Display from the Hill #fourthofjuly #independenceday @capitalweather.bsky.social @popville.bsky.social

one of the stranger phenomena in American life is that hate is supposed to flow in one direction (rural people get to hate urban people, Republicans get to hate Democrats) and if the hate goes the other way people pretend as if this is very upsetting.

If you aren't watching the House Rules hearing right now, you should turn it on. Dems are absolutely grilling their GOP colleagues, resulting in some excruciatingly bad responses. You already know campaign staffers everywhere are writing down time codes to cut some vicious attack ads.

When I post photos that include headstones, it's because I'm here. There are genuinely beautiful tributes across the cemetery and it also doubles as a dog park, with fees going to restore and upkeep each grave. Free to visit without pups, $20 per pup (get a membership, pays for itself in a month)

Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.

Here is the video of Marte crying during a pitching change and manager Torrey Luvullo hugging and consoling him. A fan allegedly yelled something about his dead mother, and was ejected, according to the Arizona Republic

Me in my MESC office, slowly closing excel while searching for a shovel to start digging on Independence Ave

Thanks, I hate it.

Did I show you the ukrainian SES rescue dogs that help search for people under the rubble

We are finally out of the woods on this sweet pups health scare. Multiple weeks carrying her up and down the stairs (she absolutely hates being picked up). If you are a pet owner in the DC area, I cannot recommend enough District Vet and the oncology/surgical teams at Blue Pearl.

Dear Mystery Neighborhood Frozen Waffle Sidewalk Distributor, My dogs are huge fans of your work. On the other hand, I *begins loading revolver* would like to have a conversation.

Given the choice between calling out Republicans for an extremely bad thing they are actually doing vs attacking Democrats for a made up thing that is the opposite of reality, I see we are again choosing door number two

not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates

1) those are concrete, not cement 2) those are precast blocks, not bricks, and are usually used for retaining walls 3) the only people capable of throwing those further than just a few feet are Olympic shotputters (~35 pounds each) 4) Soros pallatizes his deliveries like a thoughtful gentleman