JUST IN: Alexandria VA Public Schools jumps into litigation over Trump funding restrictions aimed at school policies accommodating trans students. @ACPSk12 asks to join Fairfax appeal & for 4th Cir. to issue injunction. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

I’m interested to read about how these guidelines extend to people who have been previously informed that acetaminophen is in fact the only safe OTC pain reliever option.

The designation from U.S. allies follows U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's meeting with President Trump last week.

Cardi B now has a blood connection to Olney, Maryland

Slowdive weather

Kash Patel says the FBI has NO information that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked minors to anyone other than himself. SEN. KENNEDY: "Who, if anyone, did Epstein traffic these young women to?" PATEL: "There is no credible information, none ... that he trafficked to other individuals."

Justice Sonia Sotomayor appeared to rebuke calls to target “hate speech” in an apparent swipe at Attorney General Pam Bondi. “Every time I listen to a lawyer-trained representative saying we should criminalize free speech in some way, I think to myself, that law school failed,” said Sotomayor.

go birds

The Behavioral Health Administration is asking for at least $1,360 for *public* records in response to two requests that I submitted last month, both related to this story. My first request for a fee waiver was denied yesterday. What is this bullshit? baltimorebeat.com/maryland-is-...

NBC News: "Is it your understanding that [Charlie Kirk's shooter] may be close by or still in Utah?" The commissioner of Utah’s Department of Public Safety: "We have no idea"

One of many bangers from @adamwren.bsky.social these last 24 hours: www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Top Maryland General Assembly leaders targeted by bomb threats

One day you wake up and you’re the woman in the bottom right

Charlie Kirk has died at 31 after being shot today, according to conservative online channel Real America's Voice, where Kirk's show aired.

Brigham Tomco of Deseret News reporting that Utah Speaker Mike Schultz confirms Charlie Kirk is dead.

OREM, Utah (AP) — Charlie Kirk is in critical condition at hospital after being shot at Utah event, AP source says.

Charlie Kirk was reportedly shot at an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah

stop stop he's already dead!

we should all build these and sell our 'smartphones' for scrap

Bad things are happening in Baltimore (my neighborhood bakery ran out of sandwich loaves before I could buy one).

lemons, painted by james marion shull, 1928

@maddioneill.bsky.social gave me one:)

hello #baltimore where can I purchase a copy of this month’s edition of Baltimore Magazine thank you

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

"Pediatric Brain Cancer Trial Group to Be Phased Out" "A network of hospitals and cancer centers dedicated to early phase trials of novel treatments will no longer receive federal funding." 🎁🔗 Nina Agrawal for @nytimes.com

Baltimore partnership aims to plant 5 million oysters in harbor by 2030

No-Bill for Assault With a Deli Weapon->A D.C. grand jury reportedly declined to indict the fired DOJ paralegal Sean Dunn who hurled a sandwich at a federal officer during protests against President Trump’s hyper-federalization of the nation’s capital. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

Some frogs are thumbnail-size. But Cameroon’s Goliath frog is bigger than a whole human foot, weighing up to 3.3 kilograms. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/3VkucrG

cynic by nature swiftie by the grace of god

Do you need a helping hand? Here’s where to find all kinds of help in D.C., from legal aid to housing assistance. 51st.news/a-guide-to-g...

JUST IN: Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers say the Trump administration is trying to coerce him to plead guilty to the charges he is facing by promising to deport him to Costa Rica — and threatening to deport him to Uganda if he doesn’t. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

We’re on Bluesky!

One year ago today I was at The Eras tour 🥺

Takoma Park, MD is a sanctuary city

Unfortunate timing that Gov. Moore made a big pitch for fired federal workers to get state jobs … and then froze state hiring. By @brendawintrode.bsky.social & Sapna Bansil

Coping with cancer and its aftermath isn't easy for anyone. But men tend to isolate more, seek less support and, alarmingly, die earlier than women. Young survivors are working to change that.

ok I've seen plenty of those 3-wheeled motorcycle things driving by blasting music but this was the first time the music in question was "In the Air Tonight"

Pretty surreal to see people lining up to pose with the tanks at Union Station.

My Chemical Romance brought the Philadelphia Phanatic out on stage and he(?) threw cheesesteaks into the crowd

Trump Said He Doesn’t Want to See Tents. Now DC is Clearing Encampments in Earnest. Residents say they have no idea where they’ll go. www.washingtonian.com/2025/08/14/t...

Something very quintessentially DC to be pulling out of Union Station, where there’s an unusually heavy military presence, and immediately spotting this flag displayed in an apartment window.

“I burst into tears when I saw the soldiers in the street...We were suddenly sprung into a militarized zone, and that’s not an exaggeration.” The voices of D.C. residents at another moment when the city's sense of safety and self was shattered wamu.org/story/22/01/...

One thing that didn't make it into today's piece: Washington, DC already has by far the highest number of law enforcement officers per capita of any city of 250k+.

I’ve never been able to absorb that people don’t understand that DC isn’t just the federal government. Both sides of my large family are from the city and not a single person is involved in politics. I know loads more people like this, too. It’s the best city in the world.

i distinctly remember a decade+ ago when all the creative jobs started going out the window being told to “learn to code”

I’m still punk, I sigh as I turn my car radio down so I can focus on where I’m driving

the teens working at the snowball stand laughed at me when I ordered blue raspberry