I'm just realizing the joke inherent in the name Kangaskhan

The reason YIMBYs focus on zoning stuff — minimum lot sizes, parking requirements, single-family mandates: adjusted for inflation, the cost to build a square foot of American home stayed basically flat for four decades, pre-2020. So how did it get so expensive to buy a house?

It is March 2004, the country is at war with Iraq and I am playing Pokemon Fire Red. It is March 2026, the country is at war with Iran and I am playing Pokemon Fire Red.

"Dear Diary, It is 3/22/03 and we are at war with Iraq because they didn't dispose of wepons of mass destruktion when the U.N. told them to. In other news, my birthday is coming up on 3/28/03. I will be 11 years old. I am in…"

Good day to post this one I guess

We are live this morning with our reporters in the region and interviews with experts. No panels or pundits: www.npr.org/about-npr/47...

Wither AUMF

In case anyone was curious, it is impossible to revive the Congress Edits wikipedia edit bot due to changes wikipedia made to obscure IP addresses of logged out editors on English language wikipedia in Nov. 2025

can't convince your talent to stay? make your kids the talent

The trial, which started Jan. 12, included testimony by "Spider-Man" star Tobey Maguire, an avid poker player who enlisted Goldstein's help in recovering a gambling debt from a billionaire. apnews.com/article/thomas-gol...

remains weird to me that the president gets to pick who gets the *congressional* medal of honor

Our team @npr.org is adding context from our reporting to the president's claims in his State of the Union. READ:

speaking of Bezos supporting journalism, what did Van Jones ever do with that $100M he got from Bezos?

An absolutely damning scoop from the Journal. Great work.

The OECD’s new Road Safety Annual Report offers a reminder that the US approach toward traffic safety is an abject failure. Americans are >2x more likely to die on the road than those in South Korea, Israel, Australia, Spain, and other rich countries. www.itf-oecd.org/road-safety-...

INCOMING: We're about to publish a banger of a profile on Nazgul.

That incessant tapping sound you heard yesterday? 33-to-43-year-olds the world rapidly texting their friends to divvy up starter picks and version selection, purchasing short-haul flight tickets for March to trade version exclusives over local WiFi

man if they put up with all of this from Andrew, Meghan Markle must have done something really bad

We should try electing some kind of deliberative body that makes decisions about levying taxes.

It's now safe to confess I was an unwitting contributor to tariff fraud when I bought these used blue jeans.

Fun looking up the work IP to see who has edited their own wikipedia articles from the office.

Hey FBI I have a question about one of my FOIA requests

More from our olympics coverage: www.npr.org/2026/02/18/n...

Jesse Jackson's death makes me remember how much longer King and others who died by racist violence could have continued their work. The men were contemporaries. poetrysociety.org/poems-essay...

The Post stuff continues to break my heart.

Roses are red Vice is inherent

So much life on this bus right now— The woman behind me is weighing the relative strengths of DC reciprocal library cards The woman in front of me is reading Intermezzo The man across the aisle is practicing vocabulary with a 1st grader who struck up a chat with him by turning around in her seat

3/ Less than 3 days after the layoffs, we had 700+ new paying members — with more joining every day to say loudly and clearly: D.C. needs local news. 🥳 To those who’ve helped us spread the word about The 51st: Thank you! 🤗 To our new members and followers: Welcome! 🫵 You can join us today:

Forgive me if I don't buy the idea that Mark Ein, who has long left the hard working staff of City Paper to founder, is going to be the savior of the Post's Sports and local coverage

it's all been building to this since he told brant what's up ten years ago

hell yeah brother

BREAKING: Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane

These CM Allen quotes are frustrating — what problem at they trying to solve? Early data show that they're safer than drivers as DC continues to founder on its vision zero goals. A few years ago, more foreign service officers died on DC streets than abroad. www.wired.com/story/waymo-hit...

Join us Thursday for a rally to #SaveThePost!! The rally will run from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday at 1301 K St. NW!! Bring friends! Bring gloves! Bring a love of journalism!

Yikes @wmata.com, a cool 35 minute wait and then four C51/C53 literally back to back to back at the light

There is a (tax deductible!) way to repurpose your Washington Post subscription dollars — it is, again, making deep cuts to its local coverage — by becoming a sustaining supporter of @51st.news Join community leaders like @mkraju.bsky.social, @eli.pizza — and lowlifes like myself and @caseym.org

I finished my little music system based on all the album coasters Ive made — you sit the coaster on the stand and the album plays

Big day for me: re-completing my Rachel McAdams filmography in 4DX this morning.

happy rectangular february, sunday-first world.

god some places just really love absolutely 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓶𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓰 on a rake

Canadian tech youtube drama is tops right now — searing takedowns in the form of apparently sincere thank you notes

When the sun isn't on the floor yet but you are sleepy

An all-timer from @theverge.com www.theverge.com/policy/86857...

This YouGov poll suggests that Senate Democrats are to the right of their base and a plurality of independents on this one. today.yougov.com/politics/art...