Loathsome creature and that’s before he opens his mouth or starts typing

Sunday Night

This week’s Page Three photo @wcp.bsky.social

Why have battles over healthcare? Imagine if it was just a thing like in most advanced countries.

Remember that @dcdoes.bsky.social professional development event that looked a lot more like a party (a go-go band, acrobats, DJ EZ Street as emcee)? Some of the spending for that event (and others) violated local rules against using public funds for entertainment and food, according to the OIG.

Marking the Day

He should write his own check to bail out the farmers, he’s already skimmed more than that

You can’t resign from a job you never legally held. These people suck

There’s still a store called BJ’s

Someone hurt him at his 8 year old birthday party and he’s been chasing that goody bag ever since. FIFA recognized that.

This week's page three photo @wcp.bsky.social

I don't think they can say that which is why they don't. Some of them don't have a problem with what he is saying. The entire caucus should have been up in arms on their COLLEAGUE Ilhan Omar's behalf. They haven't been.

Strong floor, no ceiling (on corruption)

Spoiler: all the first strikes were also illegal

It’s #GivingTuesday! If Washington City Paper has ever informed, inspired, or connected you, today’s the day to give back. Your contribution keeps D.C. journalism free and thriving:

This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"

This was a mind-blowing read. It seems preposterous to suggest that $140k should be the poverty line for a family of four, but the math checks out. Also: the current metric for calculating poverty is appalling. www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...

Looking for a mediumread while you wait at the airport or hide from your family? My latest @wcp.bsky.social has queer artists, a woman courts labeled a “lunatic,” and 19th-century horses: washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7748...

Unlikely Japan

The broken hotel coffee machine in Tokyo has a hand-written sign describing it as “in the middle of failure ” . Been there, little guy.

Back -lit Brunch Spot, Tokyo

Mayor Wu stunting on em heavy

We’re still looking for a Loose Lips reporter! washingtoncitypaper.com/loose-lips-j...

“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”

If you can design a cute rice-cooker we’ll let you do a car next

New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:

Just once, I want a reporter’s follow-up question to be, “Why are you such a fucking asshole?”

Album Cover with Title

Temple Bird

Goebbels' Diaries Evoke a Bygone Berlin: Little remains of the Germany detailed in the fallen PR genius's private pages.

I’m going to be honest with you: The headline is appalling, but the piece, which indeed has an absolutely bizarre tone of nostalgia, is worse.

Canal Bird

Currently in a country where cash still reigns and it’s kinda refreshing. Something about checking your roll before you head out is calming.

Have figured out how to make vacation last a long time: just do a lot of laundry at self service spots , those minutes last for hours.

birdshot

What percent of the current Democratic Party are centrists beyond the 8 that voted against everyone’s best interest?

So excited to drop @wcp.bsky.social's 2025 People Issue. These Washingtonians represent the best of D.C. and I was so honored to interview graffiti artist Luis Del Valle, King Molasses, & author Carolivia Herron. Photos by @darrow-m.bsky.social washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7737...

Last page of my passport fwiw

Today’s Walk

The People Issue is back: a nomadic chef, a persistent muralist, an exotic dance expert, a lawyer who won’t stay quiet, and one very familiar face weighing a fourth term. We’re grateful to share their stories with you. Photos by @darrow-m.bsky.social:

This imagined defense by Cheney ("What I Got Right About the Iraq War") from The Onion in 2023 ought to run as a sidebar to every obit that's published this week: is.gd/mzdB9j

I’m in Bangkok and just googled: “Thai food near me” to see what would happen

Listen to Blaze Foley. It will do you good. Bob Dylan said Blaze was his favorite songwriter. Townes Van Zandt said Blaze was one of the most spiritual people he ever met. John Prine covered his work. Merle Haggard tracked down every recording he could get. The public has mostly forgotten.

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Grandog in her louvre heist costume

In a restaurant in Japan where it’s still ok to smoke cigs and it’s giving 1987 vibes when I was last here and would have been joining

In one of my happy places