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I’ve dubbed this birdbath “Lake Donald”.

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Make DC square again? Is Arlington hipper than DC?

Now would be a good time for anyone who wants to learn about recent Iranian history to read this. It is well worth your time and money (I am sure your local library has it if you don’t want to purchase it).

Trump Defends Racist Video As Racist — theonion.com/trump-defend...

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Did you spend Christmas in jail? youtu.be/-HExDOSvadg?... youtu.be/j9jbdgZidu8?...

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“Somni” is the biggest, most ambitious project we have undertaken in 21 years as a band. It involved 74 musicians, 256 lines, 12 cameras, almost 1,000 live audience members, and a whole lot of love and care from everyone involved.

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Sandwich guy not guilty. On the one hand it was a 12 incher, more dangerous than the six. On the other, the victim was wearing a sub-proof vest. I've heard that a good prosecutor can convince a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich, but I guess a guilty verdict is more difficult in DC.

Have you noticed this as well? www.fallschurchindependent.com/editorial-is... #blackhistory #journalism #washingtonpost #fallschurchva #cityoffallschurch #fallschurchcity #bezos #washingtondc #chocolatecity #africanamerican #northernvirginia

Capital Area Food Bank. Donate here for furloughed feds give.capitalareafoodbank.org/campaign/709...

If you're represented by a Republican, tell them it's time for Mike Johnson to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. No more excuses or delays. app.sosha.ai/s/AYAw5bPR

It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its...

The Trump-RFK Jr.-autism-pseudoscience story reminds me of Stalin and Lysenko: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trofim_...

It's unclear whether I'll be able to get an updated covid vaccine this fall but it looks like I could get a distemper shot at the veterinary clinic down the street.😀

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@noirfoundation.bsky.socialYou cheap, two-bit canary!

I cringe for my country when I look back on all the Trump administration’s embarrassing episodes over the last week. Gift link to my latest @postopinions.bsky.social column. wapo.st/4kuCrfh

THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social. The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Carla Hayden was the first woman AND Black person to serve as Librarian of Congress and deserved better than this

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hat zone

Really enjoying this classic Sesame Street segment, two minutes of freestyle jazz riffing on saxophone factory footage

Tomorrow is Dexter Gordon's birthday (2/27/1923-4/25-1990)