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I’ll take your London with kid recs here. Ideally neighborhoods but specific things too

Someone stole our compost bin

I also think this is a very powerful graph. Most people don't know it, but the US is a *very* low-tax country. We tax below average and we spend below average, among rich nations. Fixing our fiscal situation entirely through taxes would still leave us *very* low tax. bsky.app/profile/bren...

I feel like that first case of Celebration is gonna really hit this year.

I will probably start with an aim of being a blocking tight end but will ultimately spec into being an stealth archer regardless.

50 years ago, the Attorney General went to prison for committing crimes to cover up the criminal actions of the President of the United States. The fallout from Watergate led to the building of a wall of independence at DOJ that lasted half a century. That wall has been shattered by Trump's people.

What are the best food offerings at Capital One Arena? Tim Carman and I spent most of a recent Capitals game waiting in line at concession stands to sample the good (crab rolls, steak and cheese) and bad (most other things). Here's our report. Gift link: wapo.st/4z3GdnN

J: i rec'd aa number of texts on the break from my mother and my brother because CNN is reporting i'm getting a lot of death threats. this is where we are. a federal judge getting death threats over a golf course. i really dont think this is what the founders envisioned. adjourned. /210

both things can be correct. J: this wasn't just DoI on a bender, was it? Dept of Interior submitted dec--DOJ signed off on it. they put that in briefs. made that before me. not playing wackamole game. somebody is going to take responsibility for what happens in this courtroom. /154

if it were me I would simply not park illegally or speed

Again, the scandalous thing about Elon Musk spending $276 million on the 2026 midterms is NOT how *much* money it is. The scandal is how *little* money this is *to him.* Compared to his net worth, this is roughly equal to the median American my age spending $40.

@portcitybrew.bsky.social where’s my Tidings

That $366 million Elon is spending to try and convince voters that Congress should stay Republican? It's more money than McCain's 2008 campaign spent. But it's also, relative to Musk's net worth, the same as a household at the median income spending $32.

Gotta admit, when I was wondering how she'd be worse than Karoline Leavitt, I meant the sort of bullshit she'd be willing to spout with a straight face. I didn't consider that she would be unpolished to the point of needing someone to go at her with a bottle of Wright's and a soft cloth.

just a casual reminder that inciting violence against his political opponents and others he dislikes has been a core feature of Donald Trump's approach for more than a decade. It is a defining characteristic of Trump and his movement, but rarely centered as such by corporate media.

Trump brought more destruction to DC this weekend, ordering the cutting of 400 mature trees before courts could stop it. Same tactic as when he knocked down the East Wing. Riverbend Landscapes & Tree Service of VA did the cutting. They knew it was wrong. And you can let them know how you feel. 1/

"We've worked hard to turn this city around" is all you need to know about the guy who ordered the destruction of 500+ East Potomac trees this weekend.

Anyone got a DC landscaping company they’d recommend?

Love the @wmata.com conductor giving Army Ten-Miler runners a pep talk over the PA on the ride to Pentagon this AM. I for one surely need it. LFGGGGG

Only the very worst for this individual. "Montana Democrat who refuses to drop out may spoil party’s Senate hopes" www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Good luck, be safe, and have fun to everyone headed to Snallygaster today! Maybe not in that order. Choose your own adventure. Remember that you don't need to drink every lactose-laden stout.

Didier Fuentes to Mason Miller:

Daylight savings time has to go because of tall steeples and the PGA Tour?

We repeat:

The farm-grown corn is imperceivable in the Flanders Red style beer, “Where Poppies Grow.” But the work and effort that goes into the beer to make it so complex is completely evident in the first sip.

#eviltwinbeernames

Rufo gets to position himself as "respectable." Polite sit-down interview w/ Ezra Klein. Celebrated by Substack as one of platform's "best" writers. Senior fellow at Manhattan Institute. His "Indian Question" podcast is pretty explicitly white nationalist talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...

Las Vegas beer bars? Chat, is that a thing?

POTUS: Donnie new ballroom. Practical Donnie entertainment room TIME: I'd like to talk about the rampant corruption and criminality. POTUS: Good ballroom good Donnie give beautiful Donnie deserve pedophile TIME: We have a limited amount of time. POTUS: jealousy interviewer

I’d really love for the DC Council to put a ban on Lime bikes and scooters

YOU hate Nader for throwing the 2000 election. I hate Nader for ushering in the era of Consumer as a primary political identity, touting the tort system as an alternative to normal democratic deliberation, and making things generally work worse in the USA.

I found Dan Simmons’ Hyperion supremely disappointing relative to the hype, I really didn’t get it. But this DDH West Coast DIPA from Sapwood Cellars that presumably gets its name from the novel’s Time Tombs is very excellent. I would recommend the beer not the book.

Best part is when Schmitt gets angry that she points out he has the team wrong, as though he's the one who was wronged bsky.app/profile/atru...

this video is so funny, imagine being grilled by a US Senator who is oddly convinced that you went to an Atlanta Hawks game when you have never been to an Atlanta Hawks game

The Lime scooter thing is out of control in DC. Just saw three teens on one scooter weaving in and out of traffic at Georgia and New Hampshire, crossing right in front of cars who had the green light, etc. everyone involved very fortunate there wasn’t an accident.

this is the fridge of a person who doesn’t prepare a single meal

Claude making a scientific discovery

I would simply feed the chameleon. www.slowboring.com/p/feed-the-l...

Bought a mixed case at Sapwood Cellars today and extremely excited to try this out. #mdbeer CC: @dcbeer.com

Not sure what it means but it’s interesting how “person who campaigns as a liberal and then immediately becomes a conservative” is a regular feature of our politics but never seems to happen in the opposite direction (except for ever so slightly on the supreme court?)

great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...