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One interesting thing you learn taking Amtrak is how many people spend their whole Saturday on the phone.

Choose one: 1. Watch four members of the Circle Jerks in their 70s play punk songs tonight at 930 club for $45. 2. Watch just the 86-year-old drummer of the Beatles at Anthem on Monday for $190. Note that you get 16x value per band member with the circle jerks.

Who else is excited for JWT testing at the Convention Center tomorrow? Bring your web tokens and find out which ones are still working!

I did some research on what DC Home Rule opponents are in competitive races and created a spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Short answer: Derrick Van Orden (WI-3), John McGuire III (VA-5), Andrew Gabarino (NY-2). If you are the sort to give to political causes please take note.

A great day for DC: Andy Ogles, likely the most prominent attacker of DC Home Rule, just lost his primary despite Trump's support. His opponent attacked Ogles' frequent media appearances, where he loved to insult DC residents and promised to take even more of our rights away. Not his job.

When you delete DoorDash, be sure to grab that confirmation screenshot quickly. It flashed by in 1-2 seconds only. Important: Remember to delete your account, not just the app. (Settings->Account->Manage Account). Support companies who support DC rights! #DCStatehood @freedcproject.bsky.social

The next phase of the Great Algae War has begun

Aggressive attempts to make this seem like a non-horrible idea are still underway. Rest assured, no expense is being spared, and the president is willing to sacrifice as much of our tax dollars as necessary to fix the algae problem.

It's not just that Trump put up the awning on the Kennedy center after they took his name down. He's also volunteered our tax dollars to fund round-the-clock security so no one can get a picture of the Kennedy Center with the name it's supposed to have.

The interesting thing about visiting Cleveland is that because the buildings are cheap and businesses have been around forever, you run into these places that make you go "That still has its own building near downtown?"

Want an underrated spot for photos in Yosemite? Try Mirror Lake. In the morning.

Dear DMV drivers: contrary to popular belief, there's no actual requirement that you become a total psychopath when driving through Mt Vernon triangle. Driving through intersections in a calm and controlled manner is not an arrestable offense in DC.

Annual PSA if you don't want to reward Intuit, HR Block, and other companies that corruptly killed off the free Direct File program to force you to pay them instead, and can tolerate a slightly janky interface and mailing in forms, try OpenTaxSolver (opentaxsolver.sourceforge.net/download2025...)

If any of my neighbors wanna show their discontent with Democrats who support Trump's takeover of DC, this is the rare opportunity to throw some DC money at one of their primary opponents. I dunno much any Hennrich, but I'll support anyone who stands in the way of MAGA becoming my local government.

The fact that cold calling still exists is amazing. It's terrible for the callers and the recipients alike. It's labor-intensive, unlikely to result in gain, and obsolete at least since the invention of e-mail. I feel like it only persists because it's a way to signal being a go-getter.

My new hobby is coming up with chat GPT queries that maximize the wrongness of the answer.

The biggest cause of complaints with Metro by far is that it allows passengers to be idle during the trip, unlike driving. This allows passengers to then complain about every little Metro problem in real time.

It's amazing how in just a couple of years we went from it being "common knowledge" that Metro ridership wasn't coming back to trains being so full people can't fit on them.

www.tebra.com/theintake/me... Look at this chart. Surprisingly country isn't the form of music most hated in waiting rooms, but is behind metal, hip hop, and gospel, and tied with punk. But when was the last time you heard a waiting room blasting Slayer? But country they play all the time.

Add "accidentally blasting metal playlist to your whole office because your Bluetooth isn't actually connected" to the list of problems caused by getting rid of the headphone jack.

The gym is the best place for handling frustration, because at the gym frustrations are fuel. Then you might find that not only can you handle your frustrations, but maybe you don't even have enough.

I think the best advice in life is that if you hear grinding, it's time to stop and try something else. So often it feels like some goal is very close, yet after repeated hard efforts it gets no closer. In those cases, you gotta wonder if you're doing it right.

What's a good name for those "cars must stop for pedestrians" signs placed in the middle of a busy street where cars otherwise aren't expected to stop? Cross yourself walk? Russian roulette crossing?

The decision to remove the headphone jack from phones has to go down as one of the worst decisions in the history of mankind. Just listening to audio on my phone is a problem on a monthly basis because of some dongle not working and/or my Bluetooth earbuds not being charged.

As a guy from Cleveland, I can't help but notice how long DC people take to clean snow off their cars. If it's taking more than 2 minutes, you need to stop and restrategize.

It's common to view it as flawed to be kind to those who aren't kind in return. This is not a flaw, but the virtue of kindness itself. Because when kindness is only done for the reward, it ceases to be kindness.

The national guard is now telling people to have a nice day at the Metro entrances. That's what America needs. Spending billions of dollars a year on militarized Walmart greeters.

"Compare soul vs soldier vibes" Wow. Just wow.