I drive and park in the District pretty much every week. Not every day, but most of them. Today I took a calculated risk: park all afternoon in a 2-hr space near the Wharf and risk a $30 ticket, or pay $62 and park in the garage.
The economics of parking in DC are completely broken.
I am largely a parking scofflaw because of the complete mismatch between timing and enforcement that exists out there on the streets of the city. I think I have only two parking tickets all year and I guarantee you I have not parked legally the rest of the days.
NATIONAL HARBOR SPHERE: Prince George's County leaders approved the proposed Sphere venue, clearing the way for the project that will drastically change the harbor's skyline.
Today's jury duty experience is complete. It wasn't a criminal case! It was a mental health case!
I was juror 49 of 54 in the pool. They decided not to even do voir dire for the last six of us.
A long day with not a lot happening, but the service is important and mattered.
Early voting is now open in DC! 🗳️
Visit an Early Vote Center from 8:30am – 7:00 pm on Monday, October 26 through Sunday, November 1.
If you witness any attempt to interfere with our local elections, report it to @Vote4DC at 202-727-2194 or ogc@dcboe.org and OAG at 202-727-3400 or OAGVoting@dc.gov.
Upgrading Super Sad Granville Moore’s Scuttlebutt to Salvation Scuttlebutt – Now Starting to Hear that GM shall live on after October 31st, though changes could be afoot! www.popville.com/2026/10/dc-g...
The world right now feels like when I went down to LA to deal with my childhood bedroom after the earthquake. Everything formerly meaningful is in a pile on the floor and it's, OK, what's neither shameful nor broken beyond repair, and worth taking into the future, except it's every institution.
If you suddenly saw that you had 2147483647 seats of an app license in your device management service, you might be asking what happened. Here's what changed in Apple Business this week:
Trump: "In Washington, all the restaurants were closing. People were being held up. They'd walk into a restaurant. Like Jesse James. 'Stand up! Give us all your money.' They're eating dinner at a fancy restaurant. All the restaurants were closing."
Obama on Trump: “There’s gold everywhere. What’s up with the gold? Everything — more gold. He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.”
Two DC BIDs commissioned a study of hydrofoil ferries along the Potomac, aimed at serving everyday travel needs and priced like transit. www.axios.com/local/washin...
this is fucking appalling. i already knew james dolan (who owns the knicks and madison square garden) was a douche but this is next-level. www.nytimes.com/athletic/771...
My Friend, Tony Williams
I first met Tony at X World in 2019 in Sydney. We'd corresponded on the Mac Admins Slack, and via email prior. But we didn't get a chance to meet until the auditorium in Sydney. Tony was a kind man, and an incredible conversationalist, and I remember a lot of great chats…
Someone stole guitars from '90s rockers Sponge when they stayed in College Park after a Tuesday night show. Missing axes include several Reverends, a couple of Fender basses and a Corona Strat.
In any other admin, this would probably be the most outrageous official statement ever made by a sitting FCC director: Strongly implying that the government forbids broadcast networks from reporting on the president's falling poll numbers. (Sorry to paste from twitter but that's where he posts.)
<GOP CANDIDATES> - “Furries are FORCING your CHILDREN into GENDER REASSIGNMENT SURGERIES at their SCHOOLS!! LITTER BOXES!!!”
<me> “…fuck i hope the furries in global IT patch these horrendous exploits before they destroy the internet”
regular reminder that the DC government under the current mayor is a sloppy shitshow of services and everything could be done better by throwing darts at a board.
I really hope the incoming administration cleans house everywhere.
Ward 8 Council member Trayon White has introduced an emergency bill that would stop the doubling of fines on D.C. parking and traffic camera tickets that aren't paid within 30 days. His office says it's a "regressive tax" on people "already struggling to make ends meet." BUT...
They started the Iran war together. They crack down on press freedom together. They lie about everything together.
Authoritarians of a feather flock together.
As inflation hits a 4-month high and the Iran war keeps driving up gas prices, Trump unveils his big plan with the midterms two weeks away: a "World Class Championship Golf Course" in D.C. Work starts Nov. 15, closing a public course for about 15 months, he says.