Ben Harris
@benharris1.bsky.social
Resident of the 51st State via Ohio. Lover of 🌶️ 🎸 🏔️ and 🐕.
Going through old photos, and found this shot of a WaPo headline from 2019. We can’t say we weren’t warned.
Found a mayoral candidate in DC who wants to make DC into a tax haven while providing free childcare and free 24/7 Metro service, among other services.
Here to announce that I will proudly support any candidate who focuses on addressing the scourge of transit riders endlessly streaming TikTok videos with phone speakers at full tilt.
Just another thing that was doing just fine until This Guy got his hands on it and wrecked it for absolutely no good reason.
Hemry, Local Bartender@bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 2d agooh my god he hit the reflecting pool with a "two weeks" dawgggggg that thing's never opening again
A fun thing to do is to imagine a world where libraries didn’t exist, and then to picture the rending of garments that would ensue when a politician proposed the idea of one.
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
Folks I won’t tell you not to feel your feelings, but this is rage bait. He’s talking about expanding beyond politics into things like live sports.
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
Albuquerque broke a record high temperature this afternoon - hitting 101°! This is our 7th triple digit high this year and our 15th record high of the year. #NMwx
Realizing that I become that most obnoxious middle age stereotype: Guy Who Begins Every Conversation By Complaining About His Contractor
The Lerner family is worth north of $6.4 billion, but can’t keep an infielder.
The Natidude@thenatidude.bsky.social · 3d agoEvery owner is rich beyond your wildest imagination. They're not poor, they just don't care.
The message the Nationals seem committed to conveying to their fans is: Don’t get too attached to your our best players, they probably won’t be here long.
Spencer Nusbaum@spencernusbaum.bsky.social · 3d agoCJ Abrams on Luis Garcia Jr.: “He was probably the first guy I really talked to, for real. Kind of grew up together. So it’s just tough.” www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...
This is the anecdote that really struck me in the Paul Weiss story. “I was surprised Trump changed the deal and attributed things to me I didn’t say or agree to.” My man. Had you not been paying attention to a single thing Trump has done in his public life?
Adam Gurri@adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 3d agoGod these high powered elite lawyers are such easy marks
Friday happy hour in sole place called Spring Valley, which may not actually exist.
Hey @heinrich.senate.gov if you’re troubled about the administration stripping back protections for Chaco Canyon, maybe you shouldn’t have voted to confirm the person leading those efforts? www.senate.gov/legislative/...
U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session
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Senate Energy Dems@energydems.senate.gov · 5d agoSen. Heinrich: This administration is stripping Chaco protections away in an effort to facilitate oil and gas drilling.
FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"
If you don’t live in, or haven’t recently visited, DC, you are unprepared for just exactly how much stuff has been wrecked or turned into garish junk by this guy.
Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01)@repstansbury.bsky.social · 5d agoWhile you were over here trying to figure out how you were going to cover the rent and food—this guy was over there using $5.1 million in taxpayer money YOU paid into the system to cover these statues in 23 karat gold. Yeah, he did that.
Ah yes, Florida. A state famously facing so few problems and issues that their electeds can focus on arcane matters of school curriculums in a jurisdiction a thousand miles away whose residents didn’t and couldn’t vote for her.
Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle.bsky.social · 5d agoNEWS: Sen. Ashley Moody (R-Florida) has a new bill to require the U.S. flag be displayed in all D.C. school classrooms and mandate the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of the day, though students could opt out. "We should be teaching kids why America is worth loving," she says.
Get you a spouse who bakes you chocolate lava cakes on Thursday evening
I encourage you to stop whatever you’re doing and spend five minutes listening to Sinead O’Connor sing one of the most beautifully heartbreaking pieces of music that’s ever been recorded.
Sinéad O'Connor - Paddy's Lament (Studio Version)
YouTube video by Ed Cristian
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I dunno, but I’m not especially heartened by the recent polls. Why did we have to experience living through everything he specifically said he was going to do in order to know it sucks? Also, what an indictment of the media and the job they failed to do in reporting on what his admin was planning.
This reminds me that I found two backpacks (one kid-styled, one adult-styled) on the upper blocks of North Capitol a few days ago. The adult one was empty; the kid one had a library book inside. I have both secured.
Ben Harris@benharris1.bsky.social · 7d agoHeads up: if you are in the Manor Park/Brightwood area of DC, and you had a bag recently stolen that had your car keys attached to it, DM me.
Heads up: if you are in the Manor Park/Brightwood area of DC, and you had a bag recently stolen that had your car keys attached to it, DM me.
Love to support DC’s ability to govern autonomously by advocating for a bill that impedes DC’s ability to govern autonomously.
Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle.bsky.social · 7d agoIn a letter to the D.C. Council, Door Dash says its recent advocacy for a House GOP bill that restricts D.C.'s ability to determine taxes and fees reflected its opposition to a new 20-cent delivery tax in D.C., "not D.C.'s broader ability to... govern autonomously."
Home rule is all or nothing -- either you believe that the people of DC should be allowed to make our own laws, or you don't. If you run to the GOP congress to get them to undo our laws, you do not stand with the people of DC. #DeleteDoorDash
Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle.bsky.social · 7d agoIn a letter to the D.C. Council, Door Dash says its recent advocacy for a House GOP bill that restricts D.C.'s ability to determine taxes and fees reflected its opposition to a new 20-cent delivery tax in D.C., "not D.C.'s broader ability to... govern autonomously."
It’s a pet peeve of mine when I encounter a pop-up window asking me to do something I have no intention of doing, like signing up for a newsletter, and the only options are “Yes” or “I’ll Do It Later.” No, I won’t. And a pox on the digital marketing consultant who told you to phrase it that way.