Again: someone in the Federal gov't should be doing their actual job right now and be drawing up plans and exercises aimed at the removal of an unlawful occupant from the White House. This dude is burrowing in.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 20h ago

Trump: “The very complex and expensive structure, being built for the Military, at the White House … Also rising is the desperately needed Ballroom, something which former Presidents have wanted for 150 years, which sits under the elevated DronePort, and is paid for by Patriots — No Taxpayer Money!”

Every state - but especially "blue" states - should be building up its own disaster response capacity right now. And sure, fund it in part with this.

James Goodwin@jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · yesterday

Even among Red states, climate litigation against the oil and gas industry is going to start looking pretty attractive soon subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

Well that's unfortunate. (Look down thread to see where it was found. It won't make it out into the Potomac, at least. The lagoon it empties into at the airport is extremely shallow)

Joe Fray@josephfray.bsky.social · yesterday

Someone stole the Four Mile Run kayak launch!

Every time I roll through downtown DC, I'm reminded that somewhere, a special forces unit should be training for a plan to remove an unlawful occupant from the White House.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump on Washington DC: "Would I federalize DC? I'm allowed to do that."

Been a while since I’ve seen a perfectly accurate description of most of DC’s professional Democrats.

Dave Karpf@davekarpf.bsky.social · 4d ago

That makes her an ally. Just… the type of ally who spends most of their time lecturing the rest of the movement about how they’re Doing It Wrong, while simultaneously making the Davos crowd feel more smug and secure.

Paid from the seized assets of the current criminal enterprise.

Bradley P. Moss@bradmossesq.bsky.social · 5d ago

There will be a Victims Fund in 2029. It will be for all the people who were charged under false pretenses, whose cases were dropped after DOJ admitted the evidence was all lies, and/or who were acquitted at trial. There will be justice. It’s coming.

WTAF is this? Looks like a very long term “temporary” cell tower, positioned just north of the WWII memorial on the Mall.

Can't wait to not give a shit about the Bonesaw World Cup, taking place every four years in Riyadh, featuring 32 teams made up of mercenary players without passports, desperate to feed their families. www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...

FIFA plans to sell a stake in the World Cup: How much for and why is Gianni Infantino doing it?

The proposal has been widely criticized, with European soccer's governing body UEFA saying it "crosses a line."

nytimes.com

This is *fantastic*. What cities have good versions of this?

Big John@dcbigjohn.bsky.social · last wk.

One of things I’m proudest of in my time at Gambit has been how we’ve used the 40 under 40 issue to highlight real people doing real work to make New Orleans better. Most 40 lists are basically ways for lawyers and pr professionals to pimp themselves. But at Gambit www.nola.com/gambit/news/...

I just saw the below and said it out loud so my 10 year old could hear me. He was about as upset with me as I was to hear that he was dropping F-bombs at camp today. So it seems we both have a problem with the other's language. 😂

Lane Stellmaker@hipcrimevocab.net · last wk.

public options are a good thing to keep the private sector honest. 1/

Humans can still do cool shit.

Flightradar24@flightradar24.com · last wk.

23,075.92 km in 24 hours, 24 minutes. We tallied up a few other facts and figures from this historic Airbus A350-1000ULR flight.

This is the sort of thing I wish we could be spending our civic conversation energy on, and not you know, whether or not we should be a democracy. This is hard, and that is not. www.theverge.com/tech/960802/...

Are you ready for what it takes to stop ghost guns?

New laws in California and New York might stop anyone from 3D printing guns — and create entirely new kinds of surveillance.

theverge.com

Seems like it should be a minimum for any story about a driver hurting someone that the writer look up and share if there are unpaid tickets associated with the vehicle. A boy is seriously injured because this vehicle and its driver shouldn’t be on the road. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/5...

5-year-old on scooter in critical condition after Southeast DC hit-and-run

A search is unfolding in D.C. after a 5-year-old on an electric scooter was hit by a driver and critically injured. The driver left the scene after the collision. This is the second case in the DMV re...

nbcwashington.com

Bad Drivers DC@dc.baddrivers.lol · last wk.

Stats for VA plate TAK9548: $4652 in unpaid tickets.

I'm headed to Montreal for UCI worlds in September. Been once before, but for sure soliciting suggestions. Bringing the whole fam.

𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇@taras-grescoe.com · last wk.

Sunday outing: today we discovered #Montreal has a teeny-tiny cable ferry across the rapids to Île-Bizard. (Fits a half dozen cars and a whole lot of bikes!)

It's my view that those of us who don't usually need to worry about these things for ourselves have not just the right, but the *obligation* to loudly and aggressively insist upon these rights in situations involving CBP & related agencies.

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · last wk.

The ACLU has put together a know your rights guide for people within 100 miles of a border. If you are in that swath of land, please take a look at this and learn your actual rights. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

😬 (Wish I could make this, tho)

Profs and Pints@profsandpints.bsky.social · last wk.

August 16th in Arlington. Details and tickets at events.ticketleap.com/tickets/prof... .

The American Constitutional order is imploding before our eyes, and this absolutely waste of an organization is view-from-nowhere bothsidesing the entire disaster.

National Constitution Center@constitutionctr.bsky.social · last wk.

Follow Julie Silverbrook’s new Substack, the #CivicDecade, to explore how we can expand constitutional knowledge, renew our civic culture, and strengthen the civic institutions that will sustain our constitutional democracy for generations to come. Visit https://ow.ly/VWio50ZsWIh to learn more.

Big news in my life.

That's a hard fuck-off to Door Dash. Not even kind of okay.

Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle.bsky.social · 2w ago

Interesting: DoorDash is supporting the GOP bill in Congress to limit D.C.'s ability to increase or decrease taxes and fees, largely in response to the D.C. Council's recent vote in impose a new 20-cent delivery fee to help fund food-access programs. www.notus.org/metro/uberea...

Well, no, they're at their fucking peak. They've got the best source in the White House and until recently, they ran the DNI.

Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net · 2w ago

russia's military capacity is extremely degraded but their intelligence capacity is very much not so www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Honestly, I don't see the problem here. Permits? We don't need no steenking permits.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission@cpsc.gov · 2w ago

Got a permit for that manta ray?

Yup. And they're my favorite.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission@cpsc.gov · 2w ago

Every parent knows which of their kids is most likely to set the animals free.

[must hold back]

Listening to my teenager tell the younger kids "I COOKED! I am not setting the table and taking care of all of you! Do SOMETHING!" with enormous satisfaction.

@jfallows.bsky.social, small victories everywhere.

ARLnow@arlnow.bsky.social · 2w ago

Gas-powered leaf blowers will be banned in Arlington starting in 2029

Remember, du bist . . .

KITSCHKRIEG feat. BLUMENGARTEN & SHIRIN DAVID - GUT GENUG

YouTube video by KITSCHKRIEG

youtube.com

Roasted Brussels Sprouts are fucking DELICIOUS, as my 9, 11, and 15 year olds will tell you.

Andy Pearlman@apearlma.bsky.social · 2w ago

they've also changed significantly over the past 30-40 years, bred the bitterness out of them.

SkyNet here we come

Stars and Stripes@starsandstripes.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Air Force has successfully flown a legacy fighter plane with artificial intelligence at the controls, marking a key step toward using AI to assist pilots in future combat.