Halloween idea for those receiving trick & treaters in a couple weeks: Buy a bunch of green doggie poop bags Fill them with treats Give your DC garbage bin a wash & put a fresh liner into it Dispense little poop bags of treats out of the bin At long last your bin gives instead of receives.

the foundational problem with this whole line of thinking is that it presupposes that left wingers only are exposed to or engage with right wing ideas if they're on the drug-addled Boer's website, when in actuality the entire media ecosystem is at a minimum slanted to the center right.

Return of the Cmonstermacques@cmonmaque.bsky.social · 2d ago

This reads like a mad libs

Holy shitballs, the whole “disavow the Muslim Brotherhood thing” happened in the next town over from where I grew up in the Thumb. I assumed that was more of a Metro Detroit thing. Look, if the Dems are drawing non-hostile crowds in Tuscola County, they are going to run away with this.

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.

If Tampa wins this series, this will be a World Series between two teams that have never won a WS. I am sure someone has already looked into when was the last time that happened. Has to be at least 80 years ago, right?

I've never seen a city work on every single one of its streets at the same time before, but by God, DC has somehow pulled it off.

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Here comes the front…

no surprise: Gitlin has been on the Tesla beat for long enough to know how to actually cover an event like this

Captain Capybara@vought.bsky.social · 3d ago

You have to go to a technology site to find a sober take . This one takes an appropriate view: arstechnica.com/cars/2026/10...

We do not vote for awful politicians in this house. #DCision26

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emergency hotdog that heats up when you crack it like a glow stick

Is it weird, though?

Abandoned America@abandonedamerica.bsky.social · 4d ago

At an abandoned auto parts manufacturer, a closet filled with vintage Playboy magazines is slightly ajar next to a wall plastered with photos from magazines. Seems like a weird thing to have at work. More at www.abandonedamerica.us/r-j-loock-au...

I am clearly an outlier, wearing some clothes that I purchased in the mid-90s.

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4d ago

a fashion designer once told me she wished people bought clothes like they buy furniture. when you buy a couch, you know you're going to live with it for 10+ years. clothing purchases are often much more impulsive; the items treated as disposable.

I have never been prouder to be an idiot. And a 45-year-old. Also Dude, nomenclature.

I also have a hard time passing a bar but never thought of calling myself a lawyer

throwing this together this morning I remembered a @mrtinmd.bsky.social (I think?) tweet from a million years ago about how the HP bathrooms are visible in on the strava heatmap and honestly I think it makes the shirt way better. (wabastore.square.site)

I have more Z's in my name than Sam Alito has remaining brain cells and I say Chris Columbus was a greed-obsessed genocidal ratbastard whose only monument should be a public toilet that screams when you use it.

Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · 4d ago

Today I learned that Sam Alito, a sitting Supreme Court justice, has gotten personally involved in the fight to save a Christopher Columbus statue in his hometown, providing a statement to the city council about the "insult to the Italian American community" www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/o...

@mjanssen.bsky.social have you seen this? (h/t @artd.bsky.social)

Barbara Waxer 🌈 @barbara-waxer.bsky.social · 5d ago

When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.

D.C. will open at least two new homeless shelters by 2029, replacing New York Avenue, Harriet Tubman, and Adam’s Place, which will all close before the end of the decade. https://bit.ly/4hZ92dN

D.C. moves forward with shelter replacements

The District will open at least two new homeless shelters by 2029, despite delays, according to city officials.

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Taps sign: "85.3% of Fatalities among All Road Users (29 of 34) involved a Motor Vehicle (MV) in 2026 YTD." Source: dcvisionzero.github.io/Crash-Injury...

The 51st@51st.news · 4d ago

Children account for 45% of e-scooter injuries and, according to one trauma nurse, several D.C. riders end up in their ER every week. Should e-scooters be banned? 51st.news/dc-experts-w...

Cutest damn car ever produced…

New York Auto Museum Experience Center - NYAM@newyorkautomuseum.bsky.social · 5d ago

In 1993, Lamborghini built the EV1 Ecovan: an electric van far from a Diablo. Designed with Mauro Forghieri, it tested battery swapping with a ~55 mph top speed. They planned 100, built five, and scrapped them all. #Lamborghini #EV Story/Images by story_cars

my big-brain opinion about this is that newspapers as a concept worked because you didnt have granular data on what everyone was actually reading, so you couldn't chase "clicks." you hired an editor with taste and news judgment and that was that.

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Stick up for trans people and immigrants every time, all the time.

Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social · 5d ago

Crazy idea: Democrats should defend immigration and immigrants, run on the idea that immigrants make America great, and stop Homer Simpsoning themselves into the shrubbery every time Republicans try to demagogue it.

Buildings and light

Capitol Hill spook

Why the fuck are these helicopters practicing repeated passes of our neighborhood less than 100 feet above the ground?

DC folks: this is confusing and important. If you want Elissa Silverman (I) to continue on the council (and I do) you should rank her #1 on the ballot, even if you also want Oye Owolewa (D) to join as an at large member. Rank him #2.

Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle.bsky.social · 6d ago

To elect at-large council members, for decades D.C. voters have selected two candidates on their ballot. But ranked-choice voting has changed that, prompting confusion, criticism and changes for candidates in how they campaign. From @washingtonsun.com: www.washingtonsun.com/metro/dc-ran...

Have you heard about Jennifer Ai? I hear she's a LOSER! All she does is lie and drink my clean water, I- wait, wrong Jen? Well... still loser behavior. topa.to/wigu ✨ @wigu.org