Consumers used to select their purchases from what was available at local stores, which were stocked with goods chosen by professional buyers looking for quality and value.
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Advancement at the American Council on Education. Del Ray dad and 2x Hoya. Books, baseball, beer, higher ed, and all things Alexandria. Subscribe to ALXtra: https://alxtra.ghost.io/
Vacation movie night and we’re showing The Rock to my kids and my nephews for the first time and I’m freaking pumped.
Guardians GM, through static: We’re trading you a guy named Kent Vogel. Nationals GM: Kendeglys Virgurez, got it, sounds great.
You do not get to do the whole "baseball is ruined" thing because the Dodgers gave up two serious prospects, one of whom is 100 years old, for a two-month rental. On this particular thing, your team literally could have done it if they wanted
“I always thought that it’s so, so cool that our school allows you to do so much,” Ware said. But, she added, “I never thought about the fact that endless opportunities need space.” My latest on a ravaging local debate about ACPS classroom space: alextimes.com/local-news/e...
Titan Robotics team advocates for sufficient workspace - Alexandria Times
By James Libresco | jlibresco@alextimes.com Charlotte Ware, 17, has long viewed her school’s abundance of extracurricular and vocational offerings as one of its greatest strengths. The rising Alexandr...
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If you are a local shop who needs flyers fast and you don’t want your customers to be mad about AI slop, you should hire me. I love Alexandria and want its businesses to thrive and want cool places to go visit. I also chug water while doing it but that’s more of a health goal thing.
Mitch McConnell downgraded to “doubtful.” Consider picking up another Senator from the waiver wire to start this week in fantasy.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · last wk.BREAKING: A statement from the Office of the Attending Physician says Mitch McConnell "is not yet medically cleared to leave the rehab facility and return to the office." A photo from McConnell's office:
PSA: great yard sale happening at 309 Hume, lot of decor items (the stock is all from a real estate staging company).
I hope the Nats ownership sees how full it is here for a random game vs the Diamondbacks and knows they should be buyers. DC needs this.
They should study the crystallized residue that Campari leaves inside the bottle cap and make industrial adhesive out of it, what the actual fuck.
interesting to me that as the administration treats democratic-voting states like conquered or occupied territories, you don’t have pundits demanding the president respect “half the country”
tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
So the aged gin from Motherwell makes a damn fine martini.
Part of a broader cultural shift away from entertainment (which requires taste) to content (which doesn't)
Inside Wrexham's US tour... 🏟 Riding World Cup boom 📅 Planning started a year ago 🗽 Why New York is special 👕 New kit launch on Nasdaq 🎥 Times Square imaging ⚽️ Phil Parkinson thoughts 🏆 Timing means LC tie treated like pre season friendly #WxmAFC ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/744...
How Wrexham are aiming to ride the wave of World Cup mania (Gift Article)
Wrexham are looking to build on not only how North America embraced the World Cup but also the club's already strong transatlantic links
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Happy Friday, Alexandria! We've got vigilante tree trimmers, yearbook superlatives, trash talk, and ten Becky-sized Jesses in the inaugural mailbag issue of ALXtra with @oconnell.bsky.social:
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As we previewed in our last issue, we’re taking a midsummer break from our typical format this week to run our first ever mailbag edition of ALXtra. We’re eager to see how this goes! On one hand we’re...
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Sitting on the patio at Front Porch and have now watched six (6) separate groups of people stop and peek into the windows of Crooked Run brew pub. People are excited!
It’s crazy how good the top of the Championship is going to be this year. Bowen sticking around at West Ham, Wolves signing Raul Jimenez, Boro getting better, Swansea getting access that to that Jamestown data, this season is going to be nuts.
The Athletic@theathletic.com · 2w agoMiddlesbrough is finalizing a deal to sign USMNT midfielder Sebastian Berhalter from the Vancouver Whitecaps, sources tell @tombogert.bsky.social. More details:
This should be a lightbulb moment for Democrats: You are free to run on this platform because Republicans are going to accuse you of it whether you do or not!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump: "The Democrats are gonna terminate the filibuster as soon as they have a chance and then they're gonna approve DC and Puerto Rico as states. They get 4 more senators, 12 more congressmen, like 40 electoral votes ... you don't want to see me cry."
In conclusion: I don't think there's any way to explain this, other than "Trump blindness is real." A lot of our leading citizens- even ones who know how to be responsible, when they have to be- really do see Trump as a get-out-of-jail-free card.