Purple. Red if I must.

But still not DC??

If they've actually figured out how to make parking decks translucent, who are we to argue? Do the cars also become see-through when they are inside?

Folks with a DC library card can access the Post www.dclibrary.org/research-and...

Tshirt with a picture of the DC metro ceiling and the word "brutiful"

People of DC love our metro. There's merch.
dcmetrostore.com/products/bru...

5 women, one women's team, and one mixed team have won Olympic gold medals for Team USA at these Olympics. Meanwhile, just one individual male athlete and no men's teams have won gold medals for Team USA

Makes you wonder: when will America start investing in men's sports

The struggle is real! I suspect you already know this, but just in case help.libbyapp.com/en-us/6007.htm

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FWIW, I saw your post first and intuited the news item from it.

Making coffee when you haven't yet had coffee was actually one of the original Herculean tasks

The witch refuses winter as a sadness. Each season sings it own sorrows. Frost-brittle field still hold their magics. The sky is still a drama of nephomantic omens. There is no lack of thresholds. I shall save my tears for the wounding of the land. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

We noticed that so far you have fall, summer, and spring mysteries so it seems fitting! Can send handmade hats and mittens to set.

Made it to the theater and the whole family loved it. Question: will the next one be set during the winter?

*veruca salt voice* I want it now!

I was readying The Only Good Indians on the subway today, and my facial expressions must have been really something for my fellow passengers.

If you don't already know it, you must read Daniel Pinkwater's The Big Orange Splot!

Save the Date: 2025 DC State Fair. Saturday, September 6, Bryant Street, NE (near Metrobar), 10 am - 5 pm, dcstatefair.org.

🌻🎶 The 16th Annual DC State Fair is TOMORROW! Celebrate all things DC: local food (yes, mumbo sauce!), music & dance (hand dancing demo!), homegrown art, and community pride.

📍 Bryant St NE | ⏰ 10 am - 5 pm | free + family-friendly

👉 Full schedule + vendors: www.dcstatefair.org/events/9ukmn...

I've been assuming the point is to get neighbors out and connecting with each other, but don't know if it's really doing that.

Up in Ward 4, Fort Slocum Park has been mowed one (1) time all year. Some of the green space around the Park hasn’t been touched at all. Presumably because the NPS staff responsible for upkeep and maintenance were laid off.

Two beautiful dogs licking hoodsie-cup style ice creams

Our pups got ice cream on #internationaldogday @nemaveze.bsky.social

‘The Spirit of Liliuokalani,’ as the statue is known, is a 6-foot sculpture by artist Marianna Pineda. In her left hand, she holds three significant documents that represent her accomplishments to multiple constituents: the sheet music for “Aloha ‘Oe”; a page of the 1893 Hawai‘i constitution; and the Kumulipo, the ancient creation chant that she translated into English during her imprisonment in 1895. (Imada) The Queen’s statue is between the State Capitol and ʻIolani Palace. By being in that particular site, the Queen is not “simply keeping an eye on the Legislature”, but she walks amongst the people. (Manalo-Camp)

“Never cease to act because you fear you may fail. The true secret is to know your own worth. It will carry you through many dangers.”
– Queen Lili’uokalani

The Spirit of Liliuokalani, 1982
Marianna Pineda

It's not complicated. It's principled, but it's not complicated.

I got the Red Sox one and love it so much! My kiddo and I have a collection of the helmets from all the ballparks we go to.

🏀 First day of school? ✅
PE class? ✅
Hydration station stop? ✅✅✅

Pro tip: After gym, lunch, or just walking between classes, refill and refresh at your nearest fountain.
Here’s to a smart, hydrated, and sustainable school year!

Re-upping this for the afternoon:

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

DC should have exactly one statehood and one national guard not zero statehood and seven national guards

A lot of people never learned the difference between unsafe and uncomfortable.

Challenge: Post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hellhole it is.

The amount of people that are going to sit back and wait for "someone, somewhere" to swoop in and "save" the US from itself is scary.

If you're reading this and know you would stand shoulder to should with a union sanitation employee from Philly, you need to stand up NOW for D.C. and everyone.