Elizabeth Engel
@ewengel.bsky.social
Chief Strategist, Spark Consulting. CAE, writer, jazz lover, food hobbyist, amateur boxer, reading tutor. Come for the #association knowledge, stay for the #DCStatehood advocacy. She/her
Having trouble innovating? Perhaps, regardless of what you say you value, your culture actually rewards a competing commitment.
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Lean at 10: The Podcast, Part 3 - Spark Consulting
Having trouble with the practices of innovation? Perhaps your culture actually rewards a competing commitment.
www.getmespark.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Having trouble innovating? Perhaps, regardless of what you say you value, your culture actually rewards a competing commitment.
Learn more at www.getmespark.com/lean-at-10-t...
Learn more at www.getmespark.com/lean-at-10-t...
"Dear Diary: My teen angst bullshit now has a body count."
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"Dear Diary: My teen angst bullshit now has a body count."
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Forget summer reading — winter is when you actually have time to make a dent in that pile on your nightstand.
As the days get shorter, we're wondering: What are your favorite books that shed light on D.C., its people, or the moment we’re in? We might share your response with other curious readers!
As the days get shorter, we're wondering: What are your favorite books that shed light on D.C., its people, or the moment we’re in? We might share your response with other curious readers!
Share your D.C. book recommendations
What are your favorite D.C.-focused books that shed light on our city, people, or the moment we’re in? Help us build a 51st bookshelf for other curious readers. If you've been sent this form by a…
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November 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Forget summer reading — winter is when you actually have time to make a dent in that pile on your nightstand.
As the days get shorter, we're wondering: What are your favorite books that shed light on D.C., its people, or the moment we’re in? We might share your response with other curious readers!
As the days get shorter, we're wondering: What are your favorite books that shed light on D.C., its people, or the moment we’re in? We might share your response with other curious readers!
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Hey! The Brickie Awards by
@cmcharlesallen.bsky.social are a pretty great chance to appreciate someone who makes our community better. Nominate someone for this year's honor!
@cmcharlesallen.bsky.social are a pretty great chance to appreciate someone who makes our community better. Nominate someone for this year's honor!
2025 Ward 6 Brickie Awards Nominations
www.charlesallenward6.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Hey! The Brickie Awards by
@cmcharlesallen.bsky.social are a pretty great chance to appreciate someone who makes our community better. Nominate someone for this year's honor!
@cmcharlesallen.bsky.social are a pretty great chance to appreciate someone who makes our community better. Nominate someone for this year's honor!
OK, fellow cat-lovers, I could use some advice.
Topline: What do you have for easing introducing a new cat to an existing cat?
More details below:
Topline: What do you have for easing introducing a new cat to an existing cat?
More details below:
November 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
OK, fellow cat-lovers, I could use some advice.
Topline: What do you have for easing introducing a new cat to an existing cat?
More details below:
Topline: What do you have for easing introducing a new cat to an existing cat?
More details below:
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On this Veterans Day, more than any before, let us remember the valiant service of Black, Hispanic, Navajo, Japanese and other non-white Americans who fought bravely for the ideals of a country that failed to live up to them, and whose legacy a racist GOP is desperately trying to erase.
Two panels highlighting the role of African American soldiers in the liberation of the Netherlands have been removed from the American Military Cemetary Margraten. The Cemetary is controlled by the AMBC, and the panels were removed in line with current Trump policy.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Monument: Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun...
www.nrc.nl
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
On this Veterans Day, more than any before, let us remember the valiant service of Black, Hispanic, Navajo, Japanese and other non-white Americans who fought bravely for the ideals of a country that failed to live up to them, and whose legacy a racist GOP is desperately trying to erase.
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And there are many other reasons I don't use LLMs. They're not reliable, they are built on theft, their creation incurs environmental costs & direct harm to people. The broader societal push to use AI for everything is destructive in countless ways & has horrifying political ramifications.
November 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
And there are many other reasons I don't use LLMs. They're not reliable, they are built on theft, their creation incurs environmental costs & direct harm to people. The broader societal push to use AI for everything is destructive in countless ways & has horrifying political ramifications.
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I get this a lot too. I don't use ChatGPT or any LLMs in my work because I want my writing to sound like me, not like the averaged-out voice of the internet. But also, writing is thinking, and thinking is a habit. I don't want to get out of that habit.
A friend recently texted me the same thing. “Do you really not use ChatGPT?!” It was a sign of where we are culturally on this. People are compelled to use it but also starting to question the normalcy?
Recently met someone who was very surprised to hear I didn’t use ChatGPT or any LLM.
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
November 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I get this a lot too. I don't use ChatGPT or any LLMs in my work because I want my writing to sound like me, not like the averaged-out voice of the internet. But also, writing is thinking, and thinking is a habit. I don't want to get out of that habit.
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Go-Go is D.C.’s heartbeat, and the story’s still being written. Celebrate Go-Go Preservation Week with DC Public Library and help us keep the beat alive ➡️ https://bit.ly/46c0FDy
November 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Go-Go is D.C.’s heartbeat, and the story’s still being written. Celebrate Go-Go Preservation Week with DC Public Library and help us keep the beat alive ➡️ https://bit.ly/46c0FDy
DC juries stand undefeated.
Also, I am HERE for AAAAALLLLL your sandwich-related puns. Keep 'em coming, folks!
Also, I am HERE for AAAAALLLLL your sandwich-related puns. Keep 'em coming, folks!
November 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
DC juries stand undefeated.
Also, I am HERE for AAAAALLLLL your sandwich-related puns. Keep 'em coming, folks!
Also, I am HERE for AAAAALLLLL your sandwich-related puns. Keep 'em coming, folks!
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No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
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* It’s great that Trumpism took a beating last night. It’s less great, for long-run local political health, that all our local races get nationalized into refrenda on whoever is President.
I don’t know how you relocalize local races, but it’s something worth doing.
I don’t know how you relocalize local races, but it’s something worth doing.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
* It’s great that Trumpism took a beating last night. It’s less great, for long-run local political health, that all our local races get nationalized into refrenda on whoever is President.
I don’t know how you relocalize local races, but it’s something worth doing.
I don’t know how you relocalize local races, but it’s something worth doing.
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Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.
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Learn about all the current and upcoming construction projects for park and rec in Ward 6! DPR and DGS are hosting a virtual community meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, to share details and gather feedback.
RSVP for the Zoom info: dc-gov.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
– Team Allen
RSVP for the Zoom info: dc-gov.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
– Team Allen
November 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Learn about all the current and upcoming construction projects for park and rec in Ward 6! DPR and DGS are hosting a virtual community meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, to share details and gather feedback.
RSVP for the Zoom info: dc-gov.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
– Team Allen
RSVP for the Zoom info: dc-gov.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
– Team Allen
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When it's time for those pumpkins to retire, remember they don't need to go in the trash: Treat them like regular food waste. Just remove any decor, chop them up, then drop them off at one of the weekend food waste drop-off locations or a smart bin: zerowaste.dc.gov/foodwastedropoff
– Team Allen
– Team Allen
November 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
When it's time for those pumpkins to retire, remember they don't need to go in the trash: Treat them like regular food waste. Just remove any decor, chop them up, then drop them off at one of the weekend food waste drop-off locations or a smart bin: zerowaste.dc.gov/foodwastedropoff
– Team Allen
– Team Allen
Yesterday, I learned that my vet provides free wellness exams for newly adopted rescue pets! Wednesday & I are very grateful, Union Vet!
October 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Yesterday, I learned that my vet provides free wellness exams for newly adopted rescue pets! Wednesday & I are very grateful, Union Vet!
Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.
October 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.
Post a beautiful or adorable thing
October 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Post a beautiful or adorable thing
QB1 had a DAY y’all! (As did AJ & Devonta of course)
Still think Jalen might’ve been more hurt than the team let on after that hard landing on the turf his head took against the Bucs a few weeks ago.
Glad to see him back in SB LIX MVP form.
Still think Jalen might’ve been more hurt than the team let on after that hard landing on the turf his head took against the Bucs a few weeks ago.
Glad to see him back in SB LIX MVP form.
October 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
QB1 had a DAY y’all! (As did AJ & Devonta of course)
Still think Jalen might’ve been more hurt than the team let on after that hard landing on the turf his head took against the Bucs a few weeks ago.
Glad to see him back in SB LIX MVP form.
Still think Jalen might’ve been more hurt than the team let on after that hard landing on the turf his head took against the Bucs a few weeks ago.
Glad to see him back in SB LIX MVP form.
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October 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Everyone has the constitutional right to protest, gather peacefully, and make their voices heard.
Today, we are releasing guidance to make clear what is and what is not permitted under federal and local laws for protests in the nation's capital.
Know your rights, DC:
Today, we are releasing guidance to make clear what is and what is not permitted under federal and local laws for protests in the nation's capital.
Know your rights, DC:
Attorney General Schwalb Issues Guidance on Your Right to Protest in the District Of Columbia
oag.dc.gov
October 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Everyone has the constitutional right to protest, gather peacefully, and make their voices heard.
Today, we are releasing guidance to make clear what is and what is not permitted under federal and local laws for protests in the nation's capital.
Know your rights, DC:
Today, we are releasing guidance to make clear what is and what is not permitted under federal and local laws for protests in the nation's capital.
Know your rights, DC:
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If you love books, hit that ❤️.
If you really love and support libraries, go ahead and repost this!
And if you don’t like either… well, at least you read this far. 😉
If you really love and support libraries, go ahead and repost this!
And if you don’t like either… well, at least you read this far. 😉
October 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
If you love books, hit that ❤️.
If you really love and support libraries, go ahead and repost this!
And if you don’t like either… well, at least you read this far. 😉
If you really love and support libraries, go ahead and repost this!
And if you don’t like either… well, at least you read this far. 😉
Apropos of this, DC, you DO have the MSMA ICE hotline number saved in your contacts right? 202.335.1183
Remember, they need to know:
How many agents?
What are they doing?
Where are they?
What units / agencies are present?
What time did you spot them?
What special equipment do they have (if any)?
Remember, they need to know:
How many agents?
What are they doing?
Where are they?
What units / agencies are present?
What time did you spot them?
What special equipment do they have (if any)?
The potential for shit like this is one reason why groups like LUCE in Massachusetts urge people to report sightings to them so they and their partners can directly warn people. A decentralized network is a lot harder to shut down. No big tech company will be in ally in the fight against ICE.
At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.
October 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Apropos of this, DC, you DO have the MSMA ICE hotline number saved in your contacts right? 202.335.1183
Remember, they need to know:
How many agents?
What are they doing?
Where are they?
What units / agencies are present?
What time did you spot them?
What special equipment do they have (if any)?
Remember, they need to know:
How many agents?
What are they doing?
Where are they?
What units / agencies are present?
What time did you spot them?
What special equipment do they have (if any)?
Well, this is just about the most adorable and lovely thing I have ever seen online: wapo.st/3KIJPXU
D.C. cat guy goes viral fostering and bottle feeding hundreds of kittens
Abdul Raheem is defying stereotypes with his videos caring for tiny foster kittens.
wapo.st
October 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Well, this is just about the most adorable and lovely thing I have ever seen online: wapo.st/3KIJPXU
Also, too, Jeff Bezos destroyed The Washington Post.
Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
October 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Also, too, Jeff Bezos destroyed The Washington Post.