Michelle Cassidy
@ilechelm.bsky.social
Editor, formerly at Atlas Obscura, NatGeo Books
Thank Gandalf It’s Friday.
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Thank Gandalf It’s Friday.
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Thank Gandalf It’s Thanksgiving
November 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Thank Gandalf It’s Thanksgiving
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What are you doing this weekend?
We've got an expanded 23 (!) picks from @ilechelm.bsky.social, including:
👵 @metrobardc.bsky.social's Golden Girls party
🥾 Hike with @washingtonwalks.bsky.social
❄️ @folger.edu's Frost Festival
🎤 Punk rock karaoke at the @blackcatdc.bsky.social
We've got an expanded 23 (!) picks from @ilechelm.bsky.social, including:
👵 @metrobardc.bsky.social's Golden Girls party
🥾 Hike with @washingtonwalks.bsky.social
❄️ @folger.edu's Frost Festival
🎤 Punk rock karaoke at the @blackcatdc.bsky.social
23 things to do around D.C. this week
There are plenty of things to do if you're in town over the long holiday weekend.
51st.news
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
What are you doing this weekend?
We've got an expanded 23 (!) picks from @ilechelm.bsky.social, including:
👵 @metrobardc.bsky.social's Golden Girls party
🥾 Hike with @washingtonwalks.bsky.social
❄️ @folger.edu's Frost Festival
🎤 Punk rock karaoke at the @blackcatdc.bsky.social
We've got an expanded 23 (!) picks from @ilechelm.bsky.social, including:
👵 @metrobardc.bsky.social's Golden Girls party
🥾 Hike with @washingtonwalks.bsky.social
❄️ @folger.edu's Frost Festival
🎤 Punk rock karaoke at the @blackcatdc.bsky.social
Reposted by Michelle Cassidy
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
this soup season, i’m thankful to @hels.bsky.social for the gift of roberto
November 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
this soup season, i’m thankful to @hels.bsky.social for the gift of roberto
Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
November 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
using nerds gummy clusters to pavlov myself into enjoying doing laundry
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
using nerds gummy clusters to pavlov myself into enjoying doing laundry
Paul Newman from the lemonade and salad dressing
I think everybody has a “Wallace Shawn from Young Sheldon” — my first one would probably be “Vincent Price, the guy who did the voice of Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective”
November 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Paul Newman from the lemonade and salad dressing
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📽️ WATCH: The U.S. government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain citizens. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 incidents since the start of Trump’s second term. Americans have been kicked, dragged and held for days without access to lawyers.
➡️ Full story: propub.li/3LjuAVS
We found more than 170 incidents since the start of Trump’s second term. Americans have been kicked, dragged and held for days without access to lawyers.
➡️ Full story: propub.li/3LjuAVS
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
📽️ WATCH: The U.S. government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain citizens. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 incidents since the start of Trump’s second term. Americans have been kicked, dragged and held for days without access to lawyers.
➡️ Full story: propub.li/3LjuAVS
We found more than 170 incidents since the start of Trump’s second term. Americans have been kicked, dragged and held for days without access to lawyers.
➡️ Full story: propub.li/3LjuAVS
Reposted by Michelle Cassidy
Remember that tomorrow is All Souls Day, the traditional Catholic holiday for texting all the people who have ghosted you in the last year.
November 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Remember that tomorrow is All Souls Day, the traditional Catholic holiday for texting all the people who have ghosted you in the last year.
Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
October 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
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NEW: For years, the Phoenix nonprofit Keys to Change has run a mail room for thousands of homeless people.
Now the U.S. Postal Service is cutting its $24,000 investment, leaving the organization to raise the extra money to keep it open.
Now the U.S. Postal Service is cutting its $24,000 investment, leaving the organization to raise the extra money to keep it open.
U.S. Postal Service Cuts Funding for a Phoenix Mail Room Assisting Homeless People
The loss of support comes at a time of uncertainty for one of Arizona’s largest homeless services providers as the Trump administration calls for reducing and restructuring homelessness assistance grants.
www.propublica.org
October 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: For years, the Phoenix nonprofit Keys to Change has run a mail room for thousands of homeless people.
Now the U.S. Postal Service is cutting its $24,000 investment, leaving the organization to raise the extra money to keep it open.
Now the U.S. Postal Service is cutting its $24,000 investment, leaving the organization to raise the extra money to keep it open.
Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
October 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
September 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
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I think I speak for everyone today when I say:
Rest in Peace Haru Urara
Rest in Peace Haru Urara
September 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I think I speak for everyone today when I say:
Rest in Peace Haru Urara
Rest in Peace Haru Urara
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Doing a "who's on first" thing where I say "what else did the director of Barbie do" and when they say "Little Women" I go "yeah I know what Barbies are"
July 30, 2023 at 4:07 PM
Doing a "who's on first" thing where I say "what else did the director of Barbie do" and when they say "Little Women" I go "yeah I know what Barbies are"
Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
August 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
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"It's not MSNBC anymore, Lemon. It's MS NOW. We bought the name off of a defunct multiple sclerosis awareness organization. It wasn't cheap, but we were able to save some money by selling Brian Williams to a Saudi prince who wanted to expand his harem."
August 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"It's not MSNBC anymore, Lemon. It's MS NOW. We bought the name off of a defunct multiple sclerosis awareness organization. It wasn't cheap, but we were able to save some money by selling Brian Williams to a Saudi prince who wanted to expand his harem."
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As a DC resident I do feel that the city has been overrun by "violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals" and I would like them to leave the White House and stop destroying the federal government.
August 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
As a DC resident I do feel that the city has been overrun by "violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals" and I would like them to leave the White House and stop destroying the federal government.
Reposted by Michelle Cassidy
NEWS: President Trump is federalizing the Metropolitan Police Department, which means he will control it for up to 30 days. He is also deploying the D.C. National Guard, all to fight what he says is an increase in crime.
August 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
NEWS: President Trump is federalizing the Metropolitan Police Department, which means he will control it for up to 30 days. He is also deploying the D.C. National Guard, all to fight what he says is an increase in crime.
Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
August 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
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by age 30 you should have:
* strong opinions about birds
* 12 different "when i get time" projects on indefinite hiatus
* sandwich(es) you fruitlessly yearn to have again
* a growing list of obituaries you're looking forward to reading
* parasocial friendships with other people's pets
* strong opinions about birds
* 12 different "when i get time" projects on indefinite hiatus
* sandwich(es) you fruitlessly yearn to have again
* a growing list of obituaries you're looking forward to reading
* parasocial friendships with other people's pets
August 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
by age 30 you should have:
* strong opinions about birds
* 12 different "when i get time" projects on indefinite hiatus
* sandwich(es) you fruitlessly yearn to have again
* a growing list of obituaries you're looking forward to reading
* parasocial friendships with other people's pets
* strong opinions about birds
* 12 different "when i get time" projects on indefinite hiatus
* sandwich(es) you fruitlessly yearn to have again
* a growing list of obituaries you're looking forward to reading
* parasocial friendships with other people's pets
Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
August 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
Reposted by Michelle Cassidy
please enjoy this unexpectedly wholesome penis worm story!
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When scientists discover new prehistoric species, the fossils alone fail to conjure the creature in the flesh. It’s impossible to summon the entirety ancient shark from a single tooth, or some weird o...
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July 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
please enjoy this unexpectedly wholesome penis worm story!
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Gandalf is not a big fan of all the thunder happening this evening @capitalweather.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Gandalf is not a big fan of all the thunder happening this evening @capitalweather.bsky.social
nothing more indulgent than eating a ripe peach on the way home from the farmers market
June 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
nothing more indulgent than eating a ripe peach on the way home from the farmers market