John Stith
@johnstith.bsky.social
being the “John Stith” who proudly and very non-anonymously lives in Carole Highlands/Chillum/Langley Park/Hyattsville/Takoma Park/Silver Spring in the great, geographically confused state of Maryland, USA
Wow, every day the coming war with Venezuela is more like the disastrous war with Iraq. Once again a president says a country of 25-30 million people has lots of chemical weapons when what they actually have is lots of oil. Another Iraq War is what people voted for?? www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Trump declares fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction
The designation could have sweeping impacts on U.S. policy toward China as well as the Trump administration’s military buildup in the Western Hemisphere.
www.politico.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Wow, every day the coming war with Venezuela is more like the disastrous war with Iraq. Once again a president says a country of 25-30 million people has lots of chemical weapons when what they actually have is lots of oil. Another Iraq War is what people voted for?? www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Just ate dinner at Florida Avenue Grill in DC last week -- the food was good! Little twists on traditional soul food in a historic diner atmosphere. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/d...
Is This the End of an Era for Soul Food in Washington?
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Just ate dinner at Florida Avenue Grill in DC last week -- the food was good! Little twists on traditional soul food in a historic diner atmosphere. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/d...
Sooo many asters blooming in our yard now. They came up on their own when I pulled out the invasive porcelainberry!
October 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Sooo many asters blooming in our yard now. They came up on their own when I pulled out the invasive porcelainberry!
Of the 12 teams in the Major League Baseball playoffs, five are from cities on the Great Lakes — Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and Toronto! The only Great Lakes team that didn’t make it was the other Chicago team. How about a Lake vs Lake World Series?
September 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Of the 12 teams in the Major League Baseball playoffs, five are from cities on the Great Lakes — Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and Toronto! The only Great Lakes team that didn’t make it was the other Chicago team. How about a Lake vs Lake World Series?
youtube.com/watch?v=AYCK... Big day today for the Cincinnati Reds. I want to see Elly De La Cruz in the playoffs!
Elly De La Cruz talks about the Cincinnati Reds series win against the Detroit Tigers!
YouTube video by Chatterbox Sports | Cincinnati Sports Talk & more
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September 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
youtube.com/watch?v=AYCK... Big day today for the Cincinnati Reds. I want to see Elly De La Cruz in the playoffs!
Saw the new Spike Lee joint Highest 2 Lowest at the cinema last night and it was thoughtful, exciting, funny, and artistic. Denzel’s got a new facial expression in every shot! a24films.com/films/highes...
Highest 2 Lowest
When a titan music mogul (Denzel Washington), widely known as having the “best ears in the business”, is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma. Brothers…
a24films.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Saw the new Spike Lee joint Highest 2 Lowest at the cinema last night and it was thoughtful, exciting, funny, and artistic. Denzel’s got a new facial expression in every shot! a24films.com/films/highes...
7.52 feet at the Sligo Creek flood gauge in Takoma Park is a new record since records began in 2008!
July 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
7.52 feet at the Sligo Creek flood gauge in Takoma Park is a new record since records began in 2008!
Sligo Creek flooding in Carole Highlands (Chillum) #capitalweathergang
July 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Sligo Creek flooding in Carole Highlands (Chillum) #capitalweathergang
May 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I'm weepy over losing Jill Sobule to a housefire. It brings to mind Stan Rogers' death. They should do a show together in heaven -- it will be great!
May 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I'm weepy over losing Jill Sobule to a housefire. It brings to mind Stan Rogers' death. They should do a show together in heaven -- it will be great!
Pick any college and ask Google Search AI if it has a pretty campus, and as far as I can tell, it always says yes. It believes all the marketing. It's gullible.
April 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Pick any college and ask Google Search AI if it has a pretty campus, and as far as I can tell, it always says yes. It believes all the marketing. It's gullible.
Good morning! I found Twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla) behind our yard. Probably planted by a past resident — it’s not been recorded in the wild in Prince George’s County. But still a cool surprise! Looks like I missed the flowers — maybe next year.
April 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Good morning! I found Twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla) behind our yard. Probably planted by a past resident — it’s not been recorded in the wild in Prince George’s County. But still a cool surprise! Looks like I missed the flowers — maybe next year.
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🌐 Here's everything to know about Frankie the Friar, the mascot for the Red Flash.
#Mascot
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/news/saint-francis-mascot-origin-frankie-friar-march-madness/5a92e09354b85adab24bf36e
What is Saint Francis' mascot? The origin story of Frankie the Friar, this year's March Madness nightmare fuel
Here's everything to know about Frankie the Friar, the mascot for the Red Flash.
www.sportingnews.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
🌐 Here's everything to know about Frankie the Friar, the mascot for the Red Flash.
#Mascot
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/news/saint-francis-mascot-origin-frankie-friar-march-madness/5a92e09354b85adab24bf36e
Listening to the #saintfrancis men’s basketball game against Alabama State for free on the Westwood One Sports app. Go Red Flash!!
March 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Listening to the #saintfrancis men’s basketball game against Alabama State for free on the Westwood One Sports app. Go Red Flash!!
What a beautiful Pittsburgh Salad at Pine Grill Restaurant in Somerset. #Pennsylvania
March 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
What a beautiful Pittsburgh Salad at Pine Grill Restaurant in Somerset. #Pennsylvania
#minnesota Minnehaha Falls are mellllting!
March 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
#minnesota Minnehaha Falls are mellllting!
@bentg104.bsky.social Speaking of Louise Erdrich, Ob and I made it today to the bookstore she owns!
March 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
@bentg104.bsky.social Speaking of Louise Erdrich, Ob and I made it today to the bookstore she owns!
My childhood neighbor was a WWII vet. He told me about being stationed in Southeast Asia and once seeing Ernie Pyle. Photo from the Brighton, Indiana, highway rest stop.
March 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
My childhood neighbor was a WWII vet. He told me about being stationed in Southeast Asia and once seeing Ernie Pyle. Photo from the Brighton, Indiana, highway rest stop.
Another fast food worker replaced by touch screens
March 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Another fast food worker replaced by touch screens
Cool silk art at the New Stanton turnpike rest stop #pennsylvania
March 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Cool silk art at the New Stanton turnpike rest stop #pennsylvania