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Alex C.
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Maryland flag enthusiast, D.C. resident, & futur ciutadà de la república catalana
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January 6, 2026 at 7:56 AM
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Drunk raccoon found in liquor store suspected in karate studio break-in
Drunk raccoon found in liquor store suspected in karate studio break-in
The "trashed panda" is also suspected of burglarising snacks from the Department of Motor Vehicles.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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December 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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It's clear from today's AP photos that Trump has entirely demolished the East Colonnade—added to the White House by Thomas Jefferson in 1805—and restored by Theodore Roosevelt in 1902.

The East Colonnade didn't occupy the footprint of the Trump "ballroom"—its demolition was completely unnecessary.
Diagrams showing the evolution of Thomas Jefferson's low east and west terrace colonnades from 1803 to 1819. Both the east and west terrace colonnades were set half-underground to be visually subservient to the White House main building, and were inspired by Jefferson's similar design at Monticello. From: McDonald, Travis, "The East and West Wings of the White House: History in Architecture and Building", White House History, White House Historical Association, No. 29, Summer 2011 Source: https://www.poplarforest.org/wp-content/uploads/white-house-wings-article.pdf McKim Mead and White White House, Theodore Roosevelt East Wing expansion and East Terrace Colonnade restoration (1902) Detroit Photographic Co. (1904) collection: Library of Congress View of the now-demolished East Colonnade and Terrace which was first built by Thomas Jefferson in 1805 and restored by Theodore Roosevelt in 1902 looking towards the East Garden, designed by First Lady Edith Roosevelt, shortly after its completion. The East Garden is now called the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden. (1904) Collection. Library of Congress Source: https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/white-house-east-garden-1904 Views of Franklin D. Roosevelt's enlarged East Wing connected to the main body of the White House by the now-demolished East Colonnade and terrace which was first built by Thomas Jefferson in 1805 and restored by Theodore Roosevelt in 1902. Photo credits: Aerial Views of the White House East Wing and colonnade from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) by Jack Boucher (1992) from the North-East (above) and South-East (below). East Wing from the "East Garden" side in 1952, showing the gallery colonnade glassed in, and FDR's second floor added (Truman Library - Abbie Rowe) East Colonnade from the now-destroyed Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks (2020)
October 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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just one more cop bro. i promise bro just one more cop and it'll fix everything bro. bro. just one more cop. please just one more. one more cop and we can fix this whole problem bro. bro cmon just give me one more cop i promise bro. bro bro please i just need one more cop thats it.
mayorbowser.dc.gov Mayor Muriel Bowser @mayorbowser.dc.gov · Sep 2
Today, I issued Mayor's Order 2025-090 to provide the pathway forward beyond the Presidential emergency.

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September 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
algarco.bsky.social
Bowser has been a bad mayor this whole time, but even by those standards she's really been making a heel turn lately.
brianneknadeau.bsky.social Brianne K Nadeau @brianneknadeau.bsky.social · Aug 27
DC is under siege by our own federal government, with armed military patrolling our streets & masked agents scooping up neighbors & taking them away. Our residents are afraid, hesitant to go out & to work, angry that our limited autonomy is being eroded. There is nothing welcome about this.
Zachary Parker @ZacharyForWard5: We, as city leaders, should be unequivocal that the federal surge of officers in DC and deployment of national guardsmen on our streets are dangerous, unnecessary, and an affront to Home Rule. We ought to be real clear about that. Real clear."
August 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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lohplaces.bsky.social
Good summary of DC’s situation. Other US cities have limits on their ability to raise revenue and govern imposed by state legislatures, so #DC is not alone. The dark truth is some at the state level don’t want cities to be well managed, they want a dog to kick.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...
Trump Wants to ‘Take Back’ D.C., but the Federal Government Already Controls Much of It
www.nytimes.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:01 AM
algarco.bsky.social
Gotta say I love the energy of making the orange crush the Md. state cocktail just to get one over on Delaware.
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Text from a Washington Post article reading: “We’ve all heard that Virginia is for lovers, but Maryland is where you had your first crush,” Del. Wayne A. Hartman (R-Worcester), who sponsored a House version of the law that designated the sunshine-colored beverage as Maryland’s own, said at a hearing for his bill. “Why are we doing this? Because Delaware tried to steal it. We own this. We need to set the record straight.”
April 14, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Kevin Willard inadvertently with the perfect quote
A screenshot from the SportsCenter Twitter account, showing Kevin Willard with the quote "I don't know what I'm doing" beneath it.
March 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Altarpiece of Sant Pere, by Pere Mates 1500-50
January 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Ja és aquí la Viquipèdia, l'enciclopèdia lliure, col·laborativa i en català.

Aterrem a Bluesky com a voluntaris del coneixement obert, de la mà d'una xarxa més oberta i democràtica, per a difondre el nostre contingut i manera de fer: llegiu-la, editeu-la i gaudiu-la en la nostra llengua! 🌇📖
Cartell de presentació de la Viquipèdia a Bluesky. Viquipèdia en valencià (CC BY-SA 4.0)
October 26, 2024 at 4:18 PM
algarco.bsky.social
Came in 9th place in the Maine flag redesign contest, woo!
www.pressherald.com/2024/08/05/n...
A non-winning entry to the Maine flag contest, showing an eastern pine tree with dense green canopy and brown trunk, and a blue star in the hoist
August 5, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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hunterub.bsky.social
If you missed it, I wrote about why mockery is one of the few attacks on authoritarian culture that actually works. It's because it punctures their illusions of strength and invincibility.

www.unchartedblue.com/weird-isnt-t...
'Weird' isn't the point. 'Weird' is the path
Authoritarianism is about power; mockery is about removing power. A narrative that undermines the authoritarian's illusion of strength is more dangerous to their movement than any law or army.
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July 31, 2024 at 10:09 PM
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M.C. Escher could never
A screenshot from Google Maps of the intersection of New Hampshire and Georgia Avenues in D.C., showing some kind of glitch with 17 separate crosswalks stopping and starting without any reason in the street
January 3, 2024 at 4:02 PM