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DC person who enjoys public transit, walking, and sometimes bikes, too; libraries; maps and cities; puns; oxford commas; and semicolons.
the radio show Dorm Talk will call it the "worst dormitory of the millennium"…
September 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
the radio show Dorm Talk will call it the "worst dormitory of the millennium"…
When Mayor Gray-era DC legislation is mentioned, it can be…fun…to look it up & see who voted how.
B19-585, the “Immigration Detainer Compliance Amndmt Act of 2011” (lims.dccouncil.us/Legislation/...): just another thing Councilmember Bowser supported that Mayor Bowser apparently wants to roll back.
B19-585, the “Immigration Detainer Compliance Amndmt Act of 2011” (lims.dccouncil.us/Legislation/...): just another thing Councilmember Bowser supported that Mayor Bowser apparently wants to roll back.
![[Screenshot of a section of the Committee Report of DC Council's Judiciary Committee regarding the bill which limited the circumstances under which DC could comply with an immigration detainer request from ICE or provide "space, facilities, or equipment to make a search or inquiry" about people in DC custody or interview them without an attorney.]
IX. COMMITTEE ACTION
On May 8, 2012, the Committee on the Judiciary met to consider Bill 19-585, the "Immigration Detainer Compliance Amendment Act of 2012." The meeting was called to order at 2:06 pm, and Bill 19-585 was the second item on the agenda. After ascertaining a quorum (Chairman Mendelson and Councilmembers Bowser and Cheh present, Councilmembers Barry and Evans absent), Chairman Mendelson moved the print with an amendment with leave for staff to make technical and conforming changes. The amendment adds subsection 7(d) to the bill.
[The final sentence of the clip is highlighted:]
During an opportunity for discussion, Councilmember Bowser stated that this legislation is a step in the right direction so that immigrants in the District will know that if they call the police, the police are there to assist them and are not instead going to get them caught up in immigration issues.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2sxekvl4c3m5ticcvwcotgel/bafkreid7plbh4zwnigaafeuklhwxj3c2nsmf6hwvcxzy5u5rwf64oewhrq@jpeg)
August 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
When Mayor Gray-era DC legislation is mentioned, it can be…fun…to look it up & see who voted how.
B19-585, the “Immigration Detainer Compliance Amndmt Act of 2011” (lims.dccouncil.us/Legislation/...): just another thing Councilmember Bowser supported that Mayor Bowser apparently wants to roll back.
B19-585, the “Immigration Detainer Compliance Amndmt Act of 2011” (lims.dccouncil.us/Legislation/...): just another thing Councilmember Bowser supported that Mayor Bowser apparently wants to roll back.
Just noticed the copyright statement on DC's 311 system pages, and...
if DC has been turned into or is being run by an LLC, that could explain a *few* things, tbh.
if DC has been turned into or is being run by an LLC, that could explain a *few* things, tbh.
June 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Just noticed the copyright statement on DC's 311 system pages, and...
if DC has been turned into or is being run by an LLC, that could explain a *few* things, tbh.
if DC has been turned into or is being run by an LLC, that could explain a *few* things, tbh.
As "nearly all" Cybertrucks are recalled —at least the 8th recall of that model alone— apnews.com/article/cybe..., a bunch of the White House's office "terminations" have also been "walked back." www.bisnow.com/national/new...
which made me wonder, at what point will DOGE's recalls eclipse Tesla's…
which made me wonder, at what point will DOGE's recalls eclipse Tesla's…
March 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
As "nearly all" Cybertrucks are recalled —at least the 8th recall of that model alone— apnews.com/article/cybe..., a bunch of the White House's office "terminations" have also been "walked back." www.bisnow.com/national/new...
which made me wonder, at what point will DOGE's recalls eclipse Tesla's…
which made me wonder, at what point will DOGE's recalls eclipse Tesla's…
Can't decide if 'executing' is a poor choice of words to describe what the woman who famously killed her own dog and goat and then bragged about it in her memoir (www.theguardian.com/books/2024/a...) will be doing in her new job, or if maybe it's just perhaps a bit, er, on the nose...
January 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Can't decide if 'executing' is a poor choice of words to describe what the woman who famously killed her own dog and goat and then bragged about it in her memoir (www.theguardian.com/books/2024/a...) will be doing in her new job, or if maybe it's just perhaps a bit, er, on the nose...
Dear Greyhound: fuck you, it isn't over yet.
(If I had room to move I'd be rolling on the floor laughing at this email sent half an hour after my scheduled arrival asking if I liked my trip — which left an hour and a half late and is now running closer to two hours behind...)
(If I had room to move I'd be rolling on the floor laughing at this email sent half an hour after my scheduled arrival asking if I liked my trip — which left an hour and a half late and is now running closer to two hours behind...)
October 11, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Dear Greyhound: fuck you, it isn't over yet.
(If I had room to move I'd be rolling on the floor laughing at this email sent half an hour after my scheduled arrival asking if I liked my trip — which left an hour and a half late and is now running closer to two hours behind...)
(If I had room to move I'd be rolling on the floor laughing at this email sent half an hour after my scheduled arrival asking if I liked my trip — which left an hour and a half late and is now running closer to two hours behind...)
Duolingo: "I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords."
July 15, 2024 at 2:42 AM
Duolingo: "I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords."
it is apparently at least going to rain a bit this week and next.
unfortunately, unlike where I grew up, that is not hardly going to cool DC off _at all_.
unfortunately, unlike where I grew up, that is not hardly going to cool DC off _at all_.
July 8, 2024 at 8:34 PM
it is apparently at least going to rain a bit this week and next.
unfortunately, unlike where I grew up, that is not hardly going to cool DC off _at all_.
unfortunately, unlike where I grew up, that is not hardly going to cool DC off _at all_.
what?!?
you bet your bippie that's a word!
....what.
you bet your bippie that's a word!
....what.
June 5, 2024 at 10:04 PM
what?!?
you bet your bippie that's a word!
....what.
you bet your bippie that's a word!
....what.
pro tip:
your trainings should present accurate information, even in seemingly throwaway parts of your examples.
(use <span> for tagging short runs of text, whether for styling or, as here, for language. <p> as advised here would create a whole new paragraph.)
your trainings should present accurate information, even in seemingly throwaway parts of your examples.
(use <span> for tagging short runs of text, whether for styling or, as here, for language. <p> as advised here would create a whole new paragraph.)
![[in a slide on tagging web content in alternate languages:]
You do not need to tag words that have been broadly adopted from another language, such as the words "croissant" or "chauffeur".
However, if you were using the German word for bread, "brot", in an English sentence, you should advise the developer to include the German language attribute (e.g., the German word for bread is <p lang="de">brot.</p>).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2sxekvl4c3m5ticcvwcotgel/bafkreicgt2rxcjii3udfscqqt4hsjj6mylzfnbnf5knxphuir3hrbey4xu@jpeg)
March 15, 2024 at 3:45 PM
pro tip:
your trainings should present accurate information, even in seemingly throwaway parts of your examples.
(use <span> for tagging short runs of text, whether for styling or, as here, for language. <p> as advised here would create a whole new paragraph.)
your trainings should present accurate information, even in seemingly throwaway parts of your examples.
(use <span> for tagging short runs of text, whether for styling or, as here, for language. <p> as advised here would create a whole new paragraph.)
there have been a number of ironies in this web- and document-accessibility training series I've had to go through for a work project, but my favorite so far might be this 'fonts' slide so badly set I misread it.
![Font choice also affects document accessibility.
It is generally best to use standard fonts that are available on all users' devices....Sans-serif fonts are better for reading on a screen than serif fonts...because serif fonts contain extra curves and tails that can be difficult for people to read and can cause eye strain.
[this text uses a font so thin and close together that I misread the last phrase as "eye stain".]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2sxekvl4c3m5ticcvwcotgel/bafkreiarvwbi2bwvtd66hrhrwfyweffmvxiufyu2ir7zoikznqus5jhiu4@jpeg)
March 14, 2024 at 7:54 PM
there have been a number of ironies in this web- and document-accessibility training series I've had to go through for a work project, but my favorite so far might be this 'fonts' slide so badly set I misread it.
The party he supports explicitly says "it is in the interest of the state to support marriage recognized as the exclusive union of one man and one woman for life" and calls for "the repeal of laws and reversal of decisions" permitting same-sex marriage. www.solidarity-party.org/platform
February 20, 2024 at 8:49 PM
The party he supports explicitly says "it is in the interest of the state to support marriage recognized as the exclusive union of one man and one woman for life" and calls for "the repeal of laws and reversal of decisions" permitting same-sex marriage. www.solidarity-party.org/platform
I'm not going to be one of those people counting the paragraphs until the article author discredits their star interviewee, but....i do appreciate the link to the WCP story about Hanlon...
(one of them, anyway. washingtoncitypaper.com/article/1797... )
(one of them, anyway. washingtoncitypaper.com/article/1797... )
February 20, 2024 at 8:27 PM
I'm not going to be one of those people counting the paragraphs until the article author discredits their star interviewee, but....i do appreciate the link to the WCP story about Hanlon...
(one of them, anyway. washingtoncitypaper.com/article/1797... )
(one of them, anyway. washingtoncitypaper.com/article/1797... )
Well, when you put it that way, I definitely believe you....not at all...
www.bizjournals.com/washington/n...
www.bizjournals.com/washington/n...
February 19, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Well, when you put it that way, I definitely believe you....not at all...
www.bizjournals.com/washington/n...
www.bizjournals.com/washington/n...
borrowed from a friend's facebook post...
November 28, 2023 at 1:39 AM
borrowed from a friend's facebook post...
Tbh was looking for something else, but I found this…(and bluesky apparently wants me to post multiple copies for no discernable reason...) i.kym-cdn.com/photos/image...
October 23, 2023 at 11:52 AM
Tbh was looking for something else, but I found this…(and bluesky apparently wants me to post multiple copies for no discernable reason...) i.kym-cdn.com/photos/image...
do you have a direct link?
Maybe because I'm actually using Edge (built on the same base, generally can install the same extensions), all I'm seeing is a bunch of games and other nonsense...
Maybe because I'm actually using Edge (built on the same base, generally can install the same extensions), all I'm seeing is a bunch of games and other nonsense...
August 18, 2023 at 11:40 PM
do you have a direct link?
Maybe because I'm actually using Edge (built on the same base, generally can install the same extensions), all I'm seeing is a bunch of games and other nonsense...
Maybe because I'm actually using Edge (built on the same base, generally can install the same extensions), all I'm seeing is a bunch of games and other nonsense...
what version of Zotero are you using? In 6.0.26 the Export window has an "Export Notes" option for most (admittedly not all) potential output formats....
August 9, 2023 at 5:23 PM
what version of Zotero are you using? In 6.0.26 the Export window has an "Export Notes" option for most (admittedly not all) potential output formats....
ikea, apparently.
July 9, 2023 at 1:50 AM
ikea, apparently.
All named after...The Beaver River.
(Which, according to Wikipedia, may have been named after an 18th-Century Lenape leader known as The Beaver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamaqua_(Lenape_chief), who apparently lived nearby for a time.)
(Which, according to Wikipedia, may have been named after an 18th-Century Lenape leader known as The Beaver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamaqua_(Lenape_chief), who apparently lived nearby for a time.)
July 4, 2023 at 2:43 AM
All named after...The Beaver River.
(Which, according to Wikipedia, may have been named after an 18th-Century Lenape leader known as The Beaver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamaqua_(Lenape_chief), who apparently lived nearby for a time.)
(Which, according to Wikipedia, may have been named after an 18th-Century Lenape leader known as The Beaver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamaqua_(Lenape_chief), who apparently lived nearby for a time.)
i forget in what context exactly i came across another shirt from this (UK, alas) shop this morning, but it seems appropriate here.
https://greens4hs2.teemill.com/product/transport-hierarchy-t-shirt-masc/
https://greens4hs2.teemill.com/product/transport-hierarchy-t-shirt-masc/
July 3, 2023 at 1:49 AM
i forget in what context exactly i came across another shirt from this (UK, alas) shop this morning, but it seems appropriate here.
https://greens4hs2.teemill.com/product/transport-hierarchy-t-shirt-masc/
https://greens4hs2.teemill.com/product/transport-hierarchy-t-shirt-masc/
i think things are maybe just taking a while? After 2d try to upload a header image i gave up; it eventually appeared a bit later…
for me there's a button to 'add picture' in the lower left, which admittedly i haven't tried to use. but screenshot/copy + paste images as though text appears to work…
for me there's a button to 'add picture' in the lower left, which admittedly i haven't tried to use. but screenshot/copy + paste images as though text appears to work…
July 2, 2023 at 1:58 AM
i think things are maybe just taking a while? After 2d try to upload a header image i gave up; it eventually appeared a bit later…
for me there's a button to 'add picture' in the lower left, which admittedly i haven't tried to use. but screenshot/copy + paste images as though text appears to work…
for me there's a button to 'add picture' in the lower left, which admittedly i haven't tried to use. but screenshot/copy + paste images as though text appears to work…
