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Megan Odett
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she/her. Cargo bike mom, database designer
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SHE IS ROASTING COFFEE WHILE MARCHING IN THE PARADE this is why Silver Spring is the best Spring
an Ethiopian woman roasting coffee beans on a wheeled table during a Thanksgiving parade, God bless America
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Ruff Ridaz tell the Bolivians “hold our cymbals”. They have equipped their Mandatory Toddler with a wagon (smart!) and a pair of drumsticks.
November 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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and it’s not just the Bolivians here in Silver Spring Maryland, Diversity Capital of America!
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Do we put our rapid transit buses on parade here in Transit Dork Central? Hell yeah we do.
a Mo tgomery Conty Flash Bus with a face and a bow tie and string lights
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Love 2 live in a place where there are multiple *Bolivian* dance groups alone in the local Thanksgiving parade. I will die for you, Confused Outweighed Toddler.
November 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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There are so many wonderful things about the Silver Spring Thanksgiving parade, but the very best part is all the confused but enthusiastic toddlers dancing in folk costumes that weigh more than they do. America, baby!
November 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Happy Halloween from Spamton G. Spamton* and the Grim Sweeper!

* that's a character from Deltarune, which is a video game**
** my children keep yelling at me for explaining it to people, because apparently I am the only person on earth who didn't know what Spamton and Deltarune are
two children in Halloween costumes in a hallway. The child on the left is wearing glasses with one pink and one yellow lens, a white shirt with a bowtie, a black jacket, and golden wings. He is pointing an imaginary arm cannon at the camera. This is Spamton G. Spamton, which I am not supposed to explain to people anymore. The child on the right is wearing a tattered black robe and a crow / plague doctor mask. He is carrying a broom. This is the Grim Sweeper.
November 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Was at the Marine Corps Marathon finish today and I saw this queen. Amazing.
at a busy race finish, one woman holds up a sign liberally decorated with stars and metallic fringe. It reads “you run better than our government”.
October 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Low-stakes, high-certainty take of the day:

this is, objectively and scientifically, the best way to reheat pancakes
a pot with a lid sits on a stove burner. Through condensation on the pot lid you can see the blurry outline of some pancakes sitting in parchment paper. The same pot with the lid off. You can now see that the pancakes are sitting in a parchment paper nest inside a steamer basket in the pot. Notably, the water level must be well below the bottom of the steamer basket as there is no water visible except around the edges of the steamer basket.
October 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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When we saw a Democracy Frog, we had to introduce her to Democra-spheal.
Two people at a No Kings event. On the left, a woman in a frog costume is wearing a sign that reads “Democracy Frog” and carrying another sign that says “Honk if you love democracy!” On the right, a child in a Grim Reaper costume wearing a crow mask holds up a stuffie of the Pokemon “Spheal”. The Spheal has a small American flag taped to it, making it a Democra-spheal.
October 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Chaotic Rescue Dogs 4 Democracy!
A medium size black terrier dog of indeterminate breed sits on a bench wearing a yellow “No Kings” bandana. She has a white stripe down her chest and each of her feet is white as if she were wearing little socks. Her ears are back against her head and she is looking at something off-camera with a wistful expression on her face. Looking at this adorable photo, you would never know that she is a one-dog weapon of mass destruction.
October 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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KidA showed me this slide he made for his science class and I had to wipe away a tear of pride. That's my boy!
Screenshot of a single slide from a digital presentation with the unforgettable title "Shrimply goby-smacked!" In the middle is a picture of two undersea creatures: a fish on the left, a mantis shrimp on the right. Subtitle: A peek at the mutualistic relationship between pistol shrimp and gobies. Left text: Mutualism is a symbiotic relatiohship between tow organisms that benefits both. Below photo: How it works: The pistol shrimp (right) disrupts small invertebrates with its digging, which the goby (left) eats. If the goby ever senses danger, it will flick its tail, prompting the pistol shrimp to retreat back to their shared burrow.
October 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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A lot of things are shitty, but it's one year out from KidA's stem cell transplant and we celebrated his "re-birthday" this weekend. We observed the festivities in time-honored fashion: first by attending a Vulture Awareness Day at a local nature center, then by having a party for him and his donor.
A handwritten note on a chalkboard reads "Happy Chimera Day! Do Crimes! Blame each other!" Two children in t-shirts and shorts are pointing at a trio of "vulture" sculptures that are actually lawn flamingos painted and decorated to look like vultures. I have been informed that the child on the left is doing "the pointing meme", whatever that is. Three vulture sculptures that are actually flamingo lawn ornaments painted and be-feathered to look like vultures are stuck in the ground. One of the vultures has a tiny paper party hat and pipe-cleaner sunglasses. Another vulture has the letter "C" painted on it (this is for a scavenger hunt). Behind the vultures a sign is stuck in the ground displaying some vulture trivia (also part of the scavenger hunt) A view from behind of two children standing in the woods. The are facing a sign with vulture trivia on it. One is clutching his head as if perplexed. The other is looking at a stack of papers in his hand.
September 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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This is the best timeline serendipity I've ever had:
A screenshot of two Bluesky posts. Top post: a post by Bluesky user David M. Perry (@lollardfish.bsky.social) that reads: "Dinner plans" with a photo of just-caught fish laid out on a plastic. (@lollardfish's caption: "Seven crappies and a northern on a plastic table") Just below, the second post is from Kashana (@kashana@bsky.social) with the text "Always get you a fish man!". It includes a quoted post from Yanncé (@uhnopenottoday.blacksky.app) with the text: "Dating a country boy is hilarious because why did he show up at my grandparent's house with all of the fish he caught this morning to cook tomorrow? :crying face emoji:" I guess @lollardfish is Peak Fish Man?
August 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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I can't not share this delightful string of responses.
Surprised Face Guy: Okay the writers of this year's plot are doing a great job. Trampoline Academy: Shondaland cooking like never before Eric Crinnian: I wish this was a Shondaland production [that emoji that looks like it's cry-laughing but apparently some people use it for genuine crying?] Dithereens: Needs more hot people rebeccasugarday.bsky.social: So far no one hot. Martin Z: Is Zohran Mamdani chopped liver to you? Dithereens: Remains to be seen if he's a season regular. Dont let [us] down NYC [two praying-hands emojis]
July 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Traffic on the Capital Beltway slowing down to check out our #NoKings swag! From the Beltway drivers I counted one thumbs-down and three middle fingers over two hours, but hundreds of honks, waves, peace signs, and fist pumps. Silver Spring, MD.
View of a #NoKings rally from a highway overpass. The overpass is crowded with people holding signs and waving at the cars below. You can see that the oncoming traffic (left lane from this angle) is slowed down.
June 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Just me and my 720 new best friends hanging out on this Beltway overpass for Silver Spring, MD #NoKings
a panoramic photo taken from a bridge spanning the Capital Beltway around DC. The photo stretches from one side of the overpass to the other. All you can see are joyful people lining the sidewalks with flags and signs.
June 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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And $2 DVDs! folmc.org is a local treasure and everyone should check it out!
a DVD case on a wooden table. The movie is “Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn”. There is a price sticker on the DVD case for $2 from the Friends of the Libraries of Montgomery County (folmc.org)
May 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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I drove past this outside an Episcopal church this weekend, and maybe I *have* found a new spiritual home!
View out a car window. On a green lawn, a blue banner with white lettering reads “Well done good and faithful civil servants! You are not forgotten.” The banner stands over a plain gray metal desk with a hand-drawn picture of American flag. Written on the desk itself is a quote from the civil service oath of office— “without any reservation or purpose of evasion and that I will FAITHFULLY [all caps, text centered] discharge the duties of the office on which I am to enter, SO HELP ME GOD.” The desk is surrounded by signs listing Federal agencies by acronym or initialization with a summary of their missions. Context not in picture: This display stands in front of a church in suburban Maryland. The banner quote is inspired by a quote from the Bible, Matthew 25:23
April 29, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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we’re all Granny Weatherwax, banking our rage to build maximum pressure and power the turbines of revenge
Granny Weatherwax was often angry. She considered it one of her strong points. Genuine anger was one of the world’s greatest creative forces. But you had to learn how to control it. That didn’t mean you let it trickle away. It meant you dammed it, carefully, let it develop a working head, let it drown whole valleys of the mind and then, just when the whole structure was about to collapse, opened a tiny pipeline at the base and let the iron-hard stream of wrath power the turbines of revenge.
January 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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I’m supporting my child through a potentially life-threatening illness on top of **all this**. I just keep coming back to this poem that someone shared on Bluesky.
screenshot of a poem entitled “Sometimes” by Sheenagh Pugh.
October 27, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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any chance to share one of my favorite memes—
a meme of Henry Cavill posing handsomely on a red carpet, in a polished suit and styled hair, with the words “William Blake secure in having written the most notable tiger poem” superimposed on his image in yellow text. Behind Cavill you can see the actor Jason Momoa, more casually dressed, sneaking up in a crouch with a diabolical grin on his face. Superimposed on Momoa’s image: “Nael, age 6”.
October 4, 2024 at 3:00 AM
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New Life Day today. Everyone pls send KidA your prayers or positive energy.
A child is sleeping in a hospital bed. He has lost most of his hair and has a feeding tube in his nose and a pulse-ox attached to one finger. From beneath the blankets, a number of tubes lead to an IV pole that has six devices attached to it. The pole also holds a bag of fluids and, most important of all, a bag of stem cells that will be used to regrow KidA’s depleted bone marrow. Please send spiritual support in whatever way is most meaningful to you.
September 5, 2024 at 4:51 PM
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image from behind of two children walking on a beach at sunset. One carries his sandals in his hand, the other carries a stuffed animal. They are facing the water and the sun is behind the camera The beach is half-shadowed by the sunset. The child closer to the camera is in the shadowed part of the sand, but the child farther away is on the edge of the light and his shadow stretches out over the last sunlit edge of the sand as it meets the ocean.
September 1, 2024 at 1:35 AM