Andrew Small

Writing well is inextricable from usually having reported something worth writing about.

AI-generated regurgitations are barely worth reading. Half the time they're worse than the press releases they're based off

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'BORE, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.'

- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911

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Eames Shell Chair - $30 OBO - Pickup in Petworth - Street Parking Available

My AP history teacher introduced me to The Streets 😅

Hip hop albums from 1994 alone could run laps around that prompt 😅

18th Street Streateries circa 2020 / 2021 / 2024

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People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.

I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this

Not to give them ideas but Apple builds a “report a speed trap” tool into its CarPlay maps tool.

8-year old Dasha Ramirez was playing with her brother at Millennium Park when Border Patrol took them. They’re now awaiting deportation to Guatemala. “We never imagined our Sunday would end this way, mother Noemi Chavez said. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/29/i...

Opinion | They Don’t Want to Live in Lincoln’s America

wrote about the “national conservative” vision for america

A lot is covered in this critique of today's podcast culture, but I would also add (after talking about malls on 30+ shows) that chat shows with guest rely on someone else paying for the work that makes someone a good guest and that pay is increasingly hard to get! defector.com/the-future-o...

Really good example of this. All the rhetoric demonizing delivery workers and the failure of people to think holistically about the issue of road safety gets your right here, with ICE goons disappearing moped drivers.

The Atlantic has been excellent at opposing Trumpism and defending democratic values these last ten years.

But running this essay is terrible decision. Crime is irrelevant to Trump. He’s aimed at putting troops on American streets from the start, and he hates DC for its politics and demographics.

Crimes I Have Witnessed as a Resident of Washington, DC “President Donald Trump said on Monday he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking over the city’s police depar...

Off-leash golden doodle at Petworth Farmers Market
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cri...

How Doodles Became a Cutthroat Billion-Dollar Dog Industry Goldendoodles, labradoodles and bernedoodles are everywhere. Have we finally reached peak doodle?

As the owner of a cockapoo, this story hit it outta the (dog) park.
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Some days I just can't believe I get to take a rollercoaster to get to work.

They fired the people answering calls for help. Hundreds of them. During the crisis.

R2D2 will now be known as D50

As many of us people who study or work in tech tried to tell y’all, move fast & break things was always about POWER, not progress.

Sly Stone RIP

There are a lot of "GOATs." Then there's the real one. Rest in Power, Sly. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

I told you that the foreshadowing this season was lazy and forced.

In the ~12 years I've been riding Metro, I've never seen these floors. Is this what was under the carpets all these years?

These sound like good reasons! I just think it's funny to imagine having no idea how to direct lost tourists to buses (though I suppose they're more likely a metro or car trip anyways)