Ivan Plis

Ivan Plis

@ivanplis.bsky.social

Not into “fun facts.” Human editor and church guy in DC. Pronounce me: https://ipa-reader.com/?text=i%CB%88v%C9%91%CB%90n%20pl%C9%AAs ivanplis.com

695 Followers 408 Following 1,136 Posts Joined Nov 2024
8 hours ago

Link needs to come retrieve his Star Fragment.

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1 day ago

One must imagine Sisyphus perpetually mitigating the length and sharpness of his baby’s rapidly growing fingernails.

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1 day ago

It’s the electeds from out of town. DC’s own politicians haven’t had a good sex scandal in decades.

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1 day ago

Here is my best Habermas story.

I am grad student waiting in LONG line for Habermas talk. There is a tall man waiting in front of me. Line moves so we are eventually visible to organizers, a woman looks over & makes horrified face. Runs out: "Prof Habermas! You don't have to wait in line!"

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1 day ago

Would make way more sense to have it in conversation with, like, the Douglass Bridge

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1 day ago

Absolutely. My best friend Jesus also loves some real dirtbags.

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1 day ago

These guys are speedrunning 2006

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2 days ago

Andy Harris (my old rep) is underrated as one of this congress’s great stinkers

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2 days ago

who are you trying to attract Jose

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3 days ago
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ASL interpreters are unionizing—and they say they're getting fired for it Members of Congress have stepped in to back workers at the two firms that monopolize remote interpretation services for Deaf people.

Kathleen was asked by a coworker about how they could learn more about the ASL Interpreters Union, which is organizing workers who serve Deaf people making phone calls. Kathleen's manager overheard. Two days later, she was fired.

My latest for @motherjones.com.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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4 days ago

242 - Front Door Bench *

People like to watch the street.

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3 days ago

It’s a small comfort to know her Hillwood estate here in DC (!) is in good hands.

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3 days ago

This is @atherton.bsky.social bait.

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4 days ago
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On the Etymology of the Word Mayonnaise Why do we call mayo mayo? The word's history, it turns out, is deliciously complicated

I like the conclusion here that it probably wound up spreading (!) within the Pyrenean region before outsiders picked it up from multiple coasts. www.bonappetit.com/test-kitchen...

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4 days ago

*neighbours

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4 days ago

This is because you are from the Upper Midwest.

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4 days ago
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50 Years of DC’s Iconic Metro As our region’s iconic rail system turns 50, we ask the big questions—and some little ones, too.

“Hi, my name is Elliott and I am a big fan of public transit. I am autistic, which I promise you is amazing.” washingtonian.com/2026/03/11/d...

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4 days ago

this is Sister Phoebe Thought

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5 days ago

DC’s National Gallery rules. Ultrarich guy causes Great Depression, FDR investigates for tax evasion, guy gives all his art (including old masters bought at Bolshevik fire sale) to the government. No entry fee, and every Tuesday morning you can bring your baby to swat at some Magnatiles.

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6 days ago
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Spain's eight commandments and the Andalusian Deal.

I warmly recommend this piece by @brendanboyle.bsky.social on Spain, (over)tourism, and an a brilliant new ad campaign from Andalusia. Come on down and be a tourist in Spain. But be a good one.
brendyboyle.substack.com/p/spains-eig...

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5 days ago

88 - Street Cafe **

The street cafe provides a unique setting, special to cities: a place where people can sit lazily, legitimately, be on view, and watch the world go by.

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5 days ago

It dulls every mind that uses it, without fail. (Okay, for writing. I’ll say “for writing” because I am sure different non-consumer-grade tools are making great medical breakthroughs, probably.)

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5 days ago

The Reading Rainbow videocassette of this book was obligatory annual Pascha prep in my house

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5 days ago
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The First Makings of Political Power A View from the Lenten Scriptural Cycle

One of the powerful things about leaving behind the rather wooden literalism of my youth vis-a-vis Genesis is coming to appreciate what a radical and deep-reaching critique the poetic historical accounts of this book contain, made all the more potent by its liturgical embedding in the Lenten cycle:

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5 days ago

Thank you (although that link doesn’t work for me)! What about westbound?

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5 days ago

@metrobusinfo.bsky.social Not sure if replies here are monitored, but getting inconclusive info on where the D1X is/should be picking up near 14th and Pennsylvania SE.

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6 days ago

Apparently Beverly The Secret Coca-Cola Amaro is clear, which is absurd. Such a drink ought to be black with tinges of dark green.

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6 days ago

I am not a Disney guy but I must try the secret Coca-Cola amaro.

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6 days ago

Thinking about Alan Eyre, the State Department’s Persian-language spokesman in the JCPOA days, who brought on a lot of good will for reciting proverbs and having a favorite Iranian soccer team.

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1 week ago
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Parishes | Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America The Assembly's Directory of Orthodox Christian Parishes is the official listing of canonical Eastern Orthodox Christian Parishes in the United States of America. The Website of Assembly of Canonical O...

www.assemblyofbishops.org/directories/...

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