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Why is the DC Restaurant Week website so unusable? ‘Til January!

I can skim written instructions to focus on that which I need to know. Video demonstrations have their place, but that place is NOT to replace the written word.

@annehelen.bsky.social listening to the pod this morning and left off at your remark about “parental rights trump all else”—what a way to encapsulate so much of what’s happening in the US rn.

Accessibility is our responsibility. buff.ly/jAYNYhx

wrote this last month!

Fun fact: in the 1960s, Civil Rights protestors were given literal classes on nonviolent protest; they didn't all just spontaneously know what to do.

So, if you're planning on showing up, this weekend: read this comic. And if you're staying home, signal-boost it/link it around.

One thing I miss about Twitter is being able to yell at businesses. Just had the worst experience with CVS Photo and I’m so bitter I can’t tell them about it in the social media public square.

“Working within the executive branch felt like working at a large tech company, except where business strategy was outsourced to Congress, and software engineering was outsourced to contractors like IBM, Accenture, Deloitte, and Booz Allen Hamilton.” Yep.

Just waiting for the day that a Gen Z asks me what they played in breweries before Sublime released their eponymous 1996 album.

Cheers!

Spot on—I stopped using Pocket for saving stuff after they made you log in with a Mozilla account.

Having worked across all levels of government, “let us not attribute to malice what can be explained by underinvestment in IT for decades” is an incredibly useful saying in moments like this.

How a tornado tested a Kentucky weather office that cut overnight staff The Jackson, Kentucky, office is one of a growing number of forecast offices unable to cover an overnight shift since the Trump administration cut staffing levels through buyouts and firings.

Please stop sharing the post claiming tornado warnings were late + people died in Kentucky because NWS was understaffed. It took a lot of extra planning to compensate for the Doge-induced shortages but they say they were staffed "for the entirety of the event." www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

The alt text on this post is really something though. A++ for accessibility.

a daschund in a soft sided crate that was found after tornadoes in London KY.

Found tornado pet! London KY Contact Corbin Animal Clinic if this is your pet! (606) 523-1099
#SoutheastKYtornadoes
#LondonKY

Because we totally wouldn’t need that.

You can ask Siri to add things to your shopping list in the reminders app on iPhone and all processing is done on phone unless you enable Siri data to be shared for training purposes.

Newark Airport's Crisis Puts Spotlight on U.S. Air Traffic Controller Shortage As of May 7, all but two of the 313 air traffic control facilities in the United States were understaffed, a New York Times analysis found.

It’s not just Newark: Nearly all air traffic control facilities in the U.S. are understaffed.

Former CDC staff warn of "a five alarm fire" The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid off thousands of workers since January. Current and former CDC staff are grappling with uncertainty about both their futures and public health.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid off thousands of workers since January. Current and former CDC staff are grappling with uncertainty about both their futures and public health.

I continue to be shocked at how little noise the business community is making about any of this.

Probably because they’re all banned books

So no one else thinks the Mac screenshot noise sounds like “Yeah” by Usher?

3 men claiming to be from DOGE show up at San Francisco City Hall, demand records San Francisco city officials are investigating after three men who claimed to be from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) showed up at City Hall on Friday demanding records from offices bef...

So you can just say you work at DOGE and pillage anything from our documents you want. The law truly doesn't exist anymore! Cool!

Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.

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MY GOD DRAKE IS 38 ARE YOU NOT TIRED OF RAPPING ABOUT WOMEN WHO DON’T LIKE YOU?!

Please start encouraging people to make FOIA requests. That way they know we’re paying attention.

What I should have done in the beginning - here's a starter pack of 20-odd experts who journalists or others might want to read/talk to to understand the gutting of the administrative state (as opposed to broad decline of democracy etc). I've focused on academics go.bsky.app/MaC7vnv

Download the “5 Calls: Contact Your Congress” app and call your congressman. Very useful app.

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