A magazine cover, with a single illustration covering the entire page, and no headlines over the top. A hand illustration -- perhaps watercolors -- shows a snowy day and an empty road heading towards the viewer. In the distance, a cozy christmas tree store surrounded by green trees, some cut and some still standing, with a cozy cabin behind. In the foreground, a jaunty woman with hat and sunglasses and scarf bicycles toward us, with a christmas tree horizontally held on the front rack of her bike and a black scotty dog running alongside. She and the shop and the cabin are all in pastels; pinks and purples and white. Her white scarf and hat match the white snow on the store and cabin. It is a cheerful, jaunty, undaunted tone, and evenly spaced big snowflakes float down over it all. At the top the magazine name, The New Yorker, the date Dec. 19, 1942, and the Price: 15 cents. At the bottom is the signature of the artist, Garrett Price https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Price

It's time once again for my annual #treebybike post. This is the 12/19/42 cover of @newyorker.com, so one full year after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This would be the first real Christmas alone, or without a family member, for millions in the US. Gas and tire rationing had begun earlier that year.🗃️

Tickets are going fast for the Dec. 11 screening of Out of Plain Sight at the NAS Building! Don't miss this award-winning documentary that uncovers the story behind toxic waste dumped into the ocean after WWII and its lasting impact. 🎫 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/special-sc... @dceff.bsky.social

Hello, world! We are DC's cargo bike lending library, a
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Borrow a cargo bike - free! #bikedc

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Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.

“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”

www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

Boomers: It just sucks so much that everyone gets participation trophies now, you used to have to show real merit to get an award

Also Boomers:

Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.

Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.

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OK I’ve put together the list. Shame on all of them:

Ford CEO Jim Farley
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa
General Motors plant manager John Urbanic
National Auto Dealers Association Chairman Tom Castriota
Transportation Sec Sean Duffy
Deputy transportation Sec Steven Bradbury
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Where Can I Run by Run for Something Take the next step: Look up offices you can run for

2026 is going to be a *great* year to run for office. @runforsomething.net will help you. Filing deadlines are coming up fast - it's just barely not too late to get started. runforwhat.net

Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.

Agnes Weber on Instagram: "1 DEC TRADITION!!!🌲 It’s the first of December so you know what that means… we are back with the annual Dutch Treeolympics!!! Happy first of December my friends and hope ... 17K likes, 92 comments - agnes_fox on November 30, 2025: "1 DEC TRADITION!!!🌲 It’s the first of December so you know what that means… we are back with the annual Dutch Treeolympics!!! Happy first o...

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Three red Capital Bikeshare bikes in a dock. The middle one has a Christmas tree bungeed to its front rack.

A Capital Bikeshare bike (from the rider’s perspective) stopped at a crosswalk. There is a Christmas tree bungeed to the front rack of the bike and a mittened hand on the left handlebar.

A Capital Bikeshare dock under an overpass. In the foreground is a red bike with a Christmas tree bungeed to its front rack (with the cut end closest to the camera), and in the distance is the US Capitol.

For the 2nd year in a row, #treebybike was really #treebybikeshare - the whole round trip was done in 47 minutes, and a 7’ tree provides a natural buffer from cars! 😊 Thanks @bikeshare.bsky.social! #bikedc 🎄🚲

It’s like looking at one of those backwards evolution charts

Can confirm all parts of this. Was watching MSNBC last night w my former GOP parents (one of whom voted for DT in ‘16 but was praising Pelosi this am - wonders never cease) as not 1 but 2 ppl said that the Natl Guard deployment is not controversial in DC. 🙄 Inaccurate + enraging as a DC resident.

Ohhh I love this pie too but Biscoff crumb crust is a great idea - I’ll have to try it!

Senator Mark Kelly Is in the Wrong Job He should be secretary of defense.

Tom Nichols agrees with you: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)

RTs appreciated.

Since it’s Thanksgiving week, my brain read this as: “We have another big update: cooking!” 😆

This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.

Thanks. The timing makes more sense that way but wasn’t sure.

Same judge or different judges and just happened to drop the same morning?

ICE agent carrying away a yard sign that says “ICE kidnapping happened here”

An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀

Did anyone lose an engagement ring near Shepherd Park/Colonial Village? If so email me at princeofpetworth@gmail.com thanks

Last night, my son asked me, "Hey, are we doing that thing again this year? Where we grant wishes for kids in foster care?" (I get to finally call him my "son" because his adoption was finalized in July—10 full YEARS after he was initially placed with us.) www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...

she’s a hero

Also Vindman reps a district a lot of which is DC suburbs. I guess I expected more solidarity on DC statehood/sovereignty/autonomy. (And maybe a little more backbone given his history.)

Came here to share the same experience of Berlin in the late 90s!

“Looking for help finding distinctive/sentimental earring!” - PoPville Ed. Note: If you happen to stumble across this earring please email me at princeofpetworth@gmail.com and I'll put you in touch with OP. "Dear PoPville, Long shot, I know, but I’m looking for help find...

“Looking for help finding distinctive/sentimental earring!” www.popville.com/2025/11/look...

This is the first story I ever did that got more than a million views