Wish this were about Amazon or AWS losing billions in subscribers/contracts. David Rubenstein should do the region a solid and resuscitate the Washington Star

“Living car-free is the most impactful behavior by far in terms of reducing emissions.”

Tree of life?
Except kind of dead looking...

All the more impressive that, sans filibuster nuke, Democrats' trifecta passed the infrastructure bill, the IRA (biggest environmental investment in history), Respect for Marriage Act, covid recovery funds, gun safety legislation, Affordable Care Act subsidies (at heart of current shutdown)...

Bridge over the Marne

Bridge over the Marne, 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12729

Urban cul-de-sacs are a cheap, immediate way to calm down side streets. Cars can reach any address, but not cut through. Foot traffic instead good for business.

Astronaut statue

Running path by Mediterranean palm trees

Me at 3km

Whale painting near beach

Brought the cell on my morning run, got some pics #Antalya

Hungry cat roaming Antalya

‘Royal’ cats at Topkapi palace

Skeet out to all you Turkish cats out there - it’s a wild world

Feeling footloose and fancy free. Yes, it takes someone very secure in their manhood to utter such words.👯‍♂️

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to 5 years in prison after being found guilty of illegal campaign financing.
https://cnn.it/42bCbv5

A beautiful morning to support the Whitman Walker walk to end HIV!

Huge news in DC politics: The timing is unexpected, but I've been hearing for months now that White's had his eye on her seat. He's never seemed fully committed to a mayoral bid.

There were suggestions EHN could step aside and then endorse White: this is a very different outcome

After slaying my PR with a sub-90 minute time - DC Half marathon

Anon guy in front of me at mile 9 who moved to the side of the road to fart - I salute you 🫡

I wish I could have a 22-and-1 tiebreak record! Go Sabs!

Rainbow over DC. @capitalweather.bsky.social

AND McEnroe is commenting. Pass 😫

Will have to look into that - that's sleepable?

Wasn’t Acela, but end-to-end here too

Welcome aboard Amtrak's new NextGen Acela. We'll be riding today from Boston to Philadelphia!

Carnival parade banner

Men with Cape Cod waiter uniforms in Carnival parade

Girl with Ghostly Tales of Cape Cod book

Camp Gayversion house off parade route

Final day at Carnival 😢

A fascinating new WaPo poll shows that despite Trump's claims that D.C. is a dystopian hellscape run by criminal gangs, the percentage of residents who say crime is a serious problem is down significantly from 2023 and 2024. Also, fears of assaults and carjackings are down.

Garmin map of Saturday group long run

My longest run (27km) 🏆 - photobombed some fellow runners, cheered on by a random driver and walker, and we detoured through the zoo!

Every blue-check twitter post about how they visited a city once and saw all the crime is a reflection of Michael Hooper's disgust hypothesis — that people's views of cities is shaped by how strongly they feel aversion to disorder nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Curvy University of Pennsylvania building

View of Philadelphia City Hall from Ben Franklin Parkway

Fresh from a Philly trip. I loved the architecture around Penn campus, and Philly is certainly up there with DC when it comes to good sight lines.

My only concern with the RFK land transfer to DC was that it was happening while Bowser was mayor and she would find a way to screw it up. Sure enough, seven months later...

Still got it!

Félicité Laîné performing Rachmaninoff on stage at the Maison de France

Excellent 🎹 performance from Félicité Laîné and Tom Carré at the young pianists scholarship recital organized by the French-American-Piano Society @franceintheus Embassy. 👏

I recall having that issue too🤦‍♂️. I always have to just call 311 for my requests

Important reminder that per I-83, RCV “shall be used for each primary, special, and general election involving 3 or more qualified candidates” ranging from President and Delegate to the U.S House, down to Mayor, AG, all CMs, SBOE members, the shadow delegation, and all ANCs!

🇫🇷 Happy Bastille Day, France!