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Tonight in DC! Details and tickets at events.ticketleap.com/tickets/prof... . @wamu.org.web.brid.gy @wtopnews.bsky.social @wpgc955.bsky.social @washingtoninformer.com @washingtonian.com @hillragdc.bsky.social @thehillishome.com @thehoya.bsky.social @pqliving.bsky.social

Steady, moderate #snow in Kingman Park in NE. About an inch on the deck, more in the front yard, and the alley and streets are now covered. @capitalweather.bsky.social @popville.bsky.social @thehillishome.com @hillragdc.bsky.social

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing people local newspaper reporters are rarified elites instead of ink-stained wretches driving their Honda Civic to a crime scene so you know don’t have to rely on Nextdoor and the police press release.

Dc government opens on time!

Graphic indicating DC schools will open on a two hour delay Monday, February 23

Copy of the text message received by parents indicating that students should report to school two hours later than normal and all before Karin morning programs are canceled

Déjà vu: @dcpublicschools.bsky.social
will open on a 2-HOUR DELAY for Monday, Feb 23. Students should report to school two hours later than the normal start time. All before-care and morning programs are cancelled.

I suppose that’s one paraphrasing of the freedom of the press provision in the first amendment… :)

Screenshot of OPM mag giving a 2hr delayed start to federal employees

OPM Makes a call for Monday-

a 2hr delayed start to federal employees with option for unscheduled telework or unscheduled leave

No word from dc yet
www.opm.gov/policy-data-...

DC has mobilized the snow team. Up To Four Inches of Snow Expexted Sunday Night www.hillrag.com/2026/02/22/u...

Pebble-dash sidewalk lined by allee of leafless wintry willow oaks along the Potomac River Channel in Southwest D.C. Patches of snow remain alongside. In foreground, at eye level on pebbled Mid-Century Modern light pole, is affixed a red banner reading "FREE DC."

Close-up of FREE DC banner on the beautiful Southwest waterfront beyond the DC Wharf. In background, you can see the row of globe-shaped light poles broken up by tasteful low shrubbery beds. Beyond that, Buzzard Point + Fort McNair, where the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers meet to flow together to the Chesapeake Bay.

From maybe it's last day on view, in mid-February, a knitted "ALEX" yarnbomb tied to the promenade fence. It's black-bordered black on white with a red cross for his nursing service. Behind it, sun glances on gently wavy waters of the Potomac Channel, with the Hains Point/East Potomac Park treeline in the distance. (That's the park where Trump wants to take over an affordable public golf course to brand + gild it in his execrable fashion, ruining it for the actual "real Americans" who live here and enjoy it as it is.)

Get yourself down to the Southwest waterfront--Titanic Memorial's always nice--to see gorgeous Tunisian crochet #FreeDC #yarnbombing ART while it's still hanging.

"Alex" memorial, alas, disappeared this week, but not before spending weeks in the winter sun. #alexpretti

@freedcproject.bsky.social

A MASSIVE tree fell Sat morning across 11th st SE between G & i Sts., SE next to @chisholmdcps. it does not appear that anyone was injured; tree branches broke the back window of a car parked on the w side but just missed a new white van. Road is blocked as tree removal service Treeman extracts it.

At the bottom of a deep square hole, two people dressed in white one with their hand on a very long, Ladder look up. It is a picture of the hole where the Potomac interceptor broke.

At a press conference Friday, officials outlined what they knew about the Potomac Interceptor sewage spill, what actions have been taken, and how long they think it would be before you can kayak on the Potomac again: www.hillrag.com/2026/02/20/p...

Via Alert DC — Washington Gas reports that the westbound lanes on the 100 block of Independence Avenue, SE, between 1st and 2nd Street will be closed due to utility repairs. Please use alternate routes.
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Address is 750* 7th St SE!

Hey 🐔 ❤️ers — Capitol Hill native Chef Rob Sonderman opened his new Little Engine restaurant across from Eastern Market —and we made a video!

Get your chicken on

A man dressed in a deep tan work set with an American flag patch on the shoulder walks by the red brick townhouse at 440 New Jersey Ave se

Residents say the neighborhood is plagued by corporations buying up property for use as "lobby houses".. The ANC said the Spotify agreement is progress, but that the city should enforce its own zoning laws.

ANC 6B Makes Agreement On Spotify House: www.hillrag.com/2026/02/12/a...

A man blocks his face with a sign that reads democracy dies with billionaires! He’s standing next to the Washington Post building, and the logo is visible on the granite front. The backs of three observers are visible from behind and on the other side of the Washington Post logo is a white haired man in a black cap and fluorescent safety jacket.

The @wapotechguild.bsky.social is negotiating a contract. Unions in between contracts have protections against termination or changes in work conditions.

Washington Post Locks Out Targeted Tech Workers www.hillrag.com/2026/02/11/w...

Graphic school calendar has changed. March 12 was parent teacher interviews; now it will be a classroom day. The last day of school is now Thursday, June 18.

NEW: attention parents @dcpublicschools.bsky.social — the school calendar has changed. March 12 was parent teacher interviews; now it will be a classroom day. The last day of school is now Thursday, June 18.

Colorful map showing boundaries of single member districts in anc 6a

If you live in Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6A01 or 6A02, please vote in special election Saturday Saturday to elect your new commissioner—

www.hillrag.com/2026/02/05/r...

Love our community.

This adorable secret garden fort in Lincoln Park (Capitol Hill DC) should make it through the weekend. But temperatures will rise next week, so visit while you can!!

Do you know who built this?? #snowcrete #snowsnowsnow

Pair of grey boots on wood floor with white stain lines visible

Got salt stains? We asked the Canadian on staff what to do.

“Vinegar! Mix equal parts with water. Spray or use a sponge or soft rag. Dab along the white lines. Use a brush on suede or nubuck.”

“And don’t let it sit! Salt burns so these lines will stay if left for long enough —after a few days.”

Colorful map showing boundaries of single member districts in anc 6a

If you live in Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6A01 or 6A02, please vote in special election Saturday Saturday to elect your new commissioner—

www.hillrag.com/2026/02/05/r...

Former @washingtonpost.com Metro reporter Michael Brice-Saddler at Feb 5 @postguild.bsky.social @wapotechguild.bsky.social #savethepost rally.
“How is a metro desk supposed to earn the community's trust if you keep taking resources away from the Metro section of this paper?”

Metro lost 28/40 ppl

The bobcat parade just went down Oates Street NE. Nine of them, following one F-250 with a plow attachment.

“Watergate was a METRO story”

A woman holds two signs. One is a large photograph of Jeff Bezos head. The other one “ democracy dies in darkness. Bezos is darkness.”

A woman holds a sign that reads $75 million to millennia and zero dollars to the 300 WAPO workers. She is wearing a red jacket and her back is turned. She is looking at the entrance to the Washington Post building.

A close-up on a sign that says democracy dies without journalists

A bearded man with glasses looks up in the crowd behind him. You can see a sign that reads “ Watergate was a metro story” the post metro desk was reduced from 40 reporters to 12 reporters in firings announced Wednesday, February 4

Signs from @postguild.bsky.social @wapotechguild.bsky.social #savethepost rally Thursday at noon. Nearly 1000 people showed up to support employees @washingtonpost.com after one in three staff members were fired Wednesday.

Close to one thousand people showed up to support @wapotechguild.bsky.social @postguild.bsky.social #SaveThePost rally Thursday in the wake of the firing of one in three staff members @washingtonpost.com

We noisemakers of 4th + M Streets Southwest snap these "family photos" every night at 7:05. #FreeDC

DC has been occupied for 177 days. We of @freedcproject.bsky.social are still out nightly at 7, undaunted by snow/cold/rain, with whistles, drums, pots and pans, to say We Are Here - resolute and joyful - and #FreeDC
CACEROLAZOS - freedcproject.org/news/noise-e...

🧵 1/ We’re devastated about the layoffs at The Washington Post, which are gutting D.C. reporting. These journalists are an incalculable loss for our city. The 51st’s mission has always felt urgent, but now we know it needs to kick into high gear.