Rick Holgate

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100K defy Hungary’s ban, march in Budapest Pride event - National | Globalnews.ca Around 100,000 people defied a government ban and police orders on Saturday to march in what organizers called the largest LGBTQ+ Pride event in Hungary's history.

Around 100,000 people defied a government ban and police orders on Saturday to march in what organizers called the largest LGBTQ+ Pride event in Hungary's history in an open rebuke of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's government.

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Extreme summer weather patterns have tripled since the 1950s | Penn Today New research led by Michael E. Mann links a surge in stalled jet stream events to human-driven climate change, with major implications for future heatwaves, wildfires, and floods.

"Extreme summer weather patterns have tripled since the 1950s" | Great piece in @upenn.edu's #PennToday on our recent @pnas.org article, providing critical context for the extreme heat we're seeing right now in North America and Europe: penntoday.upenn.edu/news/extreme...

This pair out for a Mother’s Day brunch

“(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a career appointee in an agency may not be involuntarily reassigned—
(A) within 120 days after an appointment of the head of the agency;”
…so HHS had to “park” them on admin leave until the 120-day clock ran out

5 U.S. Code § 3395 - Reassignment and transfer within the Senior Executive Service

I understand (from an HHS/CDC SES) that the issue here was that HHS forgot about the prohibition on SES reassignments immediately after a Secretary’s installed (www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...):

Review | The 20 best new restaurants in the D.C. area D.C.’s best new restaurants feature a Middle Eastern gem, Mission-style burritos and an ode to Afro-Caribbean cuisine.

We’re blessed with these — thanks, @tomsietsema.bsky.social, for calling them out:

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Feels like a purple kind of day

Review | The Occidental returns with glitz, glam and fine retro cooking Serial restaurateur Stephen Starr adds another jewel to his crown in the city with the reimagined Occidental near the White House.

Can’t wait to try this!

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Review | At the enticing new Elmina, Eric Adjepong brings Ghana into focus Elmina, from Eric Adjepong of “Top Chef” fame, shines a light on fufu, kelewele and more treasures from Ghana.

I can attest: Elmina’s great; you should check it out!

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Opinion | The free-living bureaucrat Michael Lewis on Heather Stone of the Food and Drug Administration.

Michael Lewis tells the story of a “government bureaucrat.” It’s long and complex, which may be part of the problem. But read it.

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First crocus

Remote work doesn't thwart productivity. It boosts focus.

Government workers are 12% more productive when randomly assigned to work from home. They're more efficient where it's quiet.

Most people aren't shirking from home. They're escaping distractions and long commutes.

Second consecutive flight with the row to myself…must be doing something right 🤣

D.C.’s Minetta Tavern is an alluring chip off the old block in N.Y.

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YouTube video by KSDK News Humpback whale almost swallows kayakers of California coast

...and it almost happened not long ago off San Diego: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIuW...

This is not good.

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

#FlyEaglesFly @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social
Super Bowl LIX champs!
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Congrats @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social on the emphatic NFC championship win (sorry, @wshcommanders.bsky.social) … on to Super Bowl LIX!

Way to make that way more dramatic than necessary, @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social ... 😬
On to the @wshcommanders.bsky.social!

YouTube video by OK Go OK Go - A Stone Only Rolls Downhill (Official Video)

How did it take almost a day for me to find out that there's a new OK Go video?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOEU...

Inside Electric Bull: Chef Behind Popular Taco Spot Brings Steakhouse To Hometown Vienna An award-winning chef is coming back home to bring a new steakhouse in Virginia.Chef Victor Albisu, the man behind the wildly popular Taco Bamba, is bringing Electric Bull, a boutique steakhouse, to h...

Mmmm…lamb ribs

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Moving on, @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social!
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Moon + Venus

w00t for Fairfax! @fairfaxcounty.bsky.social

Jesus

Review | Osteria Mozza is a smash hit from the start in Georgetown Nancy Silverton and Stephen Starr bring a Midas touch to a beguiling new dining room and market on M Street.

Yep, this spot’s a gem:

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Indeed!