How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

New bakery Jane Dough RVA rolling into Bellevue - Richmond BizSense The real Jane behind Jane Dough is Jane Lukas, who’s been running the bakery as a pop-up in recent years and traces the business’s roots to the early days of the pandemic.

Congrats Jane! Awesome products!

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Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.

This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.

a cartoon of two spidermans standing in front of a nypd van Alt: <spidermen pointing at each other>

I know Aaron does a good job of keeping quotes in context, sooo...this seems like a major rift kinda comment...

How is that a backward pass if it was tipped?

A Legacy Continued The Giavos family debuts Lafayette Tavern.

So excited for this in RVA!

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Virginia's legislative session only started yesterday, and it was a very big day.

The House already passed four constitutional amendments on Day 1:
—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.

Next: Senate.

Local event data firm OccasionGenius acquired by Irish firm for $12M - Richmond BizSense The company was originally founded by Richmonder Nate Marcus as Party RVA. Now it sells information about upcoming leisure events in different locations across the world to hotels, airlines, universit...

Congrats Nate! You put in the time & deserve this!

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Is 'lackey' or 'flunky' more degrading?

Q for anyone w/US state financial knowledge: when current fed admin says 'we are withholding funds from <insert blue US state> for <insert dumb reason>,' the ref'd funds are at least partially from taxes paid by said states. Could an affected blue state withhold paying some portion of fed taxes?

The Clear Choice Craft ice company Lady Chiller promises perfect cubes for the city's best cocktails.

Soooooooooo excited for Caitlin and very needed in RVA! Buy her ice!

www.styleweekly.com/the-clear-ch...

So many great peeps here!

The Restaurant List
url:https://richmondmagazine.com/restaurants-in-richmond/best-restaurants/25-best-restaurants-in-richmond/

The 25 Most Interesting Ideas I've Found in 2025 (So Far) Charts and history lessons—across culture, politics, AI, economics, health, science, and the long story of progress

This was so interesting:

www.derekthompson.org/p/the-25-mos...

Friday Ritual Once a week, Church Hill’s Soul N’ Vinegar leans into a tapas-style menu.

Soul 'n Vinegar is great!

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The Brooklyn from Lost Letter owners now open in Scott's Addition The Phelan's newest spot, The Brooklyn, is a wood-fired pizza and cocktail bar in Scott's Addition.

BIG!

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"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts

"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe

Repeal citizens United.

He pulled a 21 on six cards after I split 8s and had 20/20...I was so pissed...

United by Fire The owners of Lost Letter and Lillian debut The Brooklyn.

Giddy up.

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Trump admin axed 383 active clinical trials, dumping over 74K participants It’s a “violation of foundational ethical principles of human participant research.”…

The Trump Administration killed over 383 active clinical trials and directly harmed more than 74,000 Americans with lasting future impacts for the public at large.

Trump' s war on scientific research and public health is costing Americans lives and livelihoods.

Startup Virginia to open new location in Henrico, expand programming - Richmond BizSense After spending its first decade in business in Shockoe Bottom, Startup Virginia is expanding outside of the city for the first time as it looks to grow its reach to entrepreneurs around the region.

So excited for these peeps! Keep going!

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instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."

Paging @profgalloway.com ...

Might you have missed some of the depth of Tuesday's results, beyond the big headline races?

I'd been watching roughly 200 races heading into Election Day, so here's a thread of some of what you don't want to skip over!

🧵

Grateful for this Delta flight attendant for providing some clarity on the upcoming changes to flights during the holidays.

Listen in ⬇️

#sportsequinox

Ronald Reagan narrates a new anti-tariff ad from Canada The new commercial is part of a $75 million ad campaign by Ontario aimed at Republican voters.

Holy shit.

Game 7 between the Jays and the Mariners just ran an pro-free trade ad, targeted to American workers, decrying tariffs.

The twist being that, if you don't catch it beforehand, Ronald Reagan is revealed as the speaker in the closing seconds.

What PAC is this? The Province of Ontario.