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Felt an appropriate way to start the day...

KLM to AMS FTW.

The Empty Threats at Uniek during Left of the Dial. Amazing performance—one of those bands who are good on record, and absolutely amazing live.

More of The Empty Threats at Uniek.

Outside of the Waterfront venue at Left of the Dial—walls covered with beautiful, colorful graffiti.

Delivery Service play an amazing set at _V2 as part of Left of the Dial.

Left of the Dial continues to be the highlight of the year. One more night until we begin waiting impatiently for October 2026… #lotd25

A few of the many masks attendees at Honk’s Left of the Dial show at Waterfront held up. The face printed on the mask is that of the lead singer of Honk.

Extra Honk masks in a box near the entry to Waterfront.

When the audience greets you with your face #lotd25

Opening @lotdrotterdam.bsky.social at the newly excavated Waterfront…

A Left of the Dial banner hangs from the ceiling of Rotterdam Centraal. The festival starts in a few hours!

My response to everyone outside of DC is to ask them how many times they’ve called their congressional representatives to advocate for statehood. Because we’re here now because of the idiots *they* sent here.

My 91-year-old (white, registered R) mother loves the Frogs. If we promised to help her navigate in an inflatable costume, she'd be game!

Had Harold not died way too young, Chicago would be a very different, better place today.

Mamdani winning would make us more likely to move back to NYC.

I pitched Confounding Factors to my husband’s band when they were debating a name (they’re math rock-y but kind of hard to put into a genre)! Their chosen name is fine but missed opportunity…

Possibly in a whisper so that none of us could hear her…

And here in DC you couldn’t walk through the Dupont Circle area—too many people milling about at the farmer’s market!

Or you could get a very large, very warm cat who likes to sleep on your feet.

No hurricanes in the mountains this year, please. For many reasons, including that my mother has taken in another wayward cat. Nine cats in a 2 bedroom condo seems impossible in a way that eight cats somehow didn't.

This has definitely been the case in DC--the NG are standing in metro stations and mulching (?!) the parks. It's the "agents" who are kidnapping people off the streets with the assistance of the DC police.

Sign at rally with picture of Malort bottle reading Go Ahead...Chicago Drinks Tear Gas By The Ounce.

A friend took this at a rally today and I barked laughing.

It’s a very long list (I like paying for things ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) but since I just visited their site: 404media.co

A floofy black cat named Fennec sticks out his very pink tongue while staring into space.

American Feline Laborers-Cat International Organization member?

Who is running against Bowser? I didn’t want to vote for her last election and I sure as hell don’t want to in 2026.

@darthbluesky.bsky.social

A very good German Shepherd sits on a metro seat looking out the window. His human has provided him with a cap and sunglasses.

Scenes from the DC Metro today…

Contribution from the District of Columbia! (I think we're still U.S. citizens? Unclear right now, but should be fine for contributions.)

So happy to see you running!

The distance between WaPo, NYT et al. and The Onion seems to shrink every day. And the ads in The Onion are far better!

I want to know what their plan is to deal with the actual scourge in DC—the mosquitoes.

The "Why I left The Washington Post" essays are the new "Why I am joining The Athletic" essays.

Yesterday, mother’s feral cat, Earl, finally used the cat house we purchased for him a few months ago. We hope he on the same journey as Max Power!

Black cats, best cats.

A sticker on a downspout in Utrecht says “eet de rijken” under a picture of an angry orange cat wearing a bib.

Subscribed! I cannot imagine any of this is easy—but, selfishly, I appreciate that I can now support your work without subscribing to … everything else.

I am incredibly sorry to hear this--the leadership/ownership of the Post has decimated the paper. It's truly stunning. So many good and immensely talented people have left. I hope to reading your work elsewhere soon (and to supporting/ subscribing where ever that may be)!