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We decided to let our Washington Post subscription lapse, and it feels pretty weird.

But I really can’t see my way to paying them a single cent, and neither can my more-moderate husband.

Ombre French tip feathers? She's a couture bird, for sure

Exactly! I’d love to restore her glory.

If I had a million dollars…

Misha says hi!

I had no idea I knew you in person, that’s so lovely! Look at you, you published a book!

OH MY GOD HIIIIIII!!!!!!

What the hell did I just read.

Oh nooooo

I’ve got two whole backup boxes in my office kitchen.

A white table in a dimly lit office holds a mug of tea with the matching strainer resting on a little stand behind it, two cookies topped with dark chocolate, and a Moomin-themed daily planner.

This cup of tea is going to fix everything that’s wrong with me, I just know it.

But if it falls short, the cookies are there for backup.

I think the last time I really heard you cuss we were in our early 20s. I’m sure you’ve gotten much better at it since then!

This won’t be the first time you’ve won the internet, but.

I mean, they correctly assumed that under Trump, laws would be “for thee but not for me.”

Their mistake was thinking that their political loyalty would matter more than their race.

Scott Hunter would never.

“2026 is the year of the horse”

The horse:

Apparently Mayor Scott has promised to veto any plan that moves the recycling center to a predominantly Black neighborhood. So maybe they’ll just close it? But everyone loves having it exist...

…Just NITBY.

Props to her zoning prof for an assignment that actually matters. (3/3) #baltimore

She chose a plan to move or close a recycling center in a gentrifying neighborhood. At dinner, she gave us a rundown of all the stakeholders and their opinions.

We were relieved to hear that plans to move hazmat recycling into the flood plain of the Jones Falls have been scrapped. (2/3) #baltimore

My 20yo studies civil engineering technology at community college. As homework, she has to research a local issue and attend a relevant public city meeting.

It’s one of the best school assignments a kid of mine has gotten. (1/3) #baltimore

What a treat! Thank you!

(And of COURSE it’s a Yuletide.)

Rocks glass printed with the first couple of verses of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” and a drawing of Poe. Half-full of a reddish brown liquid and ice.

First New Cocktail Experiment in a long while, because on a whim I bought my first bottle of Cynar.

This is an Italian Gentleman: bourbon, Aperol, and Cynar with an orange twist. It’s complex, boozy, and delicious.

(Recipe from @tammylc.bsky.social )

She's running to replace Dick Durbin and, uh, to say this is a welcome change in tone and attitude would be a hell of an understatement.

Final score 169-110. Imagine how much better I could have done if I had followed his advice. 🙄

It’s fun being a woman playing a complex strategy board game online.

I’m currently beating a guy by 40 points and he just corrected one of my gameplay decisions. Kept up with more “helpful advice” after I brushed it off, too.

I’m just saying, when he described this as a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a choral singer” I didn’t realize that was because learning it might kill me.

“We’re going to sing this like Germans pronouncing Latin, not like Americans who have been trained to imitate Italians pronouncing Latin.” - our director

Also, you will never convince me that Mahler 8 doesn’t have a substantial chorus fatality rate.

There were a bunch of Epstein victims sitting a couple of rows behind her, listening to her say that no one should care that they were raped and trafficked because the stock market is up.

Apparently Grand Juries will indict a ham sandwich, but draw the line at bologna.

photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

So the nazi weirdo who developed the sorting plan was named Hans Asperger and that’s why we don’t tell people that they have Asperger Syndrome anymore.