Keith Ivey

@futurebird The original meaning of "blockbuster" was a bomb big enough to destroy a block of buildings, so it fits with "bomb cyclone".

@veleau_monica Thanks! Quite a few people have been asking. I intend to.

Listening in to a meeting of radio astronomers: direct-to-cell satellites are SO BRIGHT that even though they're following the rules and broadcasting in their allocated bands, they destroy astronomical observations across a huge swath of frequencies.

Radio telescopes were designed to operate in […]

I didn't really think spammers were bothering to make clone accounts of people on Mastodon, especially now, but they are.

Fourteen people so far have filed statements of candidacy with the FEC to run for DC delegate:

Eleanor Holmes Norton
Angel Anthony Rios
Kinney Zalesne
Greg Maye
Brian Ready
Jerry McClairn Jr
Deirdre Brown
Gordon Chaffin
Robert Matthews
Gavin Solomon
Kelly Mikel Williams
Robert C White Jr
Jacque […]

Oh, now I see: "On May 29, Pro-Animal Future announced two ballot initiative campaigns for the 2026 election cycle. The measures in Denver, CO and Washington, DC seek to end force-feeding of farmed animals by banning force-fed products like foie gras." […]

Someone registered with OCF yesterday for a new DC ballot initiative: Pro-Animal DC.
https://efiling.ocf.dc.gov/Disclosure/FilingHistory/16846
Here's their site: https://proanimaldc.org/
I'm not sure how much factory farming is happening in DC.
#DCElections

"Earlier this year, the mayor indicated she would announce by June whether she’ll seek a fourth term, but June was three months ago, and Bowser still hasn’t said publicly what her plans are. When asked about it by reporters, she says that during these tumultuous times D.C. faces, it’s not the […]

"The 37-year-old Instagram user from London who received the posts and asked to remain anonymous said: 'Over several days I was repeatedly served Meta adverts for Threads that exclusively featured parents’ images of their daughters in school uniform, some revealing their names. As a father, I […]

Chairman Comer Announces Hearing with D.C. Officials - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Chairman Comer of the House Oversight Committee is calling in Mayor Bowser, Council Chairman Mendelson, and AG Schwalb next week to badger them about crime in DC.
https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-announces-hearing-with-d-c-officials/ #DCPolitics

Wait. The same Clay Higgins who suggested Twitter execs would be investigated by the FBI and jailed for doing basic content moderation... is now demanding that social media accounts be banned for life?

More deranged lies about DC from Trump, ending with a bit about forcing himself on Bowser.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lydipa4jog2m #FreeDC

Good morning!

This is your occasional depressing reminder that - in addition to all of the other horrible things - Musk, Trump, and some asshole who goes by "Big Balls" have certainly stolen our personal information - SSNs, addresses, birthdays, tax filings, health records, and all the rest.

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From Washington Post: Trump to rebrand Defense Department as War Department The president is expected to sign an executive order Friday, though it is unclear if he can permanently change the agency's title without legislation from Congress. Updated September 4, 2025 at 7:48 p.m. EDT

The Post says "it is unclear" whether the president can rename a department created by Congress.

Florida surgeon general says state will eliminate all vaccine mandates "Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery," Joseph Ladapo said. "Who am I to tell you what your child should put in [their] body?"

Florida continues to Florida.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/florida-surgeon-general-says-state-will-eliminate-vaccine-mandates-rcna228835

Five spotted lanternflies near the bridge railing

The Ellington Bridge is full of spotted lanternflies.

ICE showed up and stopped all of the people fighting a wildfire from working until they showed identification. They then snatched two of the firefighters and no one knows where they are.

ICE won't say what their names are or why they were taken […]

Martha Raddatz repeatedly uses Bowser's statements against Wes Moore here, saying the occupation of DC is working, so why not expand it to other cities? The mayor has really undermined everyone who's arguing against the federal invasion.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lxpageq56k2n […]

"In some states, pharmacists are forbidden to administer vaccines that are not recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel. […]
Those states are Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts […]

A bunch of people in tonight's march were chanting "Recall Bowser!" and I 100% sympathize, but citywide recalls in DC are nearly impossible. Plus if by a miracle it succeeded, it would cut only a few months off her time in office, and Mendelson would become acting mayor. Better to devote that […]

"'We greatly appreciate the surge of officers that enhance what MPD has been able to do in this city,' Bowser said at a press conference. 'The difference between this 20-day period of this federal surge and last year represents an 87% reduction in carjackings.'"
I had some vague hope the mayor […]

"Police said the two men were wearing bulletproof vests and had some sort of badge around their necks.…
Stringer noted that real officers do not wear ski masks."
https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/men-impersonating-police-shot-bellnole-drive/285-931f39d1-2f01-4654-b56a-cc11abaaaf72

We know what Trump policies are concealed under most of these phrases, but I'd like to know the administration's warped definitions for "elevate the Nation's HBCUS and Hispanic Serving Institutions", "support Tribal communities", and "support the economic development of Asian American […]

I apologize for complaining about how much Vance goes on vacation. He should go more often so that we don't have to hear his propaganda (though it is unfortunate for the inhabitants of the places he goes).

Changes to Profit Margin – Defined as increases to company surplus or changes as an additional margin to cover the risk of the company. This component is 9.8% of the 12.9% total filed increase.

Wait, 9.8 points out of the proposed 12.9% increase in Kaiser health insurance premiums in DC is from increased profit margin?
https://disb.dc.gov/node/1780451

Trump's next step will be to appoint Irwin Mainway as head of the Consumer Products Safety Commission.
https://youtu.be/veMiNQifZcM

these people just fundamentally believe that only they have the legitimate right to political power www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-house-...

Five candidates have registered with the Federal Election Commission to run for DC delegate to the US House, all of them Democrats:

Eleanor Holmes Norton
Jerry McClairn Jr
Gordon Chaffin
Kinney Zalesne
Angel Anthony Rios

Only Norton has reported raising money, and it's only $8,000, plus a $40 […]

So the policy is now for goons to take people down in the street and tase, punch, and kick them if they have "a long list of traffic crimes"? Also, Tricia McLaughlin is proud of an ICE officer telling a bystander that liberals ruined the country […]