I suppose I'm not surprised that the woman who nearly hit me this morning while I was trying to cross New Hampshire Ave at Grant Circle was driving a Tesla. DC Drivers, please defer to pedestrians at sketchy intersections. DC Gov, better signage, maybe?

So jealous of all of you seeing the aurora event in the DC area. I have a rocking view of the Washington Monument but only black skies up here in the P'worth.

You know you're a born brand manager when you see a FedEx truck delivering pandas to the zoo and your first thought is "great brand placement for those guys!" Excited to meet my new neighbors (in a few months).

In all these debates about tipped minimum wages and "sinking profits" for restaurants, what is rarely mentioned is how much $ the owners are pulling in. Are their salaries going down too? axios.com/local/washingt…

DC Board of Elections claims I'm not registered to vote even though I have tried changing my address with them three times in the last two years.

One of the most surreal aspects of living in DC is realizing that one of the candidates will be spending election night less than a mile from your home.

Today is a good day to: Elect our first woman president AND support open primaries and #RankedChoiceVoting in DC. Also, the DC BOE website is not accurate. There's likely a closer polling location than you think.

Is there a term like "schadenfreude" that encapsulates what it's like to simultaneously feel pride and deep embarrassment? If so, that describes my relationship to my great grand uncle x 4, James K. Polk. mentalfloss.com/article/550281…

As a Red Sox fan, I am accustomed to anxious, autumn nights.

Thank you, campaign workers and volunteers. You did your best. I hope your respective candidates recognized your hard work this evening.

Movements for change have won important victories under the toughest conditions. It would take more than a Trump presidency to change that. Every pipeline, every fossil fuel export terminal, and every fracking well we can stop matters. Our full response: oilchange.org/news/oil-chang…

When Obama won in 08, DC was so alive with chaotic joy that I barely slept a wink from all the cars honking their horns on Connecticut Ave. DC was dead silent last night and eerily quiet this morning too. It's like 00, 04, and 16 all over again.

Good morning, we are organizing a climate march in DC. We cannot wait four years. DM to help organize

This directory looks like a good start: american.edu/student-affair…

There’s no sugarcoating it – these results are horrifying. Control of the House is still uncertain and we must count every vote. Still, as we process the outcome, we also must channel fear into action. Read our statement: fwaction.us/4eghpO1

The state of democracy affects everything downstream. Like a river, it needs our protection to flow free. Read @IntlRivers' blog today on why democracy is essential for environmental justice. 👉bit.ly/4epcz0R #USPresidentialElection202 #USAElection2024 #DemocracyMatters

A lot of Dems left here since the election. I’m getting swarmed by MAGA in my replies. I’m Skyler. I’m the 24 year old chair of my local young Dems, and I’m standing up to MAGA lies. If you’re still here, can you follow me, drop a 💙 and RT? We’ll get through this together.

I'm still here (for now) b/c some of you who I still enjoy following are here too and I want to keep tabs on icky rhetoric so I know what's up. But I'm also on Threads: @kathrinefried if you're headed over there too.