🧵 Say what you will about the Narnia books, but “There was once a boy named Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he *almost* deserved it” is one of the all-time great opening lines.

As a transplant from Arlington I am still accustoming myself to the idea that they let you fly planes over town at all, so learning that flyover was a sportsball thing is extra wtf

DC residents have never had a voting representative in either house of Congress making DC the only national capital in the democratic world whose citizens have zero voice in the national legislature. We demand DC statehood NOW.

King Kong the Musical was on Broadway longer than Kevin McCarthy was speaker of the house.

Learning how to write a respectfully devastating email is one of the most important skills you can learn in your career.

Book bans are an attempt to control the narrative about our nation’s true history & censor those who are historically underrepresented. I’m proud to support #BannedBooksWeek, and will stand up against extremist attempts to silence diverse stories that challenge our social norms.

BREAKING: In a departure from many diocesan policies on the topic, a new document from the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, stresses the first response to LGBTQ individuals should be "one of welcome, love, and respect." ncronline.org/node/255016

Happy Mosquito Death Night™ to all who celebrate!

Drama in the coffee shop this morning, one barista explaining to another that a third was suspended after no-showing because her ex-gf who she was secretly still dating cheated on her, then they called my order and I had to stop eavesdropping

"Is the library open today?" "Yes." "You don't close for Columbus Day?" "We do not." "I think it would be appropriate to do something to honor Christopher Columbus." "You could announce that you're going to come to the library but then accidentally go somewhere else instead."

Women's gymnastics vs. men's gymnastics featuring Simone Biles and Fred Richard. 😄 (🎥 Frederick Richard)

CONSERVATIVES: Back in our day literature was MORAL and DECENT CHAUCER: Alison’s husband farts thunderously in Nicholas’ face when he bangs at the window wanting a smooch

Ugandan students have written a letter to the creators of the ‘The Book of Mormon’, after researching the show for a class project. The letter details their hurt over being made punchlines and states mischaracterizations of Uganda which they found offensive and abusive.

That part in Mission Impossible where they can’t touch the floor or the lasers except it’s trying to extract the lovey from the crib without waking the baby

We must move beyond the mentality of appearing to be concerned about the climate crisis, while lacking the courage to effect substantial change. If the measures we could adopt now are costly, the cost will be all the more heavy the longer we wait. #DRRDay #LaudateDeum

a consensus candidate for speaker that would also keep a beloved DC icon in the city,,,,,

I have never seen a condor with a human for scale before - I thought they were like the size of your average roadside buzzard 😳

The Witch Elm by Tana French - best unreliable narrator mystery I’ve ever read