What are you doing this weekend?
From soccer to skipping small talk, or Persian New Year to Pi Day, there’s something for everybody on the calendar.
Here are @ilechelm.bsky.social's picks:
A black-and-white photo of a dog looking out from inside a cave of bed sheets.
Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
Billy Joel writing We Didn’t Start the Fire: ok JFK died, moon landing *gets bored* uhh candy bars, there were movies
If you're a D.C. resident, be aware: Paying your taxes this year could be total chaos. Why? Republicans in Congress are again trying to mess with the city's local budget and finances, something they know little about: 51st.news/republican-b...
ten years ago today no one clapped
A screenshot of WhatsApp: Ash: Sebastián, I have one very pressing question. Sebastián Di Martino: Let me know Ash: Are jaguar soft? Sebastián Di Martino: They are very soft (two hearts on the answer)
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
A gray dog in an orange coat stands in the middle of a sidewalk. It is snowing.
Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
rest in peace, king
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.
A medium gray dog is sitting under a dining table, peeking out from under the tablecloth. She is waiting for you to drop crumbs.
Thank Gandalf It’s Thanksgiving
What are you doing this weekend?
We've got an expanded 23 (!) picks from @ilechelm.bsky.social, including:
👵 @metrobardc.bsky.social's Golden Girls party
🥾 Hike with @washingtonwalks.bsky.social
❄️ @folger.edu's Frost Festival
🎤 Punk rock karaoke at the @blackcatdc.bsky.social
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
Holding up a bowl of Roberto, a tomato soup with sausage, beans, kale, and a big pile of shredded cheese.
this soup season, i’m thankful to @hels.bsky.social for the gift of roberto
could use some more bamboo analogies
A gray dog is laying on a bed. She’s looking to the side and her ears are pointed up, gathering information about some sounds she heard from the hallway.
Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
too early to tell, i’ll let you know in a month
using nerds gummy clusters to pavlov myself into enjoying doing laundry
it’s official!
Paul Newman from the lemonade and salad dressing
📽️ WATCH: The U.S. government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain citizens. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 incidents since the start of Trump’s second term. Americans have been kicked, dragged and held for days without access to lawyers.
➡️ Full story: propub.li/3LjuAVS
Remember that tomorrow is All Souls Day, the traditional Catholic holiday for texting all the people who have ghosted you in the last year.
A portrait of a gray dog wearing a gold sweater with a Starfleet patch. She is surrounded by a pile of tribbles.
Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
NEW: For years, the Phoenix nonprofit Keys to Change has run a mail room for thousands of homeless people.
Now the U.S. Postal Service is cutting its $24,000 investment, leaving the organization to raise the extra money to keep it open.
A medium gray dog wearing a pink canvas jacket stands on a rock in the middle of a creek. Behind her, the leaves on the trees are starting to turn yellow and orange.
Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
A gray dog wearing a bandana sitting in front of a bright, colorful mural featuring stylized dogs. (Mural by Camila Leão)
Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
I think I speak for everyone today when I say:
Rest in Peace Haru Urara
Doing a "who's on first" thing where I say "what else did the director of Barbie do" and when they say "Little Women" I go "yeah I know what Barbies are"
A gray dog laying on a black-and-white checkered floor with her tongue poking out of her mouth just a little bit.
Thank Gandalf It’s Friday
