Aru

He also edited out the property tax part.

bsky.app/profile/aru....

Not just refused to work on it, but also lied about working on it!

NEWS: @mayorbowser.dc.gov has very unexpectedly released a report @ddotdc.bsky.social finished five years ago on what implementing congestion pricing in D.C. would look like. She had refused to make it public since it was done, but now calls congestion pricing "the wrong policy at the wrong time."

Keep the cigarettes in the bathroom?

When I was a contractor, every year the DoD would order shiny new TVs for every wall in the facility.

When I joined as the head engineer of the Torment Nexus project, it was to work on fascinating technical problems and make the world a better place along the way. I am appalled to discover that the Torment Nexus would be used this way and, now that my options have vested, will be leaving the project

Medieval drip.

The #SidewalkPalooza website is live! And events are rolling in.

Join a walk/roll, cleanup or sidewalk audit near you—or host one! The more events across DC, the more impact to improve pedestrian infrastructure and accessibility.

Host: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
More: sidewalkpalooza.org

Hyperfixed | Garbage Fruit [Or, The Fruit of Theseus]

There was a good Hyperfixed episode about this! www.hyperfixedpod.com/listen/hyper...

A mole? You should get that checked out.

Hiya! Anyone in the SF Bay Area/Remote need a cool programmer for your team? I've been messing with computers for over 30 years now, I can program anything with bits, and I've got a lot of experience with all sorts of different systems, environments, and languages.
wiki.averlong.com/My_Resume

It insists upon itself.

Those Haunches Over There

Oh no, this is how the BlueChan prophecy comes to fruition.

michael jordan is wearing a suit and tie and smiling . Alt: Michael Jordan saying "Stop it. Get some help."

I saw my first dog-inside-a-Trader-Joes yesterday.

My name is Marisa Kabas, and I'm an independent journalist who publishes The Handbasket. I'm reaching out about a matter that involves your team and that continues to trouble me. In June of last year, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and I filed a FOIA lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan Police Department to compel them to release body camera footage from the March 17, 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace. What followed was months of back and forth with their lawyers, arguing why it was in the public interest to release the un-redacted footage in its entirety. Though tiny segments were handed over, that wasn't enough: We wanted all of it.  On February 18, 2026, a DC judge ruled in our favor, and your reporter Mark Segraves sent a kind note of congratulations that day. Then on Monday, March 2nd, the footage was handed over to me and excitedly announced I'd received it and would be reviewing it in the coming days and sharing what I learned. When Segraves emailed me this past Thursday asking for my phone number, I didn't think much of it. But when he called me just before 2pm on Friday to let me know NBC4 Washington would be airing a segment at 5pm, I grew concerned.  Segraves said he'd obtained some of the footage via a FOIA request that week after he heard the footage had been released to me. He said he'd credit the work of RCFP and me, but it was little comfort. I asked if he'd known the day before when he emailed me for my number, why didn't he tell me then? He didn't have a good answer for that. He acknowledged all the hard work I'd done getting this footage released. I asked him if he could hold the story until Monday, to which he replied that he's "not just a blogger" (implying that that's all I am, presumably) and that he'd have to check with his editor. I said fine. Nearly an hour later he called back to say his editor refused to hold the story, but that they were happy to interview me via Zoom to add to the package, and I said I would.

What followed was two hours of furiously writing and posting clips of the footage to Youtube so I could get something published before the 5pm broadcast, and in the midst of that, recording a quick Zoom interview with a person who was about to take credit for my work. At 4:59pm ET, The Handbasket published a piece titled "Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid." Then I tuned into NBC4 Washington via your website to catch the broadcast, and my instinct to rush to get something out first was proven right.  "It's a story you're seeing first on News4," your newscast began. "For the first time we're getting an inside look at what happened the day the Trump administration took over the US Institute of Peace. News4 obtained more than four hours of police body camera video from that day." What followed was more than six minutes of clips and commentary from Segraves, but it's not until six minutes and 21 seconds into the piece that he mentions my name (mispronounced though he asked for the correct pronunciation on Zoom), "The Handbasket blog," and the RCFP's foundational role in bringing this footage to light. I was angry, but didn't feel there was much I could do. Then I saw the version NBC4 posted to Instagram and TikTok—the video itself made ZERO mention of the RCFP or my work, only briefly acknowledging it in the written caption on Instagram, and not even bothering to do that on TikTok. An average viewer with no background on the case is lead to believe that this footage was released because of your efforts. When I saw that, I decided I couldn't let this go. It's difficult to explain what it's like to spend nearly a year working on a story only to have another reporter and outlet surreptitiously take credit for it; months of work and personal risk only to have another reporter lying in wait to swoop in. What NBC4 did was immoral, unethical, and to be frank, just truly sucked.

I just sent this email to the news director at NBC4 Washington about the unprofessional and disrespectful way they handled publishing the body camera footage of the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace that was obtained via my FOIA lawsuit:

The Department of Justice's settlement with Live Nation and Ticketmaster is not good enough.

By illegally monopolizing live music in DC, Live Nation hurts local venues, stifles artists, and hikes prices for fans.

With a bipartisan group of 27 states, we'll keep fighting for fairness in live music.

We must preserve the peace and quiet of Rhode Island Avenue.

A photoshopped version of the previous posts, but this time just reading "baby" instead of "Expand baby bonds."

What I imagine this post will look like tomorrow.

A post on Facebook from Kenyan McDuffie, reading: I'm a fourth-generation Washingtonian. Former mail carrier, civil rights attorney, and Council member with a record of passing landmark laws for the city. Now I'm running to be your Mayor. And this race is about what I'll actually do. Freeze property taxes. Expand baby bonds. Forgive predatory parking debt. Connect every student to real work. Make starting a business here easier than anywhere else. One day one: I'll end ICE cooperation with the MPD and defend DC's right to govern itself. This campiagn is about results, not rhetoric. That's how I lead. #FightForAllDC #FightAndDeliver

The same text as before, but with "Forgive predatory parking debts" removed.

The same as the previous two, but with "Freeze property taxes" removed, too.

A well-oiled campaign in 3 parts.

A screenshot of an error screen from the 311 app

The 311 app is less than helpful.

Motley staring at a tasty Kolsch.

Kolsch service with the critter at LostGen!

McDuffie aims to make D.C. ‘most affordable’ U.S. city in mayoral policy rollout Kenyan McDuffie and Janeese Lewis George, the two top Democratic contenders in the June primary, differ on how to solve soaring energy costs and other expenses.

@kenyanmcduffie.bsky.social would be terrible for DC.

As CM for Ward 5, his only real transpo accomplishment was the short-lived G9 bus. He didn’t push getting the MBT finished (happening under his successor) and voted to fund parking at Union Market rather than a second NoMa Metro entrance.

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There are few things more humbling than cleaning your keyboard.

Mark your calendars, next Th #MBTpubroll starts at Grand Duchess at 5:30pm to coincide with a meet & greet for Ward 1 candidate @miguelward1.bsky.social who has a fantastic pro-bike platform! Afterward biking across the park to Judy's on 14th. Come one, come all, come pub roll for more bike lanes 🚲🍻

Time to hurl your luggage into the ocean.

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Me holding my rollaboard luggage on an escalator down to the platform at Moynihan Train Hall.

. @wmata.com hates to see it.

When will TC39 allow it to be used with Vanilla JS?! 😩