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New: The D.C. Housing Authority was already facing a budget crunch...then auditors discovered an apparent spreadsheet error that left $52M in expenses uncounted. DCHA is considering painful belt-tightening moves. For many, it's "Groundhog Day" at the long-suffering agency: 51st.news/dc-housing-a...

51st.news

D.C.'s public housing agency faces a budget crunch

The public housing agency is considering cost-cutting measures that could lead to major changes for the 20,000 residents it serves.

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Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I don’t think the Masters of War understand the deep irony of their own ad campaigns

WMATA bus wrap around add has a picture of a tank and the words “What we produce defines us” with corporate logos DNSolutions x Heller

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

bluesky does not seem to really be talking about this but today Stevie Wonder unleased 4 songs that didn't make "Songs in the Key of Life." music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Songs In The Key Of Life - The EP

EP • Stevie Wonder

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Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today is the anniversary of Mali independence from France 🇲🇱

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Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Remind me again how Republicans are supposed to be Pro-Life?

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Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

On the bus with a Jewish Currents tote bag and Star of David necklace heading home to get ready for Erev Rosh Hashanah dinner and someone approached me wondering if I wanted to learn more about LDS. I didn’t. Shanah Tovah 🍎 🍯 🐏

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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 10/09/2026

the year is 2026 and hollywood no longer knows how to produce a variety sketch comedy show

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 08/09/2026

How can you argue with logic like this.

“One of the most common objections to an AI-doctor future is that robots lack the human connection that patients need to build trust. The American College of Physicians’ recent position paper, for example, cited AI’s inability to make eye contact. But consider that doctors, too, can be robotic. In a Gallup survey conducted late last year, 21 percent of respondents said they had turned to AI because they had previously felt dismissed by a health-care provider.”

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Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It always feels so awkward to me when my client’s kids are in the room overhearing our conversations screening for Medicaid & SNAP eligibility or preparing an application for health insurance. Money consciousness amongst kids 😮‍💨

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Yes. And how do that is to do what you know to be right and just all the way through. Dolly showing up for queer and trans people, for example, was not the easy or crowd-pleasing move, especially for her audience. And she funded a vaccine that got *incredibly* politicized. For example.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

OH NO DOLLY blessed is the true judge NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ok who just got born we like need you TODAY ok

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @TheRaDR Nov 17, 2020
There's an idea in Judaism that there are 36 special people in the world at all times who secretly maintain the world.

I have begun to suspect that Dolly Parton may be one of them.

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Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

“Soccer fandom in America is speculative fiction. What if the US was just a country among countries?” -David Goldblatt in The Age of Football: Soccer and the 21st Century #booksky

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Born #tdih Howard Zinn (1922-2010) was a historian, professor, playwright, activist. Author of APHUS, he wrote many books incl. “Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal” & “SNCC: The New Abolitionists.” Also trial testimonies on civil disobedience history. 🧵 Read: www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ho...

Civil disobedience, that’s not our problem. Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty. — HOWARD ZINN on blue background

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Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Today, August 21, is the anniversary of the beginning of the Haitian Revolution (1791) and the Nat Turner-led rebellion (1831) Abolition also means #AbolishICE

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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 19/08/2026

NEW: At an invitation-only gathering in Italy, far-right leaders mapped out strategies to target rural America while local press coverage vanishes. www.confrontthehate.com/p/white-nati...

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As Local News Dies, White Nationalists See an Opening

At an invitation-only gathering in Italy, far-right leaders mapped out strategies to target rural America while local press coverage vanishes.

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Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The most recent point-in-time count says there are 5,363 people experiencing homelessness in DC. As of Aug 18, 2026, there were 4,629 National Guard personnel assigned to DC according to Joint Task Force. Can’t wrap my head around how gov’t is prioritizing making DC even more a police state.

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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Fifteen years ago, in the classroom, wikipedia was annoying because it was hard to describe to kids who relied on it why it wasn't a good source to cite in a paper. Now, it's the final remaining example of citational responsibility any of them have ever seen.

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Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

⚽ This ESPN broadcast of NWSL Angel City FC vs Washington Spirit is absurd. What do you mean they're going to cut away from the action mid-game to do an interview sports-washing the Disney CEO for Princess Night™️ "Engage with our players and engage in our merch" No. Ban mid-game interviews!

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The Women's Game @womensgamemib.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

MALAWI DEFY THE IMPOSSIBLE 🇲🇼 In their first WAFCON, the Scorchers—the lowest-ranked team in the tournament—have reached the final. Goals from the Chawinga sisters send Malawi past Algeria, 3-1. An incredible story from a nation determined to make its mark on the world of women’s soccer.

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JazzIM @jazzinmemoriam.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

August 12, 1958

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Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I've scored as many career points in the #NBA as Royce White. I've made as many career assists as Royce White. I've made as many career rebounds as Royce White. And I'm at least a bit better where it counts: showing basic respect towards others and treating others with dignity.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The thing that pisses me off most about Royce White is that he was given so many chances for his anxiety and abused the system repeatedly. Royce couldn't fly on planes due to his anxiety. He requested a bus to travel between games. They gave it to him. Then he stopped showing up anyway a month in.

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Theo Lloyd-Hughes @theolloydhughes.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

For those confused, the WAFCON three-way tiebreakers only take into account games with the teams in question. Malawi are topping the group on goals scored in matches against Nigeria and Zambia, because pts and GD are level. Explanation below ⬇️

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Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Its goal difference and goals scored between teams *concerned* in tie for group stage points. Confusing, but means Zambia is out even though they won vs Malawi #WAFCON All the goals vs Egypt don’t matter for goal difference because Egypt is not actually tied with group leaders.

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Rob Jacques @knutcrosswords.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

UEFA spokesperson Dietmar Fumm said to reporters "This decision effectively signals that Gianni Infantino is an enemy of world football". tl;dr: FIFA "foe" - Fumm

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Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

What is this Tron Drumline at the MLS All Star Game?!

Photo of TV screen displaying marching percussion Drumline with glowing blue goggles on each performer.

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Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

“The ADL didn’t only gather information on the Ku Klux Klan; it also gathered information on the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.” @jewishcurrents.bsky.social @peterbeinart.bsky.social jewishcurrents.org/the-shame-of...

jewishcurrents.org

The Shame of the American Jewish Establishment

In its quest to defend Israel, establishment Jewry has abandoned liberal democracy in the US.

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Kevin Tang @ktang.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

We drive by conservative rural retirement communities in California on the way to the wilderness and the Olds love AI slop out there. AI slop event posters, AI slop restaurant signage, AI slop giftshops, etc.

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Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

It’s nearly August 2026 and USDA still hasn’t updated their guidance on SNAP eligibility for qualified noncitizens after Trump admin took a chainsaw to a safety net program already barely hanging together by a thread. They last updated the page in August 2025. www.fna.usda.gov/snap/recipie...

Screenshot of USDA website with pop up banner reading “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 changes certain eligibility factors for SNAP. This includes changes to the SNAP work requirements and non-citizen eligibility. We are in the process of updating this page with the changes made by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025.
Page updated: August 29, 2025”

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Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

You can hear the #FreeDC chants on the broadcast for NWSL match Washington Spirit vs Denver Summit

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

For many years, people didn’t randomly film others in public—not because we didn’t have the technology, but because the social contract said you didn’t do that. That’s why Meta is going full court press on their PR and celebrity endorsements. They remember how people ran google glass outta town.

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Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

It’s extra time and Argentina still have zero shots vs Spain Also Generalísimo Francisco Franco is still dead #worldcup

Screenshot from FotMob app showing all stats in Spain’s favor

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Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

My weather app tonight - but the show goes on at Tryst in Adams Morgan (DC) from 7-9pm tonight

Screenshot of weather app on my phone that says “4 SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS”
Severe thunderstorm watch, air quality alert, flood watch, heat advisory

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The same Harlan Crow who has a mansion full of Nazi memorabilia?🙄

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Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The idea of crowds of people flocking to bagel shops because of internet vitality just tickles me in a certain kind of way. Is this the first time "bagelmaxxing" was ever published? @forward.com forward.com/food/838169/...

forward.com

Bagels are hanging from the trees in Beijing. Is China bagelmaxxing?

I stumbled across the New York Bagelous museum, which doesn't have much to do with New York, bagels or museums.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

i learned early what to do with guys who have nazi tattoos www.welcometohellworld.com/a-conflict-a...

I can't remember which show I was at when I realized I liked the same music as white nationalists. I know it was at Washington DC's Fight Club, partly because my recollection of the night is lit in flickering orange - I've spent a lot of time in a lot of shit hole venues, but Fight Club was the only one whose attendees regularly lit fires in trash cans to keep warm. The moment wasn't particularly dramatic. A slender little skinhead who had been pogoing unobtrusively enough in the pit peeled off his shirt, revealing a swastika tattoo between his shoulder blades; another man's voice hollered "NAZI PUNKS FUCK OFF"; two much bigger skinheads immediately marched Swastika Shoulders out of sight, looking like a pair of bouncers ejecting a drunk.

Based on what I remember of the few skinheads who remained in DC through the aughts, Swastika Shoulders surely got his ass beat that night. If so, it didn't even interrupt the show.
The path that opened to facilitate his exit sealed over again right away. I have to talk about it as if it had been triggered by a motion sensor rather than the movements of individual people
- that's how automated it seemed. We were a long way from Jimmy Pursey's feeble attempts to shut down National Front battle formations, that was for sure. Punk sectarianism had by no means been resolved by the aughts, but there was perfect clarity by then about how to deal with at least one sect.

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Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Elon's X AI bot Grok was spreading disinformation about French referee Francois Letaxier, turning outrage about questionable calls re: Egypt into antisemitic conspiracies. FIFA might be corrupt or objectionable but that doesn't mean it has to be "The Jews" forward.com/news/837179/...

forward.com

Someone changed this World Cup referee’s Wikipedia page to say he was Jewish. Enraged soccer fans believed it.

X AI bot Grok corroborated the disinformation about French referee Francois Letaxier, enabling antisemitism to spread

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Since we are are doing yet another round of trash people defending trash men, I would like to point out the answer to one of the common objections I am seeing to the Platner accusations from today is in the article itself. (CN: sex assault and the reporting thereof)

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Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Messi missed a PK vs Austria in group stages. And now his PK is denied by Egyptian goalkeeper Shobeir. One heck of a way to start the half and a remarkable match so far on my birthday 🎉 Wow!

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Meowl Egypt

Alt: Cat wearing Egyptian headdress dances in front of wall covered in hieroglyphics

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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I haven’t seen so many ineffective crosses in Mexico since Hernán Cortés couldn’t convert the Aztecs in 1519

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Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Idk how England will go ~15mins down a player without conceding at least one more goal. Hanging by a thread vs Mexico

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Harry Kane is the only player in football history to both score and concede a penalty in the same world cup match. He is the god mode unlock of penalty merchants

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Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Ecuador has seemed lackluster on set pieces. Both creating chances when they take them, and in allowing too many chances on defense.

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Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Morocco’s goalkeeper earned that win. Fantastic save to carry the PK shootout.

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sick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

sir, a second blood spurt has been spilled on the field

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Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Fun fact for this first half of Brazil vs Japan (🇧🇷 0- 1 🇯🇵 @ 40mins of play so far) is São Paulo is home to the single largest Japanese diaspora in any city #WorldCup en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanes...

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Japanese community of São Paulo - Wikipedia

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