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Owls in Towels @owls-in-towels.bsky.social · 52m

3rd of Owltober! An Australian Boobook at South Oakleigh Wildlife Shelter fell victim to an attack from a mob of Magpies. A reminder to take care around nesting Magpies this season, be you feathered or not! Want to donate to SOWS? sows.org.au/donate via: fb.com/833886482101... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

A Boobook looks positively terrified... mortified... petrified... stupefied. Which is fair dinkum for any Magpie victim, but then again, it may just be RBF (Resting Boobook Face). Regardless, this owl has a shocked expression and mismatched pupils, with a pair of wide eyes the hue of a dark forest floor, or a kiwifruit that's gone a bit soft past its prime. She's wrapped in a blue tea towel which, along with her brown plumage, collects wayward strands of grass and leaf litter. Her feathers are the same tone as Chewbacca's fur, though not quite as long. In a word: Boobookiee.

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 22h

This is the scene outside Bard high school this morning — FBI agents and armed soldiers acting as if children going to school on a Friday morning is some national security threat.

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Ben Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Or, just do what he did to the east wing and rip them down anyway and dare someone to stop you.

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Alex Koma @alexkoma.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For the DC Week Without Driving, @janeese4dc.bsky.social joined @ggwash.org organizers (and @elissasilverman.bsky.social) for a bus ride from Petworth to downtown. JLG emphasized her desire to get projects like the Georgia Ave dedicated lane done quickly: “We don’t need to study the study.”

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

WARNING: Moose will try to diagnose what is wrong with your broken vehicle.

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Ben Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Do not, under any circumstances, take the client water.

A lone bottle of Kirkland filtered water lays on its side Ina refrigerator drawer. Next to it, a handwritten sign taunts: “Client water do not take”

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Ben Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Seen on my walk to the metro this morning. Has any national Dem running for office even acknowledged that the city is under occupation, let alone said they would work to address this?

A group of guard members walking down a quiet residential street.

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When you have no concept of how people engage with music

nicksaraev ~
@nicksaraev
X.com
I am not joking when I say this.
Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming in general is over.
Al music is now very, very good. You just don't know yet because all Al music circulating today is from ~2-3 generations ago.
Suno v6 pro et al has solved infinite personalized music.

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Ben Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The 2026 economy in a nutshell: book a rideshare, get served an ad for a sports betting platform.

Congrats! You just unlocked a $25
Novig bonus.

Make your first trade on Novig, America's sports prediction market. Deposit $10 and get $25 in trade credits.

Terms & Conditions
Yes please

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Greater Greater Washington @ggwash.org · 29/09/2026

The new Commanders stadium needs to be served by hardcore bus prioritization and world-class walkability and bikeability if DC wants a chance at avoiding a traffic nightmare every Sunday.

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No Metro, Yes Problems: Can RFK’s transportation plan be saved?

View this post on ggwash.org

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Ben Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Alliance for an Affordable DC Paid for by the American Beverage Association”

A mailer opposing the DC bottle bill paid for by a lobbying group fronting as affordability advocates

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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

On social media Ward 8 Council member Trayon White says the jury split in his federal bribery trial was 9-3 not guilty. His attorney confirms this to my @washingtonsun.bsky.social colleague Jenny Gathright.

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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Happy National Public Lands Day! 🌅 From the Rio Grande to the top of our mountains, our national parks, and the forest lands and acequias that have sustained our communities for generations, these lands are part of who we are. Public lands are our lands. And we will keep fighting to protect them!

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Ben Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

They’re sending up the @beckyhammer.bsky.social bat signal at the Habs game in Montreal.

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Ben Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“We went to Montreal to escape the bad weather” is probably not often said, however…

Trees surrounding a lake underneath a bright blue sky

The dome of a cathedral next to a skyscraper, viewed from a park

A copper-domed house along a street in Montreal

A row of brick houses on a Montreal street

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Ben Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Remember, it was this guy getting beaten up off U St that was the excuse for the National Guard’s deployment to DC.

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Ben Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Texting with the mother-in-law

A text with nothing but a series of 9s, followed by a single-word text, “error”

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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 24/09/2026

del camino motel, el paso, texas, 1977

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Ben Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

How is it still raining. How. Is. It. Still. Raining.

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Irate Scream Kate @pqkate.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

WashProbs on IG reporting a bicyclist struck and killed in Logan Circle. #bikeDC

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Ben Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My phone: “You hold in your hand access to the entire vast sum of human knowledge. I can do anything. I am all-powerful. I am indispensable to you.” <single drop of water lands on screen> My phone:

static.klipy.com

Elmo Storm Chaos

ALT: Elmo Storm Chaos

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Me: I’d like a slice of pizza Server: that comes with three sides Me: three slices of pizza Server, starting to sweat: what nine sides would you like with that Me: TAKE A WILD FUCKEN GUESS

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

You’re right—that plane shouldn’t have gone there. That’s my fault, and I should have made sure there wasn’t a terminal in the landing path. Would you like me to call emergency services, or assist with lining up takeoffs?

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Ben Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

OH in central DC, a man on a rental scooter; the scooter is making whale song noises loudly: “I don’t know, something about this doesn’t feel safe.”

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Ben Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

And the thing is, there’s no constituency for the opposite. There is no organic public groundswell of support anywhere for destroying the institution. Nobody other than him and his lackeys want or support this.

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Ben Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Petition for a ban on the use of the word “reshape” to describe abjectly destructive behavior. I didn’t “reshape” my house when I set fire to it.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Very inspiring turnout at the Kennedy Center protest!

More than a thousand people in front of the Kennedy Center.

Conjunction of the moon and airplane approaching the Kennedy Center.

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Steve Kiviat @dcsuburbanite.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Crowd and speakers at the hands around the Kennedy Center protest

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Ben Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I’m still seeing way too much credulity given to the stated purpose of the Guard’s deployment in DC, especially from people who should know better. There was never an emergency justifying their deployment; implying that there is any valid justification carries the administration’s water.

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 17/09/2026

BREAKING: Judge BLOCKS any attempts by Trump to demolish the Kennedy Center without notice in new ruling. This win is a reminder to the Trump administration that the American people and the courts are watching, and unconstitutional acts will have consequences.

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Joe Flood @joeflood.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Trump made a mess of the Mall

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Ben Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

For over a year now, scenes like this are what District residents have been subjected to daily. The capital of the nation is under an illegal occupation simply to satisfy the deranged whims of the president.

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Ben Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Maybe I’m missing them, but where are all the hand-wringing think pieces arguing that the GOP needs to moderate their message and track to the center, lest they alienate swing voters? Or does that only flow one way?

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Ben Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Nope. This headline doesn’t cut it. It isn’t shuttering due to “financial woes,” it is shuttering because the President was prevented from illegally attaching his name to the building and has decided that if he can’t do that, no one should be able to enjoy it.

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Ben Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The story of the Kennedy Center is Trump making it a toxic venue for artists, then threatening to dismantle the institution if he isn’t allowed to do with it what he wants. It’s the arsonists threatening to let the building burn down if they aren’t the ones permitted to put out the fire.

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Rob Pitingolo @robpitingolo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I continue screaming into the void as I beg anyone covering the Kennedy Center saga to simply point out that the institution was doing JUST FINE in 2024.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Something weirdly not noted in a lot of the coverage of the extortionate threats to murder the Kennedy Center unless it’s reimagined as a shrine to Trump: There was no dire fiscal crisis until Trump’s goombahs started mucking with it. Its finances were fine. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...

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John F Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica

Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as...

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andykimnj.bsky.social @andykimnj.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Stop calling this a DC makeover. This is an illegal desecration of our capital and a huge waste of American families’ money. DC is sacred ground, and we shouldn’t minimize the real damage being done.

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Ben Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Make a band edible: The Afghan Figs

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Ben Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Boy howdy, if you are someone who value things like “rest” and “sleep,” do not get a puppy. They have no concept of such things.

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Metro Bus Info @metrobusinfo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

C75 Service Alert: Expect delays in both directions at 5th St, NW & Missouri Ave due to emergency activity. Track your bus in real time at metropulse.wmata.com/bus

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