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Sameena Safdar

@sameenasafdar.bsky.social
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Legaltech junkie, former lawyer, #DCStatehood NOW, social media/personal branding consultant, #nomamels, all the gifs

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
😳 Israeli bulldozers smash Palestinian olive trees ahead of annual harvest - www.reuters.com/business/env...
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Israeli bulldozers smash Palestinian olive trees ahead of annual harvest
Palestinian villagers wailed over the mangled remains of their olive trees on Wednesday after Israel's military uprooted them with bulldozers, days ahead ​of the annual olive harvest, normally a sourc...
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Great and hilarious use of alt-text to start the week! Bravo @atrupar.com! #accessibility
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What happened on H & Florida? 8 cop cars with sirens and more Natl Guard than you can shake a stick at.
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When the diner menu is so big they’re using 8 and 10-point font. I love Queens!
Image of a ridiculously crowded small font diner menu from Blue Bay Diner. Image of a ridiculously crowded small font diner menu. Image of a ridiculously crowded small font diner menu. Close-up image of a ridiculously crowded small font diner menu.
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Did you know President Eisenhower pushed to build the Kennedy Center? www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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What on earth happened to the Kennedy Center?
It was founded as an "artistic mecca" and inspired American pride for years. Now the Trump administration says it's falling apart and needs to close.
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Redditors reporting more extensive fencing around the Kennedy Center now that’s guarded. I’m watching @normeisen.bsky.social’s feed for news on the response to their motion. bsky.app/profile/norm...
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Why can’t reporters ask Trump about desecrating the memory of Kennedy and a memorial to him? If he hates JFK? If he’s talked to the Kennedy family about this? #KenCen
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
👏👏👏: “And then he wanted to talk about how great he was with developing, & he didn’t know anything about me, but I had never done anything. This was the biggest thing I had done. So I reminded him that he had more bankruptcies than anybody in the room.” www.huffpost.com/entry/joyce-...
huffpost.com
This Legend’s Gutsy Showdown With Trump Has Jaws On The Floor — Here’s What She Said That’s So Satisfying
The congresswoman has figured out “how to get ahead of the Trump machine,” and she’s being celebrated for it.
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
She actually is sleeping with her head in the crook of my arm 🥹 I can hear Caramel snoring. Lol. #Caturday
Image of an orange, black and gray tortoise shell cat (Chocolate) sleeping with her head perched in the crook of an elbow of a person in a magenta colored dress on a tan sofa Image of a big fluffy orange boy (Caramel) curled up on the towel, covered arm of a sofa. His arm almost in circles his head, and he’s laying with his head almost flat down, so his chin is partially facing the ceiling.
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Spoke at the Hispanic Natl Bar Assn’s LGBT Division 11th Annual Leadership Summit today on executive presence and how your unique value differentiators drive your leadership style. Such a fun and engaging session with people who have been taught to be quiet & fit in. #ReresentationMatters #HNBA
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
At move-in to daughter’s sorority house. Many collages of the girls on the walls. If you don’t tilt your head, have you taken a photo at all?
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Holy moly. Have you seen Jellyroll’s monologue the other night?
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This is a fascinating and detailed article about the link between styles pushed on women and the link to authoritarianism or fascism.
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Thelma & Louise: Iconic Desert Drive
Alt: Thelma & Louise: Iconic Desert Drive
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
LAST UPDATE: I am finally taking adhd meds today, 18 days after they were prescribed!! I cannot recommend Pill Plus Pharmacy at Van Ness metro enough!! The nicest people. They answer the phone! They deliver! I might be done with CVS forever.
Image of a business card that days Pill Plus Pharmacy plus a word in Arabic. 
The logo is a blue and red capsule pill with a white plus in the center. Address is 4215 Connectors Ave NW Suite 1, Washington DC 20008. Phone is 202-244-7979. Fax: 202-244-7977. Pillpluspharmacy@gmail.com. Www.pillpluspharmacy.com. This is all above a white bag typical of prescription bags. Held by a joyful thumb.
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Awesome thread here by BlueSky fave @beckyhammer.bsky.social on negative societal impacts of data centers! (She doesn’t just know about Bad Bunny!)
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It feels Sysiphean & cruel ADHD-afflicted to get meds in the US: playing phone tag with CVS to find out its backordered & CVS won’t check stock of other locations, your dr saying they’ll send it elsewhere but wont find where its in stock, following up to see if dr submitted mail order script
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Miranda Bailey: That's One Too Many on Grey's Anatomy
Alt: Miranda Bailey: That's One Too Many on Grey's Anatomy
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The heartwarming thread of nostalgia you need tonight. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This Dolly Parton-themed movie on Netflix was cute enough to watch again. Did anyone read the book? youtu.be/k86KDFh_q6E?...
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Dumplin' | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Guess I really am a basic b*tch bec I really love long walks on the beach and sunrises over the ocean. #OceanCity
Blue pink and peach skies over a blue ocean with sand in the foreground, just pre-sunrisePeach, orange and blue skies with a bit of the sun just peeking up over the horizon of the oceanA half emerged sunrise over the ocean with blue peach and orange skies And a wave in the forA fully emerged son just over the horizon of the ocean with some peach glints of sunshine on the water
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I know my food halls! Districted #062 ⭐⭐🟩⭐🟩 0.14 total miles off DC Native washingtonian.com/districted/
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Daily DC Geography Game – Districted - Washingtonian
Think You Know DC? Prove It in our new map-based daily game. We give you five local places. You drop the pins.
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Holy moly. Only the best and brightest.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 12/08/2026
NEW: Harmeet Dhillon swore in 100+ new Civil Rights Division lawyers as "civil rights warriors" for "ALL Americans" — then named exactly none of them. So we did. Court filings let us ID 11. At least 5 arrived with records of misconduct, controversy, or hiring irregularities. 1/
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Meet the attorneys Harmeet Dhillon installed to turn the Civil Rights Division against its mission - Public Citizen
Introduction  On July 8, 2026, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon tweeted that she had sworn in more than 100 new…
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Watched “Voicemails with Isabelle” with @kecunningham.bsky.social last night and my takeaway was that damn this girl was amazing and resilient while he was an exceedingly mediocre bland toast man who wouldn’t take accountability or apologize or go to therapy. I still was charmed but resentful.
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Sirisco: You Deserve Better Than This
Alt: Sirisco (man dressed in ancient period brown brocaded outfit) emphatically gestures and says: You Deserve Better Than This as those words appear below him
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This week’s altext of the week comes early and it’s on another level. The Rickrollingest alt text ever!
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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
We're in the 6th month of a 4-week war that we won in 2 days over a weapons program that was obliterated last year.
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 01/08/2026
It's a tough job, but literally no one has to do it
Four National guard troops standing around doing nothing on a beautiful day in Georgetown
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Forgot to post yesterday-I mostly know my historic DC hotels! Districted #054 🟩⭐🟩🟩⭐ 0.36 total miles off DC Native washingtonian.com/districted/
washingtonian.com
Daily DC Geography Game – Districted - Washingtonian
Think You Know DC? Prove It in our new map-based daily game. We give you five local places. You drop the pins.
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Am I choosing violence: Is 80s music easier to dance to than 90s music? Am I just a biased GenXer?
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
BlueSky….please enjoy this painting in a neurology office’s patient exam room.
Painting showing an undersea landscape with sun shining from above the water down on a centrally-placed patient exam table just in front of equipment that look to be some kind of image scanning equipment. Giant starfish, coral, and fish are all around the medical equipment. The sun shining on the glowing medical table make it look heavenly or blessed
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Made for Capitol Hill peeps today. Districted #052 ⭐⭐⭐⭐🟩 0.03 total miles off DC Native washingtonian.com/districted/
washingtonian.com
Daily DC Geography Game – Districted - Washingtonian
Think You Know DC? Prove It in our new map-based daily game. We give you five local places. You drop the pins.
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Best alt-text of the week goes to @beckyhammer.bsky.social and the String Cheese Ballet she’s created in our minds. 👏👏👏 Don’t miss her uncanny valley blueberries in the rest of this thread too.
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
It’s 11:25pm. Do you know where your military occupiers are? How long has this helicopter been circling over Capitol Hill, peeps? #TheLastColony #HandsOffDC
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
DC—who’s watching National Treasure at Cinemetery at Congressional Cemetery tonight? Come say IRL hi if you are! #DClife
Image of an old tall grey tombstone that you can only make out “Our Mother” on next to a smiling me!A giant inflatable movie screen between trees and tombstones in front of people sitting on blankets and chairs
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Thank you @aclu-dc.bsky.social. This is what the least productive Congress is focusing on instead of stopping tariffs, stopping an illegal war, abolishing ICE, etc. #HandsOffDC #TheLastColony
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Here’s the sushi I just walked down a street to order (out in Reston) because ordering takeout from their website redirects to DoorDash. NOPE-not giving DoorDash any business anywhere! @freedcproject.bsky.social #DeleteDoorDash #HandsOffDC
Plate of sushi I had to come on order instead of picking up bec I won’t give my dollars to a company asking Congress to strip DC of self autonomy
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
What @citycastdc.bsky.social posted on the Nazi site: dc.citycast.fm/dc-politics/... #DumpDoorDash #DCStatehood
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D.C. Activists Boycott DoorDash Over Home Rule Snub · City Cast DC
A top House Republican says the delivery platform supports his bill to undo D.C.’s taxing power.
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Here’s why I just deactivated my DoorDash account when I normally order 1-3 times EACH WEEK from them. Stripping DC residents of self government and autonomy and inviting Congressional oversight that couldn’t be done anywhere else in the US. BYE FELICIA! #DumpDoorDash #DCStatehood #TheLastColony
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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Jefferson Starship - We Built This City
Alt: Clip from Jefferson Starship’s “We Built This City” video, widely regarded as one of the worst songs ever.
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Couldn’t leave Atlanta without getting some fried okra — or trying Paschal’s! Yes I got off the Atlanta airport shuttle a concourse early and wandered around to find this (FYI it’s *not* at Gate 12 like Google says but waaay at the back of the B concourse food court!) #Atlanta
Image of a divided food container with a lid open, holding a golden crispy piece of fried chicken, golden brown, fried okra, and macaroni and cheese next to a container of brown gravy open, all sitting on an airport gate seat.   
All the food is from Pascal’s at Atlanta airport
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Soooo excited for fried green tomatoes and a fried pork chop (?? I have never heard of such a thing!) and sweetea (“the table wine of the South”). #Atlanta
A cream-colored menu that says in green cursive “Welcome to ATLANTA’S Dining Room” and has a maroon image of a marquee sign that says Mary Mac’s Tea Room. Back in 1945, Mary MacKenzie opened Mary Mac’s Tea Room near Peachtree Street on Ponce de Leon Avenue. In those tough days right after the end of World War II, enterprising women in search of a living, some of them mothers widowed by the war, were establishing restaurants all over Atlanta.

At the time, a woman couldn’t just open up a restaurant, so many female proprietors used the more refined Southern name of “Tea Room.” Mary Mac’s Tea Room was one of 16 tearooms in Atlanta and seated 75 guests. Today, Mary Mac’s is the only original tearoom that remains. 

Mary Mac’s originally opened with one dining room; today, we have 6 bustling dining rooms and a full service bar. The restaurant has expanded to 13,000 square feet, occupying several storefronts, and is one of the city’s five-largest restaurants.

Though our restaurant has grown over the years, it’s still 1945 in the kitchen. We still do things the way Mary MacKenzie and her successor, renowned owner, Margaret Lupo (1962-1994), did things. We have a few people still serving and cooking at Mary Mac’s who have been employed with us for over forty-five years.

Every morning, we shuck bushels of corn, hand wash our carefully selected greens, and snap fresh green beans by hand. We bake our own scrumptious breads and desserts, like old fashioned banana pudding, coconut cake, and fresh Georgia peach cobbler, and brew up the best sweet tea - “Table Wine of the South”.

We welcome the generations of Atlanta families: Mary MacKenzie served their grandparents; Margaret Lupo served their parents; and now we welcome a new generation to Mary Mac’s.

The location has stayed the same, and the food remains nearly identical to what it was over seventy years ago.

We were recently honored by the State of Georgia and the House of Representatives with a special resolution for providing authentic Southern fare, always served with a side of Southern graciousness, and we were officially named "Atlanta's Dining Room".
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I was obsessed with Mikhail Barishynikov and this movie in junior high. #GenX
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
12-year old Sameena would be ecstatic.
Image of Lionel Richie in a yellow jacket playing a white and clear piano and singing. Image of a stage with Lionel in big block letters in the background. And a man in a yellow jacket at center stageImage of a great suitcase with a yellow tag bearing a picture of Lionel Richie and the words HELLO? Is it me you’re looking for?
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Whoa. All street lamps and traffic lights out in parts of the Hill. Didn’t even know it could get this dark in the city!
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Alejandro Alvarez @aletakesphotos.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
A coalition of anti-Trump protesters marched in DC this afternoon with a 700-foot banner carrying the Constitution’s preamble, followed by thousands of signatures calling for an end to authoritarianism and political violence.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Governor Walz deployed Minnesota’s National Guard to DC this week to support Trump’s corrupt and destructive “Freedom 250” celebration and enable this regime’s ongoing occupation of the capital city. There’s nothing patriotic about that.
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Missed this one yesterday. Don’t want him as my president but not gonna complain about this: amp.sacbee.com/news/califor...
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Newsom signs 100% tax on state recipients of Trump ‘slush fund’ payouts
The fund was established to settle Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS following the leak of his tax returns.
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Happy news! Well honestly sh*tty news when you think about the $$ wasted & how great this event could have been.
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Enjoy the comments folks!! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Didn’t even last a Scaramucci!
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Scaramucci on Trump's Personality at White House
Alt: Scaramucci waving a kiss to the press and leaving out from the press briefing room podium.
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