shankellman.bsky.social
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When do we need to restart our Claritin regimens?
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The 51st presents: Overheard in D.C.! Each week we'll be publishing the funny, bizarre, heartwarming, and otherwise unbelievable stuff you hear in the District. Send your submissions to [email protected]. Include where it was said, who said it, and a little context if possible!
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And here I was beginning to think about what to buy myself for my birthday….problem solved
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Tell me you work on Capitol Hill without telling me you work on Capitol Hill
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Yayayay! It’s back and on Bluesky!
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To fulfill my science req, I took a history of HIV and infectious diseases. Wanted to be a political campaign manager. Now work at the UN on HIV policy.
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My grandmother had polio when she was 25 and spent the rest of her life in a wheelchair. My mom, born after the illness, is named Hope because they hoped the baby would be ok
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Foreign aid the ultimate cul de sac in national cost-cutting debates because Americans thinks the U.S. spends far more than it actually does. The average voter believes foreign aid is as much as 25% of the budget (!) in some polls. It’s actually ~1%. www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...
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It should be relative to the temperature outside
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But I’m already so cold
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Strong recommend following it with You’ve Got Mail
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It’s actually weirder when it’s not that they’re on tv, but that they grown in positions of actual power
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I do this at O’Hare because the Uber pickup is wildly inconvenient compared to the taxi stand
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Omg has @michaelhobbes.bsky.social seen this?
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we have to give kids of all genders access to Anne of Green Gables so they can understand the importance of puffed sleeves
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Is @joeposnanski.bsky.social aware of this?
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Gotta get those Titanique tickets!
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For a minute I signed up for the list in 2016 to sorta peek at the crazy. When I say migraine inducing, it doesn’t even begin to cover it
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They are (h/t axios DC) but I really hope they didn’t bring in the cops for that
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I referenced (and then had to explain) the It Only Tuesday Onion article today to people who vastly outrank me and they enjoyed my little joke. And this was before you tweeted it!
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I’m still mad Ever After never made it to Broadway
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This is why I love set design and costume awards. That is a whole visual medium that shows me someone’s imagination. It’s like reverting back to my 5 year old brain when physics need not apply
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I had a hysterectomy in August. Was in the hospital for 5 days, out of work for 8 weeks and wasn’t allowed to lift more than 20lbs until Feb. I had some issues during recovery and had to spend 2 additional nights in the hospital. I don’t think I had any idea how weak and sick I was until I recovered
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The bone deep, soul affirming moment when I taught myself how to install new light fixtures in my kitchen. I was unstoppable that day
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Ooo but thank you for the reminder that I have a backlog of her books I can get from the library before my sit in a cabin without other humans vacation
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Glad you’re ok! I had to switch to decaf because of my anxiety and now when I have regular, I’m pretty sure I could power a motorboat like Road Runner