I recently sat down for a video call with my friend Ryan Daniels, a former Marine who was just in Ukraine supporting the war effort. We spoke while he was in Kharkiv (with electricity, luckily). Ryan is also a candidate here in Maryland, running for St. Mary's County Commissioner District 4.

Diesel is already around $5 a gallon here, and well over $6 on the West Coast. Almost everything you buy from groceries to building materials gets delivered on a truck at some point. Thanks to Trump's war, an energy shock is rippling through supply chains, and working families will pay the price.

From our recent candidate forum in Waldorf. People in this district tell me the same thing over and over: they don’t feel like the Democratic Party is looking out for them. The last thing anyone wants is for their electricity bills to keep rising because we turn a blind eye to massive data centers.

We’re here at the Odenton MARC rail station doing some trainspotting. An Amtrak train just passed us heading north to Boston. According to the schedule, it won’t get there for another 7 hours. But what if that trip only took 4 hours, instead? 1h 56 min DC <> NYC, and 1h 56 min more NYC <> Boston.

Why does Colombia, a country about one-tenth as wealthy as the US, have better transit than we do here in Maryland? In Congress, I’ll push for a national transit-oriented development plan to make public transit and affordable housing a reality for more Americans.

Daylight Savings Time started out as a way to reduce coal consumption during World War I. In the end, it didn’t really save any energy. Congress actually came very close to ending DST in 2022: the Senate passed a bill *unanimously* but it stalled out in the House. In Congress, I'll reintroduce it.

If you paid more than $1 in taxes last year, you likely paid more in taxes than several dozen of the country’s largest corporations and wealthiest billionaires. I don’t mean a higher effective tax rate, I mean they literally paid $0! So, here are a few basic reforms I'll be pushing for in Congress.

Somehow, we have $200 billion for an illegal war in Iran, but we don’t have enough money to fix this bridge in Maryland? We should be investing in the kinds of projects that make everyday life safer and easier. In Congress, I’ll push for a more reliable funding stream for infrastructure projects.

My 86-year-old Congressman, Steny Hoyer, just announced his retirement. He’s one of the only reps with Danish ancestry, and even keeps a Danish flag in his office. Even his name comes from the Danish name, "Steen." But his retirement is coming just as Trump is threatening Denmark about Greenland!

Quick update from the firehouse, the snowstorm has kept us busy. I know things feel dark right now. This is going to get worse before it gets better. But across the political spectrum, more people are starting to realize that this crisis won’t end until Trump + his cronies are impeached/prosecuted.

It has been taken, prisoner of war in the forever war of Infield v Outfield.

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𝙴𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜. #𝙼𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚢𝙼𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗

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Very pleased to see Daisy II's video display processor firmware coming alive!

A mother in Georgia is questioning why her 8-year-old son was suspended after bringing what she says was a small gun made out of LEGOs to school.

Local hospitals, urgent care, clinics, and long-term care facilities will cut services and may even shut down. All because of the cuts to Medicaid in the one big ugly cruel bill that Rep. Mike Lawler voted for. - Joe Mayhew, CWA Local 1103

Williams misses the three but this was great ball movement from the Thunder, Spurs did a great job scrambling but the Thunder still found a clean look.

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I'll never financially recover from this. #Streamer #Geoguessr #GoogleMaps #TwitchStreamer #Twitch #TwitchTV

GOOD MORNING BLUESKY!! Hope you are all well 😀☺️ ITS A NEW DAY AND A NEW DAWN What does everyone have planned for today? ☺️ Happy Easter Monday! 😀☺️🐇 Got work later one sadly so going get little gaming ☺️ Hope you all have a great day! 😀☺️ #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #Switch2Edition #NintendoSwitch2

Arsenal always believed. 🔴⚪ 📹via. insidearsenalfc [IG]

The most important tool in a Nekomancer's Kit... The Portal Spell ⭕️ :3 #IndieGames #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Refugees have been forced out of the Al-Shati camp following the fire that spread as a result of the Israeli bombardment.

Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine

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🔗: https://wfts.tv/4fj3ivL  A Tampa Bay 28 photojournalist shot this video of a car crushed by a cherry picker in a St. Petersburg condo parking lot. The driver was not in the vehicle at the time of the incident.

Pyramid Magic (1991) #MegaDrive #Genesis

mix media jam here I come #art #vndev #gamedev

Nice sequence for Victor Wembanyama. OKC has wanted to put him in action more, fights over the inverted P&R for Chet. Switches everything and gets a block. Attacks in transition before OKC can fully load up

MOOD DJ Mehdi qui se fait plaisir sur la fin du morceau Les Princes de la ville Une des plus grandes instru de l'histoire du Rap FR, ça bouge pas. (Puis ce Sample ❤️ de Curtis Mayfield)

#ArcadeArchives:TimePilot #PlayStation4 #NintendoSwitch #Shooter #Arcade

I seen it with my own eyes

Fantasy Recap: Hurricanes vs Canadiens (2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Final) #fantasyhockey #nhl #carolinahurricanes #montrealcanadiens #stanleycup http://dlvr.it/TSndX3

Japan travel without speaking Japanese #travel #japan #traveljapan #fyp #foryoupage #anime #japanese #manga #日本語 #asia #asian #lofi #tiktokjapan #日本

#UCK26 | AI without the cloud is no longer a limitation. At Update Conference Krakow, Codrina Merigo will show how far .NET MAUI has come and what becomes possible when AI runs directly on the device. 🎤 krakow.updateconf.net 🎟️ Special discount use code: CODRINAMERIGO10 #dotnet #maui #ai #mobile

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So much for retirement! Longtime CPC MP Matt Jeneroux says PM Carney's Davos speech changed his mind about wrapping up his political career. Instead, he's crossing the floor to the Liberals. @spencerfernando.bsky.social and I get into it... 👀 FULL: rtrj.info/021826Spencer 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/021826

Classical vs. Digital Galleries Full episode with Artist David Szauder @davidszauder with Aaron Jack @AaronJackArts available on Youtube https://f.mtr.cool/pciahotrex https://f.mtr.cool/uuujuqhspc Series with over 200 interviews since 2020

How it feels when the stack hits.

My first fursuit street skate edit Huge thanks to @ayvex.xyz and the other bro's for helping film this! Also chur to @junelalonde.bsky.social for letting me use her mint song too!

Therapy's SECRET_ Clients Don't Know HOW They Heal!

The new minimum wage of $17.95, up from $17.60, will take effect October 2026, continuing Ontario’s CPI-linked wage adjustment system. zurl.co/xKUps #immigcanada #minimumwage #workincanada #canadaimmigration #canadapr #careersincanada #labourmarket #newcomers

STATE RD @ ASHBURNER ST 🕒 7:42 AM - 7:44 AM ET (6x speed) 🌡️ 56°F | Clear 📍: 40.037164,-75.011317

"A county full of namesakes, and barely any kin." This week on Alabama Aloud, "Eventide" by Ravi Howard, a story about finding justice in a grim landscape. Listen now: buff.ly/G0m74Z1 #ShortStory #SouthernFiction

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Goodnight, Blue Colonel. Sleep well.

#eagles #birds #FOBBVCAM Chicks being fed in Big Bear Valley CA 💚😍

Still learning camera movement and video editing - it might take more patience than developing the game itself. This is a quick video starting at a residence and moving to the Quantum Transfer Chamber. #Project8088 #indiegame #indiedev #solodev #ue5

Q: Was fraud found or lower standards used to verify the Forever Canada petition than others? A: No. Elections Alberta’s verification process is robust and standardized, applied to all petitions unless there are indications of fraud found. Any suggestions to the contrary are disinformation.

"This show is about tuning". Dat was een beetje jammer, maar voor de rest was het erg mooi. Wat een bijzondere stem! Searows in @doornroosjenl.bsky.social.

Bake soft, tangy Sourdough Hot Cross Buns with our premium starter. Perfect for Easter brunch. Get your Etsy starter now and enjoy naturally fermented flavor! #baker #craftbread #boule #healthybaking #artisan #starter #homemade #naturalleavened #baking #glutenfree #foodie #breadmaking #focaccia #so

I posted a new YCH comission option today on #vgen! Is a YCH for a running animation that can be used as a starting screen, if you are interested on it, feel free to use the link bellow. vgen.co/yatsurart #VGenComm #Commission

***sees announcement on LinkedIn that a company I was targeting just laid off a good chunk of their UX team***

For weeks, Irish politicians have dodged questions about the refinery in Ireland supplying russia’s war machine. So @caolanrob.bsky.social tracked down government minister Niall Collins He refuses to back sanctions & his stance was worse than I expected. Avoidance! #Alumina21

✨Role Announcement✨ Any fans of Albion Online? 😄 You can hear me in this in-game cutscene as the pirate captain and the lookout 🏴‍☠️🎙️ #voiceacting #voiceactor #gameaudio #albiononline

🤭 The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum is opening to a surreal backdrop as a massive fire rages at a nearby oil terminal.

Toyama City, Japan #Japan #Nippon

Go New York, Go New York, Go!