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Julie @juliemeredith.bsky.social · 21h

Left of the Dial continues to be the highlight of the year. One more night until we begin waiting impatiently for October 2026… #lotd25

The Empty Threats at Uniek during Left of the Dial. Amazing performance—one of those bands who are good on record, and absolutely amazing live.

Outside of the Waterfront venue at Left of the Dial—walls covered with beautiful, colorful graffiti.

Delivery Service play an amazing set at _V2 as part of Left of the Dial.

Julie @juliemeredith.bsky.social · 1d

When the audience greets you with your face #lotd25

A few of the many masks attendees at Honk’s Left of the Dial show at Waterfront held up. The face printed on the mask is that of the lead singer of Honk.

Extra Honk masks in a box near the entry to Waterfront.

Julie @juliemeredith.bsky.social · 2d

Opening @lotdrotterdam.bsky.social at the newly excavated Waterfront…

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Julie @juliemeredith.bsky.social · 2d

A Left of the Dial banner hangs from the ceiling of Rotterdam Centraal. The festival starts in a few hours!

Julie @juliemeredith.bsky.social · 11d

My response to everyone outside of DC is to ask them how many times they’ve called their congressional representatives to advocate for statehood. Because we’re here now because of the idiots *they* sent here.

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Julie @juliemeredith.bsky.social · 12d

My 91-year-old (white, registered R) mother loves the Frogs. If we promised to help her navigate in an inflatable costume, she'd be game!

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Julie @juliemeredith.bsky.social · 12d

Had Harold not died way too young, Chicago would be a very different, better place today.

Mamdani winning would make us more likely to move back to NYC.

I’d rather be riding a trolley 🚃 @seachanger.bsky.social · 13d

@thisamericanlife.org had a similar thought & re-ran their excellent episode from 1997 about Chicago’s first Black mayor. extra compelling because many of the people contributing oral history to the episode have now passed

www.thisamericanlife.org/869/harold

Julie @juliemeredith.bsky.social · 16d

I pitched Confounding Factors to my husband’s band when they were debating a name (they’re math rock-y but kind of hard to put into a genre)! Their chosen name is fine but missed opportunity…

Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 17d

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Julie @juliemeredith.bsky.social · 18d

Possibly in a whisper so that none of us could hear her…

Julie @juliemeredith.bsky.social · 20d

And here in DC you couldn’t walk through the Dupont Circle area—too many people milling about at the farmer’s market!

Julie @juliemeredith.bsky.social · 26d

Or you could get a very large, very warm cat who likes to sleep on your feet.

RTL Nieuws @rtl.nl · 26d

Warme voeten en betere nachtrust: zo helpen sokken je sneller in slaap te vallen #nieuws

Warme voeten en betere nachtrust: zo helpen sokken je sneller in slaap te vallen

Vergeet magnesiumolie, vergeet valeriaan: beter slapen begint bij het dragen van sokken in bed. Nu de nachten weer koeler worden en de warme zomers voorbij zijn, kan het dragen van wintersokken bijdragen aan een comfortabelere slaap. Je valt zon negen minuten eerder in slaap.

www.rtl.nl

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Julie @juliemeredith.bsky.social · Sep 16

No hurricanes in the mountains this year, please. For many reasons, including that my mother has taken in another wayward cat. Nine cats in a 2 bedroom condo seems impossible in a way that eight cats somehow didn't.

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · Sep 16

waking up...

National Hurricane Center map of the Atlantic basin showing one system in the middle of the ocean in red, indicating a 90% chance of tropical cyclone formation in a week, moving to the northwest, and a yellow system indicating lower likelihood right off the coast of Senegal moving directly west

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Julie @juliemeredith.bsky.social · Sep 4

This has definitely been the case in DC--the NG are standing in metro stations and mulching (?!) the parks. It's the "agents" who are kidnapping people off the streets with the assistance of the DC police.

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Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · Sep 2

A friend took this at a rally today and I barked laughing.

Sign at rally with picture of Malort bottle reading Go Ahead...Chicago Drinks Tear Gas By The Ounce.

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Julie @juliemeredith.bsky.social · Sep 2

It’s a very long list (I like paying for things ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) but since I just visited their site: 404media.co

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Julie @juliemeredith.bsky.social · Sep 1

American Feline Laborers-Cat International Organization member?

A floofy black cat named Fennec sticks out his very pink tongue while staring into space.

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Julie @juliemeredith.bsky.social · Sep 1

Who is running against Bowser? I didn’t want to vote for her last election and I sure as hell don’t want to in 2026.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 31

RADDATZ: One of the things they are trying to do in DC with the National Guard is have them back up local law enforcement

WES MOORE: They are picking up trash

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Julie @juliemeredith.bsky.social · Aug 30

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Julie @juliemeredith.bsky.social · Aug 30

Scenes from the DC Metro today…

A very good German Shepherd sits on a metro seat looking out the window. His human has provided him with a cap and sunglasses.

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Julie @juliemeredith.bsky.social · Aug 25

Contribution from the District of Columbia! (I think we're still U.S. citizens? Unclear right now, but should be fine for contributions.)

So happy to see you running!

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Julie @juliemeredith.bsky.social · Aug 15

The distance between WaPo, NYT et al. and The Onion seems to shrink every day. And the ads in The Onion are far better!

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Julie @juliemeredith.bsky.social · Aug 15

I want to know what their plan is to deal with the actual scourge in DC—the mosquitoes.

Julie @juliemeredith.bsky.social · Aug 7

The "Why I left The Washington Post" essays are the new "Why I am joining The Athletic" essays.

Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · Aug 7

Really wild look inside WaPo here, from the guy who led its fact-checking column until he took a buyout and left

“The buyouts have removed some of The Post’s biggest traffic generators — and I don’t see a strategy to replace what has been lost.”

glennkessler.substack.com/p/why-i-left...

Why I left The Washington Post

“Democracy Dies in Darkness” — but what if the lights are going out from within?

glennkessler.substack.com

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Julie @juliemeredith.bsky.social · Aug 5

Yesterday, mother’s feral cat, Earl, finally used the cat house we purchased for him a few months ago. We hope he on the same journey as Max Power!

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Julie @juliemeredith.bsky.social · Jul 26

Black cats, best cats.

Joe Fabisevich @mergesort.me · Oct 8

Maiori opened the medicine cabinet so she could use it for leverage to jump on the shower rod, in case you were wondering what it's like having a normal cat.

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