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A hoopy frood, believer in the open web. Authoring Authorization as a Service at Oso. (he/him) 📍 The 51st State (Washington, DC) 🐘 @[email protected] 🐦 @IAmAru 🌐 arusahni.net ANC: @aru5f02.bsky.social #dc #rustlang #python #beer

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Aru @aru.io · Jun 20

*slaps side of tin* this baby can hold an entire sewing machine.

angrytaco @angrytaco2.bsky.social · Jun 19

They’re selling 3 pounds of Danish Cookies on Amazon.

A 3 pound (48 ounces) tin of Royal Dansk Danish Butter Cookies.

Aru @aru.io · 15h

Have you tried Vietnamese egg coffee? Holy shit is it decadent.

Aru @aru.io · 1d

two men are dancing in front of a bridge with the words `` i don t wanna be right '' written on the bottom .

Alt: SNL

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Aru @aru.io · 1d

Was he trying to ghost cab it, with me third-wheeling in the back?

Aru @aru.io · 1d

Waiting outside Pentagon City Mall for a friend. A stranger stops me and asks if this is the Uber pickup spot. I tell him I don't know. A few minutes later he drives up, waits for someone he knows to get in the passenger seat, and then pulls away. 😵‍💫

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Aru @aru.io · 1d

Attending (Basilisk)

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Aru @aru.io · 1d

I assume you'll be floating around (vs. manning a booth)?

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Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social

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Aru @aru.io · 1d

Might be able to link up at Rocket Bar en route from dinner 🍻

Aru @aru.io · 1d

Congratulations!

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Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve got a new piece out! DC’s bus shelter system has been broken for far too long and the District can now do something about it - but there’s still room to improve. Check out my latest in @ggwash.org

ggwash.org/view/101107/...

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Aru @aru.io · 2d

a close up of a man 's face wearing a yellow and black shirt .

Alt: Usain Bolt crossing himself and pointing at the sky

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Aru @aru.io · 2d

Switched to Instapaper for the Kobo integration. No free offline for phones though.

Aru @aru.io · 3d

I got to witness Deltron 3030 do their thing tonight, bucket list item checked. I needed this.

Dan the Automator, Del the Funky Homosapien, and Kid Koala performing at the 9:30 Club, bathed in green light.

Aru @aru.io · 4d

If Candelnights is in DC this year it will be one of the wilder predictions of mine that's come true. #MBMBaM

Aru @aru.io · 4d

Horseshoe theory, but for "is it dad?"

Aru @aru.io · 4d

I have an extra ticket to see Deltron 3030 @ 930 Club tomorrow evening. Not selling, but if we follow each other, it's free.

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Aru @aru.io · 5d

When did the baby get their pilot's license?

Aru @aru.io · 5d

I'm 3/3 in getting websites to restore their broken/stale RSS feeds.

Aru @aru.io · 6d

They learned from the best (ISP technicians making home visits).

Aru @aru.io · 6d

♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Purity Ring (29) Hayley Williams (22) Marina (16) Geese (15) Weval (13). #myweekcounted 122 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue

Purity Ring Hayley Williams Marina Geese Weval

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J. I. Swiderski, MURP @swiderski.bsky.social · 8d

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DDOT announces "Concept Open House" for the COLUMBIA HEIGHTS CROSSTOWN BUS PRIORITY PROJECT

SAT Nov 1 (1–4p) OR
TUES Nov 4 (5:30–7:30p)
Mount Pleasant Library (16th & Lamont NW)

Details at content.govdelivery.com/accounts/DCW...

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Map shows the streets that are being studied as part of the Columbia Heights Crosstown Transit Priority Project:
* Harvard, Mount Pleasant, and Irving Streets from Columbia Road to Park Place NW
* Columbia Road from Warder St to 16th St NW
* 14th St from Euclid St to Newton St NW

A large red X marks the spot where the Mount Pleasant Library is located, near the corner of 16th & Lamont St NW.

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Aru @aru.io · 8d

Oh no, all the brands are rolling out ham-fisted Taylor Swift-themed marketing pushes.

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Brian Kardell @bkardell.com · 9d

New blog post: Under-investment

A few weeks ago I made a comment on the socials about how surprising it is that there's so much stuff in the web platform that needs more attention than it gets. @davatron5000.bsky.social asked if I could expand on that, here's something

bkardell.com/blog/underin...

Under-investment

A lot more words on a short statement I made last week on social media...

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Aru @aru.io · 9d

Yeah x.com/tomsherwood/...

There are some interesting finance implications here if she used constituent outreach funds to spam the entire District.

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Aru @aru.io · 9d

Lots of Ward 5 folks I know got it, too.