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Peter Carlson
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He/him. Alexandria, VA.
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2026 Regular Session Create Report HB1438 Status: In Subcommittee Agencies of the Commonwealth; law-enforcement agencies; employees and officers; agreements with federal authority for immigration enforcement; prohibitions and limitations. Introduced by: Elizabeth R. Guzman (Chief Patron) House: Kathy K.L. Tran (Chief Co-Patron) Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker Nadarius E. Clark Patrick A. Hope Marcia S. "Cia" Price
January 30, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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lol why is this getting a graphic media warning
Screenshot of the above post with a "graphic media" warning instead of the images.
January 26, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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mfw what she wants is me:
Bruce Springsteen in a blue floral print shirt and blue jeans seated in the corner of a room with pink floral wallpaper over his right shoulder and a window with closed blinds over his left shoulder.
January 13, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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I simply do not buy this at all. If ICE wanted to sue, they would've sued Arlington or Fairfax or any of the other jurisdictions by now.
Alexandria’s Situation is Unique. ICE’s excesses, and the suffering of America’s immigrants, impel the desire to change Alexandria’s status quo. However, the proposition that Sheriff Casey should simply follow the Arlington and Fairfax Sheriffs by insisting on judicial warrants as a condition of custody transfers to ICE requires a thoughtful risk analysis for the city as a whole. Arlington and Fairfax have had their judicial warrant requirements in place for several years. The political climate, and ICE and DHS, are more threatening and aggressive now. A change in Sheriff Casey’s inmate release procedures could lead to litigation by DHS seeking to further empower ICE through a judicial ruling that local law enforcement officials must comply with ICE administrative warrants.
January 12, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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Jesus
all my understanding dribbles down the chin onto the chest & is summarized as: life is merely to ovum and sperm and where those two meet and how often and how well and what dies there. Renée Nicole Macklin. Academy of American Poets Prize 2020. Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. https://poets.org/.
January 8, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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January 7, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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Cover of In The Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing, by Walter Murch
January 2, 2026 at 1:48 AM
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December 31, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Here's the comment. Not supportive.
"Finally getting it Nick. Now go a step further. This is the same playbook they use to divide and conquer us based on race to maintain their oligarchy. It's us, against the oligarchy. Now no more racist bullshit from you."
December 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Absolutely devastating to read this today. Fuck.
RR: That was a reflection of me and my wife. I was told by all these experts—and you don’t know, you’re feeling like this is uncharted water—you don’t know how to deal with all this stuff. And so you listen to anybody with a desk and a diploma—you do what they tell you to do. And it’s totally against my nature to be that kind of tough love guy—I’m just not that kind of person. But I’m doing that because they’re telling me that’s what he needs, and at the same time, his mother is much more forgiving, so we were at odds at times with each other, and times when we were on the same page. It was just really, really difficult, as I have learned since Nick has been good now for the last almost four years. I learn more from him. It was just really, really difficult, as I have learned since Nick has been good now for the last almost four years. I learn more from him. He was trying to tell me things when he was younger. I wouldn’t listen to him because they told me, “they’re trying to manipulate you,” “they’re trying to do this.” I realized that a lot of what he was saying was true, and I wish I had trusted my own instincts a little bit more than what I did, because what I did was basically blindly go with what the experts were telling me. I think for every parent, they know their kids better than anybody else, and they have to just trust their own instincts.
December 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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I guess the city council meeting counts as court? Or were they representing the Department at a special event? Or maybe we were just paying these officers for this time?
6.3.12 OFF-DUTY APPAREL [41.3.4] A. While off-duty, employees will wear the uniform only while appearing in court, representing the Department at special ceremonies or events, working approved off- duty details or traveling to and from work. B. Items of the officer uniform will not be worn with civilian clothing, except while commuting in a non-public transportation vehicle to and from work. C. While off-duty, police officers: 1. May carry their badge and police identification; 2. May carry their service weapon or other approved firearm; 3. When carrying a firearm, will carry their badge and police identification.
December 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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🫤
Screenshot of the linked article with headline "Alexandria lawmakers outline state legislative priorities ahead of January session" At the top of the screenshot is the "Find in page" search box with zero results found for "home rule"
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Option B is supposed to be Cora Kelly converted to MS and both PH and JH converted from K-8 to K-5, not what you have here.
Option B would convert Cora Kelly into a middle school serving grades K-8 to K-5, with a 10-year cost of $158.9 million. This option would also achieve 91.4% middle school utilization.
November 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Key point
Democratic capitulators whose seats would be filled by Democratic governors in the event of vacancy (Durbin, Fetterman, Kaine, King) should be under immense pressure to resign mid-session. Now, even. Or in Kaine’s case, after Abigail Spanberger is sworn in. If your senator fits that bill, get loud.
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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We said No Kings
No Kings Rally at Market Square in Alexandria, Virginia. Sign in the foreground is in the shape of an Alarm Click and reads, "IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP AMERICA"
October 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Lmao need a side by side comparison to even understand what you're looking at.
500 E Monroe looking SE in Oct 2007. A highway onramp. 500 E Monroe looking SE in 2025. A residential street with an apartment building.
September 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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The bottom of King St (Waterfront Park), 2007.
Screenshot of Google Street View at King and Strand from Oct 2007. A photo of an empty parking lot on the banks of the Potomac River.
September 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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My wife has put me on to my new favorite pastime- looking at random places in Alexandria on Google street view and scrolling back to the oldest photo. Here's E Glebe and Rte 1 from Nov 2007. maps.app.goo.gl/HSpyZGpiDrLP...
Google street view of the southeast corner of Glebe and Rte 1 from Nov 2007. There are no buildings.
September 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Wanna know what else "blocks critical viewsheds of the Potomac River?"
2. It Blocks Critical Viewsheds of the Potomac River Virtually all of the of residents and tourists who visit the Alexandria Waterfront do not go swimming or boating, or otherwise get out on the River. Most of the millions of visitors come to simply to see the water views and views of activities on the water. The proposed two-story building blocks those views from many viewpoints. The current proposal is a Brutalist concrete block structure partially clad in a rust- colored steel “scrim material” that blocks what is currently a view of the tall ship Providence and the Potomac River with what could be described as a rusty metal wall which relates to nothing architecturally in the area. Waterfront Park is the park area connecting King Street to Prince Street at the heart of Old Town’s historic axis focused on the Potomac River and is in the heart of Alexandria’s most important center for tourism related to Alexandria’s maritime history. This park is a unique catalyst for history, business, tourism and recreation that is unequalled by any other park in the City and now features the Tall Ship Providence which celebrates both the City’s and the Nation’s maritime history. Placing the Pump Station along Prince Street, and close the River, maximizes the building’s negative impact on this critical scenic viewshed. The view of the Potomac should be made as wide and expansive as possible, to celebrate its beauty, and to draw citizens and tourists from the west towards the water, and to all of the business and historic attractions that await citizens and tourists alike along the water. The waterfront promenade offers extraordinary 270-degree views of the Potomac, the relatively undisturbed Oxon Hill Maryland shore to the East, and an extraordinarily clear view of Washington, DC. from 8 miles away that includes the Capitol of the United States, the National Cathedral, and the Washington Monument to the North. The City’s current proposal s…
September 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Emmy actor noms are very silly. There are other shows.
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a drama series Zach Cherry - Severance Walton Goggind - The White Lotus Jason Isaacs- The White Lotus James Marsden - Paradise Sam Rockwell - The White Lotus Tramell Tillman - Severance John Turturro - Severance
September 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Photo of Bob Balaban as prickly film critic Harry Ferber from The Lady in the Water (2006)
August 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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There it is. Mystics currently w/ 2 2026 lottery picks.
Screenshot of tankathon.com/wnba showing Mystics with the 3rd and 5th highest odds in the lottery in 2026, since they own Seattle's first round pick.
August 16, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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This is very hard but fortunately I am very good at this. No Scorsese no PTA is crazy. What a century for cinema.
THE 100 BEST MOVIES OF THE 21st CENTURY Reader's Choice: My Ballot Ocean's Eleven (2001) Catch Me If You Can (2002) Spirited Away (2002) Dunkirk (2017) Pan's Labyrinth (2006) Speed Racer (2008) Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) Children of Men (2006) Parasite (2019) Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
June 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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That'd be great, thanks! There are a couple parts of the waterfront small area plan that I feel like handcuffed us here. For instance this development goal.
Development goal 5: Maintain a building scale compatible with existing fabric to the south and west.
June 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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lmao MASN has deducted at least one win from the Canes during this Nats game.
MASN broadcast of O's-Nats game where the bottom ticker shows a Capitals Hurricanes game starting at 8 pm
May 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM