Lkdc<p>In these troubled times, here's a rare piece of good news! The city government in Washington DC has set up locked bins around the city where residents can leave food scraps for composting! These bins are so much more convenient than the once-a-week collections of food scraps at farmers markets. They are available 24/7, and there are several in each ward.</p><p>Please do NOT throw anything in the bins that isn't compostable. Note that green-tinted produce bags from local grocery stores are NOT compostable. Also NOT compostable are produce stickers. For a full list of composting dos and don'ts, a map of the bins, and the code to open the bins, see <a href="https://zerowaste.dc.gov/FoodWasteDropOff" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">zerowaste.dc.gov/FoodWasteDrop</span><span class="invisible">Off</span></a></p><p>Be warned that using the bins requires two good arms and normal adult height. It's disappointing that the city didn't choose a design that would be usable by people of more body types. Still, these bins are a step in the right direction!</p><p>A note for faraway readers: These bins were installed by the CITY government of Washington DC, which is separate from the federal government. However, Republicans in Congress like to meddle in city affairs, and there has been talk recently about eliminating the District of Columbia's elected city government and replacing it with an administrator chosen by the Republicans. Local people are horrified by this prospect. The composting program is one example of what's at stake. It doesn't seem likely that the Republicans, if they eliminated the city government, would continue the new drop-off program for food scraps. One reason that DC residents want statehood is so we will have protection against threats to eliminate our elected city government. Although not perfect, the city government does some good work.</p><p><a href="https://dmv.community/tags/composting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>composting</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/GoodNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoodNews</span></a></p>
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Your humble scribe (photo 1), Isaac (photo 2), and Pat (photo 3) in the photo-op "Selfie with a Saint" spot at the Saint John Paul II National Shrine, in Washington, DC. 20170211
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Girl and Her Dog watching the Rock & Roll Half Marathon
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Nikon D5600
50mm | 1/90 | f/5.6 | ISO800
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I forgot to post this yesterday! Pre-eclipse moon rising over the neighborhood Franciscan monastery.
There are SO MANY protests taking place in Washington DC these days, but I haven't heard of any that are specifically in opposition to the United States interfering with the sovereignty of Canada, Greenland, and/or Panama. I feel compelled to publicly express strong opposition to the idea of our government invading, annexing, or threatening countries that have done nothing to harm us. Does anyone in Washington DC know of any suitable protests?
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Washington Blues: A Government Town Faces a Gloomy Future
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For years, Washington, D.C., was insulated from many of the economic forces that decimated many older U.S. cities. Now, as Elon Musk’s mass layoffs shake everything from employment to real estate, the region faces the prospect of decline.
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"All of this raises a question that was unfathomable until recently: Is the nation’s capital, so long blessed by being the government’s company town, at risk of a fate resembling that of so many other company towns through the years? And if it is, why aren’t people beyond metro Washington more concerned about it? When Detroit was in free fall, Obama intervened to bail out the auto industry, deciding a great American city needed help. But now, the administration in power is itself delivering the fateful blow to a major city.
It is hard not to detect in this turnabout some resentment on the part of Trump allies and supporters from regions that have not been faring well in recent times. By 2012, when the country was finally emerging from the recession, seven of the 10 wealthiest counties were in metro Washington; the area’s number of high-net-worth households, with investable assets of more than $1 million, had risen by 30% since 2008. While Midwestern communities such as Vice President JD Vance’s hometown, Middletown, Ohio, were being crushed by the opioid epidemic, the Aston Martin dealership in Tysons Corner, Virginia, was selling hundreds of the bespoke James Bond car for about $280,000, and home prices in the District were approaching a 400% increase from the early 1990s."
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