dewbert
@dewbert.social
He/Him
📍DC
Notorious overthinker. DC-based, gay 🏳️🌈 married 👬, hearing impaired🦻, e-bike riding ⚡🚴♂️, EV-driving ⚡🚙, CrossFitting🏋️♂️, Dog 🐶 & Cat 🐱 parenting ambivert.
I use the Block button liberally. Don't take it personally. 🚫 AI Slop
📍DC
Notorious overthinker. DC-based, gay 🏳️🌈 married 👬, hearing impaired🦻, e-bike riding ⚡🚴♂️, EV-driving ⚡🚙, CrossFitting🏋️♂️, Dog 🐶 & Cat 🐱 parenting ambivert.
I use the Block button liberally. Don't take it personally. 🚫 AI Slop
Momentary neighborhood power blip and the first thing I could think was "well, it's finally happening..."
September 17, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Momentary neighborhood power blip and the first thing I could think was "well, it's finally happening..."
These folks were out again tonight, so I asked what they were doing. Apparently they're with American University, doing some environmental work for the city.
Our block is an untreated control block, but blocks around us have different treatments to try to reduce ambient heat.
Our block is an untreated control block, but blocks around us have different treatments to try to reduce ambient heat.
September 17, 2026 at 1:14 AM
These folks were out again tonight, so I asked what they were doing. Apparently they're with American University, doing some environmental work for the city.
Our block is an untreated control block, but blocks around us have different treatments to try to reduce ambient heat.
Our block is an untreated control block, but blocks around us have different treatments to try to reduce ambient heat.
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Tracey Ullman is taking this season of Ted Lasso to the next level.
September 17, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Tracey Ullman is taking this season of Ted Lasso to the next level.
about to start yelling at this woman who's letting her children scooter around this grocery store
September 16, 2026 at 9:25 PM
about to start yelling at this woman who's letting her children scooter around this grocery store
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This is like Diane Sawyer asking Whitney Houston about crack.
Can social media be addictive?
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social says no.
“You wanting to communicate and chat with your friends every day is not an addiction,” says Lorenz. “And to frame it that way is incredibly harmful and anti-science.”
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social says no.
“You wanting to communicate and chat with your friends every day is not an addiction,” says Lorenz. “And to frame it that way is incredibly harmful and anti-science.”
September 16, 2026 at 5:57 PM
This is like Diane Sawyer asking Whitney Houston about crack.
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My coworker asking if I’m caught up on the Hyrox controversy.
Me: “oh that little animal?”
Chat, she was not talking about Hyrax like I thought
Me: “oh that little animal?”
Chat, she was not talking about Hyrax like I thought
September 16, 2026 at 7:59 PM
My coworker asking if I’m caught up on the Hyrox controversy.
Me: “oh that little animal?”
Chat, she was not talking about Hyrax like I thought
Me: “oh that little animal?”
Chat, she was not talking about Hyrax like I thought
This is a bfd.
Ranking Member @meeks.house.gov announced he will not clear the Trump administration’s proposed $2.8 billion sale of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel due to concerns that those munitions would not be used in accordance with U.S. and international law.
September 16, 2026 at 8:42 PM
This is a bfd.
Peak Design finally released a SlimLink case for the new Pixels so I'll be able to mount my phone to my bike.
SlimLink Case for Pixel | Peak Design Official Site
www.peakdesign.com
September 16, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Peak Design finally released a SlimLink case for the new Pixels so I'll be able to mount my phone to my bike.
Oh this is so fucking cool. I had no idea they were under new management (ordered from them once in like 2018 and was very underwhelmed) but I can't wait to try again now!
Behind the scenes at DC's viral oxtail pizza carryout
For the team at Today's Pizza, it's always been bigger than the pies.
51st.news
September 16, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Oh this is so fucking cool. I had no idea they were under new management (ordered from them once in like 2018 and was very underwhelmed) but I can't wait to try again now!
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weird i feel like meta just settled a huge lawsuit saying the opposite.
taylor is not a good voice on the internet, culture, or ... literally anything
taylor is not a good voice on the internet, culture, or ... literally anything
Can social media be addictive?
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social says no.
“You wanting to communicate and chat with your friends every day is not an addiction,” says Lorenz. “And to frame it that way is incredibly harmful and anti-science.”
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social says no.
“You wanting to communicate and chat with your friends every day is not an addiction,” says Lorenz. “And to frame it that way is incredibly harmful and anti-science.”
September 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
weird i feel like meta just settled a huge lawsuit saying the opposite.
taylor is not a good voice on the internet, culture, or ... literally anything
taylor is not a good voice on the internet, culture, or ... literally anything
Much to consider. www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
Solemates ebook by Adam Zmith - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Solemates A History of Our Fetish for Feet" by Adam Zmith available from Rakuten Kobo. A candid and confessional cultural investigation into the kinky world of the foot fetish.
According to rece...
www.kobo.com
September 16, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Much to consider. www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
Everyone else needed to use shit covered equipment because of feminism. Got it.
We've reached the "being grossed out by the lady diarrhea blasting the Hyrox course is sexist actually. Shitting in public is Girl Boss" part of the discourse does someone have a gun I can put in my mouth
September 16, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Everyone else needed to use shit covered equipment because of feminism. Got it.
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when you don't watch drag race people's posts about it feel like an alien language
"Restra Alstrangea beat Cuntanut McMelon in the teeter totter challenge for the super-maxi-winner-ball extravaganza event"
"Restra Alstrangea beat Cuntanut McMelon in the teeter totter challenge for the super-maxi-winner-ball extravaganza event"
September 16, 2026 at 3:12 PM
when you don't watch drag race people's posts about it feel like an alien language
"Restra Alstrangea beat Cuntanut McMelon in the teeter totter challenge for the super-maxi-winner-ball extravaganza event"
"Restra Alstrangea beat Cuntanut McMelon in the teeter totter challenge for the super-maxi-winner-ball extravaganza event"
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Mama this is plastic
September 16, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Mama this is plastic
The AC is out in my pooping bathroom at work and it's like a damn sauna in here.
September 16, 2026 at 3:16 PM
The AC is out in my pooping bathroom at work and it's like a damn sauna in here.
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The Spanberger thing should really not be that surprising. Away from the Bluesky hyperbole, the Democratic Party (and I'm hardly it's biggest booster!) has on actual votes and policies been overwhelmingly good on trans issues. Not a single anti-trans state has a Democratic state legislature
September 16, 2026 at 11:14 AM
The Spanberger thing should really not be that surprising. Away from the Bluesky hyperbole, the Democratic Party (and I'm hardly it's biggest booster!) has on actual votes and policies been overwhelmingly good on trans issues. Not a single anti-trans state has a Democratic state legislature
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BIG NEWS for any pedestrians fuming at e-bike riders
Lime have permanently banned a rider caught cycling on the pavement. City of London police says:
Lime have permanently banned a rider caught cycling on the pavement. City of London police says:
September 16, 2026 at 11:04 AM
BIG NEWS for any pedestrians fuming at e-bike riders
Lime have permanently banned a rider caught cycling on the pavement. City of London police says:
Lime have permanently banned a rider caught cycling on the pavement. City of London police says:
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NEW: Hackers ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway, made a near-complete copy of the data stored inside it, and shared the files with 404 Media and @wired.com, revealing in new detail how exactly Flock Safety’s cameras track the movements of both vehicles and people.
Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People
While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.
www.404media.co
September 16, 2026 at 11:46 AM
NEW: Hackers ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway, made a near-complete copy of the data stored inside it, and shared the files with 404 Media and @wired.com, revealing in new detail how exactly Flock Safety’s cameras track the movements of both vehicles and people.
husband bought us a new brand of shampoo/conditioner and they smell so good that i now understand the sentiment of those weird orgasmic herbal essences commercials from the 90s
September 16, 2026 at 1:32 PM
husband bought us a new brand of shampoo/conditioner and they smell so good that i now understand the sentiment of those weird orgasmic herbal essences commercials from the 90s
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Follow CUSMA/ACEUM/USMCA/TMEC where you put all 28 countries in the acronym and everyone orders it their own way, in whatever languages they like. Problem solved. You're welcome.
GERMAN GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON: OPEN TO DISCUSSING NEW PARTNERSHIP MODELS BETWEEN EU, CANADA BUT TERM 'ASSOCIATE MEMBER' NEEDS TO BE RETHOUGHT
September 16, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Follow CUSMA/ACEUM/USMCA/TMEC where you put all 28 countries in the acronym and everyone orders it their own way, in whatever languages they like. Problem solved. You're welcome.
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They’re going to be so disappointed when nobody comes.
My Town's Ocktoberfest is fun but also kinda unfortunately named ummmmm
September 16, 2026 at 7:24 AM
They’re going to be so disappointed when nobody comes.
*stares in Washington, DC*
Flock surveillance cameras across the City of Waltham have been covered with black trash bags after Mayor Jeannette McCarthy ordered them covered.
September 16, 2026 at 3:24 AM
*stares in Washington, DC*