Ashlee
@cluesandcontext.bsky.social
Archivist. Writer. I also do research in history (interested in everything but esp. GA/PE, labor, religion, gender). Someday I may call myself a historian. Midwesterner on the East Coast. The cat is named Merry. Opinions, my own.
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Ashlee
@cluesandcontext.bsky.social
· Jun 27
Like, I know why but it’s still baffling that these folks hate the effects of Reconstruction, the Progressive Era, and the New Deal
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🍂 Cold front arrives overnight, lowering humidity for a beautiful start to the week.
Tonight: Isolated shower/storm before 11 p.m., then clearing. Lows mid-60s–70.
Monday: Sunny, breezy, mid-70s–80°, dew points in the 50s. 😎
🍁 Fall foliage and first freeze timing — more @ capitalweather.com.
Tonight: Isolated shower/storm before 11 p.m., then clearing. Lows mid-60s–70.
Monday: Sunny, breezy, mid-70s–80°, dew points in the 50s. 😎
🍁 Fall foliage and first freeze timing — more @ capitalweather.com.
September 13, 2026 at 8:16 PM
🍂 Cold front arrives overnight, lowering humidity for a beautiful start to the week.
Tonight: Isolated shower/storm before 11 p.m., then clearing. Lows mid-60s–70.
Monday: Sunny, breezy, mid-70s–80°, dew points in the 50s. 😎
🍁 Fall foliage and first freeze timing — more @ capitalweather.com.
Tonight: Isolated shower/storm before 11 p.m., then clearing. Lows mid-60s–70.
Monday: Sunny, breezy, mid-70s–80°, dew points in the 50s. 😎
🍁 Fall foliage and first freeze timing — more @ capitalweather.com.
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Weekend weather is a mixed bag.
☁️ Mostly cloudy and muggy Saturday
🌧️ Showers and storms likely tonight, some with heavy rain
🌤️ Gradual improvement Sunday
😎 Lower humidity and very pleasant Monday and Tuesday
Full forecast at capitalweather.com
Photo by Brian Paeth
☁️ Mostly cloudy and muggy Saturday
🌧️ Showers and storms likely tonight, some with heavy rain
🌤️ Gradual improvement Sunday
😎 Lower humidity and very pleasant Monday and Tuesday
Full forecast at capitalweather.com
Photo by Brian Paeth
September 12, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Weekend weather is a mixed bag.
☁️ Mostly cloudy and muggy Saturday
🌧️ Showers and storms likely tonight, some with heavy rain
🌤️ Gradual improvement Sunday
😎 Lower humidity and very pleasant Monday and Tuesday
Full forecast at capitalweather.com
Photo by Brian Paeth
☁️ Mostly cloudy and muggy Saturday
🌧️ Showers and storms likely tonight, some with heavy rain
🌤️ Gradual improvement Sunday
😎 Lower humidity and very pleasant Monday and Tuesday
Full forecast at capitalweather.com
Photo by Brian Paeth
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The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.
September 6, 2026 at 6:58 PM
The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.
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8:55p Thu: NWS has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for DC region until 2am. Storms aiming to come through area from NW to SE after 10 or 11pm, some with potential for damaging wind gusts.
More details at CapitalWeather.com and our mobile app.
More details at CapitalWeather.com and our mobile app.
September 4, 2026 at 12:57 AM
8:55p Thu: NWS has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for DC region until 2am. Storms aiming to come through area from NW to SE after 10 or 11pm, some with potential for damaging wind gusts.
More details at CapitalWeather.com and our mobile app.
More details at CapitalWeather.com and our mobile app.
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The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully activated the mission’s Coronagraph Instrument, which will block starlight to view planets and dusty disks around nearby stars. #NASARoman 🔭
NASA Roman's Planet Imager Has Powered On - NASA Science
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully activated the mission's Coronagraph Instrument, which will block starlight to view planets and
science.nasa.gov
September 1, 2026 at 10:40 PM
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully activated the mission’s Coronagraph Instrument, which will block starlight to view planets and dusty disks around nearby stars. #NASARoman 🔭
Well, considering whose administration he’s in, I am also not shocked. The amount of posts I saw on the previous site or screenshots from his site that substitute DJT in for Christ—I don’t know if it’s correct theology but I can call a spade a spade and an antichrist an antichrist when I see it
Vance: I'd be not shocked if the Antichrist was walking among us. But I try not to focus too much on it
September 1, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Well, considering whose administration he’s in, I am also not shocked. The amount of posts I saw on the previous site or screenshots from his site that substitute DJT in for Christ—I don’t know if it’s correct theology but I can call a spade a spade and an antichrist an antichrist when I see it
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Around this time in 1897, Thomas Edison was likely celebrating receiving a patent for the Kinetograph, his early motion picture camera. The first films ever copyrighted were made with it, including this one from 1894, which the Library has preserved. It's colloquially known as "Fred Ott's Sneeze."
September 1, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Around this time in 1897, Thomas Edison was likely celebrating receiving a patent for the Kinetograph, his early motion picture camera. The first films ever copyrighted were made with it, including this one from 1894, which the Library has preserved. It's colloquially known as "Fred Ott's Sneeze."
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Meteorological fall has arrived.
The weather did not get the memo. 🥵
🔥 Mid- to upper 90s today
🌡️ Heat indexes around 100-105
⛈️ Late-day storm chance
More heat follows Wednesday and Thursday before a much more comfortable weekend.
Forecast at CapitalWeather.com
Photo by Jeanne Stuart McVey
The weather did not get the memo. 🥵
🔥 Mid- to upper 90s today
🌡️ Heat indexes around 100-105
⛈️ Late-day storm chance
More heat follows Wednesday and Thursday before a much more comfortable weekend.
Forecast at CapitalWeather.com
Photo by Jeanne Stuart McVey
September 1, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Meteorological fall has arrived.
The weather did not get the memo. 🥵
🔥 Mid- to upper 90s today
🌡️ Heat indexes around 100-105
⛈️ Late-day storm chance
More heat follows Wednesday and Thursday before a much more comfortable weekend.
Forecast at CapitalWeather.com
Photo by Jeanne Stuart McVey
The weather did not get the memo. 🥵
🔥 Mid- to upper 90s today
🌡️ Heat indexes around 100-105
⛈️ Late-day storm chance
More heat follows Wednesday and Thursday before a much more comfortable weekend.
Forecast at CapitalWeather.com
Photo by Jeanne Stuart McVey
I went here this year as part of my friend’s bachelorette weekend and it certainly is a house museum deserving support.
Historic Poe House faces new threat as West Baltimore redevelopment continues
Historic Poe House faces new threat as West Baltimore redevelopment continues
The Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, located in the 200 block of N. Amity Street, is where the famed writer began writing short stories and launched his literary career.
www.cbsnews.com
September 1, 2026 at 1:27 AM
I went here this year as part of my friend’s bachelorette weekend and it certainly is a house museum deserving support.
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Historic Poe House faces new threat as West Baltimore redevelopment continues
Historic Poe House faces new threat as West Baltimore redevelopment continues
The Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, located in the 200 block of N. Amity Street, is where the famed writer began writing short stories and launched his literary career.
www.cbsnews.com
August 31, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Historic Poe House faces new threat as West Baltimore redevelopment continues
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This is what happens when a director conflates a parable with real-world nuance. No, we don't need to "both sides" this tale because Dickens wrote the story as it was meant to be understood. Scrooge made mistakes and needed a wakeup call. That's it.
The film, which stars Johnny Depp, will try to find the "gray area" in A Christmas Carol. www.avclub.com/scrooge-gray...
Ti West's Ebenezer will ponder whether Scrooge had a point, actually
Ti West's Ebenezer will ponder whether Scrooge had a point, actually
www.avclub.com
August 31, 2026 at 8:47 PM
This is what happens when a director conflates a parable with real-world nuance. No, we don't need to "both sides" this tale because Dickens wrote the story as it was meant to be understood. Scrooge made mistakes and needed a wakeup call. That's it.
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This is correct, but also another reason why Democrats have to lean into accountability and oversight as hard as possible when they retake Congress.
It's not just about punishing criminals. It's about making it clear to the country the depth of the damage done to ready them for the repairs.
It's not just about punishing criminals. It's about making it clear to the country the depth of the damage done to ready them for the repairs.
Let me be a Debby Downer here: it will take more than 2 consecutive terms to slightly rebuild our government because the damage these guys have inflicted on every department & agency is *enormous*.
Don’t look for a quick fix.
Don’t look for a quick fix.
Once again and as a reminder, the Secretary of Defense is afraid.
August 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM
This is correct, but also another reason why Democrats have to lean into accountability and oversight as hard as possible when they retake Congress.
It's not just about punishing criminals. It's about making it clear to the country the depth of the damage done to ready them for the repairs.
It's not just about punishing criminals. It's about making it clear to the country the depth of the damage done to ready them for the repairs.
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“Find out who you are and do it on purpose. And do it with purpose,” Parton was famous for saying. “Don’t ever sacrifice who you are, your principles and your morals and your values to just try to get ahead in business. It ain’t worth it.”
August 26, 2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
August 27, 2026 at 11:56 AM
“Find out who you are and do it on purpose. And do it with purpose,” Parton was famous for saying. “Don’t ever sacrifice who you are, your principles and your morals and your values to just try to get ahead in business. It ain’t worth it.”
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I wrote about Dolly Parton in my latest @nytopinion.nytimes.com column.
Thank you.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...
Thank you.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...
Opinion | The Greatest Story Dolly Parton Ever Wrote Was Herself (Gift Article)
She didn’t see herself as a saint; she identified as something we needed even more: a writer.
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2026 at 11:20 AM
I wrote about Dolly Parton in my latest @nytopinion.nytimes.com column.
Thank you.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...
Thank you.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...
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Seems like we have a standard Thursday severe storm chance lately. ⚡️
Here we go again tomorrow. Currently looks to favor evening. Isolated damaging winds, large hail, and flash flooding are the main threats.
Details: www.capitalweather.com/strong-to-se...
Here we go again tomorrow. Currently looks to favor evening. Isolated damaging winds, large hail, and flash flooding are the main threats.
Details: www.capitalweather.com/strong-to-se...
August 26, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Seems like we have a standard Thursday severe storm chance lately. ⚡️
Here we go again tomorrow. Currently looks to favor evening. Isolated damaging winds, large hail, and flash flooding are the main threats.
Details: www.capitalweather.com/strong-to-se...
Here we go again tomorrow. Currently looks to favor evening. Isolated damaging winds, large hail, and flash flooding are the main threats.
Details: www.capitalweather.com/strong-to-se...
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I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing
August 26, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing
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We interrupt this Dolly Parton grief playlist you made to let you know that Tim Curry is, unfortunately, also dead
August 26, 2026 at 3:42 PM
We interrupt this Dolly Parton grief playlist you made to let you know that Tim Curry is, unfortunately, also dead
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The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, along with the rest of the Narnia books. The Giver. Brian’s Winter. Encyclopedia Brown stories. The original Boxcar Children!! The Great Gilly Hopkins. Bridge to Terabithia.
In honor of Dolly and her commitment to getting books to kids, tell me about a book you read as a child that changed your life.
I’ll start: so many, but tonight maybe I’ll say A WRINKLE IN TIME, a book that taught me anger wasn’t wrong.
I’ll start: so many, but tonight maybe I’ll say A WRINKLE IN TIME, a book that taught me anger wasn’t wrong.
August 26, 2026 at 3:54 AM
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, along with the rest of the Narnia books. The Giver. Brian’s Winter. Encyclopedia Brown stories. The original Boxcar Children!! The Great Gilly Hopkins. Bridge to Terabithia.
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her very existence was an indisputable reminder of how many things framed as inevitabilities were actually just someone’s choice. there actually is enough money for everything. the wealthy could fully fund literacy and public health and the arts and child welfare. they just won’t
By almost any measure Dolly embodied "the American Dream." Some people will come from nothing and make it big and consider the problem now solved. Others will remember that there are still others with nothing and use what they have to help.
August 25, 2026 at 10:03 PM
her very existence was an indisputable reminder of how many things framed as inevitabilities were actually just someone’s choice. there actually is enough money for everything. the wealthy could fully fund literacy and public health and the arts and child welfare. they just won’t
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Republicans have spent the last year trying to defund Dolly Parton
August 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Republicans have spent the last year trying to defund Dolly Parton
"raised the prospect" or *threatened*? do these renovations even need to be done?
The Kennedy Center will eventually have to be demolished unless President Trump is allowed to save it, Justice Dept. lawyers representing it said in a court filing, marking the first time Trump’s allies have explicitly raised the prospect of demolishment.
DOJ says Kennedy Center could be demolished if Trump’s plans are blocked
The filing marks the first time President Donald Trump’s allies have explicitly raised the prospect that the Kennedy Center itself could be demolished.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 26, 2026 at 12:34 AM
"raised the prospect" or *threatened*? do these renovations even need to be done?